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The Names and Order of all the Books of the Old and Neio Testaments, with the 
Number of their Chapters. 



THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. 



diesis hath Chapters 
Exodus -.- - 
.Leviticus - - - - 
Numbers - - - - 

Deuteronomy - -• - 



. - - - 50 

... * 40 

.... 27 

.... 36 

.... 34 

.... 24 

Judges -----------21 

Ruth 4 

I. Samuel 31 

II. Samuel - - - 24 

I.Kings 22 

II. Kings 25 

I. Chronicles ----29 

II, Chronicles - - - 36 

E«ra - - 10 

fltehemiah ----- 13 

Esther - - 10 



Job 
Psalms - 
Proverbs 



42 

150 

31 



Ecclesiastes - - - - * « ' - t - 12 

The Song of Solomon 8 

Isaiah 66 

Jeremiah ---«-- ----52 

Lamentations ----•*••- 5 

Ezekiel - « • - - ----- 48 

Daniel ------ 12 

Hosea .---14 

Joel 3 

Amos ----------- 9 

Obadiah - - ' 1 

Jonah ---.»-*---- 4 

Micah - * 7 

Nahum ----------- 3 

Habakkuk --------- 3 

Zephaniah -,*",-'.'..-'- 3 

Haggai - - 2 

Zechariah ---------- 14 

Malachi --------- 4 



THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. 



Matthew hath Chapters - 

Mark 

Luke ------- 

John ------- 

Th > Acts of the Apostles - 
The Epistle to the Romans 
J Corinthians - - - - 

* _ Dorinthians - - - - 

Galatians ------ 

Ephesians ------ 

Philippians - - - - - 

CVossians ------ 

L Thessalonians - - - - 

II. Thessalonians - - - 



I. Timothy 6 

II. Timothy 4 

Titus 3 

Philemon ---------- 1 

To the Hebrews - - 13 

The Epistle of James - - - - • 5 

I. Peter « 5 

II. Peter 3 

I. John -.-.--..-_ 5 

II. John - - 1 

III. John - - * 1 

Jude .-...._---- 1 
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THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, 

CALLED 

GENESIS. 



CHAP. I. 

1 The creation of heaven and earth, 3 of the 
light, 6 of the firmament, 9 of the earth sepa- 
rated from the waters, 11 and made fruitful, 
14 of the sun, moon, and stars, 20 offish and 
fowl, 24 of beasts and cattle, 26 of man in the 
image of God. 29 Also the appointment of 
food. 

IN the beginning God created the heaven 
and the earth. 

2 And the earth was without form, and 
void ; and darkness was upon the face of the 
deep : and the Spiri| of God moved upon 
the face of the waters. 

3 And God said, Let there be light : and 
tli ere was light. 

4 And God saw the light, that it was good : 
and God divided the light from the darkness. 

5 And God called the light Day, and the 
darkness he called Night: and the evening 
and the morning were the first day. 

6 ^[ And God said, Let there be a firmament 
in the midst of the waters, and let it divide 
the waters from the waters. 

7 And God made the firmament, and divi- 
ded the waters which were under the firma- 
ment from the waters which mere above die 
firmament : and it was so. 

8 And God called the firmament Heaven : 
and the evening and the morning were the 
second dav. 

9 IT And God said, Let the waters under the 
heaven be gathered together unto one place, 
and let the dry land appear : an<Fit was so. 

10 And God called the dry land Earth ; and 
the gathering together of the waters called 
he Seas : and God saw that it was good. 

11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth 
grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit- 
tiee yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed 
is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 

12 And the earth brought forth grass, and 
herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree 
vieldintf fruit, whose seed was in itself, after 
liis kind : and God saw that it was good. 

13 And the evening and the morning were 
the third dav. 

14 H And trod said, Let there be lights in 
the firmament of the heaven, to divide the 
day from the night ; and let them be for signs, 
and for seasons, and for days, and years. 

15 And let them be for lights in the firma- 
ment of the heaven to give light upon the 
earth : and it was so. 

16 And God made two great lights; the 
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser 
light to rule the night: he made the surs 
also. 






17 And God set them in the firmament of 
the heaven to give light upon the earth, 

18 And fo rule over the day, and over the 
night, and to divide the light from the dark- 
ness : and God saw that it was good. 

19 And the evening and the morning were 
the fourth day. 

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth 
abundandy the moving creature that hath 
life, and fowl that may fly above the earth 
in the open firmament of heaven. 

21 And God created great whales, and eveiy 
living creature that moveth, which the waters 
brought forth abundantly after their kind, and 
every winged fowl after his kind : and God 
saw that it was good. 

22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruit- 
ful, and multiply, and fill .the waters in the 
seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 

23 And the evening and the morning were 
the fifth day. 

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth 
the living creature after his kind, cattle, and 
creeping thing, and beast of the earth after 
his kind : and it was so. 

25 And God made the beast of the earth 
after his kind, and cattle after their kind, 
and every thing that creepeth upon the earth 
after his kind : and God saw that it was good . 

26 J[ And God said, Let us make man in 
our image, after our likeness: and let them 
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and 
over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, 
and over all the earth, and over every creep- 
ing tiling that creepeth upon the earth. 

27 So God created man in his men image, 
in the image of God created he him ; mate 
and female created he. them. 

28 And God blessed them, and God said 
unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and re- 
plenish die earth, and subdue it: and have 
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over 
the fowl of the air, and over every living 
tiling that moveth upon the earth. 

29 If And God said, Behold, I have given 
you every herb bearing seed, which is upon 
the face of all die earth, and every tree, in 
the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; 
to you it shall be for meat. 

30 And to every beast of the earth, and to 
every fowl of the air, and to everv thing that 
creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is 
life, I have gieen every green herb for meat: 
and it was so, 

31 And God saw every thing that he had . 
made, and behold, it was very good. And 
tha evening and the morning were the sixth 

(day 

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The garden of Eden. 

CHAP. II. 

The first sabbath. 4 The manner of the crea- 
tion. 8 The planting of the garden of Eden^ 
10 and the river thereof. 16 The tree of know- 
ledge only forbidden. 19, 20 The nay/ting of 
the creatures. 21 The making of woman, and 
institution of marriage.. 



THUS the heavens and the earth were 
finished, and ail the host of them. 

2 And on the seventh day God ended his 
work which he had made; and lie rested on 
the seventh day from all his work which he 
had made. 

3 And God blessed the seventh day, and 
sanctified it : because that in, it he had rested 
from all his work which ( (jrod created and 
made. 

4 H These are the generations of the hea- 
vens and of the earth when they were crea- 
ted, in the day that the Lord God made the 
earth and the heavens, 

5 And every plant of the field before it was 
in the earth, and every herb of the field be- 
fore it grew: for the Lord God had not 
caused it to rain upon. the earth, and there 
was not a man to till the ground. 

6 But there went up a mist from the earth, 
and watered the whole face of the ground. 

7 And the Lord God formed man of the 
dust of the ground, and breathed into his 
nostrils the breath of life ; and man became 
a living soul. 

8 H And the Lord God planted a garden 
eastward in Eden ; and there he put the man 
whom he had formed. 

9 And out of the ground made the Lord 
God to grow every tree that is pleasant to 
the sight, and good for food ; the tree of life 
also in the midst of the garden, and the tree 
of knowledge of good and evil. 

10 And a river went out of Eden to water 
the garden :- and, from thence it was parted, 
and oecanie into four heads. 

11 The, name. of the first is Pison : that is 
u which eompasseth the whole land of Ha? 
wilah, where there is gold ; 

12 And the-gold of that land is goodr there 
w bdellium ; and>th€j: onyx-stone, 

13 And.the name of the secondriver is t QU 
ho'.n:. the w same is it that eompasseth the 
whole land of Ethiopia. 

14 .And the name of the third river is Hid- 
dekel : that is it which goeth toward the 
east -of Assyria. And the fourth river is 
Euphrates. 

15 And the Lord ? God took the man, and 
put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it, 
and to keep it. « 

} 6 And the Lord God commanded the man, 
saying, Of every tree of the garden thou 
mavest freelv eat : 

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good 
and evil, thou shalt not eat \of it: for in the 
day that thou eatest thereof tkou shalt surely 
die. 

18 Tf And the Lord God said, It is not good 
that the man should be alone : I will make 
him a help meet for him. 

19 And out of the ground the Lord God 
formed every beast of the field, and every 



GENESIS. Man's shameful fall 

fowl of the air, and brought them unto Adam 
to see what he would call them ; and what- 
soever Adam called every living creature, 
that was the name thereof. 

20 And Adam gave names to all cattle T and 
to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of 
the field : but for Adam there was not found 
a help meet for him. 

21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep 
to. fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he 
took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh 
instead thereof: 

22 And the rib, which the Lord God had 
taken from man, made he a woman, and 
brought her unto the man. * 

23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my 
bones, and flesh of my flesh : she shall be 
called Woman, because she was taken out 
of man. 

24 Therefore shall a man leave his father 
and his mother, and shall cleave unto his 
wife; and. they shall be one flesh. 

25 And they were both naked, the man and 
his wife, and were not ashamed. 

CHAP. III. 
1; The serpent deceiveth Eve. 6 Man's shame- 
fulfall. 9 God arraigneth them. 14 The ser- 
pent is cursed. 15 The promised seed. 10 
The punishment of mankind. 21 Their first 
clotning. 22 Their casting out of paradise. 



NOW the serpent was more subtile than 
*any beast of the field which the Lord 
God had made : and he said unto the wo- 
man, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat 
of every tree of the garden 1 

2 And the woman said unto the serpent. 
We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the 
garden:. 

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the 
midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall 
not eat of hy neither shall ye touch it, lest ye 
die. 

4 And> the serpent said unto the woman, 
Ye shall, not surely die : 

5 For God doth know, that in the day ye 
eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened : 
and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and 
evil, 

|6 And when the woman saw that the tree 
was good for food, and that it was pleasant 
to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to. make 
dne-wise ; she took of the fruit thereof, and 
did eat ; and gave also unto her husband with 
her, and he did eat. 

7 And the eyes of them both were opened, 
and they knew that they were naked : ' and 
they sewed fig-leaves together, andi made 
themselves aprons. 

8 And they heard- die voice of the Low 
God walking in the garden in the cool of 
the day: and Adam and his wife hid them- :: . 
selves from the presence of the Lord God 
amongst the trees- of the garden. 

9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, 
and said unto him, Where art thou? : 

10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the 
garden: and I was afraid, because I was 
naked ; and I hid myself. 

12- And he said, Who told thee that thou 

wast riS&ed ? H ag t thou eaten of the tree 

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The promised seed. CHAP 

whereof I commanded thee, that thou should- 
est not eat ? 

12 And the man said, The woman whom 
thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of 
the tree, and I did eat. 

13 And the Lord God said unto the wo- 
man, What is this that thou hast done ? And 
the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, 
and 1 did eat. 

14 And the Lord God said unto the ser- 
pent, Because thou hast done this, thou art 
cursed above all cattle, and above every 
beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou 
go, and dust shalt thou eat all tne days of thy 
life : 

15 And I will put enmity between thee and 
the woman, and between thy seed and her 
seed : it shall bruise thy heacf, and thou shalt 
bruise his heel. 

16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly 
multiply thy sorrow and thy conception ; in 
sorrow thou shalt bring forth children : and 
thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he 
shall rule over thee. 

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou 
hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, 
and hast eaten of the tree of which I com- 
manded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of 
it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in 
sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy 
life; 

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring 
forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb 
of the field : 

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat 
bread, till thou return unto the ground; for 
out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, 
and unto dust shalt thou return. 

20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, 
because she was the mother of all living. 

21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the 
Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed 
them. 

22 1f And the Lord God said, Behold, the 
man is become as one of us, to know good 
and evil. And now, lest he put forth his 
hand, and take also of the tree of life, and 
eat, and live for ever : 

23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth 
from the garden of Eden, to till the ground 
from whence he was taken. 

24 So he drove out the man : and he placed 
at the east of the garden of Eden Cheru- 
bims, and a flaming sword which turned 
every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and 
Abel. 8 7V murder of Abel. 11 The curse 
>*f Cain. 17 Enoch the first city. 19 Lantech 
and his two wives. 25 The birth of Seth, 
26 and Enos. 

AND Adam knew Eve his wife; and she 
conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I 
have gotten a man from the Lord. 

2 And she again bare his brother Abel. 
And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain 
was a tiller of the ground. 

3 And in process of time it came to pass, 
that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground 
an offering unto the Lord. 



IV. The cut se of Cain. 

4 And Abel, lie also brought of the first- 
lings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. And 
the Lord had respect unto Abel, and to his 
offering: 

5 But unto Cain, and to his offering, he had 
not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and 
his countenance fell. 

6 And the Lord said unto Cai n, Why art thou 
wroth ? and why is thy countenance fallen ? 

7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be ac- 
cepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth 
at the door. And unto thee shall be his de- 
sire, and thou shalt rule over him. 

8 A nd Cain talked with Abel his brother : 
and it came to pass when they were in the 
field, that Cain rose up against Abel his bro 
ther, and slew him. 

9 IT And the Lord said unto Cain, Where 
is Abel thy brother? And he said, 1 know 
not : Am I my brother's keeper ? 

10 And he said, What hast thou done ? the 
voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me 
from the ground. 

11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, 
which hath opened her mouth to receive thy 
brother's blood from thy hand. 

12 .When thou tillest the ground, it shall 
not henceforth yield unto thee her strength : 
A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in 
the earth. 

13 And Cain said unto the Lord, My pun- 
ishment is greater than I can bear. 

14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day 
from the face of the earth ; and from thy face 
shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and 
a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come 
to pass, that every one tliatfindeth me shall 
slay me. 

15 And the Lord said Unto him, Therefoic 
whosoever si aye th Cain, vengeance shall be 
taken on him' seven-fold. And the Lord 
set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him 
should kill him. 

16 TT And Cain went out from the presence 
of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, 
on the east of Eden. 

17 And Cain knew his wife, and she con- 
ceived, and bare Enoch : and he builded a 
city, and called the name of the city after the 
name of his son Enoch. 

18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and 
Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat 
Methusael : and Methusael begat Lamech. 

19 ^[ And Lamech took unto him two wives : 
the name of the one was Adah, and the name 
of the other Zillah. 

20 And Adah bare Jabal : he was the fa- 
ther of such as dwell in tents, and of such as 
have cattle. 

21 And his brother's name was Jubal : he 
was the father of all such as handle the harp 
and organ. 

22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an 
instructor of every artificer in brass and iron : 
and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. 

23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah 
and Zillah, Hear my voice, ye wives of La- 
mech, hearken unto my speech : for I have 
slain a man to my wounding, and a young 
man to my hurt. 

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Geilealogy of the patriarchs, GENESIS. 

24 If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold, 
truly Lamech seventy and seven-fold. 
; 25 H And Adam knew his wife again, and 
she bare a son, and called his name Seth : 
For God, said she, hath appointed me an- 
other seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 
26 And to Seth, to him also there was born 
a son; and he called his name Enos: then 
began men to call upon the name of the 
Lord. 

CHAP. V. 
I The genealogy, age, and death of the patri- 
archs from Adam unto Noah. 24 The godli- 
ness and translation of Enoch. 

THIS is the book of the generations of 
Adam: In the day that God created 
man, in the likeness of God made he him : 

2 Male and female created he them ; and 
blessed them, and called their name Adam, 
in the day when they were created. 

3 1[ And Adam lived a hundred and thirty 
years, and begat a son in his own likeness, 
after his image ; and called his name Seth : 

4 And the days of Adam after he had be- 
gotten Seth were eight hundred years : and 
he begat sons and daughters : 

5 And all the days that Adam lived were 
nine hundred and thirty years : and he died. 

6 H And Seth lived a hundred and five 
years, and begat Enos : 

7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight 
hundred and seven years, and begat sons and 
daughters : 

8 And all the days of Seth were nine hun- 
dred and twelve years ; and he died. 

9 1[ And Enos lived ninety years, and be- 
gat Cainan : 

10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan 
eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat 
sons and daughters : 

11 And all the days of Enos were nine hun- 
dred and five years* and he died. 

12 H And Cainan lived seventy years, and 
oegat Mahalaleel : 

13 And Cainan'lived after he begat Maha- 
laleel eight hundred and forty years, and 
begat sons and daughters : 

14 And all the days of Cainan were nine 
hundred and ten years ; and he died. 

15 H And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five 
years, and begat Jared : 

16 And Mahalaleel lived after he besat Ja- 
red eight hundred and thirty years, and begat 
sons and daughters : 

17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight 
hundred ninety and five years ; and he died. 

18 H And Jared lived a hundred sixty and 
two years, and he begat Enoch : 

19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch 
eight hundred years, and begat sons and 
daughters : 

20 And all the days of Jared were nine 
hundred sixty and two years; and he died. 

21 H And Enoch lived sixty and five years, 
and begat Methuselah : 

22 And Enoch walked with God after he 
begat Methuselah three hundred years, and 
begat sons and daughters : 

23 And all the days of Enoch were three 
hundred sixty and five years : 



and birth of Noah. 



24 And Enoch walked with God, and he 
was not : for God took him. 

25 1f And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty 
and seven years, and begat Lamech : 

26 And Methuselah lived after he begat La- 
mech seven hundred eighty and two veal's, 
and begat sons and daughters : 

27 And all the davs of Methuselah were nine 
hundred sixty and nine years; and he died. 

28 U" And Lamech lived a hundred eighty 
and two years, and begat a son : 

29 And he called his name Noah, saying, 
This same shall comfort us concerning our 
work and toil of our hands, because of the 
ground which the Lord hath cursed. 

30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah 
five hundred ninety and five years, and be- 
gat sons and daughters : 

31 And all the days of Lamech were seven 
hundred seventy and seven years: and he 
died. 

32 And Noah was five hundred years old; 
and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 The wickedness of the world, which provoked 
God's wrath, and caused the flood. 8 JVoah 
findeth grace. 14 The order, form, and end 
of the ark. 

AND it came to pass, when men began to 
multiply on the face of the earth, and 
daughters were born unto them, 

2 That the sons of God saw the daughters 
of men that they were fair; and they took 
them wives of all which they chose. 

3 And the Lord said, My Spirit shall not 
always strive with man, for that he also is 
flesh : yet his days shall be a hundred and 
twenty years. 

4 There were giants in the earth in those 
days ; and also after that, when the sons of 
God came in unto the daughters of men, and 
they bare children to them : the same became 
mighty men, which were of old, men of re- 
nown. 

5 If And God saw that the wickedness of 
man was great in the earth, and that every 
imagination of the thoughts of his heart was 
only evil continually. 

6 And it repented the Lord that he had 
made man on the earth, and it grieved him 
at his heart. 

7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man 
whom I have created from the face of the 
earth ; both man and beast, and the creep- 
ing thing, and the fowls of the air; for it re- 
penteth me that I have made them. 

8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the 
Lord. 

9 H These are the generations of Noah : 
Noah was a just man, and perfect in his ge- 
nerations, and Noah walked with God. 

10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, 
and Japheth. 

11 The earth also was corrupt before God ; 
and the earth was filled with violence. # 

12 And God looked upon the earth, and 
behold, it was corrupt : tor all flesh had cor- 
rupted his way upon the earth. 

13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all 
flesh is come before me ; for the earth is fill- 

6. 



Directions for the ark. 



CHAP. VII, VIII. 



ed with violence through them : and behold, 
I will destroy them with the earth. 

14 ^ Make thee an ark of gopher-wood : 
rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt 
pitch it within and without with pitch. 

15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt 
make it of: The length of the ark shall be 
three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty 
cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 

16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, 
and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above ; and 
the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side 
thereof: with lower, second, and third sto- 
ru's shalt thou make it. 

17 And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood 
of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, 
wherein is the breath of life, from under 
heaven : and every thing that is m the earth 
shall die. 

18 But with thee will I establish my cove- 
nant: and thou shalt come into the ark, 
thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy 
sons' wives with thee. 

19 And of every living thing of all flesh, 
two of every sort shalt thou bring into the 
ark, to keep them alive with thee : they shall 
be male and female. 

20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle 
after their kind, of every creeping thing of 
the earth after his kind; two of every sort 
shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 

21 And take thou unto thee of all food that 
is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee ; 
and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 

22 Thus did Noah ; according to all that 
God commanded him, so did he. 

CHAP. VII. 

>1 JVoaA, with his family, and the living crea- 
tures, enter into the ark. 11 The beginning, 
increase, and continuance of the flood. 

AND the Lord said unto Noah, Come 
thou and all thy house into the ark: 
for thee have I seen righteous before me in 
this generation. 

2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to 
thee by sevens, the male and his female; 
and of beasts that are not clean by two, the 
male and his female. 

3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the 
male and the female; to keep seed alive 
upon the face of all the earth. 

4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to 
rain upon the earth forty days and forty 
nights : and every living substance that I 
have made will I destroy from off the face 
of the earth. 

5 And Noah did according unto all that the 
Lord commanded him. 

6 And Noah was six hundred years old 
when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 

7 ^1 And Noah went in, and his sons, and 
his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into 
the ark, because of the w r aters of the flood. 

8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are 
not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing 
that creepeth upon the earth, 

9 There went in two and two unto Noah 
into the ark, the male and the female, as 
God had commanded Noah. 

10 And it came to pass, after seven days, 



Theflood. 



that the waters of the flood were upon the 
earth. 

11 II In the six hundredth year of Noah's 
life, in the second month, the seventeenth 
day of the month, the same day were all the 
fountains of the great deep broken up, and 
the windows of heaven were opened. 

12 And the rain was upon the earth forty 
days and forty nights. 

13 In the self-same day entered Noah, and 
Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of 
Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wivC9 
of his sons with them, into the ark : 

14 They, and eyery beast after his kind, and 
all the cattle after their kind, and every creep- 
ing thing that creepeth upon the earth after 
his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every 
bird of every sort. 

15 And they went in unto Noah into tlie 
ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the 
breath of life. 

16 And they that w r ent in, went in male and 
female of all flesh, as God had commanded 
him : and the Lord shut him in. 

17 And the flood was forty days upon the 
earth : and the w r aters increased, and bare up 
the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. 

18 And the waters prevailed, and were in- 
creased greatly upon the earth : and the ark 
went upon the face of the waters. 

19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly 
upon the earth; and all the high hills that 
w ere under the whole heaven were covered. 

20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters 
prevail : and the mountains were covered. 

21 And all flesh died that moved upon the 
earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, 
and of every creeping thing that creepeth 
upon the earth, and every man : 

22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of 
life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 

23 And every living substance was destroy- 
ed which was upon the face of the ground, 
both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, 
and the fowl of the heaven; ana they were 
destroyed from the earth: and Noah only 
remained alive, and they that were with him 
in the ark. 

24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth 
a hundred and fifty days. 

CHAP. VIII. 

1 The waters assuage. 4 The ark resteth o» 

Ararat. 7 The raven and the dove. 15 Noah 

being commanded, 18 goeth forth of the ark. 

20 He buildeth an altar, and offereth sacrifice, 

21 which God accepteth, and promiseth t* 
curse the earth no more. 

AND God remembered Noah, and everv 
living thing, and all the cattle that was 
with him in the ark : and God made a wind 
to pass over die earth, and the waters as- 
suaged ; 

2 The fountains also of the deep, and the 
windows of heaven were stopped, and the 
rain from heaven was restrained • 

3 And the waters returned from off the 
earth continually : and after the end of the 
hundred and fifty days the waters were 
abated. 

4 H And tlie ark rested in the seventh 

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The waters assuage. GENESIS. 

month, on the seventeenth day of the month, 
upon the mountains of Ararat. 

5 And the waters decreased continually, 
until the tenth month: in the tenth month, 
on the first day of the month, were the tops 
of the mountains seen. 

6 1f And it came to pass at the end of forty 
days, that Noah opened the window of the 
ark which he had made : 

7 And he sent forth a raven, which went 
forth to and fro, until the waters were dried 
up from off the earth. 

8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see 
if the waters were abated from off the face 
of the ground ; 

9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of 
her foot, and she returned unto him into the 
ark; for the waters were on the face of the 
whole earth. Then he put forth his hand, 
and took her, and pulled her in unto him into 
the ark. 

10 And he staved yet other seven days, and 
again he sent forth the dove out of the ark. 

11 And the dove came in to him in the 
evening, and lo, in her mouth was an olive- 
leaf pluckt off. So Noah knew that the 
waters were abated from off the earth. 

12 And he stayed yet other seven days, and 
sent forth the dove; which returned not 
again unto him any more. 

13 Tf And it came to pass in the six hun- 
dredth and first year, in the first month, the 
first day of the month, the waters were dried 
up from off the earth : and Noah removed 
the covering of the ark, and looked, and 
behold, the face of the ground was dry. 

14 And in the second month, on the seven 
and twentieth day of the month, was the 
earth dried. 

15 U And God spake unto Noah, saying, 

16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, 
and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 

17 Bring forth with thee every living thing 
that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, 
and of cattle, and of every creeping thing 
that creepeth upon the earth ; that they may 
breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruit- 
ful, and multiply upon the earth. 

18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and 
his wife, and his sons' wives with him : 

19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and 
every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon 
the earth, after their kinds, went forth out 
of the ark. 

20 IF And Noah builded an altar unto the 
Lord, and took of every clean beast, and of 
every clean fowl, and offered burnt-offerings 
on the altar. 

21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; 
and the Lord said in his heart, I will not 
again curse the ground any more for man's 
sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is 
evil from his youth : neither will I again smite 
any more every thing living, as I have done. 

22 While the earth remaineth, seed-time 
and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer 
and winter, and day and night, shall not cease. 

CHAP. IX. 

1 God blesseth Noah. 4 Blood and murder are 
forbidden. 8 God's covenant 13 signified by 



The bow in ike cloud, 
the rainbow. 18 Noah replenished the world, 
20 planteth a vineyard, 21 is drunken, and 
mocked of his son, 25 curseth Canaan, 26 
blesseth Shem, 27 prayethfor Japheth, 29 and 
dieth, * 

AND God blessed Noah and his sons, 
and said unto them, Be fruitful, and 
multiply, and replenish the earth. 

2 And the fear of you, and the dread of you, 
shall be upon every beast of the earth, and 
upon every fowl of the air, upon all that 
moveth upon the earth, and upon all the 
fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they 
delivered. 

3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be 
meat for you ; even as the green herb have 
I given you all things. 

4 ^f But flesh with the life thereof, which is 
the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 

5 And surely your blood of your lives will I 
require : at the hand of every beast will I re- 
quire it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand 
of every man's brother will I require the life 
of man. 

6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man 
shall his blood be shed: for in the image of 
God made he man. 



7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; 
bring forth abundantly in the earth, and mul- 
tiply therein. 

8 Tf And God spake unto Noah, and to his 
sons with him, saying, 

9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant 
with you, and with your seed after you ; 

10 And with every living creature that is 
with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of 
eveiy beast of the earth with you, from all that 
go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. 

11 And I will establish my covenant with 
you; neither shall aft flesh be cut off any 
more by the waters of a flood ; neither shall 
there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 

12 And God said, This is the token of the 
covenant which I make between me and 
you, and every living creature that is with 
you, for perpetual generations. 

13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it 
shall be for a token of a covenant between 
me and the earth. 

14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring 
a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be 
seen in the cloud : 

15 And I will remember my covenant, which 
is between me and you, and every living crea- 
ture of all flesh ; and the waters shall no more 
become a flood to destroy all flesh. 

16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and 
I will look upon it, that I may remember the 
everlasting covenant between God and every 
living creature of all flesh that is upon the 
earth. 

17 And God said unto Noah, This is the 
token of the covenant which I have esta- 
blished between me and all flesh that is 
upon the earth. 

18 ^T And the sons of Noah that went forth 
of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Ja- 
pheth : and Ham is the father of Canaan. 

19 These are the three sons of Noah : and 
of them was the whole earth overspread. 

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Noah planieth a vineyard, CHAP, 

20 And Noah began to be & husbandman, 
and he planted a vineyard : 

21 And he drank of the wine, and was 
drunken ; and he was uncovered within his 
tent. 

22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw 
the nakedness of his father, and told his two 
brethren without. 

23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, 
and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went 
backward, and covered the nakedness of 
their father : and their faces icere backward, 
and they saw not their father's nakedness. 

24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and 
knew what his younger sou had done unto 
him. 

25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan ; a ser- 
vant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 

26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God 
of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 

27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall 
dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan 
shall be his servant. 

28 1f And Noah lived after the flood three 
hundred and fifty years. 

29 And all the days of Noah were nine 
hundred and fifty years: and he died. 

CHAP. X. 

1 The generations of JVo ah. 2 The sons of Ja- 
pheth. 6 The sons of Ham. 8 JVimrod the 
first monarch. 21 The sons of Shem. 

NOW these are the generations of the 
sons of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Ja- 
pheth: and unto them were sons born after 
the flood. 

2 The sons of Japheth ; Gomer, and Ma- 

fog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and 
leshech, and Tiras. 

3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and 
Riphath, and Togarmah. 

4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and 
Tarshisli, Kittim, and Dodanim. 

5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles 
divided in their lands; everyone after his 
tongue, after their families, in their nations. 

6 Tj And the sons of Ham ; Cush, and Miz- 
raim, and Phut, and Canaan. 

7 And the sons of Cush ; Seba, and Havi- 
lah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabte- 
cha; and the sons of Raamah ; Sheba, and 
Dedan. 

8 And Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be 
a mighty one in the earth. 

9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : 
wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the 
mighty hunter before the Lord. 

10 And the beginning of his kingdom was 
Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, 
in the land of Shinar. 

11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and 
builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and 
Calah, 

12 And Resen between Nineveh and Ca- 
lah : the same is a great city. 

13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Ana- 
mim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 

14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of 
whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. 

15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, 
and Heth, 

A* 



X, XI. The sons of Shem. 

16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and 
the Girgasite, 

17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the 
Sinite, 

18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, 
and the Hamathite : and afterward were the 
families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 

19 And the border of the Canaanites was 
from Sidon, as thou comestto Gerar, unto Ga- 
za ; as thou goest unto Sodom and Gomorrah, 
and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 

20 These are the sons of Ham, after their 
families, after their tongues, in their coun- 
tries, and in their nations. 

21 H Unto Shem also, the father of all the 
children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the 
elder, even to him were children bom. 

22 The children of Shem; Elam, and As- 
shur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. 

23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and 
Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 

24 And Arphaxad begat Salah ; and Salah 
begat Eber. 

25 And unto Eber were born two sons : the 
name of one was Peleg, for in his days was 
the earth divided; and his brother's name 
was Joktan. 

26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and She- 
leph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 

27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 

28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 

29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab : all 
these were the sons of Joktan. 

30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as 
thou goest unto Sephar, a mount of the east. 

31 These are the sons of Shein, after their 
families, after their tongues, in their lands, 
after their nations. 

32 These are the families of the sons of 
Noah, after their generations, in their na- 
tions : and by these were the nations divided 
in the earth after the flood. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 One language im, the world. 3 The building 
of Babel. 6 The confusion of tongues. 10 The 
generations of Shem. 27 The generations of 
Terah the father of Abram. 31 Terah goeth 
from Ur to Haran. 

AND the whole earth was of one lan- 
guage, and of one speech. 

2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed 
from the east, that they found a plain in the 
land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 

3 A nd they said one to another, Go to, let 
us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. 
And they had brick for stone, and slime had 
they for mortar. 

4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a 
city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto 
heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we 
be scattered abroad upon the face of the 
whole earth. 

5 And the Lord came down to see the city 
and the tower, which the children of men 
bnilded. 

6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people 
is one, and they have all one language; and 
this they begin to do : and now nothing will 
be restrained from them, which they have 
imagined to do. 



The generations of Skem. GENESIS 

7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound 
their language, that they may not understand 
one another's speech. 

8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from 
thence upon the face of all the earth: and 
they left off to build the city. 

9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel, 
because the Lord did there confound the 
language of all the earth : and from thence 
did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the 
face of all the earth. 

10 If These are the generations of Shem : 
Shem was a hundred years old, and begat 
Arphaxad two years after the flood : 

11 And Shem lived after he begat Ar 
phaxad five hundred years, and begat sons 
and daughters. 

12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty 
years, and begat Salah. 

13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Sa- 
lah four hundred and three years, and begat 
sons and daughters. 

14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat 
Eber: 

15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four 
hundred and three years, and begat sons and 
daughters. 

16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, 
and begat Peleg : 

17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg 
four hundred and thirty years, and begat 
sons and daughters. 

18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat 
Reu: 

19 And Peleg lived after lie begat Reu two 
hundred and nine years, and begat sons and 
daughters. 

20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, 
and begat Serug. 

21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two 
hundred and seven years, and begat sons 
and daughters. 

22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat 
Nahor : 

23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor 
two hundred years, and begat sons and 
daughters. 

24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, 
and begat Terah. 

25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah a 
hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons 
and daughters. 

26 And Terah lived seventy years, and be- 
gat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 

27 1[ Now these are the generations of Te- 
rah : Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Ha- 
ran : and Haran begat Lot. 

28 And Haran died before his father Terah 
in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chal- 
dees. 

29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives : 
the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and 
the name of Nahor's wife Milcah, the daugh- 
ter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the 
father of Iscah. 

30 But Sarai was barren ; she had no child. 

31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot 
the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai 
hi* daughter-ii-law. his son Abram's wife; 
Had ui^y went forth v^th them from Ur of 



The call of Abrctm* 
the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; 
and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 
32 And the days of Terah were two hun- 
dred and five years : and Terah died in Haran . 

CHAP. XII. 
1 God calleth Abram, and blesseth him with a 
promise of Christ: 4 he departeth with Lot 
from Haran : 6 he journeycth through Ca- 
naan, 7 which is promised him in a vision : 
10 he is driven by a famine into Egypt : 11 
fear maketh him feign his wife to be his sis- 
ter. 14 Fharaoh, having taken her from him, 
by plagues is compelled to restore her. 

NOW the Lord had said unto Abram, 
Get thee out of thy country, and from 
thy kindred, and from thy father's house, 
unto a land that I will shew thee : 

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, 
and I will bless thee, and make thy name 
great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 

3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and 
curse him that curseth thee: and in thee 
shall all families of the earth be blessed. 

4 So Abram departed, as the Lord had 
spoken unto him, and Lot went with him : 
and Abram was seventy and five years old 
when he departed out of Haran. 

5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot 
his brother's son, and all dieir substance that 
they had gathered, and the souls that they 
had gotten in Haran ; and they went forth 
to go into the land of Canaan; and into the 
land of Canaan they came. 

6 And Abram passed through the land unto 
the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Mo- 
reh. A nd the Canaanite was then in the land. 

7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, 
and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land •• 
and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, 
who appeared unto him. 

8 And he removed from thence unto a 
mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched 
his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and 
Hai on the east: and there he builded an 
altar unto the Lord, and called upon the 
name of the Lord. 

9 And Abram journeyed, goiug on still to- 
ward the south. 

10 ^[ And there was a famine in the land : 
and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn 
there; for the famine was grievous in the 
land. 

11 And it eame to pass, when he was come 
near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto 
Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that 
thou art a fan* woman to look upon : 

12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when 
the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall 
say, Tins is his wife : and they will kill me, 
but they will save thee alive. 

13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister : 
that it may be well with me for thy sake ; 
and my soul shall live because of thee. 

14 1f And it came to pass, that when Abram 
was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld 
the woman that she waft very tair. 

15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, 
and commended her before Pharaoh : and 
the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. 

16 And he entreated Abram well for her 
sake : and he had sheep, and oxen, and he- 

10 



Abram and Lot separate. CHAP. XIII, XIV 

asses, and men-servants, and maid-servants, 
and she-asses, and camels. 

17 And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his 
house with great plagues because of Sarai, 
Abram's wife. 

18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, 
What is this that thou hast done unto me ? 
why didst thou not tell me that she was thy 
wife ? 

19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I 
miglit have taken her to me to wife: now 
therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go 
thy way. 

20 And Pharaoh commanded his men con- 
cerning him : -and they sent him away, and 
his wife, and all that he had. 

CHAP. XIII. 

1 Abram and Lot return out of Egypt. 1 By 
disagreement they part asunder. 10 Lot gocth 
to wicked Sodom. 14 God reneweth the promise 
to Abram. 18 He removeth to Hebron, and 
there buildeth an altar. 



God's promise to Abrant. 
where thou art, northward, and southward, 
and eastward, and westward : 

15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee 
will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 

16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of 
the earth : so that if a man can number the 
dust of the earth, tfien shall thy seed also be 
numbered. 

17 Arise, walk through the land in the 
length of it and in the breadth of it; for I 
will give it unto thee. 

18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came 
and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is 
in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the 
Lord. 

CHAP. XIV. 



AND Abram went up out of Egypt, he, 
and his wife, and all that he had, and 
Lot with him, into the south. 

2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in 
stiver, and in gold. 

3 And he went on his journeys from the 
south even to Beth-el, unto the place where 
his tent had been at the beginning, between 
Beth-el and Hai; 

4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had 
made there at the first: and there Abram 
called on the name of the Lord. 

5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, 
had flocks, and herds, and tents. 

6 And the land was not able to bear them, 
that they might dwell together: for their 
substance was great, so that they could not 
dwell together. 

7 And there was a strife between the herd- 
men of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of 
Lot's cattle : and the Canaan ite and the Pe- 
rizzite dwelled then in the land. 

8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be 
no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, 
and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; 
for we be brethren. 

9 Is not the whole land before thee ? Sepa- 
rate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou 
wUt take the left hand, then I will go to the 
right; ovMthou depart to the right hand, 

■ then I will go to the left. 

10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld 
all the plain of Jordau, that it was well wa- 
tered every where, before the Lord destroy- 
ed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden 
of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou 
comest unto Zoar. 

11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jor- 
dan; and Lot journeyed east: and they 
separated themselves the one from the other. 

12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, 
and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, 
and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 

13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and 
sinners before the Lord, exceedingly. 

14 1F And the Lord said unto Abram, after 
that Lot was separated from him. Lift up 
now thine eyes, and look from the place 



1 The battle of four kings against five. 11 Lot 
is taken 2>risoner. 14 Abram rescueth him. 
18 Melchizedek blesseth Abram. 20 Abram 
giveth him tithe. 22 The rest of the spoil, hi» 
partners having had their portions, he resto- 
reth to the king of Sodom. 



of 



AND it came to pass, in the days of Am- 
raphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of 
Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and 
Tidal king of nations; 

2 That these made war with Bera king of 
Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorralu, 
Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king 
of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is 
Zoar. 

3 All these were joined together in the vale 
of Siddim, which is the salt sea. 

.4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, 
and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 

5 And in the fourteenth year came Che- 
dorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, 
and smote the Rephaims in Asjiteroth Kar- 
naim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the 
Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 

6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto 
El-paran, which is by the wilderness. 

7 And they returned, and came to En-mish- 
pat, which} is Kadesh, and smote all the 
country of the Amalekites, and also the 
Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar. 

8 And there went out the king of Sodom, 
and the king? of Gomorrah, and the kingf of 
Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the 
king of Bela, (the same is Zoar;) and they 
joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; 

9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, 
and with Tidal king of nations, and Amra- 
phel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of El- 
lasar; four kings with five. 

10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slime- 
pits ; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah 
fled, and fell there : and they that remained 
fled to the mountain. 

11 And they took all the goods of Sodom 
and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and 
went their way. 

12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's 
son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, 
and departed. 

13 ^[ And there came one that had escaped, 
and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt 
in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother 
of Eshcol, and brother of Aner : and these 
icere confederate with Abram. 

11 



Melchizedek blesseih Abram. 

14 And when Abram heard that his brother 
was taken captive, he armed his trained ser- 
vants, born in his own house, three hundred 
and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 

15 And he divided himself against them, he 
and his servants by night, and smote them, 
and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on 
the left hand of Damascus. 

16 And he brought back all the goods, and 
also brought again his brodier Lot, and his 
goods, and the women also, and the people. 

17 ^f And the king of Sodom went out to 
meet him (after his return from the slaughter 
ef Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were 
widi him,) at the valley of Shaveh, which is 
the king's dale. 

18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought 
forth bread and wine : and he was the priest 
of the most high God. 

19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed 
i?e Abram of the most high God, possessor 
of heaven and earth : 

20 And blessed be the most high God, 
which hadi delivered thine enemies into thy 
hand. And he gave him tithes of all. 

21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, 
Give me the persons, and take the goods to 
thyself. 

2!2 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, 
I have lifted up my hand unto the Lord, the 
most high Goof, the possessor of heaven and 
earth, 

23 That I will not take from a thread even 
to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take 
any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest 
say, I have made Abram rich : 

24 Save only that which the young men 
have eaten, and the portion of the men 
which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and 
Mamre ; let them take their portion. 

CHAP. XV. 
I God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram complain- 
eth for want of an heir. 4 Ood promiseth him 
a son, and a multiplying of his seed. 6 Abram 
is justified by faith. 7 Canaan is promised 
again, and confirmed by a sign, 12 and a vision. 

AFTER these things the word of the 
Lord came unto Abram in a vision, 
saying, Fear not, Abram : I am thy shield, 
and thy exceeding great reward. 

2 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt 
thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the 
steward of my house is this Eliezer of Da- 
mascus 1 

3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou 
hast given no seed: and lo, one born in my 
house is mine heir. 

4 And behold, the word of the Lord came 
unto him, saying, This shall not be thine 
heir; but he that shall eome forth out of 
thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 

5 And he brought him forth abroad, and 
said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the 
stars, if thou be able to number them : and 
lie said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 

6 And he believed in the Lord ; and he 
counted it to him for righteousness. 

7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord 
that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, 
to give thee this land to inherit it. 



GENESIS. Laud of Canaan promised. 

8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I 
know that I shall inherit it? 

9 And he said unto him, Take me a heifer 
of three years old, and a she-goat of three 
years old, and a ram of three years old, and 
a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. 

10 And he took unto him all these, and di- 
vided them in the midst, and laid each piece 
one against another : but the birds divided 
he not. 

11 And when the fowls came down upon 
the carcasses, Abram drove them away. 

12 And when the sun was going down, a 
deep sleep fell upon Abram) and lo, a hor- 
ror of great darkness ftll upon him. 

13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a 
surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a 
land that is not theirs, and shall serve them : 
and they shall afflict them four hundred 
years; 

14 And also that nation whom they shall 
serve, will I judge : and afterward shall they 
come out with great substance. 

15 And diou shalt go to thy fathers in peace ; 
thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 

16 But in the fourth generation they shall 
come hither again : for the iniquity of the 
Amorites is not yet full. 

17 And it came to pass, that when the sun 
went down, and it was dark, behold a smo- 
king furnace, and a burning lamp that passed 
between those pieces. 

18 In that same day the Lord made a cove- 
nant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have 
I given this land, from the river of Egypt 
unto the great river, the river Euphrates : 

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and 
the Kadmonites, 

20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and 
the Rephaims, 

21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, 
and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. 

CHAP. XVI. 
ISarai, being barren, giveth Hagar to Abram. 
6 Hagar, being afflicted for despising her mis- 
tress, runneth away. 7 An angel sendeth her 
back to submit herself, 11 and telleth her of 
her child. 15 Ishmael is born. 

NOW Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no 
children : and she had a handmaid, an 
Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 

2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, 
the Lord hath restrained me from bearing : 
I pray thee go in unto my maid ; it may be 
that 1 may obtain children by her. And 
Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. i 

3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her 
maid die Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt 
ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her 
to her husband Abram to be his wife. 

4 II And he went in unto Hagar, and she 
conceived : and when she saw diat she had 
conceived, her mistress was despised in her 
eyes. 

5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong 
be upon thee: I have given my maid into 
thy bosom ; and when she saw that she had 
conceived, I was despised in her eyes : the 
Lord judge between me and thee. 

6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy 
12 



lshmael is born. 

maid is in thy hand ; do to her as it pleaseth 

thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with 

her, she fled from her face. 

.7 II And the angel of the Lord found her 

by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by 

the fountain in the way to Sliur. 

8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence 
earnest thou ? and whither wilt thou go ? 
And she said, I flee from the face of my 
mistress Sarai. 

9 And the angel of the Lord said unto her, 
Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself 
under her hands. 

10 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, 
that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 

11 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt 
bear a son, and shalt call his name lshmael ; 
because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. 

12 And he will be a wild man ; his hand 
will be against every man, and every man's 
hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the 
presence of all his brethren. 

13 And she called the name of the Lord 
that spake unto her, Thou God seest me : 
for she said, Have I also here looked after 
him that seeth me ? 

14 Wherefore the well was called Beer- 
lahai-roi ; behold, it is between Kadesh and 
Bered. 

15 U And Hagar bare Abram a son : and 
Abram called his son's name, which Hagar 
bare, lshmael. 

16 i[ And Abram was fourscore and six years 
old, when Hagar bare lshmael to Abram. 

CHAP. XVII. 

1 God reneweth the covenant. 5 Abram his name 
is changed in token of a greater blessing. 10 
Circumcision is instituted. 15 Sarai her name 
is changed, and she blessed. 17 Isaac 14 pro- 
mised. 23 Abraham and lshmael are circum- 
cised. 

AND when Abram was ninety years old 
and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, 

and said unto him, I am the Almighty God ; 

walk before me, and be thou perfect. 

2 And I will make my covenant between me 
and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 

3 And Abram fell on his face : and God 
talked with him, saying, 

4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with 
thee, and thou shalt be- a father of many 
nations. 

5 Neither shall thy name any more be called 
Abram ; but thy name shall be Abraham ; for 
a father of many nations have I made thee. 

6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, 
and I will make nations of thee; and kings 
shall come out of thee. 

7 And I will establish my covenant between 
me and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their 
generations, for an everlasting covenant ; to 
be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 

8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed 
after thee, the land wherein thou art a stran- 
ger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlast- 
ing possession ; and I will be their God. 

9 if And God said unto Abraham, Thou 
shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and 



CHAP. XVII, XVIII. Isaac is promised. 

thy seed after thee, in their generations. 

10 This is my covenant, which ye shall 
keep, between me and you, and thy seed 
after thee; Every man-child among you shall 
be circumcised. 

11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your 
foreskin ; and it shall be a token of the cove- 
nant betwixt me and you. 

12 And he that is eight days old shall be 
circumcised among you, every man-child in 
your generations, he that is born in the house, 
or bought with money of any stranger, whicn 
is not of thy seed. 

13 He that is born in thy house, and he thari 
is bought with thy money, must needs be cir- 
cumcised : and my covenant shall be in your 
flesh for an everlasting covenant. 

14 And theuncircumcised man-child, whose 
flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that 
soul shall be cut off from his people ; he hath 
broken my covenant. 

15 1J And God said unto Abraham, As for 
Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name 
Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 

16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son 
also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she 
shall be a mother of nations ; kings of people 
shall be of her. 

17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and 
laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child 
be born unto him that is a hundred years 
old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years 
old, bear? 

18 And Abraham said unto God, O that 
lshmael might live before thee ! 

19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear 
thee a son indeed ; and thou shalt call his 
name Isaac : and I will establish my cove- 
nant with him forjan everlasting covenant, 
and with his seed after him. 

i-ti And as for lshmael, I have heard thee : 
Behold, I have blessed him, and will make 
him fruitful, and will multiply him exceed- 
ingly : twelve princes shall he beget, and 1 
will make him a great nation. 

21 But my covenant will I establish with 
Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at 
this set time in the next year. 

22 And he left off talking with him, and 
God went up from Abraham. 

23 11 And Abraham took lshmael his son, 
and all that were born in his house, and all 
that were bought with his money, every male 
among the men of Abraham's house ; and 
circumcised the flesh of their foreskin, in the 
self-same day, as God had said unto him. 

24 And Abraham was ninety years old and 
nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh 
of his foreskin. 

25 And lshmael his son was thirteen years 
old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of 
his foreskin. 

26 In the self-same day was Abraham cir- 
cumcised, and lshmael his son ; 

27 And all the men of his house, born in 
the house, and bought with money of the 
stranger, were circumcised with him. 

CHAP. XVIII. 

1 Abraham entertaineth three angels. 9 Sarah 

is reproved for laughing at the strange pro- 

lo 



Abraham entertainetJi three angels. 
raise. 17 The destruction of Sodom is reveal- 
ed to Abraham. ^Abraham maketh interces- 
sion for the men thereof. 

AND the Lord appeared unto him in the 
plains of Mainre: and he sat in the 
tent-door in the heat of the day ; 

2 And lie lifted up his eyes and looked, and 
lo, three men stood by him : and when he 
saw Hiem, he ran to meet them from the tent- 
door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 

3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found 
favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray 
tfiee, from thy servant: 

4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, 
and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under 
the tree : 

5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and 
comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall 
pass on : for therefore are ye come to your 
servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast 
said. 

6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto 
Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three 
measures of fine meal, knead it, and make 
cakes upon the hearth. 

7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and 
fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it 
unto a young man ; and he hasted to dress k. 

8 And he took butter, and milk, and the 
calf which he had dressed, and set it before 
them : and he stood by them under the tree, 
and tliey did eat. 

9 H And they said unto him, Where is Sa- 
rah thy wife 1 And he said, Behold, in the 
tent. 

10 And he said, I will certainlv return unto 
thee according to the time o{ life ; and lo, 
Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah 
heard it in the tent-door, which was behind 
nim. 

11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and 
well stricken in age; and it ceased to be 
with Sarah after the manner of women. 

12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, 
saying. After I am waxed old shall I have 
pleasure, my lord being old also 1 

13 And the Lord said unto Abraham, 
Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I 
of a surety bear a child, which am old 1 

14 Is any thing too hard for the Lord ? At 
the time appointed I will return unto thee, 
according to the time of life, and Sarah shall 
have a son. 

15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed 
not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; 
but thou didst laugh. 

16 And the men rose up from thence, and 
looked toward Sodom : and Abraham went 
with them to bring them on the way. 

17 If And the Lord said, Shall I hide from 
Abraham that tiling which I do; 

18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely be- 
come a great and mighty nation, and all the 
nations of the earth snail be blessed in him ? 

19 For I know him, that he will command 
\)\s children and his household after him, and 
they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do 
justice and judgment; that the Lord may 
bring upon Abraham that which he hath 
spoken of him. 



GENESIS. His intercession for Sodom. 

20 And the Lord said. Because the cry of 
Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because 
their sin is very grievous, 

21 I w T ill go down now, and see whether 
they have done altogether according to the 
cry of it, which is come unto me ; and if not, 

1 will know. 

22 And the men turned their faces from 
thence, and went toward Sodom : but Abra- 
ham stood yet before the Lord. 

23 % And Abraham drew near, and said, 
Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the 
wicked ? 

24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous 
within the city : wilt thou also destroy and 
not spare theplace for the fifty righteous 
that are therein ? 

25 That be far from thee to do after this 
manner, to slay the righteous with the wick- 
ed ; and that the righteous should be as the 
wicked, that be far from thee : Shall not the 
Judge of all the earth do right? 

26 And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom 
fifty righteous within the city, then I wHI 
spare all the place for their sakes. 

27 And Abraham answered and said, Be- 
hold now, I have taken upon me to speak 
unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes : 

28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the 
fifty righteous : wilt thou destroy all the city 
for lack of five 1 And he said, If I find there 
forty and five, I will not destroy it. 

29 And he spake unto him yet again, and 
said, Peradventure there shall be forty found 
there. And he said, I will not do it tor for- 
ty's sake. 

30 And he said unto him, Oh, let not the 
Lord be angry, and I will speak: Perad- 
venture tli ere shall thirty be found there. 
And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty 
there. 

31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken 
upon me to speak unto the Lord : Perad- 
venture there shall be twenty found there. 
And he said, I will not destroy it for twen- 
ty's sake. 

32 And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be 
angry, and I will speak yet but this once : 
Peradventure ten shall be found there. And 
he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. 

33 And the Lord went his way, as soon as 
he had left communing with Abraham : and 
Abraham returned unto his place. 

CHAP. XIX. 
1 Lot entertaineth two anffels. 4 The vicious So- 
domites arc stricken with blindness. 12 Lot is t 
sent for safety into the mountains. 18 He ob- 
taineth leave to go into Zoar. 24 Sodom and 
Gomorrah aire destroyed. 26 LoVs wife is a 
pillar of salt. 30 Lot dicelleth in a cave. 31 
The incestuous original of Moab andAmmon. 

AND there came two angels to Sodom at 
even ; and Lot sat in the gate of So- 
dom ; and Lot, seeing them, rose up to meet 
them; and he bowed himself with his face 
toward the ground ; 

2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn 
in, I pray you, into your servant's house, 
and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and 
ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. 



The Sodomites are stHcken blind. 

And they 3aid, Nay ; but we will abide in the 

street all night. 

3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and 
they turned in unto him, and entered into his 
house; and he made them a feast, and did 
bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. 

4 IT But before they lay down, the men of 
the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed 
the house round, both old and young, all the 
people from every quarter : 

5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto 
him, Where are the men which came in to 
thee this night? bring them out unto us, 
that we may know them. 

6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, 
and shut the door after him, 

7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so 
wickedly. 

8 Behold now, I have two daughters which 
have not known man; let me, I pray you, 
bring them out unto you, and do ye to them 
as is good in your eyes : only unto these men 
do nothing; for therefore came they under 
the shadow of my roof. 

9 And they saicl, Stand back. And they 
said again, This one fellow came in to so- 
journ, and he will needs be a judge : Now 
will we deal worse with thee than with them. 
And they pressed sore upon the man, even 
Lot, and came near to break the door. 

10 But the men put forth their hand, and 
pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut 
to the door. 

11 And they smote the men that were at the 
door of the house with blindness, both small 
and great: so that they wearied themselves 
to find the door. 

12 H And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou 
here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, 
and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast 
in the city, bring tliem out of this place: 

13 For we will destroy this place, because 
the cry of them is waxen great before the 
face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent 
us to destroy it. 

14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his 
•sons-in-law, which married his daughters, 
and said, Up, get you out of this place ; for 
the Lord will destroy this city : but he seem- 
ed as one that mocked unto his sons-in-law. 

15 U And when the morning arose, then 
the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take 
thy wife, and thy two daughters which are 
here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity 
of the city. 

16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold 
upon his hand, and upon the hand of his 
wife, and upon the hand of his two daugh- 
ters; the Lord being merciful unto him; 
and ll?ey brought him forth, and set him 
without the city. 

17 And it came to pass, when they had 
brought them forth abroad, that he said, Es- 
cape for thy life: look not behind thee, 
neidier stay thou in all the plain : escape to 
the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 

18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my 
Lord' 

19 Behold now, thy servant hath found 
grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified 



CHAP. XIX. Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed. 
thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me 



in saving my life : and I cannot escape to the 
mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die : 

20 Behold now, this city is near to flee 
unto, and it is a little one : Oh, let me es- 
cape thither! (is it not a little one?) and 
my soul shall live. 

21 And he said unto him, See, I have ac 
cepted thee concerning this thing also, that 
I will not overthrow this city, for the which 
thou hast spoken. 

22 Haste thee, escape thidier; for I cannot 
do any thing till thou be come thither : there- 
fore the name of the city was called Zoar. 

23 U The sun was risen upon the earth 
when Lot entered into Zoar. 

24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and 
upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the 
Lord out of heaven ; 

25 And he overthrew those cities, and all 
the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, 
and that which grew upon the ground. 

26 H But his wife looked back from behind 
him, and she became a pillar of salt. 

27 1[ And Abraham gat up early in the 
morning to die place where lie stood before 
the Lord : 

28 And he looked toward Sodom and Go- 
morrah, and toward all the land of the plain, 
and beheld, and lo, the smoke of the coun- 
try went up as the smoke of a furnace. 

29 If And it came to pass, when God de- 
stroyed the cities of the plain, that God re- 
membered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the 
midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew 
the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 

30 If And Lot went up out of Zoar, and 
dwelt in the mountain, and his two daugh- 
ters with him: for he feared to dwell in Zoar: 
and he dwelt in a cave, he, and his two 
daughters. 

31 H And the first-born said unto the young- 
er, Our father is old, and there is not a man 
in the earth to come in unto us after the man- 
ner of all the earth: 

32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, 
and we will lie with him, that we may pre- 
serve seed of our father. 

33 And they made their father drink win* 
that night: and the first-born went in, and 
lay with her father; and he perceived not 
when she lay down, nor when she arose. 

34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that 
the first-born said unto the younger, Behold, 
I lay yesternight with my father: let us 
make him drink wine this night also ; and 
go thou in, and. lie with him, that we may 
preserve seed of our father. 

35 And they made their father drink wine 
that night also : and the younger arose, and 
lay with him; and he perceived not when 
she lay down, nor when she arose. 

36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot 
with child by their father. 

37 And the first-born bare a son, and called 
ltis name Moab : the same is the father of 
the Moabites unto this day. 

38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and 
called his name Ben-ammi : the same is the 
father of the children of Ammonunto this day. 

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God reproveth Abimelech. 

CHAP. XX. 

J Abraham sojourneth at Gerar, 2 denieth his 
wife, and loscth her. 3 Abimelech is reproved 
for her in a dream. 9 He rebuketh Abraham, 
14 restoreth Sarah, 16 and reproveth her. 17 
He is heated by Abraham'' s prayer. 

AND Abraham journeyed from thence 
toward the' south country, and dwelled 
between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned 
in Gerar. 

2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, 
She is my sister: And Abimelech king of 
Gerar sent and took Sarah. 

3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream 
©y night, and said to him, Behold, thou art 
but a dead man, for the woman which thou 
hast taken : for she is a man's wife. 

4 But Abimelech had not come near her : 
and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a 
righteous nation ? 

5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister ? 
and she, even she herself said, He is my 
brother: in the integrity of my heart and 
innocency of my hands have I done this. 

6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, 
I know that thou didst this in the integrity 
of thy heart ; for I also withheld thee From 
sinning against me : therefore suffered I thee 
not to touch her. 

7 Now therefore restore the man his wife ; 
. for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for 

thee, and thou shalt live : and if thou restore 
her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, 
thou and all that are thine. 

8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the 
morning, and called all his servants, and 
told all these things in their ears: and the 
men Avere sore afraid. 

9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and 
said unto him, What hast thou done unto 
us? and what have I offended thee, that 
thoa hast brought on me and on my king- 
dom a great sin ? thou hast done deeds unto 
me that ought not to be done. 

10 And Abimelech paid unto Abraham, 
What sawest thou, that thou hast done this 
thing ? 

11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, 
Surely the fear of God is not in this place ; 
and they will slay me for my wife's sake. 

12 And yet indeed she is my sister ; she is 
the daughter of my father, but not the daugh- 
ter of my mother : and she became my wife. 

13 And it came to pass, when God caused 
me to wander from my father's house, that 
I said unto her, This is thy kindness which 
thou shalt shew unto me; at every place 
whither we shall come, say of me, He is my 
brother. 

14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, 
and men-servants, and women-servants, and 
gave them unto Abraham, and restored him 
Sarah his wife. 

15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is 
before thee : dwell where it pleaseth thee. 

16 And unto Sarah he said^ Behold, I have 
jpven thy brother a thousand pieces of sil- 
ver : behold, he is to thee a covering of the 
eyes unto all that are with thee, and with all 
<tth$r .* thus she was reproved. 



GENESIS. Isaac born, and Hagar banished. 
I 17 H So Abraham prayed unto God : and 
God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and 
his maid-servants ; and they bare children. 
18 For the Lord had fast closed up all the 
wombs of the house of A bimelech, because 
of Sarah, Abraham's wife. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 Isaac is bom. A He is circumcised. 6 SaralCs 
joy. 9 Hagar and Ishmael are cast forth. 15 
Hagar in distress. 17 The angel comforteth 
her. 22 Abimelech" s covenant with Abraham 
at Beer-sheba. 

AND the Lord visited Sarah as he had 
said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as 
he had spoken. 

2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham 
a son in his ohj age, at the set time of which 
God had spoken to him. 

3 And Abraham called the name of his son 
that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to 
him, Isaac. 

4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, 
being eight days old, as God had command- 
ed him. 

5 And Abraham was a hundred years old, 
when his son Isaac was born unto him. 

6 U" And Sarah said, God hath made me to 
laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. 

7 And she said, Who would have said unto 
Abraham, that Sarah should have given 
children suck ? for I have borne him a son 
in his old age. 

8 And the child grew, and was weaned : 
and Abraham made a great feast the same 
day that Isaac was weaned. 

9 % And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the 
Egyptian, which she had borne unto Abra- 
ham, mocking. 

10 Wherefore she*said unto Abraham, Cast 
out this bond-woman, and her son : for the 
son of this bond-woman shall not be heir 
with my son, even with Isaac. 

11 And the thing was very grievous in Abra- 
ham's sight, because of his son. 

12 T[ And God said unto Abraham, Let it 
not be grievous in thy sight, because of the 
lad, and because of thy bond-woman; in all 
that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto 
her voice : for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. 

13 And also of the son of the bond-woman 
will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. 

14 And Abraham rose up early in the morn- 
ing, and took bread, and a bottle of water, 
and gave it unto Hagar (putting it on her 
shoulder) and the child, and sent her away : 
and she departed, and wandered in the wil- 
derness of Beer-sheba. 

15 And the water was spent in the bottle, 
and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 

16 And she went, and sat her down over 
against him, a good way off, as it were a bow- 
shot : for she said, Let me not see the death 
of the child. And she sat over against him, 
and lifted up her vo?ce, and wept. 

17 And God heard the voice of the lad: 
and the angel of God called to Hagar out of 
heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, 
Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the 
voice of the Lad where he is. 

18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him m 
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Covenant with Abimelech. CHAP, 

thy hand : for I will make him a great nation. 

19 And God Opened her eyes, and she saw 
a well of water : and she went, and filled the 
bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 

20 And God was with the lad ; and he 
grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and be- 
came an archer. 

21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pa- 
ran : and his mother took him a wife out of 
the land of Egypt. 

22 IT And it came to pass at that time, that 
Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of 
his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God 
is with thee in all that thou doest : 

23 Now therefore swear unto me here by 
God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, 
nor with my son, nor with my son's son : but 
according to the kindness that I have done 
unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the 
land wherein thou hast sojourned. 

24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 

25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech be- 
cause of a well of water, which Abimelech's 
servants had violently taken away. 

26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath 
done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, 
neither yet heard I of it, but to-day. 

27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, 
and gave them unto Abimelech : and both 
of them made a covenant. 

28 And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of 
the flock by themselves* 

29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, 
What' mean these seven ewe-lambs, which 
thou liast set by themselves ? 

30 And he said, For these seven ewe-lambs 
shalt thou take of my hand, that they may 
be a witness unto me that I have digged this 
well. 

31 Wlierefore he called that place Beer- 
sheba; because there they sware both of 
them. 

32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer- 
sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phi- 
chol the chief captain of his host, and they 
returned into the land of the Philistines. 

33 ^[ And Abraham planted a grove in Beer- 
sheba, and called there on the name of the 
Lord, the everlasting God. 

34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philis- 
tines' land many days. 

CHAP. XXII. 

1 Abrahamis tempted to offer Isaac. 3 He giveth 

proof of his faith and obedience. 11 The angel 

stayeth him. 13 Isaac is exchanged with a 

k ram. 14 The place is called Jehovah-jireh. 15 

Abraham is blessed again. 20 The generation 

' of Nahor unto Rebekah. 

AND it came to pass after these things, 
that God did tempt Abraham, and said 
unto him, Abraham : And he said, Behold, 
here I am. 

2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine 
only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get 
thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him 
there for a burnt-offering upon one of the 
mountains which I will tell thee of. 

3 1f And Abraham rose up early in the 
morning, and saddled his ass, and took two 
of his young men With him, and Isaac his 



XXII. Abraham's faith, and obedience* 
son, and clave the wood for the burnt^offer- 
ing, and rose up, and went unto the place of 
which God had told him. 

4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up 
his eyes,; an( ^ saw *h e place afar off. 

5 And Abraham said unto his young men, 
Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the 
lad will go yonder and worship, and come 
again to you. 

6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt- 
offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son ; and 
he took the fire in his hand and a knife : and 
they went both of them together. 

7 Xnd Isaac spake unto Abraham his fa- 
ther, and saidj My father : and he said, Here 
am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire 
and the wood: but where 'is the lamb for a 
burnt-offering ? 

8 And Abraham said, My son, God will 
provide himself a lamb for a burnt-offering: 
so they went bdth of them together. 

9 And they came to the place which God 
had told him of; and Abraham built an altar 
there, and laid the wood in order; and bound 
Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon 
the wood. 

10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, 
and took the knife to slay his son. 

11 And the angel of the Lord called unto 
him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abra- 
ham. And he said, Here am I. 

12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon 
the lad, neither do thou any thing unto* him: 
for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing 
thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only 
son, from me. 

13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and 
looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught 
in a thicket by his horns: And Abraham 
went and took the ram, and offered him up 
for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. 

14 And Abraham called the name of that 
place JeliOvah-jireh : as it is said to this day, 
In the mOuntof the Lord it' shall be seem 

15 1[ And the angel of the Lord called unto 
Abraham out of heaven 1 the second time, 

16 And saidy By myself have I sworn, saith 
the Lord, for because thou hast done this 
thing, and hast riot Withheld thy son, thine 
only son : 

17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in 
multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the 
stars of the heaven, and as the sand which 
is upon the sea-shore; and thy seed shall 
possess the gate of his enemies; 

18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of 
the earth be blessed ; because thou hast 
obeyed my voice. 

19 So Abraham returned unto his young 
men, and they rose up, and went together to 
Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer- 
sheba. 

20 1[ And it came to pass after these things, 
that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, 
Milcah, she hath also borne children unto 
thy brother Nahor; 

21 Huz his first-born, and Buz his brother, 
and Kemuel the father of Aram, 

22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, 
arid Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 

17 



Thk death of Sarah. 



GENESIS. 



Her burial. 



23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah : these 
eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's 
brother. 

24 And his concubine, whose name was 
Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Galiam, 
and Thahash, and Maachah. 

CHAP. XXIII. 

1 The age and death of Sarah. 3 The purchase 

of Machpelah, Id where Sarah was buried. 

AND Sarah was a hundred and seven 
and twenty years old : these were the 
years of the life of Sarah. 

2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same 
is Hebron in the land of Canaan : And Abra- 
ham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep 
for her. 

3 ^[ And Abraham stood up from before his 
dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, say- 
ing, 

4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you : 
give me a possession of a burying-place with 
you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 

5 And the children of Heth answered Abra- 
ham, saying unto him, 

6 Hear us, my lord ; thou art a mighty 
prince among us : in the choice of our sepul- 
chres bury thy dead: none of us shall with- 
hold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou 
mayest bury thy dead. 

7 And Abraham stood up and bowed him- 
self to the people of die land, even to the 
children of Heth. 

8 And he communed with them, saying, If 
it be your mind that I should bury my dead 
out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me 
to Ephron the son of Zohar, 

9 That he may give me the cave of Mach- 
pelah, which he hath, which is in the end 
of his field ; for as much money as it is worth 
he shall give it me, for a possession of a bury- 
ing-place among you. 

10 And Ephron dwelt among the children 
of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered 
Abraham in the audience of the children of 
Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of 
his city, saying, 

11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I 
thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it 
thee ; in the presence of the sons of my peo- 
ple give I it thee : bury thy dead. 

12 And Abraham bowed down himself be- 
fore the people of the land. 

13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audi- 
ence of the people of the land, saying, But 
if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me : I 
will give thee money for the field : take it 
of me, and I will bury my dead there. 

14 And Ephron answered Abraham, say- 
ing unto him, 

15 My lord, hearken unto me : the land is 
worth four hundred shekels of silver ; what 
is that betwixt me and thee 1 bury therefore 
thy dead. 

16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, 
and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver 
which he had named in the audience of the 
sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, 
current money with the merchant. 

17 1[ And the field of Ephron, which was 
in Machpelah, which leas before Mamre, 



the field and the cave which was therein, 
and all the trees that were in the field, that 
were in all the borders round about, were 
made sure 

18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the 
presence of the children of Heth, before all 
that went in at the gate of his city. 

19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah 
his wife in the cave of the field of Machpe- 
lah, before Mamre : the same is Hebron in 
the land of Canaan. 

20 And the field, and the cave that is there- 
in were made sure unto Abraham for a pos- 
session of a burying-place, by the sons of 
Heth. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
1 Abraham sweareth his servant. 10 The ser- 
vant's journey : 12 his prayer : 14 his sign. 
15 Rebekah meeteth him, 18 fulfillech his sign, 
22 receiveth jewels, 23 sheweth her kindred, 
25 and inviteth him home. 26 The servant 
blesseth Ood. 29 Laban entertaineth him. 34 
The servant sheweth his message. 50 I^aban 
and Bethuel approve it. 58 Rebekah consent- 
eth to go. 62 Isaac meeteth her. 

AND Abraham was old and well stricken 
in age : and the Lord had blessed 
Abraham in all things. 

2 And Abraham said unto his eldest ser- 
vant of his house, that ruled over all that lie 
had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my 
thigh : 

3 And I will make thee swear by the Lord, 
the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, 
that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son 
of the daughters of the Canaanites among 
whom I dwell : 

4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to 
my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. 

5 And the servant said unto him, Perad- 
venture the woman will not be willing to 
follow me unto this land : must I needs bring 
thy son again unto the land from whence 
thou earnest? 

6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware 
thou, that thou bring notniy son thither again. 

7 % The Lord God of heaven, which took 
me from niv father's house, and from the 
land of my kindred, and which spake unto 
me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto 
thy seed will I give this land : he shall send 
his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a 
wife unto my son from thence. 

8 And if the woman will not be willing to 
follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from 
this mine oatli ; only bring not my son thither 
again. 

9 And the servant put his hand under the 
thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to 
him concerning that matter. 

10 Tf And the servant took ten camels, of 
the camels of his master, and departed ; (for 
all the goods of his master were in his hand ;) 
and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, 
unto the city of Nahor. 

11 And he made his camels to kneel down 
without the city by a well of water, at the 
time of the evening, even the time that wo- 
men go out to draw water : 

12 1| And lie said, O Lord God of my mas- 
ter Abraham, I pray thee, send me good 

13 



Abraliams servant meets Rebekah, Cfc \P, 
speed this day, and shew kindness unto my 
master Abraham. 

13 Behold, I stand here by the well of wa- 
ter; and the daughters of die men of the 
city come out to draw water: 

14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel 
lo whom I shall say, Let down idy pitcher, 
I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall 
say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink 
also : lei the same be she that thou hast ap- 
pointed for thy servant Isaac ; and thereby 
shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness 
unto my master. 

15 % And it came to pass, before he had 
done speaking, that behold, Rebekah came 
out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Mil- 
cah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, 
with her pitcher upon her shoulder. 

16 And the damsel teas very fair to look 
upon, a virgin ; neither had any man known 
her: and she went down to die well, and 
filled her pitcher, and came up. 

17 And the servant ran to meet her, and 
said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little wa- 
ter of thy pitcher. 

18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she 
hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her 
hand, and gave him drink. 

19 And when she had done giving him 
drink, she said, I will draw water for thy 
camels also, until they have done drinking. 

20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher 
into the trough, and ran again unto the well 
to draw water, and drew for all his camels. 

21 And the man, wondering at her, held 
his peace, to wit whether the Lord had 
made his journey prosperous, or not. 

22 And it came to pass, as the camels had 
done drinking, that the man took a golden 
ear-ring, of half a shekel weight, and two 
bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight 
of gold, 

23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? 
tell me, I pray thee : is there room in thy 
father's house for us to lodge in ? 

24 And she said unto him, I am the daugh- 
ter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she 
bare unto Nahor. 

25 She said, moreover, unto him, We have 
both straw and provender enough, and room 
to lodge in. 

26 And the man bowed down his head, 
and worshipped the Lord. 

27 And he said, Blessed be the Lo rd God 
of my master Abraham, who hath not left 
destitute my master of his mercy and his 
truth : I being in the way, the Lord led me 
to the house of my master's brethren. 

28 And the damsel ran, and told them of 
her mother's house these things. 

29 % And Rebekah had a brother, and his 
name was Laban : and Laban ran out unto 
the man, unto the well. 

30 And it came to pass, when he saw the ear- 
ring, and bracelets upon his sister's hands, 
and when he heard the words of Rebekah 
his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto 
me ; that he came unto the man, and behold, 
lie stood by the camels at the well. 

■ 31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of 



. XXIV. and shews his message. 

the Lor . >vherefore standest thou without? 
for I have prepared the house, and room for 
the camels. 

32 And the man came into the house : and 
he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and 
provender for the camels, and water to wash 
his feet, and the men's feet that icere with 
him. 

33 And th^re was set meat before him to 
eat: but he said, \ ./ill not eat until I have 
told mine errand And he said, Speak on. 

34 And he said^T am Abraham's servant. 

35 And the J.ori hath blessed my master 
greatly, and he i§ become great: and he 
hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, 
and gold, and men-servants, aad maid-ser- 
vants, and camels, and asses. 

36 And Sarah, my master's wife, bare a 
son to my master when she was old: and 
unto him hath he given all that he hath. 

37 And my master made me swear, saying, 
Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the 
daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land 
I dwell : 

38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, 
and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my 
son. 

39 And I said unto my master, Peradven* 
ture die woman will not follow me. 

40 And he said unto me, The Lord, before 
whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, 
and prosper thy way ; and thou shalt take a 
wife for my son of my kindred, and of my 
father's house. 

41 Then shalt thou be clear from this mine 
oath, when thou comest to my kindred ; and 
if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear 
from my oath. 

42 And I came this day unto the well, and 
said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, if 
now thou do prosper my way which I go : 

43 Behold, I stand by the well of water ; 
and it shall come to pass, that .when the 
virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I 
say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a litde 
water of thy pitcher to drink; 

44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, 
and I will also draw for thy camels : let the 
same be the woman whom the Lord hath 
appointed out for my master's son. 

45 And before I had done speaking in mine 
heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her 
pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down 
unto the well, and drew water : and I said 
unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 

46 And she made haste, and let down her 
pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink 
and I will give thy camels drink also : so I 
drank, and she made the camels drink also. 

47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daugh- 
ter art thou? And she said, The daughter 
of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare 
unto him : and I put the ear-ring upon her 
face, and the bracelets upon her hands. 

48 And I bowed down my head, and wor- 
shipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord 
God of my master Abraham, which had led 
me in the right way to take my master's 
brother's daughter unto his son. 

49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly 



Isaac marries Rebekah. 
with my master, tell me: and if not, tell 
me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to 
the left. 

50 Then Laban and Bethu el answered, and 
said, The thing proceedeth frbm the Lord : 
we cannot speak unto thee bad or gbbd. 

51 Behold, Rebekah is before theey take 
her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's 
wife, as the Lord hath spoken. 

52 And it came to pass, that, when Abra- 
ham's servant heard their words, he wor- 
shipped the Lord, hawing- himself to the 
earth. 

53 And the servant brought forth jewels of 
silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and 

gave them to Rebekah. He gave also to her 
rother and to her niother precious things. 
'54 And they did eat and drink, he and the 
men that were with him, and tarried all night; 
and they rose up in the morning, and he said, 
Send me away unto my master. 

55 And her brother and her mother said, 
Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at 
the ieast ten ; after that she shall go. 

56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, 
seeing* the Lord hath prospered my way : 
send me away, that I may go to my master. 

57 And they said, We will call the damsel, 
and inquire at her mouth. 

58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto 
her, Wilt thou go with this man 1 And she 
said, I will go. 

59 And they sent away Rebekah their sis- 
ter, and her nurse, andi Abraham's servant, 
and his men. 

60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto 
her, Thou art our sister ; be thou the mother 
of thousands of millions, and let thy seed 
possess the gate of those which hate them. 

61 ^[ And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, 
and they rode upon the camels, and follow- 
ed the man : and the servant took Rebekah, 
and went his way. 

62 And Isaac came from the way of the well 
Lahai-roi ; for he dwelt in the south country. 

63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the 
field at the even-tide: and he lifted up his 
eyes, and saw, and behold, the camels were 
coming. 

64 And' Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and 
when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. 

65 For she had said unto the servant, What 
man is this that walketh in the field to meet 
us? And the servant had said, It is my 
master : therefore she took a vail and cover- 
ed herself. 

66 And the servant told Isaac all things 
that he had done. 

67 And Isaac brought her into his mother 
Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she 
became his wife; and he loved her: and 
Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. 

CHAP. XXV. 4 
1 The sons of Abraham by Keturah. 5 The di- 
vision of his goods. 7 His age, and death. 9 
His burial. 12 The generations of Ishmael. 
17 His age, and death. 21 Isaac prayeth for 
"Rebekah, being barren* 22 The children strive 
in her womb. 24 The birth of Esau and Jacob. 
27 Their difference. 29 Esau selleth his birth- 
right. 



GENESIS. Abraham's death and huriaL 

THEN again Abraham took a wife, and 
her name was Keturah. 

2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, 
and Medan, aud Midian, and Ishbak, and 
Shuah. 

3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. 
And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and 
Letushim, and Leummim. 

4 And the sons of Midian; Ephali, and 
Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and El- 
daah. All these were the children of Keturah. 

5 H And Abraham gave all that he had 
unto Isaac. 

6 But unto the sOns of the concubines which 
Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent 
them away from Isaac his son (while he yet 
lived) eastward, unto the east country. 

7 And these are the days of the years of 
Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred 
threescore and fifteen years. 

8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and 
died in a good old age, an old man, and full 
of years ; and was gathered to his people. 

9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried 
him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field 
of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, 
which is before Mamre; 

10 The field which Abraham purchased of 
the sons of Hetli : there was Abraham buri- 
ed, and Sarah his wife. 

11 If And it came to pass after the death of 
Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac : 
and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi. 

12 1f Now these are the generations of Ish- 
mael, Abraham's son, whomHagar theEgyp- 
tian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham. 

13 And these are the names of the sons of 
Ishmael, by their names, according to their 
generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Neba- 
joth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 

14 And Mkhma, and Dumah, and Massa, 

15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and 
Kedemah : 

16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these 
are their names, by their towns, and by their 
castles ; twelve princes according to their 
nations. 

17 And these are the years of the life ot 
Ishmael : a hundred and thirty and seven 
years : and he gave up the ghost and died, 
and was gathered unto his people. 

18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, 
that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward 
Assyria: and he died in the presence of all 
his brethren. 

19 If And these are the generations of Isaac, 
Abraham's son : Abraham begat Isaac : 

20 And Isaac was forty years old when he 
too^ Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Be- 
thuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister 
to Laban the Syrian. 

21 And Isaac entreated the Lord for his 
wife, because she was barren: and the Lord 
was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife 
conceived. 

22 And the children struggled together with- 
in her : and she said, If it be so, why am I 
thus ? And she went to inquire of the "Lord. 

23 And the Lord said unto her,' Two na- 
tions are in thy womb, and two manner of 

- 20 






The birth of Esau and Jacob. CHAP. 
people shall be separated from thy bowels : 
and the one people shall be stronger than the 
other people ; and the elder shall serve the 
younger. 

24 tf And when her days to be delivered 
were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in 
her womb. 

25 And the first came out red, all over like 
a hairy .-garment : and they called his name 
Esau. . 

26 And, after that came his brother out, and 
iiis hand took, hold on Esau's heel; and his 
name was ..called Jacob :■> and Isaac was 
threescore years old when she bare them. 

27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a 
cunning hunter, a man of the field ; and Ja- 
cob was a plain man dwelling in tents. 

28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did 
eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. 

29 T] And Jacob sod pottage : and Esau 
came from the field, and he was faint. 

30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I .pray 
thee, with that same red pottage; for I am 
faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 

31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy 
birthright. 

32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the 
point to die : and what profit shall this birth- 
right do to me 1 

33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; 
and he sware unto him: and he sold his 
birthright unto Jacob. 

34 Tli en Jacob gave Esau bread and pot- 
tage of jentiles; and he did eat and drink, 
and rose up, and went 3 Jiis way: thus Esau 
despised #is birthright. 

CHAP. XXVI. 

1 Isaac because of famine went to- Gerar. 2 God 
instructeth, and blesseth kitii. 9 He is repro- 
ved by Abimelech for denying his wife. 12 He 
groweth rich. 18 He diggeth Esek, Sitnah, 
and Rehoboth. 26 Abimelech maketh a cove- 
nant with him at Beer-sheba. 34 Esau's wives. 

AND there was a famine in the land, be- 
sides tlie first famine that was in the days 
of Abraham.,: And Isaac went unto Abime- 
lech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 

2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and 
said, Go not down into Egypt: dwell in the, 
land which I shall tell thee of. 

3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with 
thee, and will bless thee : for unto thee, and 
unto thy seed I will, give all these countries, 
and I will perform the oath which I sware 
unto Abraham thy father; 

4 And I will make thy- seed to multiply as 
the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy 
seed all these countries : and r in thy seed 
shall all the nations of the earth be blessed:; 

5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, 
and kept my charge, my commandments, my< 
statutes, and my laws. 

6 % And Isaac dwelt in Gerar : 

7 And the men of the place asked him of 
his wife; and he said, She is my, sister : for 
he feared to say, She is my; wife;; lest, said 
he, the men of the place should kill me for 
Rebekah ; because she was fair to look upon. 

8 And it came to pass when he had been 
there a long time, that Abimelech king of the 



XXVI. The! Philistines envy Isaac. 

Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, 
and oehohi, Isaac was sporting with Re- 
bekah his wife. 

9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, 
Behold, of a surety she is thy wife : and 
how saidst thou, She is my sister? And 
Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest 1 
die for her. 

10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou 
hast done unto us? one of the people might 
lightly have, lain with thy wife, and thou 
shoufdest have brought guiltiness upon us. 

11 And Abimelech charged all his people, 
saving, He, that toucheth this man or his 
wife shall surely be put to death. 

12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and re- 
ceived in. the same year a hundred-fold : and 
the Lord blessed him : 

13 And the man waxed great, and went for- 
ward, and grew until he necame very great : 

14 For he had possession of flocks, and ■ , 
possession of herds, and great store of ser- 
vants : And the Philistines envied him. 

15 For all the wells which his father's ser- 
vants had digged in the days of Abraham his 
father, the Philistines had stopped them, and 
filled them with earth. 

16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go fron 
us :.- for thou art much mightier than we. 

17; ^[ And Isaac departed thence, and pitch 
ed his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt 
there. 

18 And Isaac digged again the wells of wa- 
ter which they had digged in the days of 
Abraham his father; for the Philistines had 
stopped them after the death of Abraham: 
and he called their names after the names 
by which his father had called thc-m. 

19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, 
and found there a well of springing water. 

20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive 
with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is 
ours : and he called the name of the well 
Esek; because they strove with him. 

21 And they digged another well, and strove 
for that also : and he called the name of it 
Sitnah. 

22 And he removed from thence, and digged 
another well ; and for that they strove not : 
and he called the name of it Rehoboth ; and 
he said, For now the Lord hath made room 
for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. 

23 And he went up from thence toi Beer- 
sheba.. 

24 And the Lord appeared unto him the 
same night, and said, I am the God of Abra- 
ham thy father : fear not, for I am with thee, 
and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for 
my servant Abraham's sake. 

25 And.he builded an altar there, and call- 
ed upon the nameof the Lord, and pitched 
his tent there: and there Isaac's servants 
digged a well? 

26 U Then Abimelech went to him from 
Gerar, and Ahuzzathcone of.his friends, and 
Phichol the chief captain of kis army. 

27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore" 
come ye to me, seeing ye hate me,. and have 
sent me away from you 1 

28 And thev said, We saw certainly that 

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Esau's wives, 



GENESIS. 



Jacob obtaineth the blesi 



the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let 
there be now an oath betwixt us, even be- 
twixt us and thee, and let us make a cove- 
nant with thee . 

29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have 
not touched thee, and as we have done unto 
thee nothing but good, and have sent thee 
away in peace : thou art now the blessed of 
the Lord. 

30 And he made them a feast, and they did 
eat and drink. 

31 And they rose up betimes in the morn- 
ing, and sware one to another: and Isaac 
sent them away, and they departed from him 
in peace. 

32 And it came to pass the same day, that 
Isaac's servants came and told him concern- 
ing the well which they had digged, and said 
unto hkn, We have found water. 

33 And he called it Shebah : therefore the 
name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. 

34 % And Esau was forty years old when 
he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri 
the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of 
Elon the Hittite : 

35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac 
and to Rebekah. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
1 1saac sendeth Esau for venison. 6 Rebekah in- 
structed Jacob to obtain the blessing. 15 Ja- 
cob under the person of Esau obtaineth it. 30 
Esau bringeth venison. 33 Isaac trembleth. 
34 Esau complaineth, and by importunity ob- 
taineth a blessing. 41 He threateneth Jacob. 
42 Rebekah disappointeth it. 

AND it came to pass, that when Isaac 
was old, and liis eyes were dim, so that 
he could not see, he called Esau his eldest 
son, and said unto him, My son : and he said 
unto him, Behold, liere am I. 

2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I 
know not the day of ray death : 

3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy 
weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go 
out to the field, and take me some venison; 

4 And make me savour} 7 meat, such as I 
love, and bring it to me, that I may eat ; that 
mv soul may bless thee before I die. 

6 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake 
to Esau his son : and Esau went to the field 
to hunt far venison, and to bring it. 

6 If And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her 
son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak 
unto Esau thy brother, saying/ 

7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury 
meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before 
the Lord, before my death. 

8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice, 
according to that which I command thee. 

9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from 
thence two good kids of the goats; and I 
will make them savoury meat for thy father, 
sv.ch as he loveth : 

10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, 
that he may eat, and that he may bless thee 
before his death. 

11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, 
Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, 
and I am a smooth man : 

12 My father peradventure will feel me, and 



«ftw. 



I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall 
bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. 

13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me 
be thy curse, my son ; only obey my voice, 
and go fetch me them. 

14 And he went, and fetched, and brought 
them to his mother : and his mother made 
savoury meat, such as his father loved. 

15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of 
her eldest son Esau, which were with her 
in the house, and put tliem upon Jacob her 
younger son : 

* 16 And she put the skins of the kids of the 
goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth 
of his neck : 

17 And she gave the savoury meat and the 
bread, which she had prepared, into the 
hand of her son Jacob. 

18 1f And he came unto his father, and 
said, My father. And he said, Here am I ; 
who art thou, my son ? 

19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am 
Esau thy first-born ; I have done according 
as thou' badest me : arise, I pray thee, sit 
and eat of my venison, that thy soul may 
bless me. 

20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it 
that thou hast found it so quickly, my son 1 
And he said, Because the Lord thy God 
brought it to me. 

21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, 
I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son. 
whether thou be my very son Esau, or not. 

22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his fa- 
ther; and he felt him, and said, The voice is 
Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands 
of Esau. 

23 And he discerned him not, because his 
hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's 
hands : so he blessed him. 

24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau 1 
And he said, I am. 

25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and 1 
will eat of my son's venison, that my soul 
may bless thee. And he brought it near to 
him, and he did eat : and he brought Jiim 
wine, and he drank. 

26 And his father Isaac said unto him, 
Come near now, and kiss me, my son. 

27 And he came near, and kissed him : and 
he smelled the smell of his raiment, and 
blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my 
son is as the smell of a field which the Lord 
hath blessed : 

28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of 
heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and 
plenty of corn and wine : 

29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow 
down to thee; be lord over thy brethren, 
and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : 
cursed be every one that curseth thee, and 
blessed be he that blesseth thee. 

30 H And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac 
had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Ja- 
cob was yet scarce gone out from the pre- 
sence of Isaac his father, that Esau lus bro- 
ther came in from his hunting. 

31 And he also had made savour}' meat, 
and brought it unto his father ; and said unto 
his father, Let mv father arise, and eat of 

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Esau threatened him. CHAP. XXVIII. 

his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. 

32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who 
art tliou ? And he said, I am thy son, thy 
h'rst-born, Esau. 

33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, 
and said, Who ? where is he that hath taken 
venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten 
of all before thou earnest, and have blessed 
him ? yea, and he shall be blessed. 

31 And when Esau heard the words of his 
father, he cried with a great and exceeding 
bitter ciy, and said unto his father, Bless 
me, even me also, O rny father! 

35 And he said, Thy brother came with 
subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. 

36 And he said, Is not he' rightly named 
Jacob 1 for he hath supplanted me these two 
times: he took away my birth-right; and 
behold, now he hath taken away my bless- 
ing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a 
blessing for me 1 

37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, 
Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all 
his brethren have I given to him for servants ; 
and with corn and wine have I sustained 
him: and what shall I do now unto thee, 



Jacob's vision at Beth el. 



my son f 

38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast 
thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, 
even me also, O my father ! And Esau lifted 
up his voice, and wept. 

39 And Isaac his father answered, and said 
unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the 
fatness of die earth, and of the dew of heaven 
from above ; 

40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and 
shalt serve thy brother : and it shall come to 
pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that 
thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. 

41 U And Esau hated Jacob because of the 
blessing wherewith his father blessed him: 
and Esau said in his heart, The days of 
mourning for my father are at hand, then 
will I slay my brother Jacob. 

42 And these words of Esau her elder son 
.were told to Rebekah : and she sent and call- 
ed Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, 
Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, 
doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. 

43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice : 
■and arise, flee diou to Laban my brother to 
Ilaran; 

44 And tany with him a/ewdaya, until thy 
brother's fury turn away ; 

45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from 
thee, and he forget that which thou hast done 
to him : then I wilt send, and fetch thee from 
thence. Why should I be deprived also of 
you both in one day 1 

" 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary 
of my life, because of the daughters of Heth : 
if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, 
such as these which are of the daughters of 
the land, what good shall my life do me 1 

CHAP. XXVIII. 

1 Isaac blesseth Jacob, and sendeth him to Pa- 

dan-aram. 6 Esan marrieth Mahalath the 

daughter of Ishmael. 12 The vision of Jacob's 

r ladder. 18 The stone of Beth-el. 20 Jacob's 



AND Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, 
and charged him, and said unto him, 
Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters 
of Canaan. 

2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of 
Bethuel thy mother's father ; and take thee 
a wife from thence of the daughters of La- 
ban thy mother's brother. 

3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make 
thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou 
mayest be a multitude of people; 

4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, 
to thee, and to thy seed with thee ; that thou 
mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a 
stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. 

5 And Isaac sent away Jacob : and he went 
to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel 
the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's 
and Esau's mother. 

6 U When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed 
Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to 
take him a wife from thence; and that as he 
blessed him, he gave him a charge, saying, 
Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters 
of Canaan ; 

7 And that Jacob obeyed his father, and his 
mother, and was gone to Padan-aram ; 

8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of 
Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 

9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took 
unto the wives which he had, Mahalath the 
daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the 
sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. 

10 1f And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, 
and went toward Haran. 

11 And he lighted upon a certain place, 
and tarried there all night, because the sun 
was set : and he took of the stones of that 
place, and put them for his pillows, and lav- 
down in that place to sleep. 

12 And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder 
set upon the earth, and the top of it reached 
to heaven : and behold, the angels of God 
ascending and descending on it. 

13 And behold, the Lord stood above it, 
and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham 
thy father, and the God of Isaac : the land 
whereon thou best, to thee will I give it, 
and to thy seed. 

14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the 
earth ; and thou shalt spread abroad to the 
west, and to the east, and to the north, and 
to the south : and in thee and in thy seed 
shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 

15 And behold, I am with thee, and will 
keep thee in all places whither thou goest, 
and will bring thee again into this land: for 
I will not leave thee, until I have done thai 
which I have spoken to thee of. 

16 If And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, 
and lie said, Surely the Lord is in this 
place; and I knew it not. 

17 And he was afraid, and said, How dread- 
ful is this place ! this is none other but the 
house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 

18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, 
and took the stone that he had put for his 
pillows, and set it up/<?r a pillar, and poured 
oil upon the top of it. 

19 And he called the name of that place 

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Jacobs vow-.- GENESIS 

Beth-el : but the name of that city was call- 
ed Luz at the first. 

20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God 
will be with me, and will keep me in this way 
that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and 
raiment to put on, 

21 So that I come again to my father's house 
in peace; then shall the Lord be my God: 



22 And this stone, which I have set for a 
pillar, shall be God's houses and of all that 
thou shalt give me, I will surely give the 
tenth unto Uiee. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
Jacob cometh to the well of Haran. 9 He taketh 
acquaintance of Rachel. 13 Lab an entertain- 
eth him. 18 Jacob covenanteth for Rachel. 23 
He is deceived with Leah. 28 He marrieth also 
Rachel, and serveth for her seven years more. 
32 Leah beareth Reuben, 33 Simeon, 34 Levi, 
35 and Judah. 

THEN Jacob went. on his journey, and 
came into the land of the people of die 
east. 

2 And he looked* and behold, a well in the 
field, and lo, there were three flocks v of sheep 
lying by it ; for out of that well they watered 
the flocks: and a great stone was upon the 
well's mouth. 

3 And thither were all the flocks gathered : 
and they rolled the stone from tiie well's 
mouth and watered the sheep, and put the 
stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. 

4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, 
whence be ye ? And they said, Of Haran 
are we. 

5 And he said u nto them, Know ve Laban the 
son ofNahor? And they said, We know him. 

6 And he said unto them, Is he well ? And 
they said, He is well : and behold, Rachel 
his daughter cometh with the sheep. 

7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, nei- 
ther is it time that the cattle should be gather- 
ed together : water ye the sheep, and go and 
feed them. 

8 And they said, "We cannot, until all the 
flocks be gathered together, and till they roll 
the stone from the well's mouth; then we 
water the sheep. 

9 Tf And while he yet spake with them, 
Rachel came with her father's sheep: for 
she kept them. 

10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw 
Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's 
brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's 
brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled 
the stone from the well's mouth, and water- 
ed the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 

11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up 
his voice, and wept. 

12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her 
father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's 
son; and she ran and told her father. 

13 And it came to pass when Laban heard 
the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he 
ran to meet him, and embraced him, and 
kissed him, and brought him to his house. 
And he told Laban all these things. 

14 And Laban said to him, Surety thou art 
my bone and my flesh : and he abode with 
nim the space of a month. 



He serves for Leah and Rachel 

15 ^1 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because 
thou art my brother, shouldest thou there- 
fore serve me for nought? tell me, what 
shall thy wages be ? 

16 And Laban had two daughters: the 
name of the elder was Leah, and the name 
of the younger was Rachel. 

17 Leah was. tender-eyed, but Rachel was 
beautiful and Well-favoured. 

18i And Jacob loved Rachel ; and said, I 
will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy 
younger daughter. 

19* And Laban said, It is better that I give 
her to thee, than that I should give her to 
another man : abide with me. 

20 And Jacob served seven years for Ra- 
chel; and. they seemed unto mm but a few 
days, for the love he had to her. 

21 If And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me 
my wife (for my days are fulfilled) that I may 
go in unto her. 

22 And Laban gathered together all, the 
men of the place, and made a feast. 

23 And it came to pass in the evening, that 
he took Leah his daughter, and brought her 
to him; and he went in unto her. 

24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah, 
Zilpah his maid,y<?r a handmaid. 

25 And it came to pass, that in the morn- 
ing* behold, it was Leah : and he said to La- 
ban, What is this thou hast done unto me ? 
did not I serve with thee for Rachel? where- 
fore then hast thou beguiled me ? 

26 And Laban said. It must not be so done 
in our country, to give the; younger before 
the first-born. 

27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee 
this also, for the service which thou shalt 
serve with me yet seven other years. 

28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her 
week : and he gave him Rachel his daugh- 
ter to wife also. 

29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daugh- 
ter, Bilhah his handmaid, to be her maid. 

30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and 
he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and 
served with him yet seven other years. 

31 H And when the Lord saw that Leah 
was hated, he opened her womb : but Ra- 
chei was barren. 

32 And Leah conceived, andbare a son; and 
she Galled his name Reuben: for she said, 
Surely the Lord hath looked upon my afflic- 
tion; now therefore my husband will love me. 

33 Ancf she conceived again, and bare a 
son ; and said, Because the Lord hath heard 
that I was hated, he hath therefore given me 
this son also : and she called his name Simeon. 

34 And she conceived again, and bare a 
son ; and said, Now this time will my hus- 
band be joined unto me, because I have 
borne him three sons: therefore was his 
name called Levi. 

35 And she conceived again, and bare a 
son: and she said, Now will I praise the 
Lord : therefore she called his name Judah, 
and left bearing. 

CHAP. XXX. 

1 Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, giveth 

Bilhah her maid unto Jacob. 5 She beareth 

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Jacob's children, CHAP. 

Dan arid Jfaphtali. 9Leahgiveth Zilpah her 
maid, who beareth Gad and Jlsher. 14 Retfben 
findeth mandrakes, with which Leah buyeth 
her husband of Rachel. 17 Leah beareth Is- 
sachar, Zebulun, and Dinah. 22 Rachel bear- 
eth Joseph. 25 Jacob desireth to depart. 27 
Laban stayeth him on a new covenant. 37 Ja- 
cob's policy, whereby he became rich. 

AND when Rachel saw that she bare Ja- 
cob no children, Rachel envied her sis- 
ter ; and said unto Jacob, Give me cluldren, 
or else I die. 

2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against 
Rachel ; and he said, Am I in God's stead, 
who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the 
womb ? 

3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go 
in unto her: and she shall bear upon my 
knees, that I may also have children by her. 

4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid 
to wife : and Jacob went in unto her. 

5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob 
a son. 

6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, 
and hath also heard my voice, and hath given 
me a son : therefore called she his name Dan. 

7 And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived 
again, and bare Jacob a second son. 

§ And Rachel said, With great wrestlings 
have I wrestled with my sister, and I have 
prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. 

9 When Leah saw that she had left bear- 
ing, she took Zilpah, her maid, and gave her 
Jacob to wife. 

10 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Jacob a 
son. 

11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and 
6he called his name Gad. 

12 And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Jacob a 
second son. 

13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the 
daughters will call me blessed: and she 
called his name Asher. 

14 % And Reuben went in the days of 
wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes in the 
field, and brought them unto his mother 
Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give 
me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. 

15 And she said unto her t Is it a small 
matter that thou hast taken my husband? 
and wouldesl thou take away my son's man- 
drakes also ? And Rachel said, Therefore 
he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's 
mandrakes. 

16 And Jacob came out of the field in the 
evening, and Leah went out to meet him, 
and said, Thou must come in unto me; for 
surely I have hired thee with my son's man- 
drakes. And he lay with her that night. 

17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she 
conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. 

1 8 And Leah said, God hath given me my 
hire, because I have given my maiden to 
my husband : and she called his name Issa- 
char. 

19 And Leah conceived again, and bare 
Jacob the sixth son. 

20 And Leah said, God hath endowed me 
with a good dowry ; now will my husband 
dwell with me, because I have borne him 
six sons : and she called his name £ebulun. 

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XXX. Jacob's agreement with Laban. 

21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, 
an J called her name Dinah. 

22 H And God remembered Rarchel, and God 
hearke-ned to her, and opened her womb. 

23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and 
said, God hath taken away my reproach : 

24 And she called his name Joseph ; and 
said, The Lord shall add to me another son. 

25 H And it came to pass, when Rachel 
had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto La- 
ban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine 
own place, and to my country. 

26 Give me my wives and my children, for 
whom I have served thee, and let me go : for 
thou knowest my service which I have done 
thee. 

27 And Laban said Unto him, I pray thee, 
if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry : 

for I have learned by experience that the 
Lord hath blessed me for thy sake. 

28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and 
I will give it. 

29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest 
how I have served thee, and how thy catde 
was with me. 

30 For it was litde which thou hadst before 
I came, and it is now increased unto a multi- 
tude ; and the Lord hath blessed thee since 
my coining : and now, when shall I provide 
for mine own house also ? 

31 And he said, What shall I give thee ? 
And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any 
thing. If thou wilt do this thing for me, I 
will again feed and keep thy flock : 

32 I will pass through all thy flock to-day, 
removing from thence all the speckled and 
spotted cattle, and all the brown catde among 
the sheep, and the spotted and speckled 
among the goats : and of such shall be my 
hire. 

33 So shall my righteousness answer for 
me in time to come, when it shall come for 
my hire before thy face : every one that is 
not speckled and spotted among the goats, 
and brown among the sheep, mat shall be 
counted stolen with me. 

34 And Laban said, Behold, I would k 
might be according to thy word. 

35 And he removed that day the he-goats 
that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all 
the she-goats that were speckled and spot- 
ted, and every one that had some white in 
it, and all the brown among the sheep, and 
gave them into the hands of his sons. 

36 And he set three days' journey betwixt 
himself and Jacob: and Jacob fea the rest 
of Laban's flocks. 

37 ^T And Jacob took him rods of green 
poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut-tree ; 
and pilled white streaks in them, and made 
the white appear which was in the rods. 

38 And he set the rods which he had pilled 
before the flocks in the gutters in the water- 
ing-troughs when the flocks came to drink , 
that they should conceive when they came 
to drink. 

39 And the flocks conceived before the 
rods, and brought forth cattle ring-streaked, 
speckled, and spotted. 

40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and 

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I 



Jacob departs from Laban, 
set the faces of the flocks toward the ring- 
streaked', and all the brown in the flock of 
I *aban : and he put his own flocks by them- 
selves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. 

41 And it came to pass whensoever the 
stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid 
the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the 
gutters, that they might conceive among the 
rods. 

42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put 
them not in : so the feebler were Laban's, 
and the stronger Jacob's. 

43 And the man increased exceedingly, 
and had much cattle, and maid-servants, and 
men-servants, and camels, and asses. 

CHAP. XXXI. 

] Jacob upon displeasure dcparteth secretly. 19 
Rachel stealeth her father's images. 22 La- 
ban pursueth after Jacob, 26 and complaineth 
of the wrong-. 34 Rachel's policy to hide the 
images. 3$ Jacob's complaint of J^aban. 44 
The covenant of Ijaban and Jacob at Galecd. 

AND he heard the words of Laban's sons, 
saying, Jacob hath taken away all that 
was our father's ; and of that which was our 
father's hath he gotten all this glory. 

2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of 
Laban, and behold, it teas not toward him 
as before. 

3 And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return 
unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kin- 
dred ; and I will be with thee. 

4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and 
Leah to the field unto his flock, 

5 And said unto them, I see your father's 
countenance, that It is not toward me as be- 
fore: but the God of my father hath been 
with me. 

6 And ye know that with ail my power I 
have served your father. 

7 And your father hath deceived me, and 
changed my wages ten times: but God suf- 
fered him not to hurt me. 

3 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy 
wages; then all the cattle bare speckled : and 
if he said thus, The ring-streaked shall be thy 
hire; then bare all the cattle ring-streaked. 

9 Thus God hath taken away the catde of 
your father, and given them to me. 

1.0 And it came to pass at the time that the 
cattle conceived, that I lifted tip mine eyes, 
and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams 
which leaped upon the cattle were ring- 
streaked, speckled, and grizzled. 

11 And the angel of God spake unto me in 
a dream, saying; Jacob : And I said, Here 
am I. 

12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes and 
see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle 
are ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled : for 
I have seen all that Laban doeth uiito thee. 

13 I am the God of Beth-el, where thou 
anointedst the pillar, and where thou vow- 
edst a vow unto me : now arise, get thee 
out from this land, and return unto the land 
of thy kindred. 

14 And Rachel and Leah answered, and 
said unto him, Is there yet any portion or 
inheritance fur us in our father's house ? 

15 Are we not counted of him strangers? 



GENESIS. and is pursued by him 

for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured 
also our money. 

16 For all the riches which God hath taken 
from our father, that is ours, and our chil- 
dren's : nOw then, whatsoever God hath said 
unto thee y do. 

17 % Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons 
and his wives upon camels ; 

18 And he carried away all his cattle, and 
all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle 
of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan- 
aram; for to go to Isaac his father in the 
land of Canaan. 

19 And Laban went to shear his sheen: 
and Rachel had stolen the images that ictre 
her father's. 

20 And Jacob stole away unawares to La- 
ban the Syrian, in that he told him not that 
he fled. 

21 So he fled with all that he had ; and he 
rose up, and passed over the river, and set 
his face toward the mount Gilead. 

22 And it was told Laban on the third day, 
that Jacob was fled. 

23 And he took his brethren with him, and 
pursued after him seven days' journey: and 
they overtook him in the mount Gilead. ^ 

24" And God came to. Laban the Syrian in a 
dream by night, and said unto him, Take 
heed that thou speak not to Jacob either 
good or bad. 

25 *f[ Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now 
Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: 
and Laban with his" brethren pitched in the 
mount of Gilead. 

26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast 
thou done, that thou hast stolen away un- 
awares to me, and carried away my daugh- 
ters, as captives taken with the sword ? 

27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secret- 
ly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell 
me, that I might have sent thee away with 
mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with 
harp ? 

28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons, 
and my daughters ? thou hast now done fool- 
ishly in so doing. 

29 It is in the power of my hand to do you 
hurt: but the God of your father spake unto 
me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that 
thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 

30 And now, though thou wouldest needs 
be gone, because thou sore iongedst after 
thy father's house ; yet wherefore hast thou 
stolen my gods ? 

31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, 
Because I was afraid : for I said, Peradven- 
ture thou wouldest take by force thy daugh- 
ters from me. 

32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, 
let him not live : before our brethren discern 
thou what is thine with me, and take it to 
thee : for Jacob knew not that Rachel had 
stolen them. 

33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and 
into Leah's tent, and into the two maid- 
servants' tents; but he found them not. Then 
went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into 
Rachel's tent. 

34 Now Rachel liad taken the images, and 
26 



Jacob's covenant with Laban. 
put them in the camel's furniture, and gat 
upon them. And Laban searched all the 
te.it, but found them not. 

35 And she said to her father, Let it not 
displease my lord that I cannot rise up before 
thee ; for the custom of women is upon me. 
And he searched, but found not the images. 

36 U And Jacob was wroth, and chode with 
Laban : and Jacob answered, and said to 
Laban, What is my trespass ? what is my sin, 
that thou hast so hotly pursued after me ? 

37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, 
what hast thou found of all thy household- 
stuff? set it here before my brethren, and thy 
"brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. 

38 This twenty years liave I been with thee ; 
thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast 
their young, and the rams of thy flock have 
I not eaten. 

39 I'hat which was torn of beasts, I brought 
not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my 
hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by 
day, or stolen by night. 

40 Thus I was; m the day the drought 
consumed me, and the frost by night; and 
my sleep departed from mine eyes^ 

41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy 
house : I served thee; fourteen years for thy 
two daughters, and six years for thy cattle : 
and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 

42 Except the God of my father, the God 
of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac had been 
with me, surely thou hadst sent me away 
now empty. God hath seen mine affliction, 
and the labour of my hands, and rebuked 
thee yesternight. 

43 it And Laban answered, and said unto 
Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, 
and these children are my children, and 
these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou 
seest is mine ; and what can I do this day 
unto these my daughters, or unto their chil- 
dren which they have borne ? 

44 Now therefore come thou, let us make 
a covenant, I and thou ; and let it be for a 
witness between me and thee. 

45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for 
a pillar. 

46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Ga- 
ther stones ; and they took stones, and made 
a heap : and they did eat there upon the heap. 

47 And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha : 
but Jacob called it Galeed : 

48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness 
between me and thee this day. Therefore 
was the name of it called Galeed : 

49 And Mizpah; for he said, The Lord 
watch between me and thee, when we are 
absent one from another. 

50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if 
thou shalt take other wives Besides my daugh- 
ters ; no man is with us ; see, God is witness 
betwixt me and thee. 

51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this 
heap, and behold this pillar, which I have 
cast betwixt me and thee ; 

52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be 
witness, that I will not pass over this heap 
to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this 
heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. 



CHAP. XXXII. His message to Esau* 

53 The God of Abraham, and the God of 



Nahor, the God of their father, judge be- 
twixt us. And Jacob svvare by the Fear of 
his father Isaac. 

54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the 
mount, and called his brethren to eat bread : 
and they did eat bread, and tarried all night 
in the mount. 

55 And early in the morning Laban rose 
up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, 
and blessed them : and Laban departed, and 
returned unto his place. 

CHAP. XXXII. 

1 Jacob's vision at Mahanaim. 3 His message 
to Esau. 6 He is afraid of Esau's coming: 
9 He prayeth for kis deliverance. 13 He send- 
etk a present to Esau. 24 He wrestleth with 
an angel at Penicl r where he is called Israel. 
31 He halteth. 

AND Jacob went on his way, and the 
angels of God met him. 

2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This 
is God's host: and he called the name ot 
th£t place Mahanaim. 

3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to 
Esau his brother, unto die land of Seir, the 
country of Edom. 

4 And he commanded them, saying. Thus 
shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy ser- 
vant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with 
Laban, and stayed there until now : 

5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and 
men-servants, and women-servants : and I 
have sent to tell my lord, that I may find 
grace in thy sight. 

6 *fl And the messengers returned to Jacob, 
saying. We came to thy brother Esau, and 
also he cometh to meet thee, and four hun- 
dred men with him. 

7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and dis- 
tressed : and he divided the people that was 
with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the 
camels into two bands; 

8 And said, If Esau come to the one com- 
pany, and smite it, then the other company 
which is left shall escape. 

9 H And Jacob said, O God of my father 
Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the 
Lord which saidst unto me, Return unto thy 
country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal 
well with thee : 

10 I am not worthy of the least of all the 
mercies, and of all the truth, which thou 
hast shewed unto thy servant: for with mv 
staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I 
am become two bands. 

11 Deliver me, -I pray thee, from the hand 
of my brother, from the hand of Esau : for 
I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, 
and the mother with the children. 

12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee 
good, and make thy seed as the sand of the 
sea, which cannot be numbered for multi- 
tude. 

13 If' And he lodged there that same night, 
and took of that which came to his hand a 
present for Esau his brother; 

14 Two hundred she-goats and twenty he- 
goats, two hundred ewes and twentv rams. 

15 Thirty milch camels with t!*e« colts. 



Jacob wrestieth tvith an angel. 



GENESIS. 



His kind meeting with Esau. 



forty kine and ten bulls* twenty she-asses j 2 And he put the handmaids and their chil 



and ten foals. 

16 And he delivered them into the hand of 
his servants, every drove by themselves; and 
said unto his servants, Pass over before me, 
and put a spate betwixt drove and drove. 

17 And he commanded the foremost, say- 
ing, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, 
and asketh thee, saying, Whose art 'thou? 
and whither goest thou? and whose are 
these before thee ? 

18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy ser- 
vant Jacob's : it is a present sent unto my 
lord Esau : and behold also he is behind us. 

19 And so commanded he the second, and 
the third, and all that followed the droves, 
saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto 
Esau, when ye find him. 

20 And say "ye moreover, Behold, thy ser- 
vant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will 
appease him with the present that goeth be- 
fore me, and after ward I will see his face; 
peradventure he will accept of me. 

21 S» went the present over before him ; 
and himself lodged that night in the company. 

22 And he rose up that night, and took his two 
tvives, and his two women-servants, and his 
eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. 

23 And he took them, and sent them over 
the brook, and sent over that he had. 

24 11 And Jacob was left alone ; and there 
wrestled a man with him, Until the breaking 
of the day. 

25 And when he saw that he prevailed not 
against him, he touched the hollow of his 
thigh : and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was 
out of joint, as he w r restled with him. 

26 And he said, Let me go, for the day 
breaketh : And he said, I will not let thee 
go, except thou bless me. 

27 And he said unto him, What is thy 
name ? And he said, Jacob. 

28 And he said, Thy name shall be called 
uo more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince 
hast thou power with God, and with men, 
and hast prevailed. 

29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell 
me, I pray thee, thy name: And he said, 
Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my 
name ? And he blessed him there. 

30 And Jacob called the name of the place 
Peniel : for I have seen God face to face, 
and my life is preserved. 

31 And as he passed over Penuel, the sun 
rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 

32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not 
of the sinew which shrank, which is upon 
the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; be- 
cause he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh 
in the sinew that shrank. 

CHAP. XXXIII. 
1 Tfie kindness of Jacob and Esau at their meet- 
ing. 17 Jacob cometh to Succoth. 18 At Sha- 
lem he buyeth a field, and buildeth an altar 
called El- elohe- Israel. 

AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, 
and behold, Esau came, and with him 
four hundred men. And he divided the chil- 
dren unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto 
tfie two handmaids. 



dren foremost, and Leah and her children 
after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 

3 And he passed over before them, and 
bowed himself to the ground seven times, 
until he came near to his brother. 

4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced 
him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him : 
and they wept. 

5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the 
women and the children, and said, Who are 
those with thee ? And he said, The children 
which God hath graciously given thy servant. 

6 Then the handmaidens came near, they 
and their children, and they bowed them- 
selves. 

7 And Leah also with her children came 
near, and bowed themselves; and after came 
Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed 
themselves. 

8 And he said, What meanest thou by all 
this drove which I met? And he said, These 
are to find grace in the sight of my lord. 

9 And Esau said, I have enough, my bro- 
ther; keep that thou hast unto thyself. 

10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray tnee, if now 
I have found grace in thy sight, then receive 
my present at my hand : for therefore I have 
seen thy face, as though I had seen the face 
of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 

11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is 
brought to thee; because God hath dealt 
graciously with me, and because I have 
enough : and he urged him, pnd he took it, 

12 And he said, Let us take our journey, 
and let us go, and I will go before thee. 

13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth 
that the children are tender, and the flocks 
and herds with young are with me, and it 
men should over-drive them one day, all the 
flock will die. 

14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over be- 
fore his servant: and I will lead on softly, 
according as the cattle that goeth before me 
and the children be able to endure; until I 
come unto my loi-d unto Seir. 

15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with 
thee some of the folk that are with me : 
And he said, What needeth it ? Let me find 
grace in the sight of my lord. 

16 U" So Esau returned that day on his way 
unto Seir. 

17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and 
built him a house, and made booths for his 
cattle : therefore the name of the place is 
called Succoth. 

18 1[ And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of 
Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, 
when he came from Padan-aram ; and pitch- 
ed his tent before the city. 

19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where 
he had spread Ins tent, at the hand of the 
children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a 
hundred pieces of money. 

20 And he erected there an altar, and called 
it El-elohe-Israel. 

CHAP. XXXIV. 
1 Dinah is ravished by Shechei*. 4 He sueth t* 
marry her. 13 The sons of Jacob offer the con- 
dition of circumcision to the Shechemites. 20 
28 



The Shechemites circumcised: CHAP. XXXIV, XXXV. Slai7i by the sons of Jacob. 

21 These men are peaceable with us, there- 
fore let them dwell in the land, and trade 
therein: for the land, behold, it is large 



Hamor and Shechem persuade them to accept 
it. 25 The sons of Jacob upon that advantage 
slay them, 27 and spoil their city. 30 Jacob re- 
proveth Simeon and Levi. 

AND Dinah the daughter of Leah, which 
she bare unto Jacob, went out to see 
the daughters of the land. 

2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the 
Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he 
took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. 

3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daugh- 
ter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and 
spake kindly unto the damsel. 

> 4 And Shechem spake unto his father Ha- 
mor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. 

5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Di- 
nah his daughter : now his sons were with 
his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his 
peace until they were come. 

6 ^T And Hamor the father of Shechem 
went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 

7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the 
field when they heard it : and the men were 
grieved, and they were very wroth, because 
he had wrought folly in Israel, in lying wkh 
Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to 
be done. 

8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, 
The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your 
daughter : I pray you give her him to wife. 

9 And make ye marriages with us, and give 
your daughters unto us, and take our daugh- 
ters unto you. 

10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the 
land shall be before you ; dwell and trade ye 
therein, and get you possessions therein. 

11 And Shechem said unto her father, and 
Uiito her brethren, Let me find grace in your 
eyes, and what ye shall say unto me, I will 
give. 

12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, 
and I will give according as ye shall say unto 
me : but give me the damsel to wife. 

13 And the sons of Jacob answered She- 
chem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and 
said, Because he had defiled Dinah their 
sister : 

14 And they said unto them, We cannot do 
this tiling, to give our sister to one that is 
uncircumcised : for that were a reproach 
unto us : 

15 But in this will we consent unto you : 
If ye will be as we be, that every male of 
3'ou be circumcised ; 

16 Then will we give our daughters unto 
•* you, and we will take your daughters to us, 

and we will dwell with you, and we will be- 
come one people. 

17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be 
circumcised ; then will we take our daugh- 
ter, and we will be gone. 

18 And their words pleased Hamor, and 
Shechem, Hamor's son. 

19 And the young man deferred not to do 
the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's 
daughter : and he was more honourable than 
all the house of his father. 

20 If And Hamor and Shechem his son 
came unto the gate of their city, and com- 
muned with the men of their city, saying, 



enough for them: let us take their daughters 
to us for wives, and let us give them our 
daughters. 

22 Only herein will the men consent unto 
us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if 
every male among us be circunlcised, as they 
are circumcised. 

23 Shall not their cattle, and their sub- 
stance, and every beast of theirs be ours ? 
only let us consent unto them, and they will 
dwell with us. 

24 And unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his 
son, hearkened all that went out of the gate 
of his city : and every male was circumcised, 
all that went out of the gate of his city. 

25 H And it came to pass on the third day, 
when they were sore, that two of the sons of 
Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, 
took each man his sword, and came upon 
the city boldly, and slew all the males. 

26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his 
son with the edge of the sword, and took Di- 
nah out of Shechem's house, and went out. 

27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, 
and spoiled the city ; because they had de- 
filed their sister. 

28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, 
and their asses, and that which was in the 
city, and that which was in the field. 

29 And all their wealth and all their little 
ones, and their wives took they captive, and 
spoiled even all that was in the house. 

30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, 
Ye have troubled me to make me to stink 
among the inhabitants of the land, among 
the Cfanaanites, and the Perizzites : and I 
being- few in number, they shall gather them- 
selves together against me, and slay me, and 
I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 

31 And they said, Should he deal with our 
sister as with a harlot ? 

CHAP. XXXV. 
1 God sendeth Jacob to Beth-el. 2 He purgeth 
his house of idols. 6 He buildeth an altar at 
Beth-el. 8 Deborah dicih at JlUon-bachuth- 
9 God bless eth Jacob at Beth-el. 16 R ackel tra- 
vaileth of Benjamin, and dieth in the way to 
Ephrath. 22 Reubsn lieth with Bilhah. 23 7^e 
sons of Jacob. 27 Jacob cometh to Isaac at He 
bron. 28 The age, death, and burial of Isaac. 

AND God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up 
to Beth-el, and dwell there : and make 
there an altar unto God, that appeared unto 
thee when thou fleddest from the face of 
Esau thy brother. 

2 Then Jaco^ said unto his household, and 
to all that were with him, Put away the 
strange gods that are among you, and be 
clean and change your garments : 

3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el 
and I will make there an altar unto God, 
who answered me in the day of my distress, 
and was with me in the way which I went. 

4 And they gave unto Jacob all die strange 
gods which were in their hand, and all their 
ear-rings which were in their ears ; and Ja- 
cob hid them under the oak which was by 
Shechem/ 

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Birth of Benjamin, 



GENESIS. 



5 And they journeyed: and the terror of 
God was upon the cities that were round 
about them, and they did not pursue after 
the sons of Jacob. 

6 H So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the 
land of Canaan (that is Beth-e!) he and all 
the people that were with him. 

7 And he built there an altar, and called the 
place El-beth-el ; because there God appear- 
ed unto him, when he fled from the lace of 
his brother. 

8 But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and 
fehe was buried beneath Beth-el, under an 
oak : and the name of it was called Allon- 
bachuth. 

9 H And God appeared unto Jacob again 
when he came out of Padan-aram; and 
blessed him. 

10 And God said unto him, Thy name is 
Jacob: thy name shall not be called any 
more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name ; 
and he called his name Israel. 

11 And God said unto him, I am God Al- 
mighty : be fruitful and multiply ; a nation 
and a company of nations shall be of thee, 
and kings shall come out of thy loins. 

12 And the land which I gave Abraham 
and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy 
seed after thee will I give the land. 

13 And God went up from him, in the place 
where he talked with him. 

14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place 
where he talked with him, even a pillar of 
stone : and he poured a drink-offering there- 
on, and he poured oil thereon. 

15 And Jacob called the name of the place 
where God spake with him, Beth-el. 

16 ^ And they journeyed from Beth-el; and 
there was but a little way to come to Ephrath : 
and Rachel travailed j and she had hard la- 
bour. 

17 And it came to pass when she was in 
hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, 
Fear notj thou shalt have this son also. 

13 And it came to pass as her soul w r as in 
departing, (for she died,) that she called his 
name Ben-oni: but his father called him 
Benjamin. 

19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the 
way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. 

20 A nd Jacob set a pillar upon her grave : 
that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this 
day. 

21 H And Israel journeyed, and spread his 
tent beyond the tower of Edar. 

22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt 
in that land, that Reuben went and lay with 
Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel 
heard it. Now the sorts of Jacob were twelve : 

23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's 
first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Ju- 
dah, and Issachar, and Zebulun : 

24 The sons of Rachel ; Joseph, and Ben- 
jamin : 

2o And the sqns of Bilhah, Rachel's hand- 
maid ; Dan, and Naphtali : 

26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's hand- 
maid ; Gad, and Asher. These are the sons 
of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan- 
aram. 



Death and burial of Isaac 



27 H And Jacob came unto Isaac his father 
unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah (which 
is Hebron) where Abraham and Isaac so- 
journed. 

23 And the days of Isaac were a hundred 
and fourscore years. 

29 And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, 
and was gathered unto his people, being old 
and full of days ; and his sons Esau and Ja- 
cob buried him. 

CHAP. XXXVI. 

I Esau's three wives. 6 His removing to mount 
Seir. 9 His sons. 15 The dukes which descend- 
ed of his sons. 20 The sons and dukes of Seir. 
24 Anah findeth mules. 31 The kings of Edom. 
40 The dukes that descended of Esau. 

NOW these are the generations of Esau, 
who is Edom. 

2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of 
Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the 
Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of 
Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite ; 

3 And Bashemath, Ishmael's daughter, sis- 
ter of Nebajoth. 

4 And Adah bare to Esau, Eliphaz ; and 
Bashemath bare Reuel ; 

5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, 
and Korah: These are the sons of Esau, 
which were born unto him in the land of 
Canaan. 

6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, 
and his daughters, and all the persons of his 
house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and 
all his substance which he had got in the 
land of Canaan • and went into the country 
from the face of his brother Jacob. 

7 For their riches were more than that they 
might dwell together : and the land wherein 
they were strangers could not bear them, 
because of their cattle. 

8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir : Esau 
is Edom. 

9 Tf And these are the generations of Esau 
the father of die Edomites, in mount Seir : 

10 These are the names of Esau's sons ; 
Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau ; 
Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. 

II And the sons of Eliphaz were, Teman, 
Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 

12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, 
Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz, Ama- 
lek : these were the sons of Adah, Esau's 
wife. 

13 And these are the sons of Reuel : Na- 
hath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah : 
these were the sons of Bashemath, Esau's 
wife. 

14 If And these were the sons of Aholiba- 
mah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of 
Zibeon, Esau's wife : and she bare to Esau, 
Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. 

15 Tf These were dukes of the sons of Esau : 
the sons of Eliphaz, the first-born son of 
Esau ; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Ze- 
pho, duke Kenaz, 

16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke 
Amalek : these are the dukes tfiat came of 
Eliphaz, in the land of Edom: these were 
the sons of Adah. 

17 % And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau'» 
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The kings of Edom. CHAP, 

son ; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Sham 
mah, duke Mizzah : these are the dukes that 
came of Reuel, in the land of Edom : tliese 
are tlie sons of Bashemath, Esau's wife. 

18 ^T And these are the sons of Aholiba- 
mali, Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaa- 
lam, duke Korah : these were the dukes that 
came of Ahoiibamah the daughter of Anah, 
Esau's wife. 

19 These are the sons of Esau (who is 
Edom) and these are their dukes. 

20 If These are the sons of Seir the Horite, 
who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, 
and. Zibeon, and Anah, 

21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: 
these are the dukes of the Horites, the chil- 
dren of Seir in the land of Edom. 

22 And the children of Lotan were Hori, 
and Heman : and Lotan's sister was Timna. 

23 And the children of Shobal were these; 
Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, 
and Onam. 

24 And these are the children of Zibeon ; 
both Ajah, and Anah : this was that Anah 
that found the mules in the wilderness, as he 
fed the asses of Zibeon his father. 

25 And the children of Anah were these : 
Dishon, and Ahoiibamah the daughter of 
Anah. 

26 And these are the children of Dishon ; 
Heindan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Che- 
ran. 

27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, 
and Zaavan, and Akan. 

28 The children of Dishan are tliese ; Uz, 
and Aran. 

29 These are the dukes that came of the 
Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke 
Zibeon, duke Anah, 

30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan : 
tliese are the dukes that came of Hori, 
among their dukes in die land of Seir. 

31 H And these are the kings that reigned 
in the land of Edom, before there reigned 
any kin<* over the children of Israel. 

32 And Bela the so n of Beor reigned in Edom: 
and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 

33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of 
Zerali of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 

34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land 
of Temani reigned in his stead. 

35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son 
of Bedad (who smote Midian in the field of 
Moab) reigned in his stead : and the name 
of his city was Avitli. 

36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masre- 
kah reigned in his stead. 

37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth 
by the river reigned in his stead. 

38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son 
of Achbor reigned in his stead. 

39 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, 
and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the 
name of his city was Pau; and his wife's 
name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Ma- 
tred, the daughter of Mezahab. 

40 And these are the names of the dukes 
that came of Esau, according to their fami- 
lies, after their places, by dieir names ; duke 
Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, 



XXXVII. Joseph's two dreams. 

41 Duke Ahoiibamah, duke Elah, duke 
Pinon, 

42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 

43 Duke Magdiel, duke Irani: these be the 
dukes of Edom, according to their habita- 
tions, in the land of their possession : he is 
Esau, the father of the Edomites. 

CHAP. XXXVII. 
2 Joseph is hated of his brethren. 5 His tico 
dreams. 13 Jacob sendeth him to visit his bre- 
thren. 18 His brethren conspire his death. 21 
Reuben saveth him. 26 They sell him to the 
Ishmaelites. 31 His father, deceived by the 
bloody coat, mourneth for him. 36 He is sold 
to Potiphar in Egypt. 

AND Jacob dwelt in the land wherein 
his father was a stranger, in the land 
of Canaan. 

2 These are the generations of Jacob. Jo- 
seph being- seventeen years old, was feeding 
the flock with his brethren, and the lad was 
with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons 
of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph 
brought unto his father their evil report. 

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his 
children, because he teas the son of his old 
age : and he made him a coatof »z«wy colours, 

4 And when his brethren saw that their 
father loved him more than all his brethren, 
they hated him, and could not speak peace- 
ably unto him. 

5 U And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he 
told it his brethren : and they hated him yet 
the more. 

6 And belaid unto them, Hoar, I pray you, 
this dream which I have dreamed : 

7 For^behold, we were binding sheaves in 
the field, and lo, my sheaf arose, and also 
stood upright; and behold, your sheaves 
stood round about, and made obeisance to 
my sheaf. 

8 And his brethren said unto him, Shalt 
thou indeed reign over us ? or shalt thou in- 
deed have dominion over us? And thev 
hated him yet the more for his dreams an'd 
for his words. 

9 T[ And he dreamed yet another dream, 
and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, 1 
have dreamed a dream more : and behold, 
the sun and the moon and the eleven stars 
made obeisance to me. 

10 And he told it to his father, and to his 
brethren : and his father rebuked him, and 
said unto him, What is this dream that thou 
hast dreamed ? Shall I and thy mother and 
thy brethren indeed come to bow down our- 
selves to thee to the earth ? 

11 And his brethren envied him: but his 
father observed the saying. 

12 ^[ And his brethren went to feed their 
father's flock in Shechem. 

13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thv 
brethren feed the flock in Shechem? Come, 
and I will send thee unto them. And he 
said to him, Here am I. 

14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, gee 
whether it be well with thy brethren, and 
well with the flocks; and bring me Word 
again. So he sent him out of the vale of 
Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 

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Joseph is sold by his brethren. GENESIS. 

15 U And a certain man found him, and be- 
hold, he itas wandering in the field : and the 
man asked him, saying, What seekest thou ? 

16 And he said, I seek my brethren : tell 
me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. 

17 And the man said, They are departed 
hence : for I heard them say, Let us go to 
Dothan. And Joseph went after his bre- 
thren, and found them in Dothan. 

18 And when they saw him afar off, even 
before he came near unto them, they con- 
spired against him to slay him. 

19 And they said one to another, Behold 
ahis dreamer cometh. 

20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, 
and cast him into some pit; and we will say, 
Some evil beast hath devoured him ; and we 
sliall see what will become of his dreams. 

21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered 
liira out of their hands; and said, Let us not 
kill him. 

22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no 
blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the 
"wilderness, and lay no hand upon him ; that 
le might rid him out of their hands, to de- 
liver him to his father again. 

23 U And it came to pass when Joseph was 
come unto his brethren, that they stript Jo- 
seph out of his coat, his coat of many colours 
that was on him. 

24 And they took him, and cast him into a 
pit : and the pit was empty, there was no 
water in it. 

25 And they sat down to eat bread : and 
they lifted up their eyes and looked, and be- 
iold, a company of "ishmaelites came from 
Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery, 
and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down 
to Egypt. 

26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What 
profit is it if we slay our brother, and con- 
ceal his blood 1 

27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmael- 
ites, and let not our hand be upon him; for 
he is our brother, and our flesh: and his 
brethren were content. 

28 Then there passed by Midianites, mer- 
chant-men; and they drew and lifted up Jo- 
seph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the 
Isnmaelites for twenty pieces of silver : and 
they brought Joseph into Egypt. 

29 H And Reuben returned unto the pit- 
and behold, Joseph was not in the pit : ana 
he rent his clothes. 

30 And he returned unto his brethren, and 
said, The child is not : and I, whither shall 
I go? 

31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed 
a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the 
blood : 

32 And they eent the coat of many coloars, 
and they brought it to their father ; and said, 
This have we found : know now whether it 
be thy son's coat or no. 

33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's 
coat ; an evil beast hath devoured him : Jo- 
seph is without doubt rent in pieces. 

34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put 
sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for 
his son many days. 



The trespass of Onan, 

35 And all his sons and all his daughters 
rose up to comfort him • but he refused to be 
comforted; and he said, For I will go down 
into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus 
his father wept for him. 

36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt 
unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and 
captain ot the guard. 

CHAP. XXXVIII. 

Uudah begetteth Er, Onan, and Shelah. 6 Er 
marrieth Tamar. 8 The trespass of Onan. 11 
Tamar stayeth for Shelah. 13 She deceiveth 
Judah. 27 She beareth twins, Pharez and Za- 
rah. 
A ND it came to pass at that time, that 

JltL Judah Went down from his brethren, 

and turned in to a certain Adull amite, whose 

name was Hirah. 

2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a 
certaiu Canaanite, whose name was Shuah ; 
and he took her, and went in unto her. 

3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and 
he called his name Er. 

4 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; 
and she called his name Onan. 

5 And she yet again conceived and bare a 
son ; and called his name Shelah : and he 
was at Chezib, when she bare him. 

6 And Judah took a wife for Er his first- 
born, whose name was Tamar. 

7 And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked 
in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord 
slew him. 

8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto 
thy brother*!? ^if*^ »!?d marrv bftfj ?*»d raise 
up seed to thy brother. 

9 Aiid Onan knew that the seed should not 
be his : and it came to pass, when he went 
in unto his brother's wile, that he spilled it 
on the ground, lest that he should give seed 
to his brother. 

10 And the tiling which he did displeased 
the Lord : wherefore he slew him also. 

11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter- 
in-law, Remain a widow at thy father's 
house, till Shelah my son be gnrown;" (for he 
said, Lest perad venture he die also as his 
brethren did :) and Tamar went and dwelt 
in her father's house. 

12 H And in process of time, the daughter 
of Shuah, Judah's wife died: and Judah 
was comforted, and went up unto his sheep- 
shearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hi- 
rah the Adullamite. 

13 And it was told Tamar, savin?, Behold, 
thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath, to 
shear his sheep. 

14 And she put her widow's garments ofl 
from her, and covered her with a vail, and 
wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, 
which is by the way to Timnath : for she 
saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not 
given unto him to wife. 

15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to 
be a harlot; because she had covered her 
face. 

16 And he turned unto her by the way, and 
said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto 
thee; (for he knew not that she was his 
daughter-in-law:) and she said, What wilt 

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Tamar deceiceth Judah. CHAP. 

thou give me, that thou mayest come in 
unto me ? 

17 And he said, I wiK send thee a kid from 
the flock : and she said, Wilt thou give me 
a pledge, till thou send it? 

18 And he said, What pledge shall I give 
thee? and she said, Thy signet, and thy 
bracelets, and thy staff that is in thy hand : 
and he gave it her, and came in unto her, 
and she conceived by him. 

i 19 And she arose and went away and laid 
by her vail from her, and put on the garments 
of her widowhood. 

20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of 
his friend the Adullamite, to receive his 
pledge from the woman's hand: but lie found 
her not. 

21 Then he asked the men of that place, 
saying, Where is the harlot that was openly 
by the way-side? And they said, There 
was no harlot in this place. 

22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I 
cannot find her; and also the men of the 
place said, that there was no harlot in this 
place. 

■ 23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, 
lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, 
and thou hast not found her. 

24 IT And it came to pass about three months 
after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar 
thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; 
and also, behold, she is with child by whore- 
dom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and 
let her be burnt. 

25 When she was brought forth, she sent 
to her father-in-law, saying, By the man 
whose these are, am I with child : and she 
said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, 
the signet, and bracelets, and staff. 

26 And Judah acknowledged them, and 
said, She hath been more righteous than I ; 
because that I gave her not to Shelah my 
son : and he knew her again no more. 

27 And it came to pass in the time of her 
travail, that behold, twins were in her womb. 

28 And it came to pass when she travailed, 
that the one put out his hand ; and the mid- 
wife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet 
thread, saying, This came out first. 

29 And it came to pass as he drew back his 
hand, that behold, his brother came out; 
and she said, How hast thou broken forth ? 
this breach be upon thee: therefore his 
name was called Pharez. 

30 And afterward came out his brother that 
had the scarlet thread upon his hand; and 
his name was called Zarah. 

CHAP. XXXIX. 

1 Joseph advanced in Potiphnr's house. 7 He re- 

sisteth his mistress's temptation. 13 He is 

falsely accused. WHeis cast into prison. 21 

God is with him there. 

AND Joseph was brought down to Egypt : 
and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, 
captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought 
him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which 
had brought him down thither. 
2 And the Lord was with Joseph, and he 
was a prosperous man : and he was in the 
house of his master die Egyptian. 

B* 



XXXIX. Joseph tempted by his mistress. 

3 And his master saw that the Lord was 
with him, and that the Lord made all that 
he did to prosper inSiis hand. 

4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and 
he served him : and he made him overseer 
over his house, and all that he had he put 
into his hand. 

5 And it came to pass from the time that he 
had made him overseer in his house, and 
over all that he had, that the Lord blessed 
the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake : and 
the blessing of the Lord w r as upon all that 
he had in the house, and in the field. 

6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's 
hand ; and he knew not aught he had, save 
the bread which he did eat : and Joseph was 
a goodly person, and well-favoured. 

7 ^f And it came to pass after these things, 
that his master's wife cast her eyes upon 
Joseph : and she said, Lie with me. 

8 But he refused, and said unto his master's 
wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is 
with me in the house, and he hath commit- 
ted all that he hath to my hand, 

9 There is none greater in this house than 
I ; neither hath he kept back any thing from 
me, but thee, because thou art his wife : 
how then can I do this great wickedness, 
and sin against God ? 

10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Jo- 
seph day by day, that he hearkened not unto 
her, to lie by her, or te be with her. 

11 And it came to pass about this time, that 
Joseph went into the house to do his busi- 
ness; and there was none of the men of tlie 
house there within. 

12 And she caught him by his garment, 
saying, Lie with me : and he left his gannent 
in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 

13 And it came to pass, when she saw that 
he had left his garment in her hand, and 
was fled forth, 

14 That she called unto the men of her 
house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he 
hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock 
us : he came in unto me to lie with me, and 
I cried with a loud voice : 

15 And it came to pass, when he heard that 
I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his 
garment with me, andfled, and got him out. 

16 And she laid up his garment by her, un- 
til his lord came home. 

17 And she spake unto him according to 
these words, saying, The Hebrew servant 
which thou hast brought unto us, came in 
unto me to mock me : 

18 And it came to pass as I lifted up my 
voice and cried, that he left his garment 
with me, and fled out. 

19 And it came to pass, when his master 
heard the words of his wife, which she spake 
unto him, saying, After this maimer did thy 
servant to me ; that his wrath was kindled. 

20 And Joseph's master took him, and put 
him into the prison, a place where the king's 
prisoners were bound : and he was there in 
the prison. 

21 ^J But the Lord was with Joseph, and 
shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in 
the sight of the keeper of the prison. 

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The bullet and baker imprisoned. 

22 And the keeper of the prison committed 
to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were 
in the prison ; and whatsoever they did there, 
he was the doer of it. 

23 The keeper of the prison looked not to 
any tiling that was under his hand ; because 
the Lord was with him: and tliat which he 
did, the Lord made it to prosper. 

CHAP. XL. 
1 The butler and baker of Pharaoh in prison. 4 
Joseph hath charge of them. 5 He interpretcth 
their dreams. 20 They come to pass according 
to his interpretation. 23 The ingratitude of 
the butler. 

AND it came to pass after these things, 
that the butler of the king of Egypt and 
his baker had offended their lord the king 
of Egypt. 

2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of 
his officers, against the chief of the butlers, 
and against the chief of the bakers. 

3 And he put them in ward in the house of 
the captain of the guard, into the prison, the 
place where Joseph was bound. 

4 And the captain of the guard charged 
Joseph with them, and he served them ; and 
thev continued a season in ward. 

5 % And they dreamed a dream both of 
them, each man his dream in one night, each 
man according to the interpretation of his 
dream; the butler and the baker of the king 
of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. 

6 And Joseph came in unto them in the 
morning, and looked upon them, and be- 
hold, they were sad. 

7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were 
with him in the ward of his lord's house, say- 
ing, Wherefore look ye so sadly to-day ? 

8 And they said unto him, We have dream- 
ed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. 
And Joseph said unto them, Do not inter- 
pretations belong to God ? Tell me them, I 
pray you. 

9 And the chief butler told his dream to 
Joseph, and said unto him, In my dream, 
behold, a vine was before me ; 

10 And in the vine were three branches : 
and it was as though it budded, and her 
blossom? shot forth ; and the clusters thereof 
brought forth ripe grapes : 

11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: 
and I took the grapes, and pressed them into 
Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pha- 
raoh's hand. 

12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the 
interpretation of it : The three branches are 
three days : 

13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift 
up thy head, and restore thee unto thy place : 
and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his 
hand, after the former manner when thou 
wast his butler. 

14 But think on me when it shall be well 
with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, 
unto me, and make mention of me unto Pha- 
raoh, and brin^ me out of this house : 

15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the 
land of the Hebrews : and here also have I 
done nothing that they should put me into 
^ne dungeon. 



GENESIS. Their dreams interpreted. 

16 When the chief baker saw that the in- 
terpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, 
I also was in my dream, and behold, / had 
three white baskets on my head : 

17 And in the uppermost basket there was 
of all manner of bake-meats for Pharaoh : 
and the birds did eat them out of the basket 
upon my head. 

13 And Joseph answered, and said, This is 
the interpretation thereof: The three bas- 
kets are three days : 

19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift 
up thy head from off thee, and shall hang 
thee on a tree ; and the birds shall eat thy 
flesh from oft* thee. 

20 H And it came to pass the third day, 
which was Pharaoh's birth-day, that he made 
a feast unto all his servants : and he lifted 
up the head of the chief butler and of the 
chief baker among his servants. 

21 And he restored the chief butler unto 
his butlership again ; and he gave the cup 
into Pharaoh's hand : 

22 But he hanged the chief baker, as Jo- 
seph had interpreted to them. 

23 Yet did not the chief butler remember 
Joseph, but forgat him. 

CHAP. XLI. 
1 Pharaoh's two dreams. 25 Joseph interpreteth 
them. 33 He giveth Pharaoh counsel. 38 Jo- 
seph is advanced. 50 He begetteth Manasseh 
and Ephraim. 53 The famine beginneth. 



AND it came to pass at the end of two 
full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and 
behold, he stood by the river. 

2 And behold, there came up out of the 
river seven well-favoured kine and fat-flesh 
ed ; and they fed in a meadow. 

3 And behold, seven other kine came up 
after them out of the river, ill-favoured and 
lean-fleshed; and stood by the other kine 
upon the brink of the river. 

4 And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed 
kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and 
fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 

5 And he slept and dreamed the second 
time : and behold, seven ears of corn came 
up upon one stalk, rank and good. 

6* And behold, seven thin ears and blasted 
with the east wind sprung up after them. 

7 And the seven thin ears devoured the se- 
ven rank and full ears. A nd Pharaoh awoke, 
and behold, it was a dream. 

8 And it came to pass in the morning, that 
his spirit was troubled ; and he sent and 
called for all the magicians of Egypt, and alJ 
the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told 
them his dreams ; but there was none that 
could interpret them unto Pharaoh. 

9 11 Then spake the chief butler unto Pha- 
raoh, saying, I do remember my faults this 
day: 

10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servant.?, 
and put me in ward in the captain of the 
guard's house, both me, and the chief baker : 

11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, 
I and he : we dreamed each man according 
to the interpretation of his dream. 

12 And there was there with us a young 
.man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of 

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Pharaoh's dreams. CHAP, 

the guard ; and we told him, and he inter- 
preted to us our dreams: to each man ac- 
cording to his dream he did interpret. 

13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted 
to us, so it was : me he restored unto mine 
office, ami him he hanged. 

14 ^j Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, 
and they brought him hastily out of the dun- 
jeon : and he shaved himself, and changed 
iiis raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. 

15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have 
dreamed a dream, and there is none that 
can interpret it: and I have heard say of 
thee, that thou canst understand a dream to 
interpret it. 

16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, 
It is not in me : God shall give Pharaoh an 
answer of peace. 

17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my 
dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the 
river : 

18 And behold, there came up out of the 
river seven kine, fat-fleshed, and well-fa- 
voured; and they fed in a meadow: 

19 And behold, seven other kine came up 
after them, poor, and very ill-favoured, and 
lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the 
land of Egypt for badness : 

20 And the lean and the ill-favoured kine 
did eat up the first seven fat kine : 

21 And when they had eaten them up, it 
could not be known that they had eaten 
them ; but they were still ill-favoured, as at 
the beginning. So I awoke. 

22 And I saw in my dream, and behold, se- 
ven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: 

23 And behold, seven ears, withered, thin, 
and blasted with the east wind, sprung up 
after them : 

24 And the thin ears devoured the seven 
good ears: and I told this unto the magi- 
cians ; but there was none that could declare 
it unto me. 

25 U And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The 
dream of Pharaoh is one : God hath shewed 
Pharaoh what he is about to do. 

26 The seven good kine are seven years; 
and the seven good ears are seven years : 
the dream is one. 

27 And the seven thin and ill-favoured kine 
that came up after them are seven years; and 
the seven empty ears blasted with the east 
wind shall be seven years of famine. 

28 This is the thing which I have spoken 
unto Pharaoh : what God is about to do he 
sheweth unto Pharaoh. 

29- Behold, there come seven years of great 
plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: 

30 And there shall arise after them seven 
years of famine ; and all the plenty shall be 
forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the 
famine shall consume the land : 

31 And the plenty shall not be known in the 
land by reason of that famine following : for 
it shall be very grievous. 

32 And for that the dream was doubled 
unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing 
is established by God, and God will shortly 
bring it to pass. 

33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a 



XLI. Joseph advanced by Pharaoh. 

man discreet and wise, and set him over the 
land of Egypt. 

34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint 
officers over the land, and take up the fifth 
part of the land of Egypt in the seven plen- 
teous years. 

35 And let them gather all the food of those 
good years that come, and lay up corn under 
the hand of Pharaoh ; and let them keep 
food in the cities. 

36 And that food shall be fo> store to the 
land against the seven years of famine, which 
shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land 
perish not through the famine. 

37 ^1 And the thing was good in the eyes of 
Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all- his servants. 

38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, 
Can we find such a one as this is, a man in 
whom the spirit of God is?. 

39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Foras- 
much as God hath shewed thee all this, there 
is none so discreet and wise as. thou art : 

40 Thou shalt be over my house, and ac- 
cording unto thy word shall all my people be 
ruled : only in the throne will I be greater 
than thou. 

41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I 
have set thee over all the land of Egypt. 

42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his 
hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and 
arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and 
put a gold chain about his neck ; 

43 And he made him to ride in the second 
chariot which he had : and they cried before 
him, Bow the knee : and he made him ruler 
over all the land of Egypt. 

44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am 
Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift 
up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. 

45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name 
Zaphnath-paaneah ; and he gave him to 
wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah 
priest of On : and Joseph went out over all 
the land of Egypt. 

46 TI And Joseph was thirty years old when 
he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt : and 
Joseph went out from the presence of Pha- 
raoh, and went tluoughout all the land of 
Egypt. 

47 And in the seven plenteous years the 
earth brought forth by handfuls. 

48 And he gathered up all the food of the 
seven years which were in the land of Egypt, 
and laid up the food in the cities: the food 
of the field which was round about every 
city, laid he up in the same. 

49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand 
of the sea, very much, until he left number- 
ing ; for it was without number. 

50 And unto Joseph were born two son! 
before the years of famine came: which 
Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest 
of On bare unto him. 

51 And Joseph called the name of the first- 
born Manasseh ; for God, said he, hath made 
me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. 

52 And the name of the second called k e 
Ephraim: for God hath caused me to be 
fruitful in the land of my affliction. 

53 H And the seven vears of plenteousness 

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The famine beginnetk, 
that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. 

54 And the seven years of dearth began to 
come, according as Joseph had said: and 
the dearth was in all lands ; but in all the 
land of Egypt there was bread. 

55 And when all the land of Egypt was 
famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for 
bread : and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyp- 
tians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to 
you, do. 

56 And the famine was over all the face of 
the earth : and Joseph opened all the store- 
houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and 
the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. 

57 And all countries came into Egypt to 
Joseph for to buy corn; because that the 
famine was so sore in all lands. 

CHAP. XLII. 
1 Jacob sendeth his ten sons to buy corn in 
Egypt. 6 They are imprisoned by Joseph for 
spies. 18 They are set at liberty, on condition 
to bring Benjamin. 21 They have remorse for 
Joseph. 24 Simeon is kept for a pledge. 25 
They return with corn, and their money. 29 
Their relation to Jacob. 36 Jacob refusetk to 
send Benjamin. 

NOW when Jacob saw that there was 
corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, 
Why do ye look one tipon another? 

2 And he said, Behold I have heard that 
there is corn in Egypt : get you down thither, 
and buy for us from thence ; that we may 
live, and not die. 

3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to 
buy corn in Egypt. 

4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob 
sent not with his brethren : for he said, Lest 
peradventure mischief befall him. 

5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn 
among those that came : for the famine was 
in the land of Canaan. 

6 And Joseph was the governor over the 
land, and he it was that sold to all the people 
of the land : and Joseph's brethren came, 
and bowed down themselves before him with 
their faces to the earth. 

7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and hev 
knew them, but made himself strange unto 
them, and spake roughly unto them; and he 
said unto them, Whence come ye ? And they 
said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.. 

8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they 
knew not him. 

9 And Joseph remembered the dreams 
which he dreamed of them, and said unto 
them, Ye are spies ; to see the nakedness 
of the land ye are come. 

10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, 
but to buy food are thy servants come. 

11 We are all one man's sons ; we are true 
men ; thy servants are no spies. 

12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see 
the nakedness of the land ye are come. 

13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve 
brethren, the sons of one man in the land of 
Canaan : and behold, the youngest is this 
day with our father, and one is not. 

14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it 
that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies : 

15 Hereby ye shall be proved : By the life 
of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, ex- 



GENESIS. Joseph's brethren return home. 

cept your youngest brother come hither. 

16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your 
brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that 
your words may be proved, whether there be 
any truth in you : or else, by the life of Pha- 
raoh, surely ye are spies. 

17 And he put them all together into ward 
three days. 

18 And Joseph said unto them the third 
day, This do, and live ; for I fear God : 

19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren 
be bound in the house of your prison : go ye, 
carry corn for the famine of your houses: 

20 But bring your youngest brother unto 
me : so shall your words be verified, and ye 
shall not die. And they did so. 

21 IT And they said one to another, We are 
verily guilty concerning our brother, in that 
we saw the anguish of his soul, when he be- 
sought us, and we would not hear; therefore 
is this distress come upon us. 

22 And Reuben answered them, saying, 
Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin 
against the child; and ye would not hear? 
therefore behold also his blood is required. 

23 And they knew not that Joseph under- 
stood them ; for he spake unto them by an 
interpreter. 

24 And he turned himself about from them, 
and wept; and returned to them again, a'hd 
communed with them, and took from them 
Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. 

25 U Then Joseph commanded to fill their 
sacks with corn, and to restore every man's 
money into his sack, and to give them provi- 
sion for the way : and thus did he unto them. 

26 And they laded their asses with the corn, 
and departed thence. 

27 And as one of them opened his sack to 
give his ass provender in the inn, he espied 
his money : for behold, it was in his sack's 
mouth. 

28 And he said unto his brethren, My money 
is restored ; and lo, it is even in my sack : 
and their heart failed them, and they were 
afraid, saying one to another, W r hat" is this 
that God hath done unto us? 

29 IT And they came unto Jacob their father 
unto the land of Canaan, and told him all 
that befell unto them, saying, 

30 The man who is the lord of the land, 
spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of 
the country. 

31 And we said unto him, We are true 
men ; we are no spies : 

32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our fa- 
ther: one is not, and the youngest is this 
day with our father in the land of Canaan. 

33 And the man, the lord of the country, 
said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye 
are true men: leave one'of your brethren 
here with me, and take food for die famine 
of your households, and be gone: 

34 And bring your youngest brother unto 
me : then shall I know that ye are no spies, 
but that ye are true men : so will I deliver you 
your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land. 

35 ^ And it came to pass as they emptied 
their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle 
of money was in his sack ; and when both 

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Jacob refuseih to send Benjamin. CHAP, 
they and their father saw the bundles of] 
money, they were afraid. 

36 And Jacob their father said unto them, 
Me have ve bereaved of my children : Jo- 
seph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will 
take Benjamin away: all these things are 
against me. , 

37 And Reuben spake unto his father, say- 
ing, Slay my two sons, if I brine him not to 
thee : deliver him into my hand, and I will 
bring him to thee again. 

38 And he said, My son shall not go down 
wkh vou ; for his brother is dead, and he is 
left alone : if mischief befall him by the way 
in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down 
my grav hairs With sorrow to the grave. 

CHAP. XLIII. 
1 Jacob is hardly persuaded to send Benjamin. 
15 Josejji entertainetk his brethren. 31 He 
mafceth them a feast. 

AND die famine teas sore in the land. 
2 And it came to pass, when they had 
eaten up the corn which they had brought 
out of Egypt, their father said unto them, 
Go again, buy us a little food. 

3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The 
man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, 
Ye shall not see my face, except your brother 
be with you. 

4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we 
will go down and buy thee food : 

5 But if thou wilt not send him we will not go 
down : for the man said unto us, Ye shall not 
see my face, except your brother be with you. 

6 And Israel said," Wherefore dealt ye so 
ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye 
had yet a brother ? 

7 And they said, The man asked us straidy 
of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is 
your father yet alive ? have ye another bro- 
ther? and we told him according to the 
tenor of these words : Could we certainly 
know that he would say, Bring your brodier 
down ? 

8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, 
Send the lad with me, and we will arise and 
go ; that we may live, and not die, both we, 
and thou, and also our little ones. 

9 I will be surety for him ; of my hand shalt 
thou require him : if I bring him not unto 
thee, and set him before thee, then let me 
bear the blame for ever : 

10 For except we had lingered, surely now 
we had returned this second time. 

11 And their father Israel said unto them, 
If it must be so now, do this ; take of the 
best fruits in the land in your vessels, and 
carry down the man a present, a little balm, 
and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, 
and almonds: 

12 And take double money in your hand; 
and the money that was brought again in the 
mouth of your sacks, carry tt again in your 
hand ; peradventure it was an oversight : 

13 Take also your brother, and arise, go 
again unto the man : 

14 And God Almighty give you mercy be- 
fore the man, that lie may send away your 
other brother, and Benjamin : If I be* be- 
reaved of my children, 1 am bereaved. 



XLIII. Joseph entertainetli his brethren* 

15 % And the men took that present, and 
they took double money in their hand, and 
Benjamin ; and rose up, and went down to 
Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 

16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with 
them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring 
these men home, and slay, and make ready 
for these men shall dine with me at noon. 

17 And the man did as Joseph bade : and 
the man brought the men into Joseph's house. 

18 And the men were afraid, because they 
were brought into Joseph's house ; and they 
said, Because of the money that was return* 
ed in our sacks at the first time, are we 
brought in; that he may seek occasion 
against us, and fall upon us, and take us for 
bondmen, and our asses. 

19 And they came near to the steward of 
Joseph's house, and they communed with 
him at the door of the house, 

20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down 
at the first time to buy food : 

21 And it came to pass, when we came to 
the inn, that we opened our sacks, and be- 
hold, every man's money was in the mouth 
of his sack, our money in full weight: and 
we have brought it again in our hand. 

22 And other money liave we brought down 
in our hands to buy food : we cannot tell 
who put our money in our sacks. 

23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not : 
your God, and the God of your father, hath 
given you treasure in your sacks : I had your 
money. And he brought Simeon out unto 
them." 

24 And the man brought the men into Jo- 
seph's house, and gave them water, and they 
washed their feet; and he gave thtir asses 
provender. 

25 And they made ready the present tgainst 
Joseph came at noon : for they heai d that 
they should eat bread there. 

26 *f[ And when Joseph came home, they 
brought him the present which was in their 
hand into the house, and bowed tliemstlves 
to him to the earth. 

27 And he asked them of their welfare, 
and said, Is your father well, the old man 
of whom ye spake 1 Is he yet alive ? 

28 And they answered, Thy secant our 
father is in good health, he is yet alive : 
and they bowed down their heads, and made 
obeisance. 

29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his 
brother Benjamin, his-mother's son, and said, 
Is this your younger brother, of whom ye 
spake unto me ? And he said, God be gr*« 
cious unto thee^my son* *- *'* 

30 And Joseph made haste;, for his bowels 
did yearn upon his brother : and he sought 
where to weep ; ; and lie entered into liis ' 
chamber,, and wept there. 

31 And he washed his-fece, and went out,, 
and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread*. 

32. And they set on for him by himself, and 
for them by themselves, and for the Egyp- 
tians, which did eat with him, by themselves^ 
because the Egyptians might not eat bread 
with the Hebrews ; for that i& an abomiaa^ 
tion unto the Egvptians. 

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Joseph accuses his brethren of theft. GENESIS. 

33 And they sat before him, the first-born 
according to his birth-right, and the young- 
est according to his youth: and the men 
marvelled one at another. 

34 And he took and sent messes unto them 
from before him: but Benjamin's mess was 
five times so much as any of theirs. And 
they drank, and were merry with him. 

CHAP. XLlV. 

I Joseph's policy to stay his brethren. 14 Judah' s 

humble supplication to Joseph. 

AND he commanded the steward of Ids 
house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with 
food, as much as they can carry, and put 
every man's mouey in his sack's mouth. 

2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the 
sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn- 
money: and lie did according to the word 
that Joseph had spoken. 

3 As soon as the morning was light, the 
men were sent away, they, and their asses. 

4 And when they were gone out of the city, 
and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his 
steward, Up, follow after the men ; and when 
thou dost overtake them, say unto them, 
Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good ? 

5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, 
and whereby indeed he divineth ? ye have 
done evil in so doing. 

6 fl And he overtook them, and he spake 
unto them these same words. 

7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith 
my lord these words ? God forbid that thy 
servants should do according to this thing : 

8 Behold, the money which we found in 
our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto 
thee out of the land of Canaan : how then 
should we steal out of thy lord's house silver 
or gold ? 

9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be 
found, both let him die, and we also will be 
my lord's bond-men. 

10 And he said, Now also let it be accord- 
ing unto your words : he with whom it is 
found shall be my servant ; and ye shall be 
blameless. 

II Then they speedily took down every 
man his sack to the ground, and opened 
every man his sack. 

12 And he searched, and began at the eld- 
est, and left at the youngest: and the cup 
was found in Benjamin's sack. 

13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded 
every man his ass, and returned to the city. 

14 *[[ And Judah and his brethren came to 
Joseph's house, (for he was yet there :) and 
they fell before him on the ground. 

15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed 
is this that ye have done ? wot ye not that 
such a man as I can certainly divine ? 

16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto 
my lord ? what shall we speak ? or how shall 
we clear ourselves ? God hath found out the 
iniquity of thy servants : behold we are my 
lord's servants, both we, and he also with 
whom the cup is found. 

17 And he said, God forbid that I should do 
so : hut the man in whose hand the cup is 
found, he shall be my servant; and as for 
you, get you up in peace unto your father. 



Judali's humble petition* 

18 *f[ Then Judah came near unto him, and 
said, O my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, 
speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not 
thine anger burn against thy servant: for 
thou art even as Pharaoh. 

19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have 
ye a father, or a brother ? 

20 And we said unto my lord, We have a 
father, an old man, and a child of his old 
age, a little one : and his brother is dead, 
and he alone is left of his mother, and his 
father loveth him. 

21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring 
him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes 
upon him. 

22 And we said unto my lord, The lad can- 
not leave his father : for if he should leave 
his father, his father would die. 

23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Ex- 
cept your youngest brother come down with 
you, ye shall see my face no more. 

24 And it came to pass, when we came up 
unto thy servant my father, we told him the 
words of my lord. 

25 And our father said, Go again, and buy 
us a little food. 

26 And we said, We cannot go down : if 
our youngest brother be with us, then will 
we go down ; for we may not see the man's 
face, except our youngest brother be with us. 

27 And thy servant my father said unto us, 
Ye know that my wife bare me two sons : 

28 And the one went out from me, and I 
said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw 
him not since : 

29 And if ye take this also from me, and 
mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my 
gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 

30 Now therefore when I come to thy ser- 
vant my father, and the lad be not with us; 
(seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's 
life;) 

31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that 
the lad is not with us, that he will die : and 
thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs 
of thy servant our father with sorrow to the 
grave. 

32 For thy servant became surety for the 
lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not 
unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my 
father for ever. 

33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy ser- 
vant abide instead of the lad a bondman to 
my lord; and let the lad go up with his bre- 
thren. 

34 For how shall I go up to my father, and 
the lad be not with me ? lest perad venture I 
see the evil that shall come on my father. 

CHAP. XLV. 
1 Joseph maketh himself known to his brethren. 
5 He comforteth them in God's providence. 9 
He sendethfor his father. 16 Pharaoh confirm- 
eth it. 21 Joseph furnisheth them for their jour- 
ney, and exhorteth them to concord. 25 Jacob 
is revived with the news. 

THEN Joseph could not refrain himself 
before all them that stood by him; and he 
cried, Cause every man to go out from me : 
and there stood no man with him, while Jo- 
seph made himself known unto his brethren. 
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Joseph sendethfor his father. CHAP. 

2 And he wept aloud ; and the Egyptians 
and the house of Pharaoh heard. ( 

3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am 
Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his 
brethren could not answer him; for they 
were troubled at his presence. 

4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come 
near to me, I pray you : and they came near. 
And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom 
ye sold into Egypt. 

" 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry 
with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for 
God &d send me before you to preserve life. 
(> For these two years lutth the famine been 
in the land: and yet there are five years, in 
die which there shall neither be earing nor 
harvest. 

7 And God sent me before you, to preserve 
vou a posterity in the earth, and to save your 
lives by a great deliverance. 

8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, 
but God : and he hath made me a father to 
Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a 
ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. 

9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say 
unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God 
hath made me lord of all "Egypt ; come down 
unto me, tarry not: 

10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Go- 
shen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, 
and thy children, and thy children's children, 
and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that 
thou hast : 

11 And there will I nourish thee, (for yet 
there are five years of famine ;) lest thou, and 
thy household, and all that thou hast come 
to poverty. 

12 And fcehold, your eyes see, and the eyes 
of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth 
that speaketh unto you. 

13 And ye shall teH my father of all my glory 
in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen : and ye 
shall haste, and bring down my father hither. 

14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's 
neck, and wept ; and Benjamin wept upon 
his neck. 

15 Moreover, he kissed all his brethren, and 
wept upon them : and after that his brethren 
talked with him. 

16 ^ And the fame thereof was heard in 
Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren 
are come : and it pleased Pharaoh well, and 
his servants. 

17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto 
thy brethren, This do ye ; lade your beasts, 
and go, get you unto the land of Canaan ; 

13 And take your father, and your house- 
holds, and come unto me: aim I will give 
you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye 
shall eat the fat of the land. 

19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye ; 
take you wagons out of the land of Egypt 
for your little ones, and for your wives, and 
bring your father, and come. 

20 Also regard not your stuff: for the good 
of all the land of Egypt is yours. 

21 And the children of Israel did so : and 
Joseph gave them wagons, according to the 
commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them 
provision for the way. 



XLV1. Jacob is revived at the tieufs. 

22 To all of them he gave each man changes 
of raiment: but to Benjamin he gave three 
hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of 
raiment. 

23 And to his father he sent after tins man- 
tier; ten asses laden with the good things of 
Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and 
bread and meat for his father by the way. 

24 So he sent his brethren away, and they 
departed : and he said unto them, See that 
ye fall not out by the way. 

25 1[ And they went up out of Egypt, and 
came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob 
their father, 

26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, 
and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. 
And Jacoo's heart fainted, for he believed 
them not. 

27 And they told him all the words of Jo- 
seph, which he had said unto them: and 
when he saw the wagons which Joseph had 
sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their 
father revived : 

28 And Israel said, It is enough : Joseph 
my son is yet alive : I will go and see nun 
before I die. 

CHAP. XLVI. 
1 Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-skeba. 5 
Thence he with his company goeth into Egypt, 
8 The number of his family that went into 
Egypt. 28 Joseph meeteth Jacob. 31 He in- 
structed his brethren how to answer to Pha- 
raoh. 

AND Israel took his journey with all that 
he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and 
offered sacrifices unto the God of his father 
Isaac. 

2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions 
of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob ! and he 
said, HeYe am I. 

3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy 
father : fear not to go down into Egypt ; for 
I w r ill there make ot thee a great nation : 

4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and 
I will also surely bring thee up again: and 
Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.. 

5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba : and 
the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father,, 
and their little ones, and their wives, in the 
wagons which Pharaoh hadsenttocarcy him-* 

6 And they took their cattle, and their goods 
which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, 
and came into Egypt, Jacob, and alibis seed 
with him ; 

7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his 
daughters, and his sons 1 daughters, and all 
his seed brought he with him into Egypt. 

8 % And these are the names of thechildren 
of Israel, which came into Egypt,. Jacob and 
his sons: Reuben, Jacob's nrst-born. 

9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and 
Phallu, and Hezroa, and Carmi. 

10 ^[ And the sons of Simeon,;; Jemuel, and 
Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar> 
and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman* 

11 TT And the sons of Levi ; Gershon, Ko? 
hath, and Merari. 

12 IT And the sons of Judah ; Er, and Onan,. 
and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah : but Et 
and Onan died ia the land of Canaan. Ajj& 

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Joseph meeteth Jacob* 



GENESIS. 



Jacob introduced to Pharaoh, 






the sons of Pharez were Hezron, and Hamul, 

13 If And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and 
Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 

14 1f And the sons of Zebulun ; Sered, and 
Elon, and Jahleel. 

15 These be the sons of Leah, which she 
bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his 
daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons 
and his daughters were thirty and three. 

16 Tf And the sons of Gad ; Ziphion, and 
Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, 
and Areli. 

17 *|f And the sons of Asher ; Jimnah, and 
Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah 
their sister. And the sons of Beriah ; He- 
ber, and Malchiel. 

18 Tiiese are the sons of Zilpah, whom 
Laban gave to Leah his daughter : and these 
she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 

19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife; Jo- 
seph, and Benjamin. 

20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt 
were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which 
Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest 
of On bare unto him. 

21 ^[ And the sons of Benjamin wereBelah, 
and Beclier. and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, 
Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and 
Ard. 

22 These are the sons of Rachel, which 
were born to Jacob ; all the souls were four- 
teen. 

23 ^f And the sons of Dan; Hushim. 

24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and 
Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 

25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which 
Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and 
she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls 
were seven. 

26 All the souls that came with Jacob into 
Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides 
Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were three- 
score and six ; 

27 And the sons of Joseph which were 
born him in Egypt, were two souls : all the 
souls of the house of Jacob, which came into 
Egypt, were threescore and ten. 

28 Tf And he sent Judah before him unto 
Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen ; and 
they came into the land of Goshen. 

29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and 
went up to meet Israel his, father to Goshen ; 
and presented himself unto him : and he fell 
on his neck, and wept on his neck a good 
while. 

30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let 
me die, since I have seen thy face, because 
thou art yet alive. 

31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and 
unto his father's house, I will go up, and 
shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My bre- 
thren, and my father's house, which were 
in the land of Canaan, are come unto me : 

32 And the men are shepherds, for their 
trade hath been to feed cattie; and they 
have brought their flocks, and their herds, 
and all that they have. 

33 And it shall come to pass, when Pha- 
raoh shall call you, and shall say, What is 
your occupation ? 



34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade 
hath been about cattfe from our youth even 
until now, both we, and also our fathers : 
that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen ; for 
every shepherd is an abomination unto the 
Egyptians. 

CHAP. XLVII. 

I Joseph presenteth five of his brethren, 7 and 
his father, before Pharaoh. 11 He giveth them 
habitation and maintenance. 13 Hegetteth all 
the Egyptians' 1 money, 16 their cattle, 18 their 
lands to Pharaoh. 22 The priests' land was 
not bought. 23 He letteth the land to them for 
a fifth part. 28 Jacob's age. 29 He sweareth 
Joseph to bury him with his fathers. 

THEN Joseph came and told Pharaoh, 
and said, My father and my brethren, 
and their flocks, and their herds, and all 
that they have, are come out of the land of 
Canaan; and behold, they are in the land 
of Goshen. 

2 And he took some of his orethren, even 
five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 

3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, 
What is your occupation? And they said 
unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, 
both we, and also our fathers. 

4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For 
to sojourn in the land are we come : for thy 
servants have no pasture for their flocks, for 
the famine is sore in the land of Canaan : 
now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants 
dwell in the land of Goshen. 

5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, 
Thy father and thy brethren are come unto 
thee : 

6 The land of Egypt is before thee ; in the 
best of the land matte thy father and brethren 
to dwell, in the land of Goshen let them 
dwell; and if thou knowest any men of ac- 
tivity among them, then make them rulers 
over my cattle. 

7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, 
and set him before Pharaoh : and Jacob 
blessed Pharaoh. 

8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old 
art thou ? 

9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days 
of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred 
and thirty years : tew and evil have the days 
of the years of my life been, and have not 
attained unto the days of the years of the life 
of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 

10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went 
out from before Pharaoh. 

II If And Joseph placed his father and his 
brethren, and gave them a possession in the 
land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the 
land ofRameses,as Pharaoh had commanded. 

12 And Joseph nourished his father, and 
his brethren, and all his father's household, 
with bread according to their families. 

13 ^[ And there was no bread in all the 
land ; for the famine was very sore, so that 
the land of Egypt, and all the land of Ca- 
naan, fainted by reason of the famine. 

14 And Joseph gathered up all the money 
that was found in the land of Egypt, and in 
the land of Canaan, for the corn which they 
bought : and Joseph brought the money into 
Pharaoh's house. 

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Joseph's dealing in the famine. CHAP. XLVIII 

15 And when money failed in the land of 
Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the 
Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give 
us bread : for why should we die in thy pre- 
sence? for the money faileth. 

16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle ; and 
I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. 

17 And they brought their cattle unto Jo- 
seph : and Joseph gave them bread in ex- 
change for horses, and for the flocks, and 
for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses ; 
and he fed them with bread, for all their 
cattle, for that year. 

18 When that year was ended, they came 
unto him the second year, and said unto him, 
We will not hide it from my lord, how that 
our money is spent; my lord also hath our 
herds of catde: there is not aught left in 
the sight of my lord, but our bodies and our 
lands : 

19 Wherefore shall we die before thine 
eyes, both we and our land ? buy us and our 
kind for bread, and we and our land will be 
servants unto Pharaoh : and give us seed, 
that we may live, and not die, that the land 
be not desolate* 

20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt 
for Pharaoh ; for the Egyptians sold every 
man his field, because the famine prevailed 
over them : so the land became Pharaoh's. 

21 And as for the people, he removed them 
to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt 
even to the other end thereof. 

22 Only the land of the priests bought he 
"Ct* for th*> n n^ s ts had a portion assigned 
them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion 
which Pharaoh gave theni; wherefore they 
sold not their lands. 

23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Be- 
hold, I have bought you this day and your 
land for Pharaoh : lo, here is seed for you, 
and ye shall sow the land. 

24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, 
that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pha- 
raoh, and four parts shall be your own, for 
seed of the field, and for your food, and for 
them of your households, and for food for 
your litde ones. 

25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: 
let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and 
we will be Pharaoh's servants. 

26 And Joseph made it a law over the land 
of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should 
have the fifth part ; except the land of the 
priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. 

27 H And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, 
in the country of Goshen ; and they had pos- 
sessions therein, and grew, and multiplied 
exceedingly. 

28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt 
seventeen years : so the whole age of Jacob 
was a Jiundred forty and seven years. 

29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must 
die : and he called his son Joseph, and said 
unto him, If now I have found grace in thy 
sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my 
thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me ; 
bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt : 

30 But I will he with my fathers, and thou 
fihalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in 



He visits his sick father. 

their burying-place. And he said, I will do 

as thou hast said. 
31 And he said, Swear unto me : and he 

sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself 

upon the bed's head. 

CHAP. XLVIII. 

1 Joseph with his sons visiteth his sick father. 
2. Jacob strengthened himself to bless them. 
3 He repeatcth the promise. 5 He taketh 
Ephraim and Manasseh as his own. 7 He 
telleth Joseph of his mother's grave. 9 He 
blesseth Ephraim and Manasseh. 11 He pre- 
ferreth the younger before the elder. 21 He 
prophesieth their return to Canaan. 

AND it came to pass after these things, 
that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father 
is sick : and he took with him his two sons, 
Manasseh and Ephraim. 

2 If And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, 
thy son Joseph cometh unto thee : and Israel 
strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 

3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Al- 
mighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land 
of Canaan, and blessed me, 

4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make 
thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will 
make of thee a multitude of people ; and will 
give this land to thy seed after thee, for an 
everlasting possession. 

5 H And now, thy two sons, Ephraim and 
Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the 
land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into 
Egypt, are mine : as Reuben and Simeon, 
they shall be mine. 

6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after 
thciT!, «hall be thine, and shall be called aftef 
the name of their brethren in their inherit 
tance. 

7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, 
Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan, in 
the way, when yet there teas but a little way. 
to come unto Ephrath : and 1 buried her " 
thete in the way of Ephrath, the same is 
Beth-lehem. 

8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, 
Who are these ? 

9 And Joseph said unto his father, They 
are my sons, whom God hath given me in 
this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray 
thee, unto me, and I will bless them. 

10 (Now the eyes of Israel were dim for 
age, so that he could not see:} And he 
brought them near unto him; and he kissed 
them, and embraced them. 

11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not 
thought to see thy face : and lo, God hath 
shewed me also thy seed. 

12 And Joseph brought them out from be- 
tween his knees, and he bowed himself with 
his face to the earth. 

13 And Joseph took them both, Ephnum in 
his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and 
Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's 
right hand, and brought them near unto him. 

14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, 
and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was 
the younger, and his left hand upon Manas. 
seh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for 
Manasseh was the first-born. 

15 If And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, 
before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac 

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Jacob blesseth Joseph's sons. 

did walk, the God which fed me all my life 

long unto this day, 

16 The Angel which redeemed me from all 
evil, bless the lads; and let my name be 
named on them, and the name of my fathers 
Abraham and Isaac : and let them gro w into 
a multitude in the midst of the earth. 

17 And when Joseph saw that his father 
laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, 
itdispleased him: and he helduphis father's 
hand, to remove it from Ephraim' s head unto 
Manasseh's head. 

18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, 
my father: fortius is the first-born; put thy 
right hand upon his head. 

19 And his father refused, and said, I know 
it, my son, I know it: he also shall become 
a people, and he also shall be great: but 
truly his younger brother shall be greater 
than he, and his seed shall become a multi- 
tude of nations. 

20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In 
thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee 
as Ephraim and as Manasseh : and he set 
Ephraim before Manasseh. 

21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I 
die ; but God shall be with you, and bring 
you again unto the land of your fathers. 

22 Moreover I have given to thee one por- 
tion above thy brethren, which I took out of 
the hand of the Amorite with my sword and 
with my bow. 

CHAP. XLIX. 
1 Jacob calleth his sons to bless them. 3 Their 
blessing in particular. 2d He zkargZlB, them 
\ about his burial. 33 lie dieth. 

AND Jacob called unto his sons, and said, 
Gather yourselves together, that I may 
tell you that which shall befall you in the last 
days. 

2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye 
sons of Jacob ; and hearken unto Israel your 
father. 

% 31f Reuben, thou art my first-born, my 
might, and the beginning of my strength, the 
excellency of dignity, and the excellency of 
power : 

4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel ; 
because thou wentest up to thy father's bed ; 
then defiledst thou it: he went up to my 
Couch. 

5 If Simeon and Levi are brethren ; instru- 
ments of cruelty are in their habitations. 

6 O my soul, come not thou into their se- 
cret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be 
not thou united ! for in their anger they slew 
a man, and in their self-will they digged 
d:wn a wall. 

7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce : 
and their wrath, for it was cruel : I will divide 
them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 

8 If Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren 
shall praise; thy hand shall be in the neck 
of thine enemies; thy father's children shall 
bow down before thee. 

9 Judah is a lion's whelp ; from the prey, 
my son, thou art gone up : he stooped down, 
he couched as a lion, and as an old lion : 
who shall rouse him up 1 

10 The sceptre ehall not depart from Judah, 



GENESIS. The blessing of Jacob's sons. 

nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until 
Shiloh come : and unto him shall the gather- 
ing of the people be. 

11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his 
ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed 
his garments in wine, and his clothes in the 
blood of grapes : 

12 His eye's shall be red with wine, and his 
teeth white with milk. 

13 Tf Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of 
the sea; and he shall be for a haven of ships; 
and his border shall be unto Zidon. 

14^f Issachar is a strong ass, couching down 
between two burdens : 

15 And he saw that rest was good, and 
the land that it was pleasant ; and bowed 
his shoulder to bear, and became a Servant 
unto tribute. 

16 TT Dan shall judge his people, as one of 
the tribes of Israel. 

17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an 
adder in the path, diat biteth the horse-heels, 
so that his rider shall fall backward. 

18 1 have waited for thy salvation, O Lord! 

19 1f Gad, a troop shall overcome him : but 
he shall overcome at the last. 

20 If Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, 
and he shall yield royal dainties. 

21 If Naphtali is a hind let loose : he giveth 
goodlv words. 

22 if Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a 
fruitful bough by a well, whose branches run 
over the wall : 

23 The archers have sorely grieved him s 
and shot at him, and hated him : 

21 But his bow abode in strength, and the 
arms of his hands were made strong by 
the hands of th© mighty God of Jacob: 
(from thence is the Shepherd, the Stone of 
Israel : ) 

25 Even by die God of thy father, who shall 
help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall 
bless thee with blessings of heaven above, 
blessings of the deep that lieth under, bless- 
ings of the breasts and of the womb : 

26 The blessings of thy father have prevail- 
ed above the blessings of my progenitors 
unto the utmost bound of the everlasting 
hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, 
and on the crown of the head of him that 
was separate from his brethren. 

27 If Benjamin shall raven as a wolf; in the 
morning he shall devour die prey, and at night 
he shall divide the spoil. 

28 If All these are the twelve tribes of Is- 
rael : and this is it that their father spake 
unto them, and blessed them : every one ac- 
cording to his blessing he blessed them. 

29 And he charged them, and said unto 
them, I am to be gathered unto my people : 
bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in 
the field of Ephron the Hittite, 

30 In the cave that is in the field of Mach- 
pelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of 
Canaan, which Abraham bought with the 
field of Ephron the Hittite, for a possession 
of a burying-place. 

31 (There they buried Abraham and Sarah 
his wife; there they buried Isaac and Re- 
bekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah.) 

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Jacob's death and funeral. 

32 The purchase of the field and of the 
cave that is therein, was from the children 
of Hetii. 

33 And when Jacob had made an end of 
commanding his sons, he gathered up his 
feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, 
and was gathered unto his people. 

CHAP. L. 
1 The mourning for Jacob. 4 Joseph gcttethlcave 
of Pkaraoh to go to bury him. 7 The funeral. 
15 Joseph comforteth his brethren, who craved 
his pardon. 22 His age. 23 He seeth the third 
generation of his sons. 24 Heprophesicth unto 
/lis brethren of their return. 25 He taketh an 
oath of them for his bones. 26 He dieth, and is 
chested. 

AND Joseph fell upon his father's face, 
and wept upon him, and kissed him. 

2 And Joseph commanded his servants the 
physicians to embalm his father: and the 
physicians embalmed Israel. 

3 And forty days were fulfilled for him ; for 
so are fulfilled the days of those which are 
embalmed : and the Egyptians mourned for 
him threescore and ten days. 

4 And when the days of his mourning were 
past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pha- 
raoh saying, If now I have found grace in 
your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of 
Pharaoh, saying, 

5 Mv father made me swear saying, Lo, I 
die : in my grave which I have digged for me 
in the land of Canaan, there shaft thou bury 
me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, 
and bury my father, and I will come again. 

6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy 
father, according as he made thee swear. 

7 1[ And Joseph went up tj bury his father: 
and with him went up all the servants of Pha- 
raoh, the elders of hta house, and all the el- 
ders of the land of Egypt, 

8 And all the house of Joseph, and his bre- 
thren, and his father's house : only their lit- 
tle ones, and their flocks, and their herds, 
they left in the land of Goshen. 

9 And there went up with him both cha- 
riots and horsemen : and it was a very great 
company. 

10 And they came to the threshing-floor of 
Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there 
they mourned with a great and very sore la- 
mentation : and he made a mourning for his 
father seven days. 

11 And when the inhabitants of the land, 
the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor 
of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourn- 
ing to the Egyptians : wherefore the name of 



CHAP. L. Joseph's age and death, 

it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond 
Jordan. 

12 And his sons did unto him according as 
he commanded them : 

13 For his sons carried him into the land of 
Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the 
field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought 
with the field for a possession of a burying- 
place of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamie. 

14 % And Joseph returned into Egypt, he 
and his brethren, and all that went up with 
him to bur}' his father, after he had buried 
his father. 

15 ^f And when Joseph's brethren saw that 
their father was dead, they said, Joseph will 
peradventure hate us, and will certainly 
requite us all the evil which we did unto 
him. 

16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, 
saying, Thy father did command before he 
died, saying, 

17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I 
pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, 
and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: 
and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass 
of the servants of the God of thy father. And 
Joseph wept when they spake unto him. 

18 And his brethren also went and fell down 
before his face: and they said, Behold, we 
be thy servants. 

19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not : 
for am I in the place of God ? 

20 But as for you, ye thought evil against 
me ; but God meant it unto good, to bring 
to pass, as it is this day, to save much people 
alive. 

21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nou- 
rish you, and your little ones. And he com-- 
forted them, and spake kindly unto them. 

22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his 
father's house : and Joseph lived a hundred 
and ten years. 

23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of 
the third generation: the children also of 
Machir, the son of Manasseh, were brought 
up upon Joseph's knees. 

24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I 
die ; and God will surely visit you, and bring 
you out of this land, unto the land which he 
sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 

25 And Joseph took an oath of the children 
of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, 
and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 

26 % So Joseph died, being a hundred and 
ten years old : and thev embalmed him, and 
he was put in a colli n in Egypt. 



IT The Second Book of Moses, called EXODUS. 

4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 

5 And all the souls that came out of the 
loins of Jacob were seventy souls : for Jo- 
seph was in Egypt already. 

6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren^ 
and all that generation. 

7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, 
and increased abundantly, and multiplied, 
and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land 
was filled with them. 

8 Tf Now there arose up a new king over 
Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 

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CHAP. I. 

1 The children of Israel, after Joseph's death, 
do multiply. 8 The more they are oppressed by 
a new king, the more they multiply. 15 The 
godliness of the midwives, in saving the men 
children alive. 22 Pharaoh commandeth the 
male children to be cast into the river. 

NOW these are the names of die children 
of Israel, which came into Egypt ; every 
man and his household came with Jacob. 

2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 

3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 






The children of Israel increase. EXODUS 

9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the 
people of the children of Israel are more and 
mightier than we. 

10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them, 
lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, 
when there falleth out any war, they join 
also unto our enemies, and fight against us, 
and so get them up out of the land. 

11 Therefore they did set over them task- 
masters, to afflict them with their burdens. 
And they built for Pharaoh treasure-cities, 
Pithom, and Raamses. 

12 But the more they afflicted them, the 
more they multiplied and grew. And they 
were grfeved because of the children of 
Israel. 

13 And the Egyptians made the children of 
Israel to serve with rigour. 

14 And they made their lives bitter with 
hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and 
in all manner of service in the field : all their 
service wherein they made them serve was 
with rigour. 

15 And the king of Egypt spake to the He- 
brew midvvives (of which the name of one 
was Shiphrah, and the name of the other 
Pitah ;) 

16 And he said, When ye do the office of a 
midwife to the Hebrew women, and see 
them upon the stools ; if it be a son, then ye 
shall kill him; but if it be a daughter, then 
she shall live. 

17 But the mid wives feared God, and did 



not as the king of Egypt commanded them, 
but saved the men-chi!dr©n id**"*, 
13 And the king of Egypt called for the 
mid wives, and said unto them, Why have ye 
done this thing, and have saved the men- 
children alive? 

19 And the mid wives said unto Pharaoh, 
Because the Hebrew women are not as the 
Egyptian women ; for they are lively, and 
are delivered ere the midwives come in unto 
them. 

20 Therefore God dealt well with the mid- 
wives : and the people multiplied, and wax- 
ed very mighty. 

21 And it came to pass, because the mid- 
vvives feared God, that he made them houses. 

22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, 
saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast 
into the river, and every daughter ye shall 
save alive. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Moses is born, 3 and in an ark cast into the 
Jtags. 5 He is found, and brought up by Pha- 
raoh's daughter. 11 He slayeth an Egyptian. 
13 He reproveth an Hebrew. 15 He fieeth into 
Midian. 21 He marrieth Zipporah. 22 Oer- 
skom is born. 23 God respecteth the Israel- 
ites'' cry. 

AND there went a man of the house of 
Levi, and took to wife a daughter of 
Levi. 

2 And the woman conceived and bare a 
son : and when she saw him that he was a 
goodly child, she hid him three months. 

3 And when she could not longer hide him, 
she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and 
daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put 



Moses slayeth an Egyptian* 
the child therein ; and she laid it in the flags 
by the liver's brink. 

4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what 
would be done to him. 

5 U And the daughter of Pharaoh came 
down to wash herself at the river; and her 
maidens walked along by the river's side: 
and when she saw the ark among the flags, 
she sent her mftid to fetch it. 

6 And when she had opened it, she saw 
the child : and behold, the babe wept. And 
she had compassion on him, and said, This 
is one of the Hebrews' children. 

7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daugh- 
ter, Shall I go, and call to thee a nurse of 
the Hebrew women, that she may nurse tlve 
child for thee ? 

8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. 
And the maid went and called the child's 
mother. 

9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, 
Take this child away and nurse it for me and 
I will give thee thy wages. And the woman 
took the child and nursed it. 

10'And the child grew, and she brought 
him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he be- 
came her son. And she called his name 
Moses : and she said, Because I drew hira 
out of the water. 

11 Tf And it came to pass in those days, 
when Moses was grown, that he went out 
unio his brethren, and looked on their bur- 
dens : and he spied an Egyptian smiting a 
Hebrew, one of his brethren. 

12 And he looked this way and that way, 
and when he saw that there was no man, he 
slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 

13 And when he went out the second day, 
behold, two men of the Hebrews strove to- 
gether: and he said to him that did the 
wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow ? 

14 And he said, Who made thee a prince 
and a judge over us ? intendest thou to kill 
me, as thou killedst the Egvptian? And 
Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is 
known. 

15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he 
sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from 
the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land 
of Midian : and he sht down by a well. 

16 Now the priest of Midian had seven 
daughters : ana they came and drew water, 
and filled the troughs to water their father's 
flock. 

17 And the shepherds came and drove 
them away : but Moses stood up and helped 
them, and watered their flock. 

18 And when they came to Reuel their fa- 
ther, he said, How is it that ye are come so 
soon to-day ? 

19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us 
out of the hand of the shepherds, and also 
drew water enough for us, and watered the 
flock. 

20 And he said unto his daughters, And 
where is he ? why is it that ye have left the 
man ? call him, that he may eat bread. 

21 And Moses was content to dwell with 
the man : and he gave Moses, Zipporah his 
daughter. 

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God appeareth to Moses. CHAP. Ill, IV. 

22 And she bare him a son, and he called 
bis name Gershom ; foe lie said, I have been 
a stranger in a strange land. 

23 H And it came to pass, in process of 
time, that the king of Egypt died: and the 
children of Israel sighed by reason of the 
bondage, and they cried ; and their cry came 



lip unto God, by reason of the bondage. 

24 And God heard their groaning, and God 
remembered his covenant with Abraham, 
with Isaac, and with Jacob. 

25 And God looked upon the children of 
Israel, and God had respect unto them. 

CHAP. III. 

I Moses keepeth Jethro's flock. 2 God appeareth 

to him in a burning bush. 9 He sendeth him to 

deliver Israel. 14 The name of God. 15 His 

message to Israel. 

NOW Moses kept the flock jof Jethro his 
father-in-law, the priest of Midian : and 
he led the flock to the back side of the de- 
sert, and came to the mountain of God, even 
to Horeb. 

2 And the Angel of the Lord appeared 
unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst 
of a bush ; and he looked, and behold, the 
bush burned with fire, and the bush teas not 
consumed. 

3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, 
and see this great sight, why the bush is not 
imrned. 

4 And when the Lord saw that he turned 
aside to see, God called unto him out of the 
midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses! 
And he said, Here am I. 

5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put 
off thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place 
whereon thou standest is holy ground. 

6 Moreover he said, I am the God of thy 
father, the God of Abraham, the God of 
Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses 
hid his face : for he was afraid to look upon 
God. 

7 % And the Lord said, I have surely seen 
the affliction of my people which are in 
Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason 
oftheir taskmasters; for I know their sor- 
rows : 

8 And I am come down to deliver them out 
of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring 
them up out of that land, unto a good land, 
and a large, unto a land flowing with milk 
and honey ; unto the place of the Canaanites, 
and the ftittites, and the Amorites, and the 
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 

9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the 
children of Israel is come unto me : and I 
have also seen the oppression wherewith 
the Egyptians oppress them. 

10 Come now therefore, and I will send 
thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayiest bring 
forth mv people, the children of Israel, out 
of Egypt. 

11 11 And Moses said unto God, Who am 
I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I 
should bring forth the children of Israel out 
of Egypt? 

12 And he said, Certainly I will be with 

. thee ; and this shall be a "token unto thee, 

lhat I have sent thee: When thou hast 



God's message to Israel, 
brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye 
shall serve God upon this mountain. 

13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when 

1 come unto the children of Israel, and shall 
say unto them, The God of your fathers hath 
sent me unto you ; and they shall say to me, 
What is his name ? What shall I say unto 
them? 

14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT 
I AM : And he said, Thus shalt thou say 
unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent 
me unto you. 

15 And God said moreover unto Moses, 
Thus shalt thou say unto the children of 
Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the 
God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the 
God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you : this 
is my name for ever, and this is my "memorial 
unto all generations. 

16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel to- 
gether, and say unto them, The Lord God 
of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of 
Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, say- 
ing, 1 have surely visited vou, and seen Unit 
which is done to you in I%ypt: 

17 And I have said, I will "bring vou up out 
of the affliction of Egypt, unto the land of the 
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amo- 
rites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and 
the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk 
and honey. 

18 And they shall hearken to thy, voice ; 
and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of 
Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall 
say unto him, The Lord Goo! of the Hebrews 
hath met with us ; and now let us go (we be- 
seech thee) three days' journey into the wil- 
derness, that we may sacrifice" to the Lord 
our God. 

19 Tf And I am sure that the king of Egypt 
will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. 

20 And I will stretch out my hand, and 
smite Egypt with all my wonders which I 
will do in the midst thereof: and after that 
he will let you go. 

21 And I will give this people favour in the 
sight of the Egyptians : and it shall come to 
pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty : 

22 But every woman shall borrow of her 
neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her 
house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, 
and raiment : and ye shall put them upon 
your sons, and upon your daughters : and ye 
shall spoil the Egyptians. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Moses" 1 rod is turned into a serpent. 6 His hand 
is leprous. 10 He is loth to be sent. 14 Aaron 
is appointed to assist him. 18 Moses departeth 
from Jethro. 21 God's message to Pharaoh. 
24Zipporah circumciseth her son. 27 Aaron 
is sent to meet Moses. 31 The people believetti 
them. 

AND Moses answered and said, But, be- 
hold, they will not believe me, nor 
hearken unto my voice : for they will say, 
The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. 

2 And the Lord said unto him, What is 
that in thy hand ? And he said, A rod. 

3 And he said, Cast it on the ground. And 
he cast it on the ground, and it became a 

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Aaron appointed to assist Moses. EXODUS 
serpent : and Moses fled from before it. 

4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth 
thy hand, and take it by the tail. And he put 
forth his hand, and caught it, and it became 
a rod in his hand : 

5 That they may believe that the Lord God 
of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the 
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath 
appeared unto thee. 

6 H And the Lord said furthermore unto 
him, Put now thy hand into thy bosom. And 
he put his hand into his bosom: and when 
he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous 
as snow. 

7 And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom 
again. And he put his hand into his bosom 
again, and plucked it out of his bosom, and 
behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. 

8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not 
believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of 
the first sign, that they will believe the voice 
of the latter sign. 

9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not 
believe also these two signs, neither hearken 
unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the 
water of the river, and pour it upon the dry 
laitd: and the water which thou takest out 
of the river shall become blood upon the dry 
land. 

10 1f And Moses said unto the Lord, O my 
Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, 
nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant : 
but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 

11 And'the Lord said unto him, Who hath 
made man's mouth? or who maketh the 
dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind ? 
have not I the Lord ? 

12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy 
mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. 

13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray 
thee, by the hand of him ichom thou wilt send. 

14 II And the anger of the Lord was kin- 
dled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron 
the Levite thy brother ? I know that he can 
speak well. "And also, behold, he coraeth 
forth to meet thee : and when he seetli thee, 
he wili be glad in his heart. 

15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put 
words in his mouth : and I will be with thy 
mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach 
you what ye shall do. 

" 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the 
people : and he shall be, even he shall be to 
thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to 
him instead of God. 

17 And thou shalt take this rod in thy hand, 
wherewith thou shalt do signs. 

18 U And Moses went, and returned to 
Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, 
Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my 
brethren which are in Egypt, and see whe- 
ther they be yet alive. And Jethro said to 
Moses, Go in peace. 

19 And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, 
Go, remrn into Egypt : for all the men are 
dead which sought thy life. 

20 And xMoses took his wife, and his sons, 
and set them upon an ass, and he returned 
to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the 
rod of God in his hand. 



God's message to Pharaoh. 

21 *U And the Lord said unto Moses, When 
thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou 
do all tiiose wonders before Pharaoh which 

1 have put in thy hand : but I will harden 
his heart, that he shall not let the people go. 

22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus 
saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my 
first-born. 

23 And I say unto tliee, Let my son go, that 
he may serve me : and if thou refuse to let 
him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy 
first-born. 

24 H Audit came to pass by the way in the 
inn, that the Lord met hurt, and sought to 
kill him. 

25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and 
cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at 
his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband 
art thou to me. 

26 So he let him go : then she said, A bloody 
husband thou art, because of the circum- 
cision. 

27 ^f And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into 
the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, 
and met him in the mount of God, and kiss- 
ed him. 

2S And Moses told Aaron all the words o( 
the Lord who had sent him, and all the signs 
which he had commanded him. 

29 H And Moses and Aaron went, and ga- 
thered together all the elders of the children 
of Israel. 

30 And Aaron spake all the words which 
the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and did 
the signs in the sight of the people. 

31 If And the people believed : and when 
they heard that the> Lord had visited the 
children of Israel, and that he had looked 
upon their affliction, then they bowed their 
heads and worshipped. 

CHAP. V. 
1 Pharaoh chideth .Moses and Aaron for titer, 
message. 5 He increaseth the Israelites' task. 
15 He checketh their complaints. 20 They cry 
out upon Jlfoses and Aaron. 22 Moses corn 
plainethto God. 

AND afterward Moses and Aaron went 
in, and told Pharaoh, TJius saith the 
Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that 
they may hold a feast unto me in the wilder- 
ness. 

2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, 
that I should obey his voice to let Israel 
go ? I know not the Lord, neither will I let 
Israel go. 

3 Ana they said, The God of the Hebrews 
hath met with us : let us go, we pray thee, 
three days' journey into the desert, ami sacri- 
fice unto the Lord our God ; lest he faW 
upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 

4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, 
Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the 
people from their works ? get you unto your 
burdens. 

5 Tf And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people 
of the land now flrremany, and ye make them 



rest from their burcfens. 
6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day 
the taskmasters of the people, and their of- 
ficers, saving, 

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The Israelites' task increased. 

7 Ye shall no more give the people straw 
to make brick, as heretofore : let them go 
and gather straw for themselves. 

8 And the tale of the bricks which they did 
make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them ; ye 
shall not diminish aught thereof: for they 
be idle ; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go 
and sacrifice to our God. 

9 Let there more work be laid upon the 
men, that they may labour therein : and let 
them not regard vain words. 

10 And the taskmasters of the people went 
out, and their officers, and they spake to the 
people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will 
not give you straw. 

11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find 
it : yet not aught of your work shall be di- 
minished. _ 

12 So the people were scattered abroad 
throughout all the land of Egypt, to gather 
stubble instead of straw. 

13 And the taskmasters hasted them, say- 
ing, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as 
when there was straw. 

14 And the officers of the children of Israel, 
which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over 
them, were beaten, and demanded, Where- 
fore have ye not fulfilled your task in making 
brick, both yesterday and to-day, as hereto- 
fore? 

15 If Then the officers of the children of 
Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, 
Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy ser- 
vants ? 

16 There is no straw given unto thy ser- 
vants, and they say to us, Make brick : and 
behold, thy servants are beaten; but the 
fault is in thine own people. 

17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle : 
therefore ye say, Let us go, and do sacrifice 
to the Lord. 

1£ Go therefore now, and work : for there 
shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye 
deliver the tale of bricks. 

19 H And the officers of the children of 
Israel did see that they were in evil case,, 
^.fter it was said, Ye shall not minish aught 
from your bricks of your daily task. 

20 And they met Moses and Aaron, who 
stood in the way, as they came forth from 
Pharaoh : 

21 And they said unto them, The Lord 
look upon you, and judge ; because ye have 
made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes 
of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, 
to put a sword in their hand to slay us. 

22 ^ And Moses returned unto the Lord, 
and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou 67? evil- 
entreated this people ? why is it that thou 
hast sent me? 

23 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in 
thy name, he hath done evil to this people : 
neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 God rcneweth his promise by his name JEHO- 
VAH. 14 The genealogy o£ Reuben, 15 of 
Simeon, 16 of Levi, of whom came Moses and 
Aaron. 

THEN the Lord said unto Moses, Now 
shalt tliou see what I will. do to Pha- 



CHAP. VI. God encoxragefli Moses. 

raoh : for with a strong hand shall he let them 
go, and with a strong hand shall he drive 
them out of his land. 

2 And God spake unto 31oses, and said unto 
him, I am the Lord : 

3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto 
Isaac, and unto Jacob by the name of God 
Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was 
I not known to them. 

4 And I have also established my covenant 
with them, to give them the land of Canaan, 
the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they 
were strangers* 

5 And I have also heard the groaning of 
the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians 
keep in bondage : and I have remembered 
my covenant. 

6 Wherefore say unto the children of Is- 
rael,.! am the Lord, and I will bring you 
out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, 
and I will rid you out of their bondage, and 
I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, 
and with great judgments : 

7 And I will take you to me for a people, 
and I will be to you a God: and ye shall 
know that I am*ihe Lord your God, which 
bringeth you out from under the burdens of 
the Egyptians. 

8 And I will bring you in unto the land, 



concerning the which I did swear to giw it to 
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob ; antfi will 
give it you for a heritage: I am the Lord. 

9 And Moses spake so unto the children of 
Israel : but they hearkened not unto Mo.3es, 
for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. 

10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 

11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, 
that he let the children of Israel go out of his 
land. 

12 And Moses spake before the Lord, say- 
ing, Behold, the children of Israel have not 
hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh 
hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips ? 

13 ^[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, and 
unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto 
the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh 
king of Egypt, to bring the children of Is- 
rael out of the land of Egypt. 

14 These be the heads of their fathers' 
houses: The sons of Reuben the first-born 
of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and 
Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. 

15 *j[ And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and 
Jamin, and Ohad, and Jaehin, and Zohar, 
and Shaul the son of a Canaanitlsli woman: 
these are the families of Simeon. 

16 ^1 And these are the names of the sons 
of Levi, according to their generations; Ger- 
shon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the 
years of the life of Levi were a hundred thir- 
ty and seven years. 

17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, 
according to their families. 

18 And the sons of Kohath ; Amram, and 
Izhar, and Hebron, and Uz/iel : and the . 
years of the life of Kohath tcere a hundred 
thirty and three years. 

19 And the sons of Merari ; Mahali and 
Mushi: these are the families of Levi, ac- 
cording to their generations. 

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Genealogy of Moses and Aaron. EXODUS. 

20 And Amram took him Jochebed his 
father's sister to wife; and she bare him 
Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life 
of Amram were a hundred and thirty and 
seven years. 

21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and 
Nepheg, and Zichri. 

22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and 
Elzaphan, and Zithri. 

23 And Aaron took him Elisheba daughter 
of Amminadab, sister of Naashon to wife ; 
and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar 
and Ithamar. 

24 And the sons of Korah ; Assir, and El- 
kanah, and Abiasaph : tiiese are the families 
of the Korhites. 

25 And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took him one 
of the daughters of Putiel to wife ; and she 
bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of 
the fathers of the Levites, according to their 
families. 

26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to 
whom the LofcD said, Bring out the children 
of Israel from the land of Egypt according 
to their armies. 

27 These are they which spake to Pharaoh 
king of Egypt, to bring out the children of 
Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and 
Aaron. 

28 And it came to pass on the day taken the 
Lord spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, 

29 That the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing, I am the Lord : speak thou unto Pha- 
raoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee. 

30 And Moses said before the Lord, Be- 
hold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how 
shall Pharaoh hearken unto me ? 

CHAP. VII. 

1 Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh. 7 His 
age. 8 His rod is turned into a serpent. 11 The 
sorcerers do the like. 13 Pharaoh's heart is 
hardened. 14 God's message to Pharaoh. 19 
ITie river is turned into blood. 

AND the Lord said unto Moses, See, I 
have made thee a god to Pharaoh : and 
Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. 

2 Thou shalt speak all that I command 
thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak 
unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of 
Israel out of his land. 

3 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and 
multiply my gigns and my wonders in the 
land of Egypt. 

4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, 
that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and 
brinj* forth mine armies, and my people the 
children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt, 
by great judgments. 

5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am 
the Lord, when I stretch forth my hand 
upon Egypt, and bring out the children of 
Israel from among them. 

6 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord 
commanded them, so did they. 

7 H And Moses was fourscore years old, and 
Aaron fourscore and three years old, when 
they spake unto Pharaoh. 

8 And the Lord spake unto Moses, and 
unto Aaron, saying, 

9 When Pharaoh sliall speak unto you, say- 



The river turned to blood, 
ing, Shew a miracle for you : then thou shalt 
say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it be- 
fore Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. 

10 Tf And Moses and Aaron went in unto 
Pharaoh, and they did so as the Lord had 
commanded : And Aaron cast down his rod 
before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and 
it became a serpent. 

11 ^1 Then Pharaoh also called the wise 
men, and the sorcerers: now the magicians 
of Egypt, they also did in like manner with 
their enchantments. 

12 For they cast down every man his rod, 
and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod 
swallowed up their rods. 

13 1f And he hardened Pharaoh's heart that 
he hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord 
had said. 

14 If And the Lord said unto Moses, Pha- 
raoh's heart is hardened, he refusetli to let 
the people go. 

15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning ; 
lo, he goeth out unto the water, and thou 
shalt stand by the river's brink against he 
come : and the rod which was turned to a 
serpent shalt thou take in thy hand. 

16 And thou shalt say unto him, The Lord 
God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, 
saying, Let my people go, that they may serve 
me in the wilderness : and behold, hitherto 
thou wouldest not hear. 

17 Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt 
know that I am the Lord: behold, I will 
smite with the rod that is in my hand upon 
the waters which are in the river, and they 
shall be turned to blood. 

18 And the fish that is in the river shall die, 
and the river sliall stink : and the Egyptians 
shall loathe to drink of the water of the 



19 ^T And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say 
unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out 
thy hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon 
their streams, upon their rivers, and upon 
their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, 
that they may become blood : and that there 
may be blood throughout all the land of 
Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in ves- 
sels of stone. 

20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the 
Lord commanded ; and he lifted up the rod 
and smote the waters that were in the river, 
in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of 
his servants ; and all the waters that were in 
the river were turned into blood. 

21 And the fish that was in the river died: 
and the river stank, and the Egyptians could 
not drink of the water of the river- and there 
was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. 

22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with 
their enchantments: and Pmiraoh's heart 
was hardened, neither did he hearken unto 
them ; as the Lord had said. 

23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his 
house, neither did he set his heart to this also. 

24 And all the Egyptians digged round 
about the river for water to drink; for they 
could not drink of the water of the river. 

25 And seven days were fulfilled after that 
the Lord had smitten the river. 

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The plague of frogs, 

CHAP. VIII. 

I Frogs are sent. 8 Pharaoh sueth to Moses, 

12 and Moses by prayer removeth them away. 
16 The dust is turned into lice, which the ma- 

ficians could not do. 20 The swarms of flies. 
bPharaoh inclineth to let the people go, 32 
but yet is hardened. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, Go 
unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus 
saith the Lord, Let ray people go that they 
may serve me. 

2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, 
I will smite all thy borders with frogs : 

3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abun- 
dantly, which shall go up and come into thy 
house, and into thy bed-chamber, and upon 
thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, 
and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, 
and into thy kneading troughs : 

4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, 
and upon thy people, and upon all thy ser- 
vants. 

5 H And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say 
unto Aaron, Stretch forth thy hand with thy 
rod over the streams, over the rivers, and 
over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up 
upon the land of Egypt. 

6 And Aaron stretched out his hand over 
the waters of Egypt • and the frogs came up, 
and covered the land of Egypt. 

7 And the magicians did so with their en- 
chantments, and brought up frogs upon the 
land of Egypt. 

8 IT Then Pharaoh called for Moses and 
Aaron, and said, Entreat the Lord that he 
may take away the froers from me, and from 
my people: and I will let the people go, that 
they may do sacrifice unto the Lord. 

9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over 
me: when shall I entreat for thee and for thy 
servants, and for thy people, to destroy the 
frogs from thee, and thy houses, that they 
may remain in the river only? 

10 And he said, To-morrow. And he said, 
Be it according to thy word : that thou may- 
est know that there is none like unto the 
Lord our God. 

II And the frogs shall depart from thee, 
and from thy houses, and from thy servants, 
and from thy people ; they shall remain in 
the river only. 

12 H And Moses and Aaron went out from 
Pharaoh : and Moses cried unto the Lord, 
because of the frogs which he had brought 
against Pharaoh. 

13 And the Lord did according to the word 
of Moses : and the* frogs died out of the 
houses, out of the villages, and out of the 
fields. 

14 And they gathered them together upon 
heaps : and the land stank. 

15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was 
respite, he hardened his heart, and hearken- 
ed not unto them ; as the Lord had said. 

16 1[ And the Lord said unto Moses, Say 
unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite 
the dust of the land, that it may become Hce 
throughout all the land of Egypt. 

17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched 
out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust 

3 C 



CHAP. VIII, IX. of lice, and swarms of flies, 
of the earth, and it became lice in man and 
in beast : all the dust of the land became 
lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 

18 And the magicians did so with their en- 
chantments to bring forth lice, but they could 
not: so there were lice upon man, and upon 
beast. 

19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, 
This is the finger of God : and Pharaoh'3 
heart was hardened, and he hearkened not 
unto them ; as the Lord had said. 

20 Tf And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise 
up early in the morning, and stand before jj 
Pharaoh ; (lo, he cometh forth to the water ;) 
and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let 
my people go, that they may serve me : 

21 Else, ifthou wilt not let my people go, 
behold, I will send swarms of flies upon 
thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy 
people, and into thy houses : and the houses 
of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of 
flies, and also the ground whereon they are. 

22 And I will sever in that day the land of 
Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no 
swarms of flies shall be there ; to the end 
thou mayest know that I am the Lord in the 
midst of the earth. 

23 And I will put a division between mv 
people and thy people : to-morrow shall tins 
sign be. 

24 And the Lord did so : and there came 
a grievous swarm of flies into the house of 
Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and 
into all the land of Egypt: the land was 
corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. 

25 And Pharaoh called for Moses, and for 
Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your 
God in the land. 

26 And Moses said, It is not meet so to do ; 
for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the 
Egyptians to the Lord our God : Lo, shall 
we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyp- 
tians before their eyes, and will they not 
stone us? 

27 We will go three days' journey into the 
wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord our 
God, as he shall command us. 

28 And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that 
ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in- 
die wilderness ; only ye shall not go very far 
away : entreat for me. 

29 And Moses said, Behold, I go out from 
thee, and I will entreat the Loud that the 
swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, 
from his servants, and from his people, to- 
morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceit- . 
fully any more, in not letting the people go I 
to sacrifice to the Lord. 

30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and, ( 
entreated the Lord : 

31 And the Lord did according to the word 
of Moses ; and he removed the swarms of 
flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and 
from his people ; there remained not one. 

32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this 
time also, neither would he let the peo- 
ple go. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 The murrain of beasts. 8 The plague of biles "3 

and blains. 13 The message about the hail. 

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77?^ murrain of beasts. 
22 The plague of hail. 27 Pharaoh sueth to 
Moses, 35 but yet is hardened. 
fTlH-EN the Lord said unto Moses, Go in 
JL unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith 
the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my peo- 
ple go, that they may serve me. 

2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt 
hold them still, 

3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon 
thy cattle which is in the field, upon the 
horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, 
upon the oxen, and upon the sheep : there 
shall be a very grievous murrain. 

4 And the Lord shall sever between the 
cattle of Israel, and the cattle of Egypt : and 
there shall nothing die of all that is the 
children's of Israel. 

5 And the Lord appointed a set time, say- 
ing, To-morrow the Lord shall do this thing 
in the land. 

6 And the Lord did that thing on the mor- 
row, and all the cattle of Egypt died : but of 
the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. 

7 And Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was 
not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. 
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, 
and he did not let the people go. 

8 i[ And the Lord said unto Moses and 
unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes 
of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it to- 
ward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 

9 And it shall become small dust in all the 
land of Egypt, and shall be a bile breaking 
forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, 
throughout all the land of Egypt. 

10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and 
stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled 
it up toward heaven : and it became a bile 
breaking forth with blains upon man, and 
upon beast. 

11 And the magicians could not stand before 
Moses, because of the bile : for the bile was 
upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyp- 
tians. 

12 And the Lord hardened the heart of 
Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; 
as the Lord had spoken unto Moses- 

13 U And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise 
up early in the morning, and stand before 
Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the 
Lord God Of the Hebrews, Let my people 
go, that they may serve me. 

14 For I will at this time send all my plagues 
upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and 
upon thy people: that thou mayest know 
that there is none like me in all the earth. 

15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that 
I may smite thee and thy people with pesti- 
lence; and thou shaltbe cutoff from the earth. 

16 And in very deed for this cause have I 
raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; 
and that my name may be declared through- 
out all the earth. 

17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my 
people, that thou wilt not let them go ? 

18 Behold, to-morrow about this time I will 
cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as 
hath ootbeen in Egypt since the foundation 
thereof even until now. 

19 Send therefore now, and gather tliy | 



EXODUS. The plague of Jive and hail. 

cattle, and all that thou hast in the field : for 
upon every man and beast which shall be 
found in the field, and shall not be brought 
home, the hail shall come down upon them, 
and they shall die. 

20 He that feared the word of the Lord 
among the servants of Pharaoh made his 
servants and his cattle flee into the houses : 

21 And he that regarded not the word of 
the Lord left his servants and his cattle in 
the field. 

22 ^ And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Stretch forth thy hand toward heaven, that 
there may be hail in ail the land of Egypt, 
upon man, and upon beast, and upon every 
herb of the field, throughout the land of 
Egypt. 

23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward 
heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, 
and the fire ran along upon the ground : and 
the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 

24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with 
the hail, very grievous, such as there was 
none like it in all the land of Egypt since it 
became a nation. 

25 And the hail smote throughout all the 
land of Egypt all that was in the field, both 
man and beast, and the hail smote every herb 
of the field and brake every tree of the field. 

26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the 
children of Israel icere, was there no hail. 

27 If And Pharaoh sent and called for Mo- 
ses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have 
sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, 
and I and my people are wicked. 

28 Entreat the Lord (for it is enough) that 
there be no more mighty thunderings and 
Jiail ; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay 
no longer. 

29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as' I 
am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad 
my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder 
shall cease, neither shall there be any more 
hail ; that thou mayest know how that the 
earth is the Lord's. 

30 But as for thee and thy servants, I know 
that ye will not yet fear the LoRD=God. 

31 And the flax and the barley was smitten : 
for the barley was in the ear, and the flax 
was boiled. 

32 But the wheat and the rye were not 
smitten : for they were not grown up. 

33 And Moses went out of the city from 
Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto 
the Lord : and the thunders and hail ceased, 
and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 

34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain 
and the hail and the thunders were ceased, 
he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, 
he and his servants. 

35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, 
neither would he let the children of Israel 
go ; as the Lord had spoken by Moses. 

CHAP. X. 

1 God threateneth to send locusts. 7 Pharaoh, 
moved by his servants, inclineth to let the Is- 
raelites go. 12 The plague of the locusts. 16 
Pharaoh sueth to Moses. 21 The plague of 
darkness. 24 Pharaoh sueth again unto Mo 
ses, 27 but yet is hardened. 
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'I 



The plague of locusts, CHAP, 

AND the Lord said unto Moses, Go in 
unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened 
his' heart, and the heart of his servants; that 
I might shew these my signs before him : 

2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of 
thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I 
have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which 
1 have done among them ; that ye may know 
how that I am the Lord. 

3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pha- 
raoh, and said unto him, Thussaith the Lord 
God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou 
refuse to humble thyself before me ? Let my 
people go, that they may serve me. 

4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, 
behold, to-morrow will I bring the locusts 
into thy coast: 

5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, 
that one cannot be able to see the earth : 
and they shall eat the residue of that which 
is escaped, which remaineth unto you from 
the hail, and shall eat every tree which 
growetli for you out of the field: 

6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the 
houses of all thy servants, and the houses of 
all the Egyptians • which neither thy fathers, 
nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the 
day that they were upon the earth unto this 
day. And he turned himself, and went out 
from Pharaoh. 

7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, 
How long shall this man be a snare unto us? 
Let the men go, that they may serve the 
Lord their God : Knowest thou not yet that 
Egypt is destroyed ? 

8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again 
unto Pharaoh : and lie said unto them, Go, 
serve the Lord your God : but who are 
they that shall go? 

9 And Moses said, We will go with our 
young and with our old, with our sons and 
with our daughters, with our flocks and with 
our herds will we go : for we must hold a 
feast unto the Lord. 

10 And he said unto them, Let the Lord 
be so with you, as I will let you go, and 
your little ones : look to it ; for evil is be- 
fore you. 

11 Not so: go now ye that are men, and 
serve the Lord ; for that ye did desire. 
And they were driven out from Pharaoh's 
presence. 

12 ^T And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch 
out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the 
locusts, that they may come up upon the land 
of Egypt, and eat etery herb of the land, 
even all that the hail hath left. 

13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over 
the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an 
east wind upon the land all that day, and all 
that night : and when it was morning, the 
east wind brought the locusts. 

14 And the locusts went up over all the land 
of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of 
Egypt: very grievous were they; before them 
there were no such locusts as they, neither 
after them shall be such. 

15 For they covered the face of the whole 
earth, so that the land was darkened; and 
they did eat every herb of the land, and all 



X, XL and of darkness. 

the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: 
and there remained not any green thing in 
the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through 
all the land of Egypt. 

16 f[ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and 
Aaron in haste ; and he said, I have sinned 
against the Lord your God, and against you. 

17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee^ my 
sin only this once, and entreat the Lord 
your God that he may take away from me 
this death only. 

18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and en- 
treated the Lord. 

19 And the Lord turned a mighty strong 
west wind which took away the locusts, and 
cast them into the Red sea : there remained 
not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. 

20 But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, 
so that he would not let the children of Is- 
rael go. 

21 IfAnd the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch 
out thy hand toward heaven, that there mav 
be darkness over the land of Egypt, even 
darkness which may be felt. 

22 And Moses stretched forth his hand to- 
ward heaven : and there was a thick dark- 
ness in all the land of Egypt three days : 

23 They saw not one another, neither rose 
any from his place for three days : but all 
the children of Israel had light in their dwell- 
ings. 

24 ^ And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and 
said, Go ye, serve the Lord : only let your 
flocks and your herds be stayed : let your 
little ones also go with you. 

25 And Moses said, Thou must give us also 
sacrifices, and burnt-offerings, that we may 
sacrifice unto the Lord our God. 

26 Our cattle also shall go with us ; there 
shall not a hoof be left behind ; for thereof 
must we take to serve the Lord our God.; 
and we know not with what we must serve 
the Lord, until we come thither. 

27 IT But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's 
heart, and he would not let them go. 

28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee 
from me, take heed to thyself, see my face 
no more : for in that day thou seest my. face, 
thou shalt die. 

29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, 
I will see thy face again no more. 

CHAP. XL 
1 God's message to the Israelites to borrow jew- 
els of their neighbours. 4 Moses threateneth 
Pharaoh with the death of the first-born. 

AND the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will 
I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, 
and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you 
go hence : when he shall \e\you go, he shall 
surely thrust you out hence altogether. 

2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and 
let every man borrow of his neighbour, and 
every woman of her neighbour, jewels of 
silver, and jewels of gold. 

3 And the Lord gave the people favour in 
the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the 
man Moses was very great in the land of 
Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, 
and in the sight of the people. 

4 And Mo.3es said, Thus saith the LoRD r 
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Death of the first-born threatened. 

About midnight will I go out into the midst 

of Egypt : 

5 And all the first-born in the land of Egypt 
shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that 
sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first- 
born of the maid-servant that is behind the 
mill ; and all the first-born of beasts. 

6 And there shall be a great cry throughout 



all the land of Egypt, such as there was none 
like it, nor shall be like it any more. 

7 But against any of the children of Israel 
shall not a dog move his tongue, against man 
or beast : that ye mav know how that the 
Lord doth put a difference between the 
Egyptians and Israel. 

8 And all these thy servants shall come down 
unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, 
saying, Get thee out, and all the people that 
follow thee ; and after that I will go out. 
And he went out from Pharaoh in a great 
anger. 

9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh 
shall not hearken unto you ; that my won- 
ders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. 

10 And Moses and Aaron did all these won- 
ders before Pharaoh ; and the Lord harden- 
ed Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let 
the children of Israel go out of his land. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 Thp beginning of the year is changed. 3 The 
passover is instituted. 11 The rite of thepass- 
over. 15 Unleavened bread. 29 The first-born 
are slain. 31 The Israelites are driven out of 
the land. 37 They come to Succoth. 43 The or- 
dinance of the passover. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses and 
Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 

2 This month shall be unto you the begin- 
ning of months : it shall be the first month of 
the year to you. 

3 f\ Speak ye unto all the congregation of 
Israel, saying", In the tenth day of this month 
they shall take to them every man a lamb 
according to the house of tfieir fathers, a 
lamb for a house : 

4 And if the household be too little for the 
lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto 
his house take it according to the number of 
the souls : every man ace rding to his eating 
shall make your count for the lamb. 

5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a 
male of the first year: ye shall take it out 
from the sheep or from the goats : 

6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth 
day of the same month : and the whole as- 
sembly of the congregation of Israel shall 
kill it in the evening. 

7 And they shall take of the blood, and 
strike it on tire two side-posts, and on the 
upper door-post of the houses, wjierein they 
shall eat it. 

8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, 
roast with fire, and unleavened bread ; and 
with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 

9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at -all with 
water, but roast with fire ; his head with his 
legs, and with the purtenance thereof. 

10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain 
until the morning : and that which remaineth 
of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. 



EXODUS. The feast of unleavened bread. 

11 1f And thus shall ye eat it; with your 

loins girded, your shoes on your feet," and 

your staff in your hand : and "ye shall eat it 

in haste ; it is the Lord's passover. 

12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt 
this night, and will smite all the first-born in 
the land of Egypt, both man and beast : and 
against all the gods of Egypt I will execute 
judgment : I am the Lord. 

13 And the blood shall be to you for a to- 
ken upon the houses where ye are: and 
when I see the blood, I will pass over you, 
and the plague shall not be upon you to de- 
stroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 

14 And this day shall be unto you for a me- 
morial ; and ye shall keep it a feast to the 
Lord throughout your generations : ye shall 
keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 

15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened 
bread ; even the first day ye shall put away 
leaven out of your houses : for whosoever 
eateth leavenecl bread, from the first day 
until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut 
off from Israel. 

16 And in the first day there shall be a holy 
convocation, and in the seventh day there 
shall be a holy convocation to you : no man- 
ner of work shall be done in them, save that 
which even r man must eat, that only may be 
done of you. 

17 And ye shall observe the feast of unlea- 
vened bread ; for in this self-same day have 
I brought your armies out of the land of 
Egypt : therefore shall ye observe this day 
in your generations by an ordinance for ever. 

18 ^f In the first month, on the fourteenth 
day of the month at even, ye shall eat unlea- 
vened bread, until the one and twentieth 
day of the month at even. 

19 Seven days shall there be no leaven 
found in your houses : for whosoever eateth 
that which is leavened, even that soul shall 
be cut off from the congregation of Israel, 
whether he be a stranger, or born in the 
land. 

20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened : in all 
your habitations shall ye eat unleavened 
bread. 

21 % Then Moses called for all the elders 
of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out, and 
take you a lamb, according to your families, 
and Icill the passover. 

22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, 
and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, 
and strike the lintel and the two side-posts 
with the blood that is in the bason : and 
none of you shall go out at the door of his 
house until the morning. 

23 For the Lord will pass through to smite 
the Egyptians ; and when he seeth the blood 
upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, 
the Lord will pass over the door, and will 
not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your 
houses to smite you. 

24 And ye shall observe diis thing for aa 
ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 

25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be 
come to the land which the Lord will give 
you, according as he hath promised, that ye 
shall keep this service. 

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The Israelites are driven out. OHAP, 

26 And it shall come to pass, when your 
children shall say unto you, What mean ye 
by this service ? 

27 That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of 
the Lord's passover, who passed over the 
nouses of the children of Israel in Egypt, 
when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered 
our houses. And the people bowed the 
head and worshipped. 

28 And the children of Israel went away, 
and did as the Lord had commanded Moses 
and Aaron, so did they. 

29 H And it c#me to pass, that at midnight 
the Lord smote all the first-born in the land 
of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh 
that sat on his throne, unto the first-born of 
the captive that was in the dungeon ; and all 
the first-bom of cattle. 

30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, 
and all his servants, and all the Egyptians ; 
and there was a great cry in Egypt : for there 
teas not a house wliere there was not one 
dead. 

31 H And he called for Moses and Aaron 
by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth 
from among my people, both ye and the chil- 
dren of Israel : and go, serve the Lord, as 
ye have said. 

32 Also take your flocks and your herds, 
as ye have said, and be gone: and bless me 
also. 

33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the 
people, that they might send them out of the 
land in haste ; for they said, We be all dead 
men. 

34 And the people took their dough before 
it was leavened, their kneading troughs be- 
ing bound up in their clothes upon their 
shoulders. 

35 And the children of Israel did according 
to the word of Moses : and they borrowed 
of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels 
of gold, and raiment. 

36 And the Lord gave the people favour 
in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they 
lent unto them such things as they required: 
and they spoiled the Egyptians. 

37 U And the children of Israel journeyed 
from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred 
thousand on foot that were men, besides 
children. 

38 And a mixed multitude went up also 
with them ; and flocks, and herds, even very 
much cattle. 

39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the 
dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, 
for it was not leavened : because they were 
tltrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, nei- 
ther had they prepared for themselves any 
victual. 

40 H Now the sojourning of the children of 
Israel who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred 
and thirty years. 

41 And it came to pass, at the end of the 
four hundred and thirty years, even the self- 
same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of 
the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. 

42 It is a night to be much observed unto 
the Lord, for bringing them out from the 
land of Egypt : this is that night of the Lord 



XI 1 1. The first-born sanctified. 

to be observed of all the children of Israel in 
their generations. 

43 H And the Lord said unto Moses and 
Aaron, This is the ordinance of the pass- 
over : there shall no stranger eat thereof: 

44 But every man's servant that is bought 
for money, when thou hast circumcised him, 
then shall he eat thereof. 

45 A foreigner, and a hired servant shall 
not eat thereof. 

46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou 
shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad 
out of the house : neither shall ye break a 
bone thereof. 

47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep 
it. 

48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with 
thee, and will keep the passover U) the 
Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and 
then let him come near and keep it; and he 
shall be as one that is born in the land : for 
no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. 

49 One law shall be to him that is home- 
born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth 
among you. 

50 Thus did all the children of Israel ; as the 
Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did 
they. 

51 And it came to pass the self-same day, 
that the Lord did bring the children of Is- 
rael out of the land of Egypt by their armiei . 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 The first-born are sanctified to God. 3 Tlie 
memorial of the passover is commanded. 11 
The firstlings of beasts are set apart. 17 The 
Israelites go out of Egypt, and carry Joseph" 1 s 
bones with them. 20 They come to Etham. 21 
God guideth them by a pillar of a cloud, and a 
pillar of fire. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Sanctify unto me all the first-born, 
whatsoever openeth the womb among the 
children of Israel, both of man and of beast : 
it is mine. 

3 U And Moses said unto the people, Re- 
member this day, in which ye came out from 
Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by 
strength of hand the Lord brought you out 
from this place: there shall no leavened 
bread be eaten. 

4 This day came ye out, in the month Abib. 

5 1f And it shall be when the Lord shall 
bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, 
and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the 
Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware 
unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing 
with milk and honey ; that thou shalt keep 
this service in this month. 

6 Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened 
bread, and in the seventh day shall be a 
feast to the Lord. 

7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven 
days : and there shall no leavened bread be 
seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven 
seen with thee in all thy quarters. 

8 If And thou shalt shew thy son in that 
day, saying, This is done because of that 
which the Lord did unto me when I came 
forth out of Egypt. 

9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon 

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The pillar of cloud, and of fire. EXODUS. 

thy hand, and for a memorial between thine 
eyes; that the Lord's law may be in thy 
mouth : for with a strong hand hath the 
Lord brought thee out of Egypt. 

10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance 
in his season from year to year. 

11 H And it shall be when the Lord shall 
bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as 
he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and 
shall give it thee, 

12 That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord 
all that openeth the matrix; and every first- 
ling that cometh of a beast which thou hast, 
the males shall be the Lord's. 

13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt re- 
deem with a Jamb; and if thou wilt not re- 
deem it, then thou shalt break his neck : and 
all the first-born of man among thy children 
shalt thou redeem. 

14 ^J And it shall be when thy son asketh 
thee in time to come, saying, What is this ? 
that thou shalt. say unto him, By strength of 
hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, 
from the house of bondage : 

15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh 
would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew 
all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both 
the first-born of man, and the first-born of 
beasts: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all 
that openeth the matrix, being males ; but 
all the first-born of my children £ redeem. 

16 And it shall be for a token upon thy 
hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes : 
for by strength of hand the Lord brought us 
forth out of Egypt. 

17 ^f And it came to pass, when Pharaoh 
had let the people go, that God led them not 
through the way of the land of the Philis- 
tines, although that was near; for God said, 
Lest peradventure the people repent when 
they see war, and they return to Egypt: 

18 But God led the people about, through 
the way of the wilderness of the Red sea : 
and the children of Israel went up harnessed 
out of the land of Egypt. 

19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with 
him : for he had straitly sworn the children 
of Israel, saying, God wilt surely visit you; 
and ye shall carry up my bones away hence 
with you. 

20 If And they took their journey from Suc- 
coth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge 
of the wilderness. 

21 And the Lord went before them by day 
in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; 
and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them 
light : to go by day and night. 

22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud 
by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from 
before the people. 

CHAP. XIV. 



Pharaoh pursueth the Israelites. 
roth, between Migdol and the sea, over 
against Baal-zephon : before it shall ye en- 
camp by the sea. 

3 For Pharaoh will say of the children of 
Israel, They are entangled in the land, the 
wilderness hath shut them in. 

4 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that 
he shall follow after them; and I will be 
honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all hi3 
host: that the Egyptians may know that I 
am the Lord. And they did so. 

5 ^| And it was told the king of Egypt that 
the people fled : and the heart of Pharaoh 
and of his servants was turned against the 
people, and they said, Why have we done 
this, that we have let Israel go from serving 



I God instructeth the Israelites in their journey. 
5 Pharaoh pursueth after them. 10 The Israel- 
ites murmur. 13 Moses comforteth them. 15 
God instructeth Moses. 19 The cloud removeth 
behind the camp. 21 The Israelites pass through 
the Red sea, 23 which drowneth the Egyptians. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahi- 



6 And he made ready his chariot, and took 
his people with him : 

7 And he took six hundred chosen chariots, 
and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains 
over every one of them. 

8 And the Lord hardened the heart of 
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued af- 
ter the children of Israel : and the children 
of Israel went out with a high hand. 

9 But the Egyptians pursued after them (all 
the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his 
horsemen, and his army) and overtook them 
encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, be- 
fore Baal-zephon. 

10 1[ And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the 
children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and 
behold, the Egyptians marched after them ; 
and they were sore afraid : and the children 
of Israel cried out unto the Lord. 

11 And they said unto Moses, Because 
there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou 
taken us away to die in the wilderness? 
Wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to 
carry us forth out of Egypt ? 

12 Is not this the word that we did tell thee 
in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may 
serve the Egyptians ? For it had been better 
for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we 
should die in the wilderness. 

13 ^[ And Moses said unto the people, Fear 
ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of 
the Lord, which he will shew to you to-day : 
for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to- 
day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. 

14 The Lord shall fight for you, and ye 
shall hold your peace. 

15 ^[ And the Lord said unto Moses, Where- 
fore criest thou unto me ? Speak unto the 
children of Israel, that they go forward : 

16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out 
thy hand over the sea, and divide it : and 
the children of Israel shall go on dry ground 
through the midst of the sea. 

17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts 
of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: 
and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and 
upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon 
his horsemen. 

18 % And the Egyptians shall know that I 
am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour 
upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon 
his horsemen. 

19 *[ And the angel of God which went be- 

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The Egyptians drowned. , 
fore the camp of Israel, removed, and went 
behind them; and the pillar of the cloud 
went from before their face, and stood be- 
hind them : 

20 And it came between the camp of the 
Egyptians and the camp of Israel ; and it 
was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave 
light by night to these : so that the one came 
not near the other all the night. 

21 And Moses stretched out his hand over 
the sea ; and the Lord caused the sea to go 
hack by a strong east wind all that night, and 
made the sea dry land, and the waters were 
divided. 

22 And the children of Israel went into the 
midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and 
the waters were a wall unto them on their 
right hand, and on their left. 

23 IT And the Egyptians pursued, and went 
m after them, to the midst of the sea, even 
all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his 
horsemen. 

24 And it came to pass, that in the morn- 
ing-watch the Lord looked unto the host of 
the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and 
of the cloud, and troubled the host of the 
Egyptians, 

25 And took off their chariot-wheels, that 
they drave them heavily : so that the Egyp- 
tians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel ; 
for the Lord fightetli for them against the 
Egyptians. 

26 TT And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch 
out thy hand over the sea, that the waters 
may come again upon the Egyptians, upon 
their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 

27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over 
the sea, and the sea returned to his strength 
when the morning appeared; and the Egyp- 
tians fled against it ; and the Lord over- 
threw the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 

28 And the waters returned, and covered 
the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the 
host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after 
them : there remained not so much as one 
of them. 

29 But the children of Israel walked upon 
dry land in the midst of the sea ; and the 
waters were a wall unto them on their right 
hand, and on their left. 

30 Thus the Lord saved Israel that day 
out of the hand of the Egyptians : and Israel 
saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea- 
shore. 

31 And Israel saw that great work which 
the Lord did upon the Egyptians : and the 
people feared the Lord, and believed the 
Lord, and his servant Moses. 

CHAP. XV. 
I Moses* song. 22 The people want water. 23 
The waters at Mar ah are bitter. 25^3 tree 
sweeteneth them. 27 Jit Elim are twelve wells, 
and seventy palm-trees. 

THEN sang Moses and the children of 
Israel this song unto the Lord, and 
"pake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for 
he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and 
his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 
2 The Lord is my strength and song, and 
Me is become mv salvation : he is my God, 



CHAP. XV. The song of Moses and Miriam. 
and I will prepare him a habitation ; my fa- 
ther's God, and I will exalt him. 

3 The Lord is a man of war : the Lord is 
his name, 

4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he 
cast into the sea : his chosen captains also 
are drowned in the Red sea. 

5 The depths have covered them : they 
sank into the bottom as a stone. 

6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glo- 
rious in power : thy right hand, O Lord, 
hath dashed in pieces the enemy. 

7 And in the greatness of thine excellency 
thou hast overthrown them that rose up 
against thee : thou sentest forth thy wrath, 
which consumed them as stubble. 

8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the 
waters were gathered together, the floods 
stood upright as a heap, and the depths were 
congealed in the heart of the sea. 

9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will over- 
take, I will divide the spoil : my lust shall be 
satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, 
my hand shall destroy them. 

10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sej> 
covered them: they sank as lead in the 
mighty waters. 

11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among 
the gods ? who is like thee, glorious in holi- 
ness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? 

12 Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the 
earth swallowed them. 

13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the 
people which thou hast redeemed : thou hast 
guided ^them in thy strength unto thy holy 
habitation. 

14 The people shall hear, and be afraid : 
sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of 
Palestina. 

15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be ama- 
zed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling 
shall take hold "upon them; all the inhabi- 
tants of Canaan shalt melt away. 

16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by 
the greatness of thine arm they shall be as 
still as a stone ; till thy people pass over, O 
Lord, till the people pass over, which thou 
hast purchased. 

17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant 
them in the mountain of thine inheritance, 
in the place, OLord, which thou hast made 
for thee to dwell in ; in the sanctuary, O 
Lord, which thy hands have established. 

18 The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. 

19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in with 
his chariots and with his horsemen into the 
sea, and the Lord brought again the waters 
of the sea upon them: but the children of 
Israel went on dry land in the midst of the 



20 5[ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister 
of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and 
all the women went out after her, with tim- 
brels, and with dances. 

21 And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to 
the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : 
the horse and his rider hath he thrown into 
the sea. 

22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red 
sea, and they went out into the wilderness 

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The waters at Mar ah sweetened. EXODUS. 
of Shur ; and they went three days in the 
wilderness, and found no water. 

23 *f[ And when they came to Marah, they 
could not drink of the waters of Marah ; for 
they were bitter: therefore the name of it 
was called Marah. 

24 And the people murmured against Moses, 
saying, What shall we drink 1 

2o And he cried unto the Lord ; and the 
Lord shewed him a tree, which when he 
had cast into the waters, the waters were 
made sweet : there he made for them a sta- 
tute and an ordinance, and there he proved 
them, 

26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken 
to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt 
do that which is right in his sight, and wilt 
give ear to his commandments, and keep all 
his statutes, I will put none of these diseases 
upon thee, winch I have brought upon the 
Egyptians : for I am the Lord that healeth 
thee. 

27 H And they came to Elim, where were 
twelve wells of water, and threescore and 
i en palm-trees : and they encamped there by 
the waters. 

CHAP. XVI. 



Quails and manna sent. 



1 The Israelites come to Sin. 2 They murmur for 
want of bread. 4 God promiseth them bread 
fromheaven. 11 Quails are sent, 14 andmanna. 
16 The ordering of manna. 25 It was not to be 
found on the sabbath. 32 Jin omer of it is pre- 



A ND they took their journey from Elim, 
JTJLand all the congregation of the children 
of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, 
which is between Elim and Sinai, on the 
fifteenth day of the second month after their 
departing out of the land of Egypt. 

2 And the whole congregation of the chil- 
dren of Israel murmured against Moses and 
Aaron in the wilderness : 

3 And the children of Israel said unto them, 
Would to God we had died by the hand of 
the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat 
by the flesh-pots, and when we did eat bread 
to the full : for ye have brought us forth into 
this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly 
with hunger. 

4 U Then said the Lord unto Moses, Be- 
hold, I will rain bread from heaven for you ; 
and the people shall go out and gather a cer- 
tain rate every day, that I may prove them, 
whether they will walk in my law, or no. 

5 And it shall come to pass, that on the 
sixth day they shall prepare that which they 
bring in ; and it shall be twice as much as 
ihey gather daily. 

6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the 
children of Israel, At even, then ye shall 
know that the Lord hath brought you out 
from the land of Egypt : 

7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the 

f glory of the Lord : for that he heareth your 
murmurings against the Lord : And what 
are we, that ye murmur against us ? 
8 And Moses said, This shall be when the 
Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to 
cat, and in the morning bread to the full ; 
for that the Lord heareth your murmurings 



which ye murmur against him: And what 
are we ? your murmurings are not against 
us, but against the Lord. 

9 *fi And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say 
unto all the congregation of the children of 
Israel, Come near before the Lord : for he 
hath heard your murmurings. 

10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake 
unto the whole congregation of the children 
of Israel, that they looked toward the wilder- 
ness, and behold, the glory of the Lord ap 
peared in the cloud. 

11 Tf And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

12 1 have heard the murmurings of the chil- 
dren of Israel ; speak unto them, saying, At 
even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning 
ye shall be filled with bread : and ye shall 
know that I am the Lord your God. 

13 And it came to pass, that at even the 
quails came up, and covered the camp : and 
in the morning the dew lay round about the 
host. 

14 And when the dew that lay was gone 
up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness 
there lay a small round thing, as small as the 
hoar frost on the ground: 

15 And when the children of Israel saw it, 
they said one to another, It is manna : for 
they wist not what it was. And Moses said 
unto them, This is the bread which the Lord 
hatli given you to eat. 

16 ^[ This is the thing which the Lord hath 
commanded, Gather of it every man accord- 
ing to his eating : an omer for every man ac- 
cording to the number of your persons, take 
ye every man for them which are in his tents. 

17 And the children of Israel did so, and 
gathered, some more, some less. 

18 And when they did mete it with an 
omer, he that gathered much had nothing 
over, and he that gathered little had no lack : 
they gathered every man according to his 
eating. 

19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it 
till the morning. 

20 Notwithstanding, they hearkened not 
unto Moses ; but some of them left of it until 
the morning, and it bred worms, and stank : 
and Moses was wroth with them. 

21 And they gathered it every morning, 
every man according to his eating: and 
when the sun waxed hot it melted. 

22 H And it came to pass, that on the sixth 
day they gathered twice as much bread, two 
omers for one man : and all the rulers of the 
congregation came and told Moses. 

23 And he said unto them, This is that 
which the Lord hath said, To-morrow is 
the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord : 
bake that which ye will bake to-day, and 
seethe that ye will seethe; and that which 
remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept 
until the morning. 

24 And they laid it up till the morning, as 
Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither 
was there anv worm therein. 

25 And Mouses said, Eat that to-day; for 
to-day is a sabbath unto the Lord; to-day 
ye shall not find it in the field. 

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No gathering on the sabbath 

26 Six days ve shall gather it; but on the 
seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there 
shall be none. 

27 H And it came to pass, that there went 
out some of the people on the seventh day 
for to gather, and they found none. 

28 And the Lord said unto Moses, How 
long refuse ye to keep my commandments 
and my laws? m 

29 See, for that the Lord hath given you 
the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the 
sixth day the bread of two days : abide ye 
every man in his place, let no man go out of 
his place on the seventh day. 

3t) So the people rested on the seventh day. 

31 And the house of Israel called the name 
thereof Manna : and it was like coriander- 
seed, white ; and the taste of it was like wa- 
fers made with honey. 

32 U And Moses said, This is the thing 
which the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer 
of it to be kept for your generations ; that 
they may see the bread wherewith I have 
fed you in the wilderness, when I brought 
you forth from the land of Egypt. 

33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a 
pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, 
and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept 
for your generations. 

34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so 
Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to 
be kept. 

35 And the children of Israel did eat man- 
na forty, years, until they came to a land in- 
habited : they did eat manna, until they came 
unto the borders of the land of Canaan. 

36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an 
ephah. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 The people murmur for water at Rephidim. 
5 God sendeth them for water to the rock in 
Horeb. 8 Amalek is overcome by the holding 
up of Moses' hands. 15 Moses buildeth the 
altar JEHOVAH-nissi. 

AND all the congregation of the children 
of Israel journeyed from the wilderness 
of Sin, after their journeys, according to the 
commandment of the Lord, and pitched in 
Rephidim : and there was no water for the 
people to drink. 

2 Wherefore the people did chide with Mo- 
ses, and said, Give us water that we may 
drink. And Moses said unto them, Why 
chide ye with me ? wherefore do ye tempt 
the Lord ? 

3 And the people thirsted there for water; 
and the people murmured against Moses, 
and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast 
brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and 
our children and our cattle with thirst? 

4 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, 
What shall I do unto this people ? they be 
almost ready to stone me. 

5 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on 
before the people, and take with thee of the 
elders of Israel: and thy rod, wherewith 
thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, 
and go. 

6 Behold, I will stand before thee there 
upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shah 

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CHAP. XVII, XVIII. Amalek is overcome 

smite the rock, and there shall come water 
out of it, that the people may drink. And Mo- 
ses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 

7 And he called the name of the place Mas- 
sah, and Meribah, because of the chiding 
of the children of Israel, and because they 
tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord 
among us, or not? 

8 1f Then came Amalek, and fought with 
Israel in Rephidim. 

9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us 
out men, and go out, fight with Amalek : to- 
morrow I will stand on the top of the hill 
with the rod of God in my hand. 

10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, 
and fought with Amalek : and Moses, Aaron, 
and Hur, went up to the top of the hill. 

11 And it came to pass, when Moses held 
up his hand, that Israel prevailed : and when 
he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 

12 But Moses' hands were heavy ; and they 
took a stone, and put it under him, and he 
sat thereon : and Aaron and Hur stayed up 
his hands, the one on the one side, and the 
other on the other side ; and his hands were 
steady until the going down of the sun. 

13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his 
people with the edge of the sword. 

14 And the Lord said unto Moses, Write 
this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse 
it in the ears of Joshua : for I will utterly 
put out the remembrance of Amalek from 
under heaven. 

15 1[ And Moses built an altar, and called 
the name of it JEHOVAH-nissi : 

16 For he said, Because the Lord hath 
sworn that the Lord will have war with 
Amalek from generation to generation. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
1 Jethro bring eth to Moses his wife and ttco 
sons. 7 Moses entertaineth him. 13 Jethro" 1 s 
counsel is accepted. 27 Jethro departeth. 

WHEN Jethro the priest of Midian, 
Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that 
God had done for Moses, and for Israel his 
people, and that the Lord had brought Is 
rael out of Egypt : 

2 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took 
Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent 
her back, 

3 And her two sons; of which the name of 
the one was Gershom ; (for he said, I have 
been an alien in a strange land:) 

4 And the name of the other was Eliezer ; 
(for the God of my father, said he, was my 
help, and delivered me from the sword of 
Pharaoh:) 

5 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came 
with his sons and his wife unto Moses into 
the wilderness, where he encamped at the 
mount of God : 

6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father-in- 
law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, 
and her two sons with her. 

7 H And Moses went out to meet his father- 
in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him : 
and they asked each other of their welfare : 
and they came into the tent. 

8 And Moses told his father-in-law all that 
the Lord had done unto Pharaoh, and to 

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Moses is counselled by Jetkro. 
the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the 
travail that had come upon them by the way, 
and how the Lord delivered them. 

9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness 
which the Lord had done to Israel, whom 
he had delivered out of the hand of the 
Egyptians. 

10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, 
who hath delivered you out of the hand of 
the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pha- 
raoh, who hath delivered the people from 
jnder the hand of the Egyptians. 

11 Now I know that the Lord is greater 
*hau all gods : for in the thing wherein they 
dealt proudly, he was above them. 

12 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took 
a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God : and 
Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel to 
eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before 
God. 

13 ^ And it came to pass on the morrow, 
that Moses sat to judge the people : and the 
people stood by Moses from the morning 
unto the evening. 

14 And when Moses' father-in-law saw all 
that he did to the people, he said, What is 
this thing that thou doest to the people ? Why 
sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people 
stand by thee from morning unto even ? 

15 And Moses said unto his father-in-law, 
Because die people come unto me to inquire 
of God: 

16 When they have a matter, they come 
unto me, and I judge between one and an- 
other, and I do make them know the statutes 
of God, and his laws. 

17 And Moses' father-in-law said unto him, 
The thing that thou doest is not good. 

18 Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, 
and this people that is with thee : for this 
thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not 
able to perform it thyself alone. 

19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give 
thee counsel, and God shall be with thee : 
Be thou for the people to God-ward, that 
thou mayest bring the causes unto God : 

20 And thou shalt teach them ordinances 
and laws, and shalt shew them the way 
wherein they must walk, and the work that 
they must do. 

21 Moreover, thou shalt provide out of all 
the people, .able men, such as fear God, men 
of truth, hating covetousness; and place such 
over them to be rulers of thousands, and ru- 
lers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers 
of tens: 

22 And let them judge the people at all 
seasons: and it shall be, that every great 
matter they shall bring unto thee, but every 
small matter they shall judge : so shall it be 
easier for thyself, and they shall bear the 
burden with thee. 

23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God com- 
mand thee so, then thou shalt be able to en- 
dure, and all this people shall also go to 
their place in peace. 

24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his 
father-in-law, and did all that he had said. 

25 And Moses chose able men out of all 
Jsraei, and made them heads over the peo- 



EXODUS. God's message to the Israelites. 

pie, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, 
rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 

26 And they judged the people at all sea- 
sons: the hard causes they brought unto 
Moses, but every small matter they judged 
themselves. 

27 And Moses let his father-in-law depart: 
and he went his way into his own land. 

CHAP. XIX. 
1 The people come to Sinai. 3 God's message by 
Moses unto the people out of the mount. 8 The 
people's answer returned again. 10 The peo- 
ple are prepared against the third day. 12 
The mountain must not be touched. 16 The 
fearful presence of God upon the mount, 

IN the third month, when the children oi 
Israel were gone forth out of the land o 
Egypt, the same day came they into the wil 
derness of Sinai. 

2 For they were departed from Rephidim 
and were come to the desert of Sinai, and 
had pitched in the wilderness ; and there 
Israel encamped before the mount 

3 ^[ And Moses went up unto God, and the* 
Lord called unto him out of the mountain, 
saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of 
Jacob, and tell the children of Israel ; 

4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyp- 



tians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, 
and brought you unto myself. 

5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice 
indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall 
be a peculiar treasure unto me above all peo- 
ple : for all the earth is mine: 

6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of 
priests, and a holy nation. These are the 
words which thou shalt speak unto the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

7 ^[ And Moses came and called for the 
elders of the people, and laid before their 
faces all these words which the Lord com- 
manded him. 

8 And all the people answered together, 
and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we 
will do. And Moses returned the words of 
the people unto the Lord. 

9 And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo^.I 
come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the peo- 
ple may hear when I speak with thee, and 
believe thee for ever. And Moses told the 
words of the people unto the Lord. 

10H And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto 
the people, and sanctify them to-day and to- 
morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 

11 And be ready against the third day : for 
the third day the Lord will come down in 
the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 

12 1[ And thou shalt set bounds unto the 
people round about, saying, Take heed to 
yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, 
or touch the border of it : whosoever touch- 
eth the mount shall be surely put to death : 

13 There shall not a hand touch it, but he 
shall surely be stoned or shot through : whe- 
ther it be beast or man, it shall not live : 
when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall 
come up to the mount. 

14 And Moses went down from the mount 
unto the people, and sanctified the people : 
and they washed their clothes. 

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The descent of God on the mount. CHAP. XX, XXI. 



15 And he said unto the people, Be ready 
against the third day: come not at your 
wives, 

16 If And it came to pass on the third day 
in the morning, that there were thunders 
and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the 
mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceed- 
ing loud ; so that all the people that was in 
the camp trembled. 

17 And Moses brought forth the people out 
of the camp to meet with God; and they 
stood at the nether part of the mount. 

18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a 
smoke, because the Lord descended upon it 
in fire : and the smoke thereof ascended as 
the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount 
quaked greatly. 

19 And when the voice of the trumpet 
sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, 
Moses spake, and God answered him by a 
voice. 

20 And the Lord came down upon mount 
Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the 
Lord called Moses up to the top of the 
mount ; and Moses went up. 

21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, 
charge the people, lest they break through 
unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them 
perish. 

22 And let the priests also which come near 
to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the 
Lord break forth upon them. 

23 And Moses said unto the Lord, The 
people cannot come up to mount Sinai : for 
thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about 
the mount, and sanctify it. 

24 And the Lord said unto him, Away, get 
thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, 
and Aaron with thee : but let not the priests 
and the people break through, to come up 
unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon 
them. 

25 So Moses went down unto the people, 
and spake unto them. 

CHAP. XX. 

1 The ten commandments. 18 The people are 
afraid. 20 Moses comforteth them. 22 Idola- 
try is forbidden. 24 Of what sort the altar 
should be. 

AND God spake all these words, saying, 
2 I dm the Lord thy God, which have 
brought thee out of the land of Egy pt, out of 
the house of bondage. 

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven 
image, or any likeness of any thing' that is 
in heaven above, or that is in the earth 
beneath, or that is in the water under the 
earth : 

5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, 
nor serve them : for I the Lord thy God am 
a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the 
fathers upon the children unto the third and 
fourth generation of them that hate me ; 

6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of 
them that love me, and keep my command- 
ments. 

7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord 
thy God in vain : for the Lord will not hold 



him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. J 2 If thou bny 



The ten commandments, 

8 Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy. 

9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy 
work : 

10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the 
Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any 
work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, 
thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor 
thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy 
gates : 

11 For in six days the Lord made heaven 
and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and 
rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord 
blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it. 

,12 Honour thy father and thy mother ; that 
thy days may be long upon the land whick 
the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

13 Thou shalt not kill. 

14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

15 Thou shalt not steal. 

16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against 
thy neighbour. 

17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's 
house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's 
wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-sei - 
vant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing 
that is thy neighbour's. 

18 5F And ail the people saw the thunder- 
ngs, and the lightnings, and the noise of the 

trumpet, and the mountain smoking : and 
when the people saw it, they removed, and 
stood afar off. 

19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou 
with us, and we will hear: but let not God 
speak with us, lest we die. 

20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear 
not : for God is come to prove you, and that 
his fear may be before your faces, that ye ski 
not. 

21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses 
drew near unto the thick darkness where 
God was. 

22 And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus 
thou shalt say unto the children of Israel ; Ye 
have seen that I have talked with you from 
heaven. 

23 Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, 
neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. 

24 H An altar of earth thou shalt make unto 
me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt- 
offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, 
and thine oxen : in all places wliere I record 
my name I will come unto thee, and I will 
bless thee. 

25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of 
stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone, 
for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast 
polluted it. 

26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto 
mine altar, that thy nakedness be not disco- 
vered thereon. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 Laics for men-servants. 5 For the servant 
whose ear is bored. 7 For women- servants. 
12 For manslaughter. 16 For stealers of men. 
17 For curs crs of parents. 18 For smiters. 22 
For a hurt by chance. <28For an ox that 
goreth. 33 For him that is an occasion of 
harm. 

NOW these are the judgments which thou 
shalt set before them. 



Hebrew servant, six vears 
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Sundry laws, EXODUS 

he shall serve : and in the seventh he shall 
go out free for nothing. 
* 3 If he came in by himself, he shall go out 
by himself: if he were married, then his wife 
shall go out with him. 

4 If nis master have given him a wife, and 
she have borne him sons or daughters, the 
wife and her children shall be her master's, 
and he shall go out by himself. 

5 If And if the servant shall plainly say, I 
love my master, my wife, and my diildren ; I 
will not go out free : 

6 Then his master shall bring him unto the 
fudges : he shall also bring him to the door, 
or unto the door-post : and his master shall 
bore his ear through with an awl ; and he 
shall serve him for ever. 

7 U And if a man sell his daughter to be a 
maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men- 
servants do. 

8 If she please not her master, who hath 
betrothed her to himself, then shall he let 
her be redeemed : to sell her unto a strange 
nation he shall have no power, seeing he 
hath dealt deceitfully with her. 

9 And if he have betrothed her unto his 
son, he shall deal with her after the manner 
of daughters. 

10 If he take him another wife; her food, 
iier raiment, and her duty of marriage shall 
he not diminish. 

11 And if he do not these three unto her, 
then shall she go out free without money. 

12^1 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, 
shall be surely put to death. 

13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God de- 
liver him into his hand; then 1 will appoint 
thee a place whither he shall flee. 

14 But if a man come. presumptuously upon 
his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou 
shalt take him from mine altar, that he may 
die. 

15 And he that smiteth his father, or his 
mother, shall be surely put to death. 

16 U And he thatstealeth a man, and selleth 
him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall 
surely be put to death. 

1*7 «ff And he that curseth his father or his 
mother, shall surely be put to death. 

18 If And if men strive together, and one 
smite another with a stone, or with his fist, 
and he die not, but keepeth his bed : 

19 If he rise again, and walk abroad upon 
his staff, then shall he that smote himbe quit: 
onlv lie shall pay for the loss of his time, and 
shall cause htm to be thoroughly healed. 

20 And if a man smite his servant, or his 
maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand ; 
he shall be surely punished. 

21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day 
or two, he shall not be punished : for he is 
his money. 

22 11 If men strive, and hurt a woman with 
child, so that her fruit depart from her, and 
yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely 
punished, according as the woman's husband 
will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the 
judges determine, 

23 And if any mischief follow, then thou 
shall give life for life, 



and ordinances, 

24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand foi 
hand, loot for foot, 

25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, 
stripe for stripe. 

26 And if a man smite the eye of his ser- 
vant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish ; 
he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 

27 And if he smite out his man-servant's 
tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth ; he shall 
let him go free for his tooth's sake. 

28 If If an ox gore a man or a woman, that 
they die : then the ox shall be surely stoned, 
and. his flesh shall not be eaten; but the 
owner of the ox shall be quit. 

29 But if the ox were wont to push with his 
horn in time past, and it hath been testified 
to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, 
but that he hath killed a man or a woman ; 
the dx shall be stoned, and his owner also 
shall be put to death. 

30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, 
then he shall give for the ransom of his life 
whatsoever is laid upon him. 

31 Whether he have gored a son, or have 
gored a daughter, according to this judgment 
shall it be done unto him. 

32 If the ox shall push a man-servant, or 
maid-servant ; he shall give unto their mas- 
ter thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall 
be stoned. 

33 1f And if a man shall open a pit, or if a 
man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an 
ox or an ass fall therein ; 

34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, 
and give money unto the owner of them ; 
and the dead beast shall be his. 

35 And if one man's ox hurt another's that 
he die, then they shall sell the live ox, and 
divide the money of it, and the dead ox also 
they shall divide. 

36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used 
to push in time past, and his owner hath not 
kept him in ; he shall surely pay ox for ox, 
and the dead shall be his own. 

CHAP. XXII. 
1 Of theft. 5 Of damage. 7 Of trespasses. 14 
Of borrowing. 16 Of fornication. 1% Of 
witchcraft. 19 Of bestiality. 20 Of idolatry. 
21 Of strangers, widows, and fatherless. 25 
Of usury. 26 Of pledges. 28 Of reverence to 
magistrates. 29 Of the first-fruits. 

IF a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and 
kill it, or sell it ; he shall restore five oxen 
for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 

2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be 
smitten that he die, there shall no blood be 
shed for him. 

3 If the sun be risen upon him there shall 
be blood shed for him : for he should make 
full restitution ; if he have nothing, then he 
shall be sold for his theft. 

4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand 
alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep ; he 
shall restore double. 

5 If If a man shall cause a field or vineyard 
to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and 
shall feed in another man's field: of the best 
of his own field, and of the best of his own 
vineyard shall he make restitution. 

6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so 
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Of trespass, borrowing, S?c. 
that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, 
or the field be consumed thereicitk ; he that 
kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. 

7 H If a man shall deliver unto his neigh- 
bour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen 
out of the man's house ; if the thief be found, 
let him pay double. 

8 If the thief be not found, then the master 
of the house shall be brought unto the judges, 
to see whether he have put his hand unto 
his neighbour's goods. 

9 For all manner of trespass, whether it be 
for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for 
any manner of lost thing which another 
challengeth to be his : the cause of both 
parties shall come before the judges ; and 
whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay 
double unto his neighbour. 

10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an 
ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast to keep; 
and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man 
seeing ^ : 

11 Then shall an oath of the Lord be be- 
tween them both, that he hath not put his 
hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the 
owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall 
not make it good. 

12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall 
make restitution unto the owner thereof. 

13 If it be torn in pieces ; then let him bring 
it for witness, and he shall not make good 
that which was torn. 

14 Tf And if a man borrow aught of his 
neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner 
thereof being not with it, he shall surely 
make it good. 

15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he 
shall not make it good : if it be a hired thing, 
it came for his hire. 

1611 And if a man entice a maid that is not 
betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely 
endow her to be his wife. 

17 If her father utterly refuse to give her 
unto him, he shall pay money according to 
the dowry of virgins. 

18 H Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 

19 U Whosoever lieth with a beast shall 
surely be put to death. 

20 fl[ He that sacrificeth unto any god, save 
unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly de- 
stroyed. 

21 ^ Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor 
oppress him : for ye were strangers in the 
land of Egypt. 

22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or father- 
less child. 

23 If thou afflict them in any wise, and they 
cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry ; 

24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will 
kill you with the sword ; and your wives shall 
be widows, and your children fatherless. 

25 1[ If thou lend money to any of my peo- 
ple that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to 
him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon 
him usury. 

26 H If thou at all take thy neighbour's rai- 
ment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him 
by that the sun goeth down : 

27 For that is his covering only, it is his 
raiment for his skin : wherein shall he sleep ~ 



?HAP. XXIII. Of slander, false witness, fyc. 

and it shall come to pass, when he crieth 



unto me, that I will hear ; for I am gracious. 

28 U Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor 
curse the ruler of thy people. 

29 % Thou shalt not delay to offer the first 
of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors : the first- 
born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. 

30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, 
and with thy sheep : seven days it shall be 
with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt 
give it me. 

31 And ye shall be holy men unto me : nei- 
ther shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of 
beasts in the field ; ye shall cast it to the 
dogs. 

CHAP. XXIII. 
1 Of slander and false witness. 3,6 Of justice. 
4 Of charitableness. 10 Of the year of rest. 
12 Of the sabbath. 13 Of idolatry. 14 0/ the 
three feasts. 18 Of the blood and the fat of the 
sacrifice. 20 An Angel is promised, with a 
blessing; if they obey him. 

THOU shalt not raise a false report : put 
not thy hand with the wicked to be an 
unrighteous witness. 

2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do 
evil ; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to 
decline after many to wrest judgment : 

3 H Neither shalt thou countenance a poor 
man in his cause. 

4 1[ If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his 
ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it 
back to him again. 

5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee 
lying under his burden, and wouldest for- 
tear to help him, thou shalt surely help with 
him. 

6 ^[ Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of 
thy poor in his cause. 

7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and 
the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for 
I will not justify the wicked. 

8 And thou shalt take no gift ; for the gift 
blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words 
of the righteous. 

9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger : 
for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing 
ye were strangers. in the land of Egypt. 

10 And six years thou shalt sow thy land, 
and shalt gather in the fruits thereof : 

11 But the seventh year thou shalt let it 
rest and lie still ; that the poor of thy people 
may eat: and what they leave the beasts of 
of the field shall eat. In like manner thou 
shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy 
oliveyard. 

12 If Six days thou shalt do thy work, and 
on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that 
thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son 
of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be 
refreshed. 

13 H And in all things that I have said unto 
you, be circumspect : and make no mention 
of the name of other gods, neither let it be 
heard out of thy mouth. 

14 U Three times thou shalt keep a feast 
unto me in the year. 

15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened 
bread : (thou shalt eat unleavened bread se- 
ven davs, as I commanded thee, in the time 

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An Angel promised to guide 1hent> 
appointed of the month Abib: for in it thou 
earnest out from Egypt: and none shall ap- 
pear before me emptv :) 

16 And the feast of harvest, the first-fruits 
of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the 
field : and the feast of ingathering, ichich is 
in the end of the year, when thou hast ga- 
thered in thy labours out of the field. 

17 Three times in the year all thy males 
shall appear before the Lord God. 

18 IT Thou shalt not offer the blood of my 
sacrifice with leavened bread : neither shall 
the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morn- 
ing. 

19 The first of the first-fruits of thy land 
thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord 
thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his 
mother's milk. 

20 ^[ Behold, I send an Angel before thee, 
to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee 
into the place which I have prepared. 

21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, pro- 
voke him not; for he will not pardon your 
transgressions : for my name w in him. 

22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, 
and do all that I speak ; then I will be an 
enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary 
unto thine adversaries. 

23 For mine Angel shall go before thee, 
and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the 
Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaan- 
ites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and 
I will cut them off. 

24 Thou shalt not bow -down to their gods, 
nor serve them, nor do after their works : 
but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and 
quite breakdown their images. 

25 And ye shall serve the Lord your God, 
and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; 
and I will take sickness away from the midst 
of thee. 

26 There shall nothing cast their young, 
nor be barren, in thy land : the number of 
thy days I will fulfil. 

27 I will send my fear before thee, and will 
destroy all the people to whom thou shalt 
come, and I will make all thine enemies turn 
their backs unto thee. 

28 And I will send hornets before thee, 
which shall drive out the Hivite, the Ca- 
naanite, and the Hittite from before thee. 

29 I will not drive them out from before 
thee in one year; lest the land become de- 
solate, and the beast of the field multiply 
against thee. 

30 By little and little I will drive them out 
from before thee, until thou be increased, 
and inherit the laud. 

31 And I will set thy bounds from the Red 
sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and 
from the desert unto the river: for I will de- 
liver the inhabitants of the land into your 
hand; and thou shalt drive them out before 
thee. 

32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, 
nor with their gods. 

33 They shall not dwell in thy land, lest 
they make thee sin against me : for if thou 
serve their gods, it will surely be a snare 
unto thee. 



EXODUS. Moses buildeth an altar, 

CHAP. XXIV. 

I Moses is called up into the mountain. 3 The 
people promise obedience. 4 Moses buildeth 
an altar, and ticelve pillars. 6 He sprinklcth 
the blood of the covenant. 9 The glory of God 
appeareth. 14 Aaron and Hur have the charge 
of the people. 15 Moses goeth into the moun- 
tain, wkerehe continueth forty days and forty 
nights. 

AND he said unto Moses, Come up unto 
the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, 
and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel ; 
and worship ye afar off. 

2 And Moses alone shall' come near the 
Lord : but they shall not come nigh ; neither 
shall the people go up with him. 

3 ^[ And Moses came and told the people 
all the words of the Lord, and all the judg- 
ments: and all the people answered with 
one voice, and said, All the words which the 
Lord hath said will we do. 

4 ^f And Moses wrote all the words of the 
Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and 
builded an altar under the hill, and twelve 
pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 

5 And he sent young men of the children 
of Israel, which offered burnt-offerings, and 
sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the 
Lord. 

6^[ And Moses took half of the blood, and 
pu: it in basons ; and half of the blood he 
spri'nkled on the altar. 

7 And he took the book of the covenant, 
and read in the audience of the people : and 
they said, All that the Lord hath said will 
we do, and be obedient. 

8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled 
it on the people, and said, Behold the blood 
of the covenant, which the Lord hath made 
with you concerning all these words. 

9 H Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Na- 
dab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders 
of Israel : 

10 And they saw the God of Israel : and 
there teas under his feet as it were a paved 
work of a sapphire-stone, and as it were the 
body of heaven in his clearness. 

II And upon the nobles of the children of 
Israel he laid not his hand : also they saw 
<jod, and did eat and drink. 

12 And the Lord said unto Moses, Come 
up to me into the mount, and be there : and 
I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, 
and commandments which I have written ; 
that thou mayest teach them. 

13 And Moses rose up, and his minister Jo- 
shua : and Moses went up into the mount of 
God. 

14 U And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye 
here for us, until we come again unto you: 
and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you : 
if any man have any matters to do, let him 
come unto them. 

15 If And Moses went up into the mount, 
and a cloud covered the mount. 

16 And the glory of the Lord abode upon 
mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six 
days : and the seventh day he called unto 
Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 

17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord 
tras like devouring fire on the top of the 

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The ark, mercy-seat, and table, 

mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. 
IS And Moses went into the midst of the 

cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and 

Moses was in the mount forty days and forty 

nights. 

CHAP. XXV. 

1 TVhat the Israelites must offer for the making 
of the tabernacle. 10 The form of the ark. 17 
The mercy-scat, with the cherubims. 23 The 
table, with the furniture thereof. 31 The can- 
dlestick, with the instruments thereof. 
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that 

they bring me an offering : of every man that 

giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take 

my offering. 

3 And this is the offering which ye shall 
take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, 

4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 
fine linen, and goats' hair, 

5 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' 
skins, and shittim-wood, 

6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, 
and for sweet incense, 

7 Onyx-stones, and stones to be set in the 
ephod, and in the breast-plate. 

8 And let them make me a sanctuary ; that 
I may dwell among them. 

9 According to all that I shew thee, after 
the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pat- 
tern of all the instruments thereof, even so 
shall ve make it. 

10 If And they shall make an ark of shit- 
tim-wood : two cubits and a half shall be the 
length thereof, and a cubit and a half the 
breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the 
height thereof. 

11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, 
within and without shalt thou overlay it, and 
shalt make upon it a crown of gold round 
about. 

12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for 
it, and put them in the four corners thereof; 
and two rings shall be in the one side of it, 
and two rings in the other side of it. 

13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim- 
wood, and overlay them with gold. 

14 And thou shalt put the staves into the 
rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may 
be borne with them. 

15 The staves shall be in the rings of the 
ark : they shall not be taken from it. 

16 And thou shalt put into the ark the tes- 
timony which I shall give thee. 

17 % And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of 
pure gold : two cubits and a half shall be the 
length thereof, and a cubit and a half the 
breadth thereof. 

18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of 
gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, 
til the two ends of the mercy-seat. 

19 And make one cherub on the one end, 
and the other cherub on the other end : even 
of the mercy-seat shall ye majte the cheru- 
bims on the two ends thereof. 

20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth 
their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat 
with their wings, and their faces shall look 
one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall 
the faces of the cherubims be. 



CHAP. XXV. The golden candlestick, 

21 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above 
upon the ark ; and in the ark thou shalt put 
the testimony that I shall give thee. 

22 And there I will meet with thee, and I 
w ill commune with thee from above the mer- 
cy-seat, from between the two cherubims 
which are upon the ark of the testimony, of 
all things which I will give thee in com- 
mandment unto the children of Israel. 

23 ^[ Thou shalt also make a table of shit- 
tim-wood : tw r o cubits shall be the length 
thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and 
a cubit and a half the height thereof. 

24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, 
and make thereto a crown of gold round 
about. 

25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of 
a hand-breadth round about, and thou shalt 
make a golden crown to the border thereof 
round about. 

26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of 
gold, and put the rings in the four corners 
that are on the four feet thereof. 

27 Over against the border shall the rings be 
for places of the staves to bear the table. 

28 And thou shalt make the staves of s-hit- 
tim-w ood, and overlay them with gold, that 
the table may be borne with them. 

29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, 
and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and 
bowls thereof, to cover withal : of pure gold 
shalt thou make them. 

30 And thou shalt set upon the table shew- 
bread before me always. 

31 ^[ And thou shalt make a candlestick of 
pure gold : of beaten work shall the candle- 
stick be made : his shaft, and hie branches, 
his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall 
be of the same. 

32 And six branches shall come out of the 
sides of it * three branches of the candle- 
stick out of the one side, and three branches 
of the candlestick out of the other side : 

33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, 
ivitha. knop and a flower in one branch ; and 
three bowls made like almonds in the other 
branch, with a knop and a flower : so in the 
six branches that come out of the candlestick. 

34 And in the candlestick shall be four 
bowls made like unto almonds, with their 
knops and their flowers. 

35 And there shall be a knop under two 
branches of the same, and a knop under two 
branches of the same, and a knop under 
two branches of the same, according to the 
six branches that proceed out of the candle- 
stick. 

36 Their knops and their branches shall be 
of the same : all of it shall be one beaten 
work of pure gold. 

37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps 
thereof: and they shall light the lamps there- 
of, that they may give light over against it. 

38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuff- 
dishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. 

39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make 
it, with all these vessels. 

40 And look that thou make them after 
their pattern, which was shewed thee in 
the mount. 

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The curtains and boards 

CHAP. XXVI. 

1 The ten curtains of the tabernacle. 7 The 
eleven curtains of goats* hair. 14 The cover- 
ing of rams' skins. 15 The boards of the ta- 
bernacle, with their sockets and bars. 31 The 
vail for the ark. 36 The hanging for the door. 

MOREOVER, thou shalt make the taber- 
nacle with ten curtains of fine twined 
linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: 
with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou 
make them. 

2 The length of one curtain shall be eight 
and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one 
curtain four cubits: and every one of the 
curtains shall have one measure. 

3 The five curtains shall be coupled toge- 
ther one to another ; and other five curtains 
shall be coupled one to another. 

4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon 
the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge 
in the coupling ; and likewise shalt thou 
make in the uttermost edge of another cur- 
tain, in the coupling of the second. 

5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one cur- 
tain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the 
edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of 
the second ; that the loops may take hold one 
of another. 

6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, 
and couple the curtains together with the 
taches : and it shall be one tabernacle. 

7 ^[ And thou shalt make curtains of goats' 
hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle : 
eleven curtains shalt thou make. 

8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty 
cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four 
cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all 
of one measure. 

9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by 
themselves, and six curtains by themselves, 
and shalt double the sixth curtam in the 
fore-front of the tabernacle. 

10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the 
edge of the one curtain that is outmost in 
the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of 
the curtain which coupleth the second. 

11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, 
and put the taches into the loops, and couple 
the tent together, that it may be one. 

12 And the remnant that remaineth of the 
curtains of the tent, the half curtain that re- 
maineth, shall hang over the backside of the 
tabernacle. 

13 And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit 
on the other side of that which remaineth in 
the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall 
hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this 
side and on that side, to cover it. " 

14 51 And thou shalt make a covering for 
the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a co- 
vering above of badgers' skins. 

15 1|And thou shalt make boards for the 
tabernacle of shittim-wood standing up. 

16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, 
and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of 
one board. 

17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, 
set in order one against another: thus shalt 
thou make for all the boardsof the tabernacle. 

18 And thou shalt make the boards for the 



EXODUS . of the tabernacle* 

tabernacle^ twenty boards on the south side 
southward. 

19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of sil- 
ver under the twenty boards: two sockets 
under one board for his two tenons, and two 
sockets under another board for his two 
tenons. 

20 And for the second side of the taberna- 
cle on the north side there shall be twenty 
boards. 

21 And their forty sockets of silver; two 
sockets under one board, and two sockets 
under another board. 

22 And for the sides of the tabernacle west- 
ward thou shalt make six boards. 

23 And two boards shalt thou make for the 
corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. 

24 And they shall be coupled together be- 
neath, and they shall be coupled together 
above the head of it unto one ring: thus 
shall it be for them both ; they shall be for 
the two corners. 

25 And they shall be eight boards, and their 
sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sock- 
ets under one board, and two sockets under 
another board. 

26 And thou shalt make bars of shittim- 
wood- five for the boards of the one side of 
the tabernacle, 

27 And five bars for the boards of the other 
side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the 
boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the 
two sides westward. 

28 And the middle bar in the midst of the 
boards shall reach from end to end. 

29 And thou shalt overlay the boards with 
gold, and make their rings of gold for places 
for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the 
bars with gold. 

30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle 
according to the fashion thereof which was 
shewed thee in the mount. 

31 ^1 And thou shalt make a vail of blue, 
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen 
of cunning work : with cherubims shall it be 
made. 

32 And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars 
of shittim-wood overlaid with gold: their 
hooks shall be of gold upon the four sockets 
of silver. 

33 And thou shalt hang up the vail under 
the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither 
within the vail the ark of the testimony : and 
the vail shall divide unto you between the 
holy place and the most holy. 

34 And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon 
the ark of the testimony in the most holy 
place. 

35 And thou shalt set the table without the 
vail, and the candlestick over against the 
table on the side of the tabernacle toward 
the south : and thou shalt put the table on 
the north side. 

36 H And thou shalt make a hanging for 
the door of the tent, o/blue, and purple, and 
scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with 
needle-work. 

37 And thou shalt make for the hanging 
five pillars o/ shittim-wood, and overlay them 
witli gold, and their hooks shall be of gold : 

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The court of the tabernacle. CHAP. XXVII, XXVIII. 



The holy garments. 



and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for 

them. 

CHAP. XXVII. 

1 The altar of burnt-offering, with the vessels 
thereof. 9 The court of the tabernacle inclosed 
with hangings and pillars. 18 The measure 
of the court. 20 The oil for the lamp. 

AND thou shalt make an altar <?/* shittim- 
wood, five cubits long, and five cubits 
broad ; the altar shall be four-square : and 
rhe height thereof shall be three cubits. 

2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon 
he four corners thereof: his horns shall be of 
he same : and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 

3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive 
his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, 
and his flesh-hooks, and his fire-pans: all 
!he vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 

4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of net- 
work of brass; and upon the net shalt thou 
make four brazen rings in the four corners 
thereof. 

5 And thou shalt put it under the compass 
of the altar beneath, that the net may be 
even to the midst of the altar. 

6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, 
staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them 
with brass. 

7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, 
and the staves shall be upon the two sides of 
the altar, to bear it. 

8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: 
as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall 
thev make it. 

9 ^1 And thou shalt make the court of the 
tabernacle: for the south side southward 
there shall be hangings for the court of fine 
twined linen of a hundred cubits long for 
one side : 

10 And the twenty pillars thereof and then- 
twenty sockets shall be of brass : the hooks 
of the pillars and their fillets shall be o/*silver. 

11 And likewise for the north side in length 
there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits 
lone, and his twenty pillars and their twenty 
sockets of brass : the hooks of the pillars 
and their fillets of silver. 

12 And for the breadth of the court on the 
west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits : 
their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 

13 And the breadth of the court on the east 
side eastward shall be fifty cubits. 

14 The hangings of one side of the gate 
shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, 
and their sockets three. 

15 And on the other side shall be hangings, 
fifteen cubits : their pillars three, and their 
sockets three. 

16 And for the gate of the court shall be a 
hanging of twenty cubits, o/blue, and purple, 
and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought 
with needle-work : and their pillars shall be 
four, and their sockets four. 

17 All the pillars round about the court 
shall be filleted with silver: their hooks shall 
be of silver, and their sockets of brass. 

18 U The length of the court shall be a 
hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every 
where, and the freight five cubits of fine 
twined linen, and their sockets of brass. 



19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all 
the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, 
and all the pins of the court, shall be of 'brass. 

20 IT And thou shalt command the children 
of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil-olive 
beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to 
burn always. 

21 In the tabernacle of the congregation 
without the vail, which is before the testi- 
mony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from 
evening to morning before the Lord: It 
shall be a statute for ever unto their genera- 
tions on the behalf of the children of Israel. 

CHAP. XXVIII. 
1 Jlaron and his sons are set apart for the 
priest's office. 2 Holy garvients are appoint- 
ed. 6 The ephod. 15 The breast-plate, with 
twelve precious stones. 30 The Urim and 
Thummim. 31 The robe of the ephod, with 
pomegranates and bells. 36 The plate of the 
mitre. 39 The embroidered coat. 40 The gar- 
ments for Aaron's sons. 

AND take thou unto thee Aaron thy bro- 
ther, and his sons with him, from among 
the children of Israel, that he may minister 
unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, 
Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, 
Aaron's sons. 

2 ^f And thou shalt make holy garments for 
Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty. 

3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are 
wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the 
spirit of Avisdom, that they may make Aaron's 
garments to consecrate him, that he may 
minister unto me in the priest's office. 

4 And these are the garments which they 
shall make; a breast-plate, and an ephod, 
and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, 
and a girdle : and they shall make holy gar- 
ments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, 
that he may minister unto me in the priest's 
office. 

5 And they shall take gold, and blue, and 
purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 

6 % And they shall make the ephod ofgo\d, 
of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine 
twined linen, with cunning work. 

7 It shall have the two shoulder-pieces 
thereof joined at the two edges tltereof ; and 
so it shall be joined together. 

8 And the curious girdle of the ephod, 
which is upon it, shall be of the same, ac- 
cording to the work thereof; even of gold, 
o/blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine 
twined linen. 

9 And thou shalt take two onyx-stones, and 
grave on them the names of the children of 
Israel : 

10 Six of their names on one stone, and the 
other six names of the rest on the other 
stone, according to their birth. 

11 With the work of an engraver in stone, 
like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou 
engrave the two stones with the names of the 
children of Israel : thou shalt make them to 
be set in ouches of gold. 

12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon 
the shoulders of the ephod for stones of me- 
morial unto the children of Israel : and Aaron 
shall bear their names before the Lord upon 
his two shoulders for a memorial. 

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The breast-plate. EXODUS, 

13 And thou shalt make ouches of gold; 
] 4 And two chains 0/pive gold at the ends; 
©/" wreathen work shalt thou make them, and 
fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. 

15 ^[ And thou shalt make the breast-plate 
of judgment with cunning work ; after the 
work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of 
gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, 
and of f?ne twined linen shalt thou make it. 

16 Four-square it shall be, being- doubled; 
a span sludl be the length thereof, and a 
span shall be the breadth thereof. 

17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, 
even four rows of stones; the first row shall 
be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle : this 
sJiall be the first row. 

18 And the second row shall be an emerald, 
a sapphire, and a diamond. 

19 And the third row a ligure, an agate, and 
an amethyst. 

20 And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, 
and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in 
their enclosings. 

21 And the stones shall be with the names 
of the children of Israel, twelve, according 
to their names, like the engravings of a sig- 
net; every one with his name shall they be 
according to the twelve tribes. 

22 And thou shalt make upon the breast- 
plate chains at the ends of wreathen work 
of pure gold. 

23 And thou shalt make upon the breast- 
plate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two 
rings on the two ends of the breast-plate. 

24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen 
chains of gold in the two rings which are on 
the ends of the breast-plate. 

25 And the other two ends of the two 
wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two 
ouches, and put them on the shoulder-pieces 
of the ephod before it. 

26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, 
and thou shalt put them upon the two ends 
of the breast-plate in the border thereof, 
wnicn is in tne siae of the ephod inward. 

27 And two other rings of gold thou shalt 
make, and shalt put them on the two sides of 
the ephod underneath, toward the fore-part 
thereof, over against the other coupling 
thereof, above the curiousgirdle of the ephod. 

28 And they shall bind the breast-plate by 
the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod 
with a face of blue, that it may be above the 
curious girdle of the ephod, and that the 
breast-plate be not loosed from the ephod. 

29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the 
children of Israel in the breast-plate of judg- 
ment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto 
the holy place, for a memorial before the 
Lord continually. 

30 5f And thou shalt put in the breast-plate 
of judgment the Urim and the Thuminim; 
and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when 
lie goeth in before the Lord : and Aaron 
shall bear the judgment of the children of 
Israel upon his heart before the Lord coi> 
tintially. \ 

31 U And thou shalt make the robe of the 
ephod all o/*blue. 

32 And tJiere shall be a hole in the top of 



Garments for the priests. 
it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a bind- 
ing of woven work round about the hole of 
it, as it were^the hole ofa habergeon, that it 
be not rent. 

33 And beneath, upon the hem m{ it thou 
shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of 
purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem 
thereof; and bells of gold between them 
roundabout: 

34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a 
golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the 
hem of the robe round about. 

35 And it shall be upon Aaron, to minister: 
and his sound shall be heard when he goeth 
in unto the holy place before the Lord, and 
when he cometh out, that he die not. 

36 % And thou shalt make a plate of pure 
gold, and grave upon it like the engravings 
of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 

37 And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that 
it may be upon the mitre ; upon the fore-front 
of the mitre it shall be. . 

38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, 
that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy 
things, which the children of Israel shall 
hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be 
always upon his forehead, that they may be 
accepted before the Lord. 

39 And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine 
linen, and thou shalt make the mitre o/'nne 
linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of 
needle-work. 

40 «f[ And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make 
coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, 
and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for 
glory and for beauty. 

41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy 
brother, and his sons with him : and shalt 
anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanc- 
tify them, that they may minister unto me in 
the priest's off ce. 

42 And thou shalt make them linen breeches 
to cover their nakedness: from the loins 
even unto the thighs they shall reach : 

43 And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon 
his sons, when they come in unto the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, or when they come 
near unto the altar to minister in the holy 
place ; that they bear not iniquity and die. 
It shall be a statute for ever unto him, and 
his seed after him. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
I The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating 
the priests. 38 The continual burnt-offering. 
45 God's promise to dwell among the children 
of Israel. 



AND this is the thing that thou shalt do 
unto them to hallow them, to minister 
unto me in the priest's office: Take one 
young bullock, and two rams without blemish, 

2 And unleavened bread, and cakes unlea- 
vened tempered with oil, and wafers unlea- 
vened anointed with oil : of wheaten flour 
shalt thou make them. 

3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, 
and bring them in the basket, with the bul- 
lock and the two rams. 

4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring 
unto the door of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, and shalt wash them with water. 



The sacrifice ami ceremonies CHAP. XXIX. 

5 And thou shalt take the garments, and 
put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the 
ephod, and the ephod, and the breast-plate, 
and gird him with the curious girdle of the 
ephod : 

6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his 
head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. 

7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and 
pour it upon his head, and anoint him. 

8 A nd thou shalt bring his sons,and put coats 
upon them. 

9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles 
(Aaron and his sons) and put the bonnets on 
them; and the priest's office shall be theirs 
for a perpetual statute : and thou shalt con- 
secrate Aaron and his sons. 

10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be 
brought before the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation ; and Aaron and his sons shall put 
their hands upon the head of the bullock. 

11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before 
the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of 
the congregation. 

12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the 
bullock, and put it upon the horns of the 
altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood 
beside the bottom of the altar. 

13 And thou shalt take all the fat that co- 
vereth the inwards, and the caul thatis above 
the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat 
that is upon them, and burn them upon the 
altar. 

14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, 
and his dung shalt thou burn with fire with- 
out the camp : it is a sin-offering. 

15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron 
and his sons shall put their hands upon the 
head of the ram. 

16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou 
shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round 
about upon the altar. 

17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, 
and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, 
and put them unto his pieces, and unto his 
head. 

18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon 
the altar : it is a burnt-offering unto the 
Lord : it is a sweet savour, an offering made 
by fire unto the Lord. 

19 And thou shalt take the other ram ; and 
Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon 
the head of the ram. 

20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of 
his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right 
ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right 
ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their 
right hand, and upon the great toe of their 
right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the 
altar round about. 

21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is 
upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and 
sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his gar- 
ments, and upon his sons, and upon the gar- 
ments of his sons with him : and he shall be 
hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, 
and his sons' garments with him. 

22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat 
and the rump, and the fat that covereth the 
inwards, and the caul above the liver, and 
the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon 



of consecrating the pnests. 
them, and the right shoulder : for it is a ram 
of consecration: 

23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of 
oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket 
of the unleavened bread, that is before the 
Lord. 

24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of 
Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and 
shalt wave them for a wave-offering before 
the Lord. 

25 And thou shalt receive them of their 
hands, and burn them upon the xiltar for a 
burnt-offering, for a sweet savour before the 
Lord : it is an offering made by fire unto the 
Lord. 

26 And thou shalt take the breast of the 
ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for 

: and it 



wave-offering before the Lord : 
shall be thy part. 

27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the 
wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave- 
offering, which is waved and which is heaved 
up, of the ram of the consecration, even of 
that which is for Aaron, and of that which 
is for his sons : 

28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by 
a statute for ever, from the children of Israel : 
for it is a heave-offering : and it shall be a 
heave-offering from the children of Israel of 
the sacrifice of their peace-offerings, even 
their heave-offering unto the Lord. 

29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be 
his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, 
and to be consecrated in them. 

30 And that son that is priest in his stead 
shall put them on seven days, when he cometh 
into the tabernacle of the congregation to 
minister in the holy place. 

31 And thou shalt take the ram of the con- 
secration, and seethe his flesh in the holy 
place. 

32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the 
flesh. of the ram, and the bread that is in the 
basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

33 And they shall eat those things where- 
with the atonement was made, to consecrate 
and to sanctify them : but a stranger shall not 
eat thereof because, they are holy. 

34 And if aught of the flesh of the consecra- 
tions, or of the bread, remain unto the morn- 
ing, then thou shalt burn the remainder with 
fire : it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 

35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and 
to his sons, according to all things which I 
have commanded thee : seven days shalt thou 
consecrate them. 

36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock 
for a sin-offering for atonement; and thou 

shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made 
an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, 
to sanctify it. 

37 Seven days thou shalt make an atone- 
ment for the altar, and sanctify it; and it 
shall be an altar most holy : whatsoever 
toucheth the altar shall be holy. 

38 Tf Now this is thai which thou shalt offer 
upon the altar; two lambs of the first year 
day by day continually. 

39 The "one lamb thou shalt offer in the 
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EXODUS. 



The brazen later. 



morning ; and the other lamb thou shalt of- 
fer at even: 

40 And with the one lamb a tenth-deal of 
flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of 
beaten oil: and the fourth part of a hin of 
wine for a drink-oftering. 

41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at 
even, and shalt do thereto according to the 
meat-offering of the morning, and according 
to the drink-offering thereof, for a sweet sa- 
vour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 

42 This shall be a continual burnt-offering 
throughout your generations at the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation before 
the Lord : where I will meet you to speak 
there unto thee. 

43 And there I will meet with the children 
of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sancti- 
fied by my glory. 

44 Ajid I will sanctify the tabernacle of the 
congregation, and the altar : I will sanctify 
also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to 
me in the priest's office. 

45 IT And I will dwell among the children 
of Israel, and will be their God. 

46 And they shall know that I am the Lord 
their God, that brought them forth out of the 
land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them : 
I am the Lord their God. 

CHAP. XXX. 
\ T)ie altar of incense. 11 The ransom of souls. 
17 The brazen laver. 22 The holy anointing- 
oil. 34 The composition of the perfume. 
AND thou shalt make an altar to burn 
incense upon: of shittim-wood shalt 
thou make it. 

2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a 
cubit the breadth thereof; four-square shall 
it be ; and two cubits shall be the height 
thereof: the horns thereof shaM be of the 
same. 

3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, 
the top thereof, and the sides thereof round 
about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt 
make unto it a crown of gold round about. 

4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to 
it under the crown of it, by the two corners 
thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou 
inake it ; and they shall be for places for the 
staves to bear it withal. 

5 And thou shalt make the staves of shit- 
tim-wood, and overlay them with gold. 

6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that 
is by the ark of the testimony, before the 
mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where 
I will meet with thee. 

7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet in- 
cense every morning : when he dresseth the 
lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 

8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at 
even, he shall burn incense upon it; a per- 
petual incense before the Lord, throughout 
your generations. 

9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, 
nor burnt-sacrifice, nor meat-offering ; nei- 
ther shall ye pour drink-offering thereon. 

10 And Aaron shall make an atonement 
upon the horns of it once in a year, with the 
blood of the sin-offering of atonements : once 
in the year shall he make atonement upon 



it throughout your generations: it is most 
holy unto the Lord. 

11 ^T And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

12 When thou takest the sum of the chil- 
dren of Israel after their number, then shall 
they give every man a ransom for his soul 
unto the Lord, when thou numberest them : 
that there be no plague among them when 
thou numberest them. 

13 This they shall give, every one thatpass- 
eth among them that are numbered, halt a 
shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary : 
(a shekel is twenty gerahs:) a half shekel 
shall be the offering of the Lord. 

14 Every one thatpasseth among them that 
are numbered, from twenty years old and 
above, shall give an offering unto the Lord. 

15 The rich shall not give more, and the 
poor shall not give less than half a shekel, 
when they give an offering unto the Lord to 
make an atonement for your souls. 

16 And thou shalt take the atonement-mo- 
ney of the children of Israel, and shalt ap- 
point it for the service of the tabernacle of 
the congregation * that it may be a memo- 
rial unto the children of Israel before the 
Lord, to make an atonement for your 
souls. 

17 ^ And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

18 1 hou shalt also make a laver of brass, 
and his foot also of brass, to wash withal : 
and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle 
of the congregation and the altar, and thou 
shalt put water therein. 

19 For Aaron and his sons shall wa§h their 
hands and their feet thereat : 

20 When they go into the tabernacle of the 
congregation, they shall wash with water, 
that they die not : or when they come near 
to the altar to minister, to burn offering made 
by fire unto the Lord : 

21 So they shall wash their hands and their 
feet, that they die not : and it shall be a sta- 
tute for ever to them, even to him and to his 
seed throughout their generations. 

22 U Moreover, the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

23 Take thou also unto thee principal 
spices, of pure myrrh fixe hundred shekels, 
and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even 
two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet 
calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, 

24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, after 
the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil-olive 
a hin : 

25 j^nd thou shalt make it an oil of holy 
ointment, an ointment compound after the 
art of the apothecary : it shall be a holy 
anointing oil. 

26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of 
the congregation therewith, and the ark of 
the testimony, 

27 And the table and all his vessels, and the 
candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of 
incense, 

28 And the altar of burnt-offering with all 
his vessels, and the laver and his foot. 

29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they 

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The holy anointing oil. 



CHAP. XXXI, XXXII. Moses receiveth the two tables. 



may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth 
them shall be holy. 

30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his 
sons, and consecrate them, that they may 
minister unto me in the priest's office. 

31 And thou shalt speak unto the children 
of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anoint- 
ing oil unto me throughout your generations. 

3% Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, 
neither shall ye make any other like it, after 
the composition of it : it is holy, and it shall 
be holy unto you. 

33 Whosoever compounded! any like it, or 
whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, 
shall even be cut off from his people. 

34 % And die Lord said unto Moses, Take 
unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, 
and galbanum ; these sweet spices with pure 
frankincense : of each shall there be a like 
weight : 

35 And thou shalt make it a perfume, a con- 
fection after the art of the apothecary, tem- 
pered together, pure and holy : 

36 And thou shalt beat some of it very small, 
and put of it before the testimony in the ta- 
bernacle of the congregation, where I will 
meet with thee : it shall be unto you most 
holy. 

37 And as for the perfume which thou shalt 
make, ye shall notmake to yourselves accord- 
ing to the composition thereof: it shall be 
unto thee holy for the Lord. 

38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, 
to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from 
his people. 

CHAP. XXXI. 
1 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called and made meet 
for the work of the tabernacle. 12 The obser- 
vation of the sabbath is again commanded. 
18 Moses receiveth the two tables. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing* 

2 H See, I have called by name Bezaleel 
the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe 
of Judah : 

3 And I have filled him with the spirit of 
God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and 
in knowledge, and in all manner of work- 
manship, 

4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, 
and in silver, and in brass, 

5 And in cuttine of stones to set them, and 
in carving of timber, to work in all manner 
of workmanship. 

6 And I, behold, I have given with him 
Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe 
of Dan : and in the hearts of all that are wise- 
hearted I have put wisdom ; that they may 
make all that I have commanded thee": 

7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and 
the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat 
that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the 
tabernacle, 

8 And the table and his furniture, and the 
pure candlestick with all his furniture, and 
the altar of incense, 

9 And the altar of burnt-offering with aH 
his furniture, and the laver and his foot, 

10 And the clothes of service, and the holy 
garments for Aaron the priest, and the gar- 



ments of his sons, to minister in the priest's 
office, 

11 And the anointing oil, and sweet incense 
for the holy place : according to all that I 
have commanded thee shall they do. 

12 U And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

13 Speak thou also unto the children of 
Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shalt 
keep : for it is a sign between me and you 
throughout your generations; that ye may 
know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify 
you. 

14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore: for 
it is holy unto you. Every one that defi- 
leth it shall surely be put to cleath : for who- 
soever doeth any work therein, that soul 
shall be cut off from among his people. 

15 Six days may work be done, but in the 
seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the 
Lord : whosoever doeth any work in the 
sabbath-day he shall surely be put to death. 

16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall 
keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath 
throughout their generations, for a perpetual 
covenant. 

17 It is a sign between me and the children 
of Israel for ever : for in six days the Lord 
made heaven and earth, and on the seventh 
day he rested and was refreshed. 

18 H And he gave unto Moses, when he had 
made an end of communing with him upon 
mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables 
of stone, written with the finger of God. 

CHAP. XXXII. 
1 The people, in the absence of Moses, cause 
Aaron to make a calf. 7 God is angered there- 
by. 11 At the entreaty of Moses he is appeased. 
15 Moses cometh down with the tables. 19 He 
breaketh them. %0He destroyeth the calf. 22 
Aaron's excuse for himself . 25 Moses causeth 
the idolaters to be slain. SQHeprayethfor the 
people. 

AND when the people saw that Moses 
delayed to come down out of the mount, 
the people gathered themselves together unto 
Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods 
which shall go before us : for as for this 
Moses, the man that brought us up out of 
the land of Egypt, we wot not what is be- 
come of him. 

2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the 
golden ear-rings which are in the ears of 
your wives, of your sons, and of your daugh- 
ters, and bring them unto me, 

3 And all the people brake off the golden 
ear-rings which were in their ears, and 
brought them unto Aaron. 

4 And he received them at their hand, and 
fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had 
made it a molten calf: and they said, These 
be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up 
out of the land of Egypt. 

5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar 
before it* and Aaron made proclamation, 
and said, To-morrow is a feast to the Lord. 

6 And they rose up early on the morrow, 
and offered burnt-offerings, and brought 
peace-offerings : and the people sat down to 
eat and to drink, and rose up to play. 

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Moses breaketh the two tables. EXODUS 

7 U And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, 
get thee down : for thy people, which thou 
brouglitest out of the 'land of Egypt, have 
corrupted themselves : 

8 They have turned aside quickly out of 
the way which I commanded them : they 
have made them a molten calf, and have wor- 
shipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, 
and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which 
have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 

9 And the Lord said unto Moses, I have 
seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff- 
necked people : 

10 Now therefore let me alone, that my 
wrath may wax hot against them, and that I 
may consume them : and T will make of thee 
a great nation. 

11 H And Moses besought the Lord his God, 
and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot 
against thy people, which thou hast brought 
forth out of the land of Egypt, with great 
power, and with a mighty hand ? 

12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak 
and say, For mischief did he bring them out, 
to slay them in the mountains, and to con- 
sume them from the face of the earth ? Turn 
from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil 
against thy people. 

13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, 
thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine 
own self, and saidst unto them, I will multi- 
ply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all 
this land that I have spoken cf will I give 
unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for 
ever. 

14 And the Lord repented of the evil which 
he thought to do unto his people. 

15 ^ And Moses turned, and went down 
from the mount, and the two tables of the 
testimony were in his hand : the tables were 
written on both their sides; on the one side 
and on the other icere they written. 

16 And the tables were the work of God, 
and the writing was the writing of God, gra- 
ven upon the tables. 

17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the 
people as the) 7 shouted, he said unto Moses, 
There is a noise of war in the camp. 

13 And he said, It is not the voice oithem 
that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice 
of them that cry for being overcome : but the 
noise of them that sing do I hear. 

19 11 And it came to pass as soon as he came 
nigh unto the camp, that lie saw the calf, and 
the dancing : and Moses' anger waxed hot, 
and he cast the tables out of his hands, and 
brake them beneath the mount. 

20 H And he took the calf which they had 
made, and burnt it in the fire, and grounds 
to powder, and strewed it upon the water, 
and made the children of Israel drink of it. 

21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did 
this people unto thee, that thou host brought 
so great a sin upon them ? 

22 H And Aaron said, Let not the anger of 
my lord wax hot : thou knowest the people, 
that they are set on mischief. 

23 For they said unto me, Make us gods 
which shall go before us : for as far this 
Moses, the man that brought us up out of the 



The idolaters slaiiu 
land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of 
him. 

24 And I said unto them, W T hosoever hath 
any gold, let them break it off. So they 
gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, ami 
there came out tins calf. 

25 And when Moses saw that the people were 
naked, (for Aaron had made them naked 
unto their shame among their enemies,) 

26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the 
camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side ? 
let him come unto me. And all the sons of 
Levi gathered themselves together unto him. 

27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the 
Lord God of Israel, Put every man his 
sword by his side, and go in and out from 
gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay 
every man his brother, and every man his 
companion, and every man his neighbour. 

28 And the children of Levi did according 
to the word of Moses : and there fell of the 
people that day about three thousand men. 

29 For Moses had said, Consecrate your- 
selves to-day to the Lord, even every man 
upon his son, and upon his brother ; that he 
may bestow upon you a blessing this day. 

30 1[ And it came to pass on the morrow, 
that Moses said unto the people, Ye have 
sinned a great sin : and now I will go up unto 
the Lord; peradventure I shall make an 
atonement for your sin. 

31 And Moses returned unto the Lord, and 
said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, 
and have made them gods of gold. 

32 Yet now, if thou wilt, forgive their sin : 
and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy 
book which thou hast written. 

33 And the Lord said unto Moses, Whoso- 
ever hath sinned against me, him will I blot 
out of my book. 

34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto 
the place of which I have spoken unto thee : 
Behold, mine Angel shall go before thee : 
nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will 
visit their sin upon them. 

35 And the Lord plagued the people, be- 
cause they made the calf which Aaron made. 

CHAP. XXXIII. 
1 The Lord refuseth to go as he had promised 
with the people. A The people mourn thereat. 
7 The tabernacle is removed out of the camp. 
9 The Lord talketh familiarly with Moses. 12 
Moses desireth to see the glory of God. 

AND the Lord said unto Moses, Depart 
and go up hence, thou and the people 
which thou hast brought up out of the land 
of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto 
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 
Unto thy seed will I give it : 

2 And I will send an angel before thee- 
and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amo- 
rite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the 
Hivite, and the Jebusite : 

3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey ; 
for I will not go up in the midst of thee ; for 
thou art a stiff-necked people : lest I con- 
sume thee in the way. 

4 If And when the people heard these evil 
tidings, they mourned : and no man did put 
on him Ins ornaments. 

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The Lord talks with Moses. CHAP. 

5 For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say 
unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff- 
necked people : I will come up into the midst 
of thee in a moment, and consume thee : 
therefore now put off thy ornaments from 
thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. 

6 And the children of Israel stripped them- 
selves of their ornaments by the mount Ho- 
reb. 

7^[ And Moses took the tabernacle, and 
pitched it without the camp afar off from the 
camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the 
Congregation. And it came to pass, that 
every one which sought the Lord, went out 
unto the tabernacle of the congregation, 
which was without the camp. 

8 And it came to pass when Moses went 
out unto the tabernacle, that all the people 
rose up, and stood even' man at his tent- 
door, and looked after Moses, until he was 
gone into the tabernacle. 

9 H And it came to pass, as Moses entered 
into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descend- 
ed, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, 
and the LORD talked with Moses. 

10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar 
stand at the tabernacle-door: and all the 
people rose up and worshipped, every man 
in his tent-door. 

11 And the Lord spake unto Moses face to 
face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And 
he turned again into the camp; but his ser- 
vant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, 
departed not out of the tabernacle. 

12 ^ And Moses said unto the Lord, See, 
thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people : 
and thou hast not let me know whom thou 
wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I 
know thee by name, and thou hast also found 
grace in my sight. 

13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have 
found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy 
way, that I may know thee, that I may fincl 
grace in thy sight: and consider that this 
nation is thy people. 

14 And he said, My presence shall go icith 
thee, and I will give thee rest. 

15 And he Said unto him, If thy presence 
go not with me, carry us not up hence. 

16 For wherein shall it be know r n here that 
I and thy people have found grace in thy 
sight ? 7s it not in that thou goest with us ? 
So shall we be separated, I and thy people, 
from all the people that are upon the face of 
the earth. 

17 And the Lord said uiUo Moses, I will 
do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for 
thou hast found grace in my sight, and I 
know thee by name. 

18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me 
thy glory. 

19 And he said, I will make all my good- 
ness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the 
name of the Lord before thee ; and will be 
gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will 
shew mercy on whom I will skew mercy. 

20 And he said, Thou canst not see mv face : 
for there shall no man see me, and live. 

21 And the Lord said, Behold, there is a 
place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock : 



XXXI V. 77ze Lord proclaims his name. 

22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory 
passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of 
the rock ; and will cover thee with my hand 
while I pass by : 

23 And I will take away my hand, and thou 
shalt see my back parts: but my face shall 
not be seen. 

CHAP. XXXIV. 
1 The tables are renewed. 5 The name of the 
LORD proclaimed. & Moses intreateth God 
to go with them. 10 God maketh a covenant 
with them, rep eating certain duties of the first 
table. 28 Moses after forty days in the mount 
cometh down with the tables. 29 His face 
shineth, and he cover eth it with a vail. 

AND the Lord said unto Moses, Hew 
thee two tables of stone like unto the 
first: and I will write upon these tables the 
words that were in the first tables which 
thou brakest. 

2 And be ready in the morning, and come 
up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and pre- 
sent thyself there to me in the top of the 
mount. 

3 And no man shall come up with thee, 
neither let any man be seen throughout all 
the mount: neither let the flocks nor herds 
feed before that mount. 

4 And he hewed two tables of stone, like 
unto the first ; and Moses rose up early in the 
morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as 
the Lord had commanded him, and took in 
his hand the two tables of stone. 

5 Tf And the Lord descended in the cloud, 
and stood with him there, and proclaimed 
the name of the Lord. 

6 And the Lord passed by before him, and 
proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, 
merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and 
abundant in goodness and truth, 

7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving 
iniquity and transgression and sin, and that 
will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting 
the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, 
and upon the children's children, unto the 
third and to the fourth generation. 

8 ^[ And Moses made haste, and bowed his 
head toward the earth, and worshipped. 

9 And he said, If now I have found grace 
in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, 
go among us (for it is a stiff-necked people) 
and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take 
us for thine inheritance. 

10 Tf And he said, Behold I make a cove 
nant: before all thy people I will do marvels, 
such as have not been done in all the earth, 
nor in any nation : and all the people among 
which thou art shall see the work of the 
Lord : for it is a terrible thing that I will do 
with thee. 

11 Observe thou that which I command 
thee this day: Behold, I drive out before 
thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the 
Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, 
and the Jebusite. 

12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a 
covenant with the inhabitants of the land 
whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in 
the midst of thee : 

13 But ve shall destroy their altars, break 

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Moses' face shineth. 

their images, and cut down their groves: 

14 For thou shalt worship no other god: 
for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a 
jealous God: 

15 Lest thou make a covenant with the in- 
habitants of the land, and they go a whoring 
after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their 
gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his 
sacrifice ; 

16 And thou take of their daughters unto 
thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring 
after their gods, and make thy sons go a 
whoring after their gods. 

17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 

18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou 
keep. Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened 
bread, as I commanded thee in the time of 
the month Abib : for in the month Abib thou 
earnest out from Egypt. 

19 All that openetn the matrix is mine : 
and every firstling among thy cattle, whether 
ox or sheep, that is male. 

20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt re- 
deem with a lamb : and if thou redeem him 
not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the 
first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. 
And none shall appeal' before me empty. 

21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the se- 
venth day thou shalt rest: in earing-time and 
in harvest thou shalt rest. 

22 And thou shalt observe the feast of 
weeks, of the first-fruits of wheat-harvest, 
and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. 

23 Thrice in the year shall all your men- 
children appear before the Lord God, the 
God of Israel. 

24 For I will cast out the nations before 
thee, and enlarge thy borders : neither shall 
any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go 
up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice 
in the year. 

25 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sa- 
crifice with leaven, neither shall the sacrifice 
of the feast of the passover be left until the 
morning. 

26 The first of the first-fruits of thy land 
thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord 
thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in 
his mother's milk. 

27 And the Lord said unto Moses, Write 
thou these words : for after the tenor of these 
words T have made a covenant with thee, 
and with Israel. 

28 Tf And he was there with the Lord forty 
days and forty nights; he did neither eat 
bread nor drink water. And He wrote upon 
the tables the words of the covenant, the 
ten commandments. 

29 If And it came to pass when Moses came 
down from mount Sinai (with the two tables 
of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came 
down from the mount) thatvMoses wist not 
that the skin of his face shone, while He 
talked with him. 

30 And when Aaron and all the children of 
Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face 
shone, and they were afraid to come nigh him. 

31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron 
and all the rulers of the congregation return- 
ed unto him : and Moses talked with them. 



EXODUS. Of the sabbath 

32 And afterward all die children of Israel 
came nigh: and he gave them in command- 
ment all that the Lord had spoken with him 
in mount Sinai. 

33 And till Moses had done speaking with 
them, he put a vail on his face. 

34 But when Moses went in before the 
Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, 
until he came out. And he came out and 
spake unto the children of Israel that which 
he was commanded. 

35 And the children of Israel saw the face 
of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone : 
and Moses put the vail upon his face again, 
until he went in to speak with Him. 

CHAP. XXXV. 

1 The sabbath. 4 The free gifts for the taber- 
nacle. 20 The readiness of the people to offer. 
30 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called to the 
work. 






AND Moses gathered all the congregation 
of the children of Israel together, and 
said unto them, These are the words which 
the Lord hath commanded, that ye should 
do them. 

2 ^f Six days shall work be done, but on the 
seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, 
a sabbath of rest to the Lord : whosoever 
doeth work therein shall be put to death. 

3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your 
habitations upon the sabbath-day. 

4 1[ And Moses spake unto all the congre- 
gation of the children of Israel, saying, This 
is the thing which the Lord commanded, 
saying, 

5 Take ye from among you an offering unto 
the Lord : whosoever is of a willing heart, 
let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; 
gold, and silver, and brass, 

6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 
fine linen, and goats' hair, 

7 And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' 
skins, and shittim-wood, 

8 And oil for the light, and spices for anoint- 
ing oil, and for the sweet incense, 

9 And onyx-stones, and stones to be set for 
the ephod, and for the breast-plate. 

10 And every wise-hearted among you shall 
come, and make all that the Lord hath com- 
manded ; 

11 The tabernacle, his tent, and his cover- 
ing, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his 
pillars, and his sockets; 

12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with die 
mercy-seat, and the vail of the covering ; 

13 The table, and his staves, and all his ves- 
sels, and the shew-bread; 

14 The candlestick also for the light, and 
his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for 
the light ; 

15 And the incense-altar, and his staves, 
and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, 
and the hanging for the door at the entering 
in of the tabernacle ; 

16 The altar of burnt-offering, with his bra- 
zen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, die 
laver and his foot ; 

17 The hangings of the court, his pillar^ 
ckets, and the hanging for the 



and their socl 
door of the court ; 



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The people's readiness to offer. CII A P. 

18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins 
of the court, and their cords; 

19 The clothes of service, to do service in 
the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron 
the priest, and the garments of his sons, to 
minister in the priest's office. 

20 ^ And all the congregation of the chil- 
dren of Israel departed from the presence of 
Moses. 

21 And they came, every one whose heart 
stirred him up, and every one whom his spi- 
rit made willing, and they brought the Lord's 
offering to the work of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, and for all his service, and for 
the holy garments'. 

22 And they came, both men and women, 
as many as were willing-hearted, and brought 
bracelets, and ear-rings, and rings, and ta- 
blets, all jewels of gold : and every man that 
offered, offered an offering of gold unto the 
Lord. 

23 And every man with whom was found 
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and tine linen, 
and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and 
badgers' skins, brought them. 

24 Every one that did offer an offering of 
silver and brass brought the Lord's offer- 
ing: and every man with whom was found 
shittim-wood for any work of the service, 
brought it. 

25 And all the women that were wise-heart- 
ed did spin with their hands, and brought 
that which they had spun, both of blue, and 
of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 

26 And all the women whose heart stirred 
them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. 

27 And the rulers brought onyx-stones, and 
stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the 
breast-plate ; 

28 And spice, and oil for the light, and for 
the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 

29 The children of Israel brought a will- 
ing offering unto the Lord, every man and 
woman, whose heart made them willing to 
bring, for all manner of work which the 
Lord had commanded to be made by the 
hand of Moses. 

30 H And Moses said unto the children of 
Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name 
Bezaleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of 
tJie tribe of Judah ; 

31 And he hath filled him with the spirit of 
God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in 
knowledge, and in all manner of workman- 
ship ; 

32 And to devise curious works, to work in 
gold, and in silver, and in brass, 

33 And in the cutting of stones, to set them, 
and in carving of wood, to make any manner 
of cunning work. 

34 And he hath put in his heart that he may 
teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahi- 
samach, of the tribe of Dan. 

35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of 
heart, to work all manner of work, of the en- 
graver, and of the cunning workman, and of 
the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in 
scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, 
even of them that do any work, and of those 
that devise cunning work. 

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XXXVI. Hieir liberality restrained. 

CHAP. XXXVL* 

1 The offerings are delivered to the workmen. 5 
The liberality of the people is restrained. 8 
The curtains of cherubims. 14 The curtains 
of goats'' hair. Id The covering of skins. 20 
The boards with their sockets. 31 The bars. 
35 The vail. 37 The hanging for the door. 

THEN wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, 
and every wise-hearted man, in whom 
the Lord put wisdom and understanding to 
know how to work all manner of work for 
the service of the sanctuary, according to all 
that the Lord had commanded. 

2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, 
and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart 
the Lord had put wisdom, even every one 
whose heart stirred him up to come unto the 
work to do it : 

3 And they received of Moses all the offer- 
ing which the children of Israel had brought 
for the work of the service of the sanctuary, 
to make it withal. And they brought yet 
unto him free-offerings every morning* 

4 And all the wise men, that wrought all 
the work of the sanctuary, came every man 
from his work which they made ; 

5 Tf And they spake unto Moses, saying, 
The people bring much more than enough 
for the service of the work which the Lord 
commanded to make. 

6 And Moses gave commandment, and they 
caused it to be proclaimed throughout the 
camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman 
make any more work for the offering of the 
sanctuary. So the people were restrained 
from bringing. 

7 For the stuff they had was sufficient for 
all the work to make it, and too much. 

8 If And every wise-hearted man among 
them that wrought $ie work of the tabernacle 
made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and 
blue, and purple, and scarlet : with cherubims 
of cunning work made he them. 

9 The length of one curtain was twenty 
and eight cubits, and the breadth of one cur- 
tain four cubits : the curtains were all of one 
size. 

10 And he coupled the five curtains one 
u nto another : and the other five curtains he 
coupled one unto another. 

11 And he made loops of blue on the edge 
of one curtain from the selvedge in the coup- 
ling : likewise he made in the uttermost side 
of another curtain, in the coupling of the 
second. 

12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and 
fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain 
which was in the coupling of the second: 
the loops held one curtain to another. 

13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and 
coupled the curtains one unto another with 
the taches. So it became one tabernacle. 

14 ^[ And he made curtains of goats' hair 
for the tent over the tabernacle : eleven cur- 
tains he made them. 

15 The length of one curtain was thirty 
cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of ono 
curtain : the eleven curtains were of one size. 

16 And he coupled five curtains by them- 
selves, and six curtains by themselves. 

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Curtains, $?c. of the tabernacle. EXODUS. 

17 And he made fifty loops upon the utter- 
most edge of the curtain in the coupling, and 
fifty loops made he upon the edge of the cur- 
tain which eoupleth the second; 

18 And he made fifty taches of brass to 
couple the tent together that it mi" lit be one. 

19 fl" And he made a covering for the tent 
c/ rums' skins dyed red, and a covering of 
badgers' skins above thai. 

20*J[ And he made boards for the tabernacle 
<?/* shittim-wood, standing up. 

21 The length of a board was ten cubits, 
and the breadth of a board one cubit and a 
lalf. 

22 One board had two tenons, equally dis- 
tant one from another: thus did he make for 
all the boards of the tabernacle. 

23 And he made boards for the tabernacle; 
twenty boards for the south side southward: 

24 And forty sockets of silver he made un- 
der the twenty boards; two sockets under 
one board for his two tenons, and two sockets 
under another board for his two tenons. 

25 And for the other side of the tabernacle 
which is toward the north corner, he made 
twenty boards, 

26 And their forty sockets of silver; two 
sockets under one board, and two sockets 
under another board. 

27 And for the sides of the tabernacle west- 
ward he made six boards. 

28 And two boards made he for the corners 
of the tabernacle in the two sides. 

29 And they were coupled beneath, and 
coupled together at the head thereof, to one 
ring : thus he did to both of them in both the 
corners. 

30 And there were eight boards ; and then- 
sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under 
every board two sockets. 

31 Tf And he made bars of shittim-wood ; 
five for the boards of the one side of the ta- 
bernacle, 

32 And five bars for the boards of the other 
side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the 
boards of the tabernacle for the sides west- 
ward. 

33 And he made the middle bar to shoot 
through the boards from the one end to the 
other. 

34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, 
and made their rings of gold to be places for 
the bars, aad overlaid the bars with gold. 

35 1[ And he made a vail of blue, and pur- 
ple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : with 
eherubims made he it of cunning work. 

36 And he made thereunto four pillars of 
shlitim- wood, and overlaid them with gold : 
their hooks were of gold; and he cast for 
them four sockets of silver. 

37 And he made a hanging for the taber- 
nacle-door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, 
and line twined linen, ot needle-work ; 

38 And the five pillars of it, with their hooks : 
and he overlaid their chapiters and their 
tillets with gold : but their five sockets were 
«/ brass. 

CHAP. XXXVII. 
3 The ark. G The mercy-seat with eherubims. 10 
The table with his vessels. 17 The candlestick I 



2 he ark, mercy-seat, and table. 
■with his lamps and instruments. 25 The altar 
of incense. 29 The anointing oil and sweat 
incense. 

AND Bezaleel made the ark of shittim- 
wood : two cubits and a half was the 
length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth 
of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it : 

2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within 
and without, and made a crown of gold to it 
round about. 

3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be 
set by the four corners of it : even two rings 
upon the one side of it, and two rings upon 
the other side of it. 

4 And he made staves of shittim-wood, and 
overlaid them with gold. 

5 And he put the staves into the rings by the 
sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 

6 ^[ And he made the mercy-seat of pure 
gold : two cubits and a half was the length 
thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth 
thereof. 

7 And he made two eherubims of gold, 
beaten out of one piece made he them, on 
the two ends of the mercy-seat; 

8 One cherub on the end on this side, and 
another cherub on the other end on that 
side : out of the mercy-seat made he the 
eherubims on the two ends thereof. 

9 And the eherubims spread out their 
wings on high, and covered with their wings 
over the mercy-seat, with their faces one to 
another ; even to the mercy-seat-ward were 
the faces of the eherubims. 

10 ^ And he made the table of shittim- 
wood: two cubits was the length thereof, 
and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit 
and a half the height thereof: 

11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and 
made thereunto a crown of gold round about. 

12 Also he made thereunto a border of a 
hand-breadth round about; and made a 
crown of gold for the border thereof round 
about. 

13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and 
put the rings upon the four corners thatwere 
in the four feet thereof. 

14 Over against the border were the rings, 
the places for the staves to bear the table. 

15 And he made the staves©/ shittim-wood, 
and overlaid them with gold, to bear the 
table. 

16 And he made the vessels which were 
upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, 
and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, 
of pure gold. 

17 ^f And he made the candlestick of pure 
gold; of beaten work made he the candle- 
stick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, 
his knops, and his flowers were of the 
same : 

18 And six branches going out of the sides 
thereof; three branches of the candlestick 
out of the one side thereof, and three branches 
of the candlestick out of die other side there- 
of: 

19 Three bowls made after the fashion of 
almonds in one branch, a knop and a flow- 
er; and three bowls made like almonds in 
another branch, a knop and a flower : so 

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The altar of incense. 

throughout the six branches going out of the 

candlestick. 

20 And in the candlestick were four bowls 
made like almonds, his knops and his 
flowers: 

21 And a knop under two branches of the 
same, and a knop under two branches of the 
same, and a knop under two branches of the 
same, according to the six branches going out 
of it. 

22 Their knops and their branches were of 
the same : all of it was one beaten work of 
pure gold. 

23 And he made his seven lamps, and his 
snuffers, and his snuff-dishes, of pure gold. 

24 Of a. talent of pure gold made he it, and 
all the vessels thereof. 

25 ^1 And he made the incense-altar ofshh- 
tim-wood : the length of it was a cubit, and 
the breadth of it a cubit ; it was four-square ; 
and two cubits was the height of it; the 
horns thereof were of the same. 

26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, botli 
the top of it, and the sides thereof round 
about, and the horns of it : also he made 
unto it a crown of gold round about. 

27 And he made two rings of gold for it 
under the crown thereof, by the two corners 
of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places 
for the staves to bear it withal. 

28 And he made the staves o/* shittim-wood 
and overlaid them with gold. 

29 ^[ And he made the holy anointing oil, 
and the pure incense of sweet spices, accord- 
ing to the work of the apothecary. 

CHAP. XXXVIII. 
I The altar of burnt- offering. 8 The laver of 
rass. 9 The court. 21 The sum of that the 
people offered. 

AND he made the altar of burnt-offering 
. of shittim-wood : five cubits was the 
length thereof, and live cubits the breadth 
thereof; it was four-square; and three cu- 
bits the height thereof. 

2 And he made the horns thereof on the 
four corners of it; the horns thereof were of 
the same : and he overlaid it with brass. 

3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, 
the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, 
and the flesh-hooks, and the fire-pans : all 
the vessels thereof made he of brass. 

4 And he made for the altar a brazen grate 
of net-work under the compass thereof be- 
neath unto the midst of it. 

5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of 
the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. 

6 And lie made the staves of shittim-wood, 
and overlaid them with brass. 

7 And he put the staves into the rings on 
the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he 
made the altar hollow with boards. 

8 H And he made the laver of brass, and 
the foot of it of brass, of die looking-glasses 
of the women assembling, which assembled 
at the door of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation. 

9 ^[ And he made the court: on the south 
side southward the hangings of the court 
were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits: 

10 Their pillars were twenty, and their 



CHAP. XXXVIII. The sum of the offerings. 

brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pil- 
lars, and their fillets, were of silver. 

11 And for the north side, the hangings were 
a hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, 
and their sockets of brass twenty : the hoots 
of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. 

12 And for the west side were hangings of 
fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sock- 
ets ten ; the hooks of the pillars, and their 
fillets, of silver. 

13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. 

14 The hangings of the one side of the gale 
were fifteen cubits ; then* pillars three, and 
their sockets three. 

15 And for the other side of the court-gate, 
on this hand and that hand, were hangings 
of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their 
sockets three. 

16 All the hangings of the court round about 
were of fine twined linen. 

17 And the sockets for the pillars were of 
brass; She hooks of the pillars, and their fil- 
lets, of silver: and the overlaying of their 
chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the 
court were filleted with silver. 

18 And the hanging for the gate of the court 
was needle-work, of blue, and purple, and 
scarlet, and fine twined linen : and twenty 
cubits was the length, and the height in the 
breadth was five cubits, answerable to the 
hangings of the court. 

19 And their pillars were four, and their 
sockets of brass four ; their hooks of silver, 
and the overlaying of then* chapiters and 
their fillets of silver. 

20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and 
of the court round about, icere of brass. 

21 % This is the sum of the tabernacle, even 
of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was 
counted, according to the commandment of 
Moses, for Hie service of the Levites, by the 
hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. 

22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of 
Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisa- 
mach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and 
a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in 
blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine 
linen. 

24 All the gold that was occupied for the 
work in all the work of the holy place, even 
the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine 
talents, and seven hundred and thirty she- 
kels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 

25 And the silver of them that were num- 
bered of the congregation was a hundred 
talents, and a thousand seven hundred and 
threescore and fifteen shekels, after the she- 
kel of the sanctuary : 

26 A bekah for every man, thai is, half a 
shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for 
every one that went to be numbered, from 
twenty years old and upward, for six huu- 
dred thousand and thiee thousand and five 
hundred and fifty men. 

27 And of the hundred talents of silver were 
cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the 
sockets of the vail ; a hundred sockets of tlie 
hundred talents, a talent for a socket. 

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The epliod, breast-plate, EXODUS. and other holy garments, 

28 And of the thousand seven hundred se- chains at the ends, ^wreathen work of pure 



vehty and five shekels he made hooks for the 
pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and fil- 
leted them. 

29 And the brass of the offering was seven- 
ty talents, and two thousand and four hun- 
dred shekels. 

30 And therewith he made the sockets to 
the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, and the brazen altar, and the brazen 
srate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, 

31 And the sockets of the court round about, 
and the sockets of the court-gate, and all the 
pins cf the tabernacle, and all the pins of the 
court round about. 

CHAP. XXXIX. 
1 The clothes of service, and holy garments. 2 
The ephod. 8 The breast-plate. 22 The robe of 
the ephod. 27 The coats, mitre, and girdle of 
fine linen. 30 The plate of the holy crown. 32 
All is viewed and approved by Moses. 

AND of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, 
they made clothes of service, to do ser- 
vice in the holy place, and made the holy 
garments for Aaron ; as the Lord command- 
ed Moses. 

2 1f And he made the ephod of gold, blue, 
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 

3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, 
and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, 
and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in 
the fine linen, with cunning work. 

4 They made shoulder-pieces for it, to 
couple it together : by the two edges was it 
coupled together. 

5 And the curious girdle of his ephod, that 
was upon it, was of "the same, according to 
the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, 
and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

' 6 And they wrought onyx-stones enclosed 
IB ouches of gold, graven as signets are gra- 
ven, with the names of the children of Israel. 

7 And he put them on the shoulders of the 
ephod, that they should be stones for a me- 
morial to the children of Israel ; as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

8 H And he made the breast-plate of cun- 
ning work, like the work of the ephod; of 
gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine 
twined linen. 

9 It was four-square; they made the breast- 
plate double : a span was the length thereof, 
andaspan the breadth thereof, being doubled. 

10 And they set in it four rows of stones : 
the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a 
carbuncle : this was the first row. 

11 And the second row, an emerald, a sap- 
phire, and a diamond. 

12 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, 
and an amethyst. 

13 And the "fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, 
and a jasper: they were enclosed in ouches 
of gold in their enclosings. 

14 And the stones were according to the 
names of the children of Israel, twelve, ac 
cording to their names, like the engravings 
of a signet, every 'one with his name, accord- 
in £ to the twelve tribes. 

15 And they made upon the breast-plate 



gold. 

16 And they made two ouches ©/"gold, and 
two gold rings, and put the two rings in the 
two ends of the breast-plate. 

17 And they put the two wreathen chains 
of gold in the two rings on the ends of the 
breast-plate. 

18 And the two ends of the two wreathen 
chains they fastened in the two ouches, and 
put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, 
before it. 

19 And they made two rings of gold, and 
put them on the two ends of the breast-plate, 
upon the border of it, which was on the side 
of the ephod inward. 

20 And they made two other golden rings, 
and put them on the two sides of the ephod 
underneath, toward the forepart of it, over 
against the other coupling thereof, above the 
curious girdle of the ephod: 

21 And they did bind the breast-plate by his 
rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace 
of blue, that it might be above the curious 
girdle of the ephod, and that the breast-plate 
might not be loosed from the ephod ; as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

22 H And he made the robe of the ephod of 
woven work, all of 'blue. 

23 And there teas a hole in the midst of the 
robe, as the hole of a habergeon, with a band 
round about the hole, that it" should not rend. 

24 And they made upon the hems of the 
robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and 
scarlet, and twined linen. 

25 And they made bells of pure gold, and 
put the bells between the pomegranates upon 
the hem of the robe, round about between 
the pomegranates; 

26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a 
pomegranate, round about the hem of the 
robe to minister in; as the Lord command- 
ed Moses. 

27 Tf And they made coats of fine linen, of 
woven work, for Aaron and for his sons, 

28 And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly 
bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of 
fine twined linen, 

29 And a girdle of fine twined linen, and 
blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needle- 
work ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 

30 H And they made the plate of the holy 
crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a 
writing, like, to the engravings of a signet, 
HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 

31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to 
fasten it on high upon the mitre ; as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

32 tf Thus was all the work of the taber- 
nacle of the tent of the congregation finish- 
ed : and the children of Israel did according 
to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so 
did they. 

33 And they brought the tabernacle unto 
Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his 
taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, 
and his sockets; 

34 And the covering of rams' skins dyed 
red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and 
the vail of the covering; 

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The tabernacle completed, CHAP. 

35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves 
thereof, and the mercy-seat; 

36 The table, and all the vessels thereof, 
and the shew-bread ; 

37 The pure candlestick, with the lamps 
thereof, even with the lamps to be set in or- 
der, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil 
for light; 

38 And the golden altar, and the anointing 
oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging 
for the tabernacle-door ; 

39 The brazen altar, and his grate of brass, 
his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and 
his foot ; 

40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, 
and his sockets, and the hanging for the 
court-gate, his cords, and his pins, and all 
the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, 
for the tent of the congregation ; 

41 The clothes of service to do service in 
the holy place, and the holy garments for 
Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to 
minister in the priest's office. 

42 According to all that the Lord com- 
manded Moses, so the children of Israel 
made all the work. 

43 And Moses did look upon all the work, 
and behold, they had done it as the Lord 
had commanded, even so had they done it : 
and Moses blessed them. 

CHAP. XL. 
1 The tabernacle is commanded to be reared, 9 
and anointed. 13 Aaron and his sons to be 
sanctified. 16 Mos'es p erf ormeth all things ac- 
cordingly. 34 A cloud covereth the tabernacle. 
AND the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing, 

2 On the first day of the first month shalt 
thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the 
congregation. 

3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of 
the testimony, and cover the ark with the 
vail. 

4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set 
in order the things that are to be set in order 
upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candle- 
stick, and light the lamps thereof. 

5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for 
the incense before the ark of the testimony, 
and put the hanging of the door to the taber- 
nacle. 

6 And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt- 
offering before the door of the tabernacle of 
the tent of the congregation. 

7 And thou shalt set the laver between the 
tent of the congregation and the altar, and 
shalt put water therein. 

8 And thou shalt set up the court round 
about, and hang up the hanging at the court- 
gate. 

9 H And thou shalt take the anointing oil, 
and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is 
therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the ves- 
sels thereof: nnd it shall be holy. 

10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of the 
burnt-offering, and all his vessels, and sanc- 
tify the altar : and it shall be an altar most 
holy. 

11 And thou shalt anoint the laver and his 
foot, and sanctify it. 



XL« Aaron and his sons sanctified. 

12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his 
sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, and wash them with water. 

13 H And thou shalt put upon Aaron the 
holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify 
him ; that he may minister unto me in the 
priest's office. 

14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe 
them with coats : 

15 And thou shalt anoint them, as thou 
didst anoint their father, that they may min- 
ister unto me in the priest's office : for their 
anointing shall surely be an everlasting priest- 
hood throughout their generations. 

16 H Thus did Moses ; according to all that 
the Lord commanded him, so did he. 

17 And it came to pass in the first month, 
in the second year, on the first day of the 
month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 

18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, 
and fastened his sockets, and set up the 
boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, 
and reared up his pillars. 

19 And he spread abroad the tent over the 
tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent 
above upon it; as the Lord commanded 
Moses. 

20 And he took and put the testimony into 
the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and 
put the mercy-seat above upon the ark : 

21 And he brought the ark into the taber- 
nacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and 
covered the ark of the testimony; as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

22 And he put the table in the tent of the 
congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle 
northward, without the vail. 

23 And he set the bread in order upon it 
before the Lord ; as the Lord had com- 
manded Moses. 

24 And he put the candlestick in the tent 
of the congregation, over against the table, 
on the side of the tabernacle southward. 

25 And he lighted the lamps before the 
Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. 

26 And he put the golden altar in the tent 
of the congregation, before the vail : 

27 And he burnt sweet incense thereon ; 
as the Lord commanded Moses. 

28 And he set up the hanging at the door of 
the tabernacle. 

29 And he put the altar of burnt-offering by 
the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the 
congregation, and offered upon it the burnt- 
offering, and the meat-offering ; as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

30 And he set the laver between the tent 
of the congregation and the altar, and put 
water there, to wash icithal. 

31 And Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, 
washed their hands and their feet thereat : 

32 When they went into the tent of the con- 
gregation, and when they came near unto 
the altar, they washed ; as the Lord com- 
manded Moses. 

33 And he reared up the court round about 
the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the 
hanging of the court-gate : so Moses finished 
the work. 

34 H Then a cloud covered the tent of the 

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The burnt-offerings, 

congregation, and the glory of the Lord 
filled the tabernacle. 

35 And Moses was not able to enter into the 
tent of the congregation, because the cloud 
abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord 
filled the tabernacle. 

36 And when the cloud was taken up 
from over the tabernacle, the children of 



LEVITICUS. and meat-offerings. 

Israel went onward in all their journeys : 

37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then 
they journeyed not till the day that it was 
taken up. 

38 For the cloud of the Lord was upon the 
tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, 
in the sight of all the house of Israel, through- 
out all their journeys. 



II The Third Book of Moses, called LEVITICUS. 



CHAP. I 

I The burnt-offerings, 3 of the herd, 10 of the 

flocks, 14 of the fowls. 

AND the Lord called unto Moses, and 
spake unto him out of the tabernacle of 
the congregation, saying, 

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, If any man of you bring an 
offering unto the Lord, ye shall bring your 
offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and 
of the flock. 

3 1[ If his offering be a burnt-sacrifice of the 
herd, let him offer a male without bleniish : 
he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at 
the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion before the Lord. 

4 And he shall put his hand upon the head 
of the burnt-offering ; and it shall be accept- 
ed for him to make atonement for him. 

5 And he shall kill the bullock before the 
Lord : and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall 
bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round 
about upon the altar that is by the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation. 

6 And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and 
cut it into his pieces. 

7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put 
fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order 
upon the fire. 

8 And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay 
the parts, the head, and the fat, in order 
upon the wood that is on the fire which is 
upon the altar. 

9 But his inwards and his legs shall he wash 
in water: and the priest shall burn all on 
the altar, to be a burnt-sacrifice, an offering 
made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the 
Lord. 

10 H And if his offering be of the flocks, 
naively, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a 
burnt-sacrifice ; he shall bring it a male with- 
out blemish. 

II And he shall kill it on the side of the 
altar northward before the Lord : and the 
priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood 
round about upon the altar : 

12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with 
his head and his fat : and the pnsst shall lay 
them in order on the wood that is on the fire 
which is upon the altar : 

13 But he shall wash the inwards and the 
legs with water : and the priest shall bring 
it ail, and bum it upon the altar: it is a burnt- 
sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet 
savour unto the Lord. 

14 And if the burnt-sacrifice for his offering 
to the Lord be of fowls, then he shall bring 
his offering of turde-doves, or of young pi- 
geons. 

15 And the priest shall bring it unto the 



altar, and wring off his head, and burn it 
on the altar : and the blood thereof shall be 
wrung out at the side of the altar: 

16 And he shall pluck away his crop with 
his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on 
the east part, by the place of the ashes: 

17 And he shall cleave it with the wings 
thereof, but shall not divide it asunder : and 
the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon 
the wood that is upon the fire : it is a burnt- 
sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet 
savour unto the Lord. 

CHAP. II. 

I The meat-offering of flour with oil and incense* 
Neither haken in the oven, 5 or on a plate, 7 or 
in a frying-pan. 12 Or of the first fruits in the 
ear. 13 The salt of the meat-offering. 

AND when any will offer a meat-offer- 
ing unto the Lord, his offering shall 
be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon 
it, and put frankincense thereon : 

2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the 
priests : and he shall take thereout his hand- 
ful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, 
with all the frankincense thereof, and the 
priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the 
altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a 
sweet savour unto the Lord : 

3 And the remnant of the meat-offering shall 
be Aaron's and his sons' : it is a. thing most 
holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. 

4 II And if thou bring an oblation of a meat- 
offering baken in the oven, it shall be un- 
leavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, 
or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. 

5 U" And if thy oblation be a meat-offering 
baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour un 
leavened, mingled with oil. 

6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil 
thereon : it is a meat-offering. 

7 IT And if thy oblation be a meat-offering 
baken in the frying-pan, it shall be made of 
fine flour with oil. 

8 And thou shalt bring the meat-offering that 
is made of these things unto the Lord : and 
when it is presented unto the priest, he shall 
bring it unto the altar. 

9 And the priest shall take from the meat- 
offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn 
it upon the altar : it is an offering made by 
fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 

10 And that which is left of the meat-offer- 
ing shall be Aaron's and his sons' : it is a 
thing most holy, of the offerings of the Lord 
made by fire. 

II No meat-offering which ye shall bring 
unto the Lord shall be made with leaven : 
for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, 
in any offering of the Lord made by fire. 

12 1f As for die oblation of the first-fruits, 
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The peace and 

ye shall offer them unto the Lord : but they 

shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet 

savour. 

13 ^ And every oblation of thy meat-offer- 
ing shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt 
thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy 
God to be lacking from thy meat-offering : 
with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. 

14 And if thou offer a meat-offering of thy 
first-fruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer 
for the meat-offering of thy first-fruits, green 
ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn 
beaten out of full ears. 

15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay 
frankincense thereon : it is a meat-offering. 

16 And the priest shall burn the memorial 
of it, pari ot the beaten corn thereof, and 
part of the oil thereof, with all the frankin- 
cense thereof: it is an offering made by fire 
unto the Lord. 

CHAP. III. 

1 Tke peace-offering- of the herd, 6 of the flock, 7 

either a lamb, 12 or a goat. 

AND if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace- 
offering, if he offer it of the herd, whe- 
ther it be a male or female; he shall offer it 
without blemish before the Lord. 

2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head 
of his offering, and kill it at the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation : and Aaron's 
sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon 
the altar round about. 

3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the 
peace-offering, an offering made by fire unto 
the Lord ; the fat that covereth the inwards, 
and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 

4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is 
on them, which is by the flanks, and the 
caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall 
he take away. 

5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the 
altar, upon the burnt-sacrifice, which is upon 
the wood that is on the fire : it is an offer- 
ing made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the 
Lord. 

If And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace- 
offering unto the Lord be of the flock, male 
or female; he shall offer it without blemish. 

7 If If he offer a lamb for his offering, then 
shall he offer it before the Lord. 

8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head 
of his offering, and kill it before the taber- 
naoie of the congregation : and Aaron's sons 
shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about 
upon the altar. 

9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the 
peace-offering an offering made by fire unto 
the Lord : the fat thereof, and the whole 
rump, (it shall he take off hard by the back- 
bone ;) and the fat that covereth the inwards, 
and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 

10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is 
upon them, which is by the flanks, and the 
caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it 
shall he take away. 

1 1 And the priest shall burn it upon the al- 
tar: it is the food of the offering made by 
fire unto the Lord. 

12 <f And if his offering be a goat, then he 
shall offer it before the Lord. 



CHAP. Ill, IV. sin-offerings. 

13 And he shall lay his hand upon the head 
of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the 
congregation : and the sons of Aaron shall 
sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar 
round about. 

14 And he shall offer thereof his offering, 
even an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; 
the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the 
fat that is upon the inwards, 

15 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is 
upon them, which is by the flanks, and the 
caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it 
shall he take away. 

16 And the priest shall burn them upon the 
altar: it is the food of the offering made by 
fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the 
Lord's. 

17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your 
generations throughout all your dwellings, 
that ve eat neither fat nor blood. 

CHAP. IV. 

I The sin-offering of ignorance, 3 for the priest, 
13 for the congregation, 22 for the ruler, 27 
for any of the people. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance 
against any of the commandments of the 
Lord concerning- things which ought not to 
be done, and shall do against any of them : 

3 If If the priest that is anointed do sin ac- 
cording to the sin of the people ; then let him 
bring for his sin which he hath sinned, a 
voung bullock without blemish unto the 
Lord for a sin-offering. 

4 And he shall brin^ the bullock unto the 
door of the tabernacle of the congregation 
before the Lord; and shall lay his hand 
upon the bullock's head, and kilf the bullock 
before the Lord. 

5 And the priest that is anointed shall take 
of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the ta 
bernacle of the congregation : 

6 And the priest shall din his finger in the 
blood, and sprinkle of the t>lood seven times 
before the Lord, before the vail of the 
sanctuary. 

7 And the priest shall put some of the blood 
upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense 
before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle 
of the congregation ; and shall pour all the 
blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar 
of the burnt-offering, which is at the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation. 

8 And he shall take off from it all the fat of 
the bullock for the sin-offering ; the fat that 
covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is 
upon the inwards, 

9 And, the two kidneys, and the fat that is 
upon them, which is by the flanks, and the 
caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall 
he fcike away, 

10 As it was taken off from the bullock of 
the sacrifice of peace-offerings: and the 
priest shall burn them upon the altar of the 
burnt-offering. 

II And the skin of the bullock, and all his 
flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and 
his inwards, and his dung; 

12 Even the whole bullock shall he carry 
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Sin-offering for the priest, LEVITICUS 

forth without the camp unto a clean place, 
where the ashes are poured out, and burn 
him on the wood with fire: where the ashes 
are poured out shall he be burnt. 

13 1T And if the whole congregation of Is- 
rael sin through ignorance, and the thing be 
hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they 
have done somewhat against any of the 
commandments of the Lord concerning 
things which should not be done, and are 
guilty ; 

14 When the sin which they have sinned 
a&ainst it is known, then the congregation 
shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and 
bring him before the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation. 

15 And the elders of the congregation shall 
lay their hands upon the head of the bullock 
before the Lord : and the bullock shall be 
killed before the Lord. 

16 And the priest that is anointed shall 
bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle 
of the congregation : 

17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some 
of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times be- 
fore the Lord, even before the vail. 

18 And he shall put some of the blood upon 
the horns of the altar which is before the 
Lord, that is in the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation, and shall pour out all the blood at 
the bottom of the altar of the burnt-offering, 
which is at the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

19 And he shall take all his fat from him, 
and burn it upon the altar. 

20 And he shall do with the bullock as he 
did with the bullock for a sin-offering, so shall 
he do with this : and the priest shall make 
an atonement for them, and it shall be for- 
given them. 

21 And he shall carry forth the bullock 
without the camp, and burn him as he burned 
the first bullock : it is a sin-offering for the 
congregation. 

22 1f When a ruler hath sinned, and done 
somewhat through ignorance against any of 
the commandments of the Lord his God 
concerning things which should not be done, 
and is guilty; 

23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, 
come to his knowledge ; he shall bring his 
offering, a kid of the goats, a male without 
blemish : 

24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head 
of the goat, and lull it in the place where 
they kill the burnt-offering before the Lord : 
it is a sin-offering. 

25 And the priest shall take of the blood of 
the sin-offering with his finger, and put it 
upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, 
and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of 
the altar of burnt-offering. 

26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the 
altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-of- 
ferings : and the priest shall make an atone- 
ment for him as concerning his sin, and it 
shall be forgiven him. 

27 H And if any one of the common people 
sin through ignorance, while he doeth some- 
what against any of the commandments of 



congregation, ruler, and people. 
the Lord concerning things which ought 
not to be done, and be guilty ; 

28 Or if his sin which he hath sinned come 
to his knowledge: then he shall bring his 
offering, a kid of the goats, a female witnout 
blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. 

29 And he shall lay his hand upon the head 
of the sin-offering, and slay the sin-offering 
in the place of the burnt-offering. 

30 And the priest shall take of the blood 
thereof with his finder, and put it upon the 
horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and shall 
pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom 
of the altar. 

31 And he shall take away all the fat there- 
of, as the fat is taken away from off the sa- 
crifice of peace-offerings; and the priest 
shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet sa- 
vour unto the Lord ; and the priest shall 
make an atonement for him, and it shall be 
forgiven him. 

32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin-offering* 
he shall bring it a female without blemish. 

33 And he shall lay his hand upon the head 
of the sin-offering, and slay it for a sin-of- 
fering in the place where they kill the burnt- 
offering.. 

34 And the priest shall take of the blood of 
the sin-offering with his finger, and put it 
upon the horns of the altar ot burnt-offering, 
and shall pour out all the blood thereof atllie 
bottom of the altar : 

35 And he shall take away all the fat there- 
of, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from 
the sacrifice of the peace-offerings ; and the 
priest shall burn them upon the altar, ac- 
cording to the offerings made by fire unto the 
Lord : and the priest shall make an atone- 
ment for his sin that he hath committed, and 
it shall be forgiven him. 

CHAP. V. 
1 He that sinneth in concealing his knowledge, 
%in touching an unclean thing, 4 or in making 
an oath. & His trespass-offering, of the flock, 
7 of fowls, 11 or of flour. \\The trespass-of. 
fering in sacrilege., 17 and in sins of ignO' 
ranee. 

AND if a soul sin, and hear the voice of 
swearing, and is a witness, whether he 
hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter 
it, then he shall bear his iniquity. 

2 ^[ Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, 
whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast, 
or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass 
of unclean creeping things, and if it be hid* 
den from him ; he also shall be unclean, and 
guilty. 

3 Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, 
whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man 
shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from 
him ; when he knoweth of it, then he shaH 
be guilty. 

4 ^ Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with 
his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever 
it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, 
and it be hid from him; when he knoweth 
of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. 

5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in 
one of these things, that he shall confess that 
he hath sinned in that thing: 



Trespass-offering in sacrilege, CHAP. VI 

6 H And he shall bring his trespass-offering 
unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sin- 
ned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid 
of the goats, for a sin-offering; and the priest 
shall make an atonement for him concerning 
his sin. 

7 H And if he be not able to bring a lamb, 
then he shall bring for his trespass which he 
hath committed, two turde-doves, or two 
young pigeons, unto the Lord . one for a sin- 
offering, and the other for a burnt-offering. 

8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, 
who shall offer that which is for the sin- 
offering first, and wring off his head from his 
neck, but shall not divide it asunder : 

9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the 
sin-offering upon the side of the altar; and 
the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at 
the bottom of the altar: it is a sin-offering. 

10 And he shall offer the second for a burnt- 
offering, according to the manner: and the 
priest shall make an atonement for him for 
iiis sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be 
forgiven him. 

11 If But if he be not able to bring two turtle- 
doves, or two young pigeons; then he that 
sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth 
part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offer- 
ing; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall 
he put any frankincense thereon : for it is a 
sin-offering. 

12 Then shall he bring it to the priest, and 
the priest shall take his handful of it, even a 
memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, 
according to the offerings made by fire unto 
the Lord : it is a sin-offering. 

13 And the priest shall make an atonement 
for him as touching his sin that he hath sin- 
ned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven 
him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, 
as a meat-offering. 

14 U And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

15 If a soul commit a trespass, and sin 
through ignorance, in the holy things of the 
Lord; then he shall bring for his trespass 
unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of 
the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of 
silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for 
a trespass-offering: 

16 And he shall make amends for the harm 
that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall 
add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto 
the priest: and the priest shall make an 
atonement for him with the ram of the tres- 
pass-offering, and it shall be forgiven him. 

17 U And if a soul sin, and commit any of 
these things which are forbidden to be done 
by the commandments of the Lord; though 
he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear 
his iniquity. 

18 And he shall bring a ram without ble- 
mish out of the flock, with thy estimation, 
for a trespass-offering unto the priest; and 
the priest shall make an atonement for him 
concerning his ignorance wherein he erred 
and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven 
him. 

19 It is a trespass-offering : he hath cer- 
tainly trespassed against the Lord. 



and in sins done uitiingly. 

CHAP. VI. 

I The trespass- offering for sins done wittingly. 
8 The law of the burnt- offering, Hand of the 
?n eat- offering. 19 The offering at the conse- 
cration of a priest. 24 The law of the sin- 
offering. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass 
against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour 
in that which was delivered him to keep, 
or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away 
by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; 

3 Or have found that which was lost, and 
lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely ; in 
any of all these that a man doeth, sinning 
therein : 

4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned 
and is guilty, that he shall restore that which 
he took violently away, or the thing which 
he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was 
delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which 
he found, 

5 Or all that about which he hath sworn 
falsely ; he shall even restore it in the princi- 
pal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, 
and give it unto him to whom it appertained, 
in the day of his trespass-offering. 

6 And he shall bring his trespass-offering 
unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out 
of the flock, with thy estimation, for a tres- 
pass-offering, unto the priest: 

7 And the priest shall make an atonement 
for him before the Lord : and it shall be for- 
given him for any thing of all that he hath 
done in trespassing therein. 

8 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing, 

9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 
This is the law of the burnt-offering : It is 
the burnt-offering, because of the burning 
upon the altar all night unto the morning, 
and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. 

10 And the priest shall put on his linen gar- 
ment, and his linen breeches shall he put 
upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which 
the fire hath consumed with the burnt-offer- 
ing on the altar, and he shall put them beside 
the altar. 

11 And he shall put off his garments, and 
put on other garments, and carry forth the 
ashes without the camp unto a clean place. 

12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burn- 
ing in it; it shall not be put out: and the 
priest shall burn wood on it every morning, 
and lay the burnt-offering in order upon it ; 
and he shall burn thereon the fat of the 
peace-offerings. 

13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the 
altar; it shall never go out. 

14 H And this is the law of the meat-offer- 
ing. The sons of Aaron shall offer it before 
the Lord, before the altar. 

15 And he shdll take of it his handful, of 
the flour of the meat-offering, and of the oil 
thereof, and all the frankincense which is 
upon the meat-offering, and shall burn it 
upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the 
memorial of it, unto the Lord. 

16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron 
and his sons eat: with unleavened bread 

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Hie late of the sin-offering, 
shall it be eaten in t)te holy place ; in the 
court of the tabernacle of the congregation 
they shall eat it. 

17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I 
have given it unto tliem for their portion of 
my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, 
as is the sin-offering, and as the trespass- 
offering. 

18 All the males among the children of 
Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute 
for ever in your generations concerning the 
offerings of the Lord made by fire : every 
one that toucheth them shall be holy. 

19 Tf And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing, 

20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his 
sons, which they shall offer unto the Lord in 
the day when he is anointed; the tenth part 
of an ephah of fine flour for a meat-offering 
perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half 
thereof at night. 

21 In a pan it shall be made with oil ; and 
when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in : and 
the baken pieces of the meat-offering shalt 
thou offer for a sweet savour unto the 
Lord. 

22 And the priest of his sons that is anoint- 
ed in his stead shall offer it: It is a. statute 
for ever unto the Lord; it shall be wholly 
burnt. 

23 For every meat-offering for the priest 
shall "be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. 

24 H And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 



LEVIT1CUS. and of ike trespass-offering 

and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round 
about upon the altar. 

3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; 
the rump, and the fat that covereth the in- 
wards, 

4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is 
on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul 
that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it 
shall he take away : 

5 And the priest shall burn them upon the 
altar for an offering made by fire unto the 
Lord : it is a trespass-offering. 

6 Every male among the priests shall eat 
thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place* 
it is most holy. 

7 As the sin-offering is, so is the trespass 
offering: there is one law for them: the 
priest thatmaketh atonement therewith shall 
have it, 

8 And the priest that offereth any man's 
burnt-offering, even the priest shall have to 
himself the skin of the burnt-offering which 
he hath offered. 

9 And all the meat-offering that i3 baken in 
the oven, and all that is dressed in the frying- 
pan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that 
offereth it. 

10 And every meat-offering mingled with 
oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, 
one as much as another. 

11 H And this is the law of the sacrifice of 
peace-offerings, which he shall offer unto 
the Lord. 



25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, say- 
ing, This is the law of the sin-offering: In 
the place where the burnt-offering is killed 
shall the sin-offering be killed before the 
Lord : it is most holy. 

26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall 
eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in 
the court of the tabernacle of die congre- 
gation. 

'27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof 
shall be holy : and when there is sprinkled 
of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou 
shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in 
the holy place. 

28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sod- 
den shall be broken : and if it be sodden in a 
brazen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed 
in water. 

29 All the males among the priests shall eat 
thereof: it is most holy. 

30 And no sin-offering, whereof any of the 
blood is brought into the tabernacle of the 
congregation to reconcile withal in the holy 
place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the 
fire. 

CHAP. VIL 
I The law of the trespass- offering, Hand of 
the peace-offering's, 12 whether it be for a 
thanksgiving, lo or a vow, or a freewill-offer- 
ing. 22 The fat, 26 and the Hood are forbid- 
den. 28 The priests' portion in the peace- 
offerings. 

LIKEWISE this is die law of the tres- 
pass-offering : it is most holy. 
2 In the place where they kill the burnt- 
offring shall they kill the trespass-offering : 



12 H If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then 
he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanks- 
giving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, 
and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and 
cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. 

13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his 
offering, leavened bread, with the sacrifice 
of thanksgiving of his peace-offerings. 

14 And of it lie shall offer one out of the 
whole oblation/or a heave-offering unto the 
Lord, and it shall be the priest's that sprin- 
kleth the blood of fhe peace-offerings. 

15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace- 
offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the 
same day that it is offered; he shall not leave 
any of it until the morning. 

16 1T But if the sacrifice of his offering be a 
vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten 
the same day that he offereth his sacrifice : 
and on the morrow also the remainder of it 
shall be eaten : 

17 But the remainder of the flesh of the 
sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt 
with fire. 

18 And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice 
of his peace-offerings be eaten at all on the 
third day, it shall not be accepted, neither 
shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: 
it shall be an abomination, and the soul that 
eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. 

19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean 
thing" shall not be eaten ; it shall be burnt 
with fire : and as for the flesh, all that be 
clean shall eat thereof. 

20 But the soul that eateth of the flesh of 
the sacrifice of peace-offerings that pertain 
unto the Lord, having his uncleannessupon 

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The fat and the blood forbidden, CHAP. VIII. 
him, even that soul shall be cut off from his 
people. 

* 21 Moreover, the soul that shall touch any 
unclean thing, as tiie uncleanness of man, 
or any unclean beast, or any abominable un- 
clean thins;, and eat of the flesh of the sa- 
crifice of peace-offerings which pertain unto 
the Lord, even that soul shall be cut off from 
his people. 

22 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying. 

23 Speak unto the children of Israel, say- 
ing, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or 
ofsheep, or of goat. 

24 And the fat of the beast that dieth of it- 
self, and the fat of that which is torn with 
beasts, may be used in any other use : but ye 
shall in no wise eat of it. 

25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, 
of which men offer an offering made by fire 
unto the Lord, even the soul that eateth it 
shall be cut off from his people. 

26 TJ Moreover, ye shall eat no manner of 
blood, ichether it be of fowl or of beast, in 
any of your dwellings. 

27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any 
manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut 
off from his people. 

28 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
raying, 

29 Speak unto the children of Israel, say- 
ing, He that offereth the sacrifice of his 
peace-offerings unto the Lord, shall bring 
his oblation unto the Lord of the sacrifice 
of his peace-offerings. 

30 His own hands shall bring the offerings 
of the Lord made by fire ; the fat with the 
breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may 
be waved for a wave-offering before the 
Lord. 

31 And the priest shall burn the fat upon 
the altar : but the breast shall be Aaron's and 
his sons'. 



Aaron and his sons consecrated. 
mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded 
the children of Israel to offer their obla- 
tions unto the Lord, in the wilderness of 
Sinai. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Moses consecratetk Jiaron and his sons. 14 

Their sin-offering. 18 Their burnt- offering. 

22 The ram of consecrations. 31 The place 

and time of their consecration. 



the priest for a heave-offering of the sacri- 
fices of your peace-offerings. 

33 He among the sons ofAaron that offer- 
eth the blood of Hie peace-offerings, and the 
fat, shall have the right shoulder for fa's part. 

34 For the wave-breast and the heave- 
ehoulder have I taken of the children of Is- 
rael from off the sacrifices of their peace-of- 
ferings, and have given them unto Aaron the 
priest, and unto his sons, by a statute for 
ever* from among the children of Israel. 

35 This is the portion of the anointing of 
t Aaron, and of the anointing of lus sons, out 

| of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, in 
the day when he presented them to "minister 
unto the Lord in the priest's office ; 

36 Which the Lord commanded to be gi- 
ven them of the children of Israel, in the 
day that he anointed them, by a statute for 
ever throughout their generations. 

37 This is the law of the burnt-offering, of 
the meat-offering, and of the sin-offering, 
and of the trespass-offering, and of the con- 
secrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace- 
offerings ; 

38 Which the Lord commanded Moses in 



AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, 
and the garments, and the anointing oil, and 
a bullock for the sin-offering, and two rams, 
and a basket of unleavened bread ; 

3 And gather thou all the congregation to- 
gether unto the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

4 And Moses did as the Lord commanded 
him ; and the assembly was gathered toge- 
ther unto the door of the tabernacle of the 



congregation. 

5 And Moses said unto the congregation, 
This is the thing which the Lord command- 
ed to be done. 

6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, 
and washed them with water. 

7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded 
him with the girdle, and clothed him with the 
robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he 
girded him with the curious girdle of the 
ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. 

8; And he put the breast-plate upon him : 
also he put in the breast-plate the Urim and 
the Thummim. 

9 And he put the mitre upon his head ; also 
upon the mitre, even upon his fore-front, did 
he put tl^e golden plate, the holy crown ; as 
the Lord commanded Moses. 

10 An,d Moses took the anointing oil, and 
anointed the tabernacle and all that teas 
therein, and sanctified them. 

11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar 
seven times, and anointed the altar and all 
his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to 
sanctify them. 

12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon 
Aaron's head, a«d anointed him, to sanctify 
him. 

13 And Moses. brought Aaron's sons, and 
pUtco»s upon, them, and girded them with 
gu>2/es, and put bonnets upon them ; as the 
JLord commanded Moses. 

14 1[ And he brought the bullock for the sin- 
Offering: and Aaron and.his sons laid their 
hands upon the head of the bullock for the 
sin-offering. 

15 And he slew it ;. and Moses took the 
blood, and put it upon.the horns of the altar 
round about with his finger, and purified the 
altar, and poured the bloo$ at the bottom of 
the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconci- 
liation upon it. 

16 And he took all the fat that was upon the 
inwards, and the caul above the liver, and 
the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses 
burned it upon the altar. 

17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, 
and his dung, he burnt with fire without the 
camp; as the Lord commanded Moses. 

18^1 And he brought the ram for the burnt- 



The ram of consecration. 

offering : and Aaron and his sons laid their 

hands upon the head of the ram. 

19 And he killed it ; and Moses sprinkled 
the blood upon the altar round about. 

20 And he cut the ram into pieces ; and 
Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and 
tiie fat. 

21 And he washed the inwards and the legs 
in water ; and Moses burnt the whole ram 
upon the altar: it was a burnt-sacrifice for n 
sweet savour, and an offering made by fire 
unto the Lord; as the Lord commanded 
Moses. 

22 H And he brought the other ram, the ram 
of consecration : and Aaron and his sons laid 
l heir hands upon the head of the ram. 

23 And he slew it ; and Moses took of the 
blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's 
right ear, and upon the thumb of his right 
hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 

24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses 
put of the blood upon the tip of their right 
ears, and upon the thumbs of their right 
hands, and upon the great toes of their right 
feet : and Moses sprinkled the blood upon 
the altar round about. 

25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and 
all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the 
caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, 
and their fat, and the right shoulder : 

26 And out of the basket of unleavened 
bread, that was before the Lord, he took one 
unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, 
and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and 
upon the right shoulder: 

27 And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and 
upon his sons' hands, and waved them/or a 
wave-offering before the Lord. 

28 And Moses took them from off their 
hands, and burnt jhem on the altar upon the 
burnt-offering : they were consecrations for 
a sweet savour : \\ is an offering made by fire 
unto the Lord. 

29 And Moses took the breast, and waved 
it for a wave-offering before the Lord : for 
of the ram of consecration it was Moses" 
part; as the Lord commanded Moses, p 

30 And Moses took of the ano*jting oil,:and 
itf the blood which was upon thfe altar, fcnd 
sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon Vi s gar- 
ments, and upon his sorts, and upon his ^ ns » 
garments with him ; and sanctified Aarb\ 
and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' 
garments with him. 

31 H And Moses said unto Aaron and to his 
sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabe# 
nacle of the congregation; and there eat it 
with the bread that is in the basket of con- 
secrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron 
and his sons shall eat it. 

32 And that which remaineth of the flesh 
and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. 

33 And ye shall not go out of the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation in seven 
days, until the days of your consecration be 
at an end: for seven days shall he conse- 
crate you. 

34 As he hath done this day, so the Lord 
hath commanded to do, to make an atone- 
ment for you. ' 



LEVITICUS. Aaron 1 s sin and burnt-offering, 

35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door, of 
the tabernacle of the congregation day and 
night seven days, and keep the charge of the 
Lord, that ye die not: for so I am com- 
manded. 

36 So Aaron and his sons did all things 
which the Lord commanded by the hand of 
Moses. 

CHAP. IX. 

1 The first offerings of Aaron, for himself and 
the people. 8 The sin-offering, 12 and the 
burnt-offering for himself. 15 The offerings 
for the people. 23 Moses and Aaron kless the 
people. 24 Fire comethfrom, the Lord, upon the 
altar. 

AND it came to pass on the eighth day, 
that Moses called Aaron and his sons, 
and the elders of Israel ; 

2 And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a 
young calf for a sin-offering, and a ram for a 
burnt-offering, without blemish, and offer 
them before the Lord. 

3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt 
speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats 
for a sin-offering ; and a calf and a lamb, 
both of the first year, without blemish, for a 
burnt-offering ; 

4 Also a bullock and a ram for peace-offer? 
ings, to sacrifice before the Lord ; and a 
meat-offering mingled with oil: for to-day 
the Lord will appear unto you. 

5 And they brought that which Moses com- 
manded before the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation : and all the congregation drew near 
and stood before the Lord. 

6 And Moses said, This is the thing which 
the Lord commanded that ye should do: 
and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto 



7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the 
altar, and offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt 
offering, and make an atonement for thyself, 
and for the people : and offer the offering 
of the people, and make an atonement for 
them ; as the Lord commanded. 

8 H Aaron therefore went unto the altar, 
and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which 
was for himself. 

9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood 
unto him : and he dipped his finger in the 
blood, and put it upon the horns of the akar, 
and poured out the blood at the bottom of 
the alter : 

l^But the fat, and the kidneys, and the 
caul above the liver of the sin-offering, he 
burnt upon the altar; as the Lord com- 
manded Moses. 

11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with 
fire without the camp. 

12 ^ And he slew the burnt-offering ; and 
Aaron's sorts presented unto him the blood, 
which he sprinkled round about upon the 
altar. 

13 And they presented the burnt-offering 
unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the 
head : and he burnt them upon the altar. 

14 And he did wash the inwards and the 
l^gs, and burnt them upon the burnt-offering 
on the altar. 

15 H And he brought the people's offering, 

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Moses and Aaron bless the people. CHAP, 
and took the goat, which was the sin-offer- 
ing for the people, and slew it, and offered 
it for sin, as the first. 

16 And he brought the burnt-offering, and 
offered it according to the manner. 

17 And he brought the meat-offering, and 
took a handful thereof, and burnt it upon 
the altar, besides the burnt-sacrifice of the 
morning. 

18 He slew also the bullock and the ram 
for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, which was 
for the people : and Aaron's sons presented 
unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon 
the altar round about, 

19 And the fat of the bullock, and of the 
ram, the rump, and that which covereth the 
inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above 
the liver: 

20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, 
and he burnt the fat upon the altar : 

21 And the breasts and the right shoulder 
Aaron waved for a wave-offering before the 
Lord ; as Moses commanded. 

22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the 
people, and blessed them ; and came down 
from offering of the sin-offering, and the 
burnt-offering, and peace-offerings. 

23 H And Moses and Aaron went into the 
tabernacle of the congregation, and came 
out, and blessed the people : and the glory 
of the Lord appearea unto all the people. 

24 If And there came a fire out from before 
the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the 
burnt-offering and the fat : which when all 
the people saw, they shouted, and fell on 
their faces. 

CHAP. X. 
] Nadab and Abihufor offering of strange fire, 
are burnt by fire. 6 Aaron and his sens are 
forbidden to mourn for them. 8 The priests 
are forbidden wine when they are to go into 
the tabernacle. 12 The law of eating the holy 
things. 16 Aaron's excuse for transgressing 
thereof. 

AND Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, 
took either of them his censer, and put 
fire therein, and put incense thereon, and 
offered strange fire before the Lord, which 
he commanded them not. 

2 And there went out fire from the Lord, 
and devoured them, and they died before 
the Lord. 

3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it 
that the Lord spake, saying, 1 will be sanc- 
tified in them that come nigh me, and before 
all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron 
held his peace. 

4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, 
the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and 
said unto them, Come near, carry your bre- 
thren from before the sanctuary out of the 
camp. 

5 So they went near, and earned them in 
their coats out of the camp ; as Moses had 
said. 

6 ^T And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto 
Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover 
not your heads, neither rend your clothes; 
lest "ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the 
people: but let your brethren, the whole 



. X, XI. The priests forbidden wine 

house of Israel, bewail the burning which 
the Lord hath kindled. 

7 And ye shall not go out from the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye 
die : for the anointing oil of the Lord is 
upon you. And they did according to the 
word of Moses. 

8 U And the Lord spake unto Aaron, say- 

9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, 
nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the 
tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die : 
it shall be a statute for ever throughout your 
generations : 

10 And that ye may put difference between 
holy and unholy, and between unclean and 
clean ; 

11 And that ye may teach the children of 
Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath 
spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. 

12 Tf And Moses spake unto Aaron, and 
unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that 
were left, Take the meat-offering that re- 
mained! of the offerings of the Lord made 
by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the 
altar : for it is most holy : 

13 And ye shall eat it in the holy place, be- 
cause it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the 
sacrifices of the Lord made by fire : for so 
I am commanded. 

14 And the wave-breast and heave-shoulder 
shall ye eat in a clean place thou, and thy 
sons, and thy daughters with thee : for they 
be thy due, and thy sons' due, tchich ave 
given out of the sacrifices of peace-offerings 
of the children of Israel. 

15 The lieave-shoulder and the wave-breast 
shall they bring, with the offerings made by 
fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave-offering 
before the Lord ; and it shall be thine, and 
thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as 
the Lord hath commanded. 

16 H And Moses diligently sought the goat 
of the sin-offering, and behold, it was burnt : 
and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, 
the sons of Aaron which were left alive, say- 
ing, 

17 Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin- 
offering in the holy place, seeing it is most 
holy, and God hath given it you to bear the 
iniquity of the congregation, to make atone- 
ment for them before the Lord ? 

^ 18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought 
in within the holy place : ye should indeed 
have eaten it in the holy place, as I com- 
manded. 

19 And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, 
this day have they offered their sin-offering, 
and their burnt-offering before the Lord ; 
and such things have befallen me : and if I 
had eaten the sin-offering to-day, should it 
have been accepted in the sight of the Lord ? 

20 And when Moses heard that, he was 
content. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 What beasts may, 4 and what may not be eaten. 
9 What fishes. 13 What fowls. 29 The creep- 
ing things which are unclean. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses and \o 
Aaron, saying unto them, 
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Of meats clean and unclean. 

2 If Speak unto the children of Israel, say 
iag, These are the beasts which ye shall eat 
anion* all the beasts that are on the earth. 

3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clo 
ven-footed, and cheweth the cud among the 
beasts, that shall ye eat. 

4 If Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat, of 
them that chew the cud, or of them that di- 
vide the hoof: as the camel, because he 
cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; 
he is unclean unto you. 

5 And the coney, because he cheweth the 
cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean 
unto you. 

6 And the hare, because he cheweth the 
cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean 
unto you. 

7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, 
and be cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the 
cud; lie is unclean to you. 

8 Of their flesh shall *ye not eat, and their 
carcass shall ye not touch ; they are unclean 
to you. 

9 If These shall ye eat, of all that are in 
the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales 
in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, 
them shall ye eat. 

10 And all that have not fins and scales in 
the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move 
in the waters, and of any living thing which 
is in the waters, they sliall. be an abomina- 
tion unto you : 

11 They shall be even an abomination unto 
you : ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye 
shall have their carcasses in abomination. 

12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in 
the waters, that shall be an abomination 
unto you. 

13 If And these are they which ye shall 
have in abomination among the fowls ; they 
shall not be eaten, they are an abomination : 
The eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 

14 And the vulture, and the kite after his 
kind; 

15 Every raven after his kind; 

16 And the owl, and the night-hawk, and 
the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, 

17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, 
and the great owl, 

18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the 
gier-eagle, 

19 And the stork, the- heron after her kind, 
and the lapwing, and the bat. 

20 All fowls that creep, going upon all 
four, shall be an abomination unto you. 

21 Yet these may ye eat, of every flying 
creeping thing that goeth upon all four, 
which have legs above their feet, to leap 
withal upon the earth ; 

22 Even these of them ye may eat; The lo- 
cust after his kind, and the bald locust after 
his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and 
the grasshopper after his kind. 

23 But all other flying creeping things, 
which have four (net, shall be an abomina- 
tion unto you. 

24 And for those ye shall be unclean : who- 
soever toucheth the carcass of them shall be 
unclean until the even. 

25 And whosoever be'dretliaught of the car- 



LEVITICUS. The unclean creeping things, 

cass of them shall wash his clothes, and be 
unclean until the even. 

26 The carcasses of every beast which di 
videth the hoof and is not cloven-footed, nor 
cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you : every 
one that toucheth them shall be unclean. 

27 And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, 
among all manner of beasts that go on all 
four, those are unclean unto you: whoso 
toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until 
the even. 

23 And he that beareth the carcass of them 
shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until 
the even : they are unclean unto you. 

29 If These also shall be unclean unto you 
among the creeping things that creep upon 
the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and 
the tortoise after his kind, 

30 And the ferret, and the chameleon, and 
the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. 

31 These are unclean to you among all that 
creep : whosoever doth touch them, when 
they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. 

32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when 
they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean , 
whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, 
or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, 
wherein any work is done, it must be put into 
water, and it shall be unclean until the even * 
so it shall be cleansed. 

33 And every earthen vessel, whereinto any 
of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be 
unclean ; and ye shall break it. 

34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on 
which such water cometh shall be unclean : 
and all drink that may be drunk in every such 
vessel, shall be unclean. 

35 And every thing whereupon any part 
of their carcass falleth, shall be unclean ; 
whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they 
shall be broken down : for they are unclean, 
and shall be unclean unto you. 

36 Nevertheless, a fountain or pit, wherein 
there is "plenty of water, shall be clean: but 
that which toucheth their carcass shall be 
unclean. 

37 And if any part of their carcass foil .upon 
any sowing-seed which is to be sown, it shall 
be clean. 

38Butifa#y water be put upon the seed, 
and any part of their carcass fall thereon, it 
shall be unclean unto you. 

39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, 
die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof 
shall be unclean until the even. 

40 And he that eateth of the carcass of it 
shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until 
the even; he also that beareth the carcass of 
it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until 
the even. 

41 And every creeping thing that creepeth 
upon the earth shall be an abomination ; it 
shall not be eaten. 

42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and 
whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatso- 
ever hath more feetamong allcreepingthings 
that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not 
eat ; for they are an abomination. 

43 Ye shall not make yourselves abomina- 
ble with any creeping thing that creepeth, 



The purification of women. CHAP. XII, XIII 

neither shall ye make yourselves unclean 
with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 

44 For I am the Lord your God : ye shall 
therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall 
be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye de- 
file yourselves with any manner of creeping 
thingthat creepeth upon the earth. 

45 For I am the Lord that bringeth you up 
out of die land of Egypt, to be your God : ye 
shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 

46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the 
fowl, and of every living creature that mo- 
veth in the waters, and of every creature that 
creepeth upon the earth ; 

47 To make a difference between the un- 
clean and the clean, and between the beast 
that may be eaten and the beast that may 
not be eaten. 

CHAP. XII. 

1 The purification of a woman after child-birth. 

6 Her offerings for her purifying. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 H Speak unto the children of Israel, 
saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and 
borne a man-child .:■ then she shall be un- 
clean seven days ; according to the days of 
the separation for her infirmity shall she be 
unclean. 

3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his fore- 
skin shall be circumcised. ^ f ^ 

4 And she shall then continue in the blood 
of her jiurifying three and thirty days : she 
shall touch no hallowed thing, rior come into 
the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying 
be fulfilled. 

5 But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall 
be unclean two weeks, as in her separation : 
and she shall continue in the blood of her 
purifying threescore and six days. 

6 If And when the days of her purifying 
are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she 
shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt- 
offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, 
for a sin-offering, unto die door of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, unto the priest : 

7 Who shall offer it before the Lord, and 
make an atonement for her ; and she shall be 
cleansed from the issue of her blood. This 
is the law for her that hath borne a male or 
a female. 

8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, 
then she shall bring two turtles, or two young 
pigeons ; the one for the burnt-offering, and 
the other for a sin-offering : and the priest 
shall make an atonement for her, and she 
shall be clean. 

■ CHAP. XIII. 
The laws and tokens whereby the priest is to be 
guided in discerning the leprosy. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses and 
Aaron, saying, 

2 When a man shall have in the skin of his 
flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be 
in the skin of his flesh like the plague of lep- 
rosy ; then he shall be brought unto Aaron 
the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: 

3 And the priest shall look on the plague in 
the skin of the flesh : and when the hair in 
the plague is turned white, and the plague in 
wght be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it 



Tokem to discern the leprosy^ 
is a plague of leprosy : and the priest shall 
look on him, and pronounce him unclean. 

4 If the bright spot be white in the skin of 
his flesh, and in si^htfo not deeper than the 
skin, and the hair thereof be not turned 
white ; then the priest shall shut up him that 
hath the plague seven days : 

5 And the priest shall look on him the 
seventh day: and behold, if the plague in 
his sight be at a stay, arid the plague spread 
not in the skin ; then the priest shall shut him 
up seven days more : 

6 And the priest shall look on him again the 
seventh day: and behold, if the plague be 
somewhat dark, and the plague spread not 
in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him 
clean : it is but a scab : and he shall wash 
his clothes, and be clean. 

7 But if the scab spread much abroad in the 
skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest 
for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the 
priest again : 

8 Andifthe priest see, that behold, the scab 
spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall 
pronounce him unclean : it is a leprosy. 

9 When the plague of leprosy is in a man, 
then he shall be brought unto the priest: 

10 And the priest shall see him : and be- 
hold, if the rising be white in the skin, and 
it have turned the hair white, and there be 
quick raw flesh in the rising: 

11 It is an old leprosy in the skin of his 
flesh, and the priest shafl pronounce him un- 
clean, and shall not shut him up : for he is 
unclean. 

12 And if a leprosy break out abroad in the 
skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of 
him that hath the plague from his head 
even to his foot, wheresoever the priest 
looketh ; 

13 Then the priest shall consider: and be- 
hold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, 
he shall pronounce him clean that liath the 
plague : it is all turned white : he is clean. 

14 But when raw flesh appeareth in him, 
he shall be unclean. 

15 And the priest shall see the raw flesh, 
and pronounce him to be unclean : for the 
raw flesh is unclean : it is a leprosy. 

16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be 
changed into white, he shall come unto the 
priest ; 

17 And the priest shall see him: and be- 
hold, if the plaeue be turned into white ; then 
the priest shall pronounce him clean that 
hath the plague: he is clean. 

18 The flesh also, in which, even in the 
skin thereof, was a bile, and is healed, 

19 And in the place of the bile there be a 
white rising, or a bright spot, white, and 
somewhat reddish, and it be shewed to the 
priest; 

20 And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, 
it be in sight lower than the skin, and the 
hair thereof be turned white ; the priest shall 
pronounce him unclean : it is a plague of 
leprosy broken out of the bile. 

21 But if the priest look on it, and behold, 
tJiere be no white hairs therein, and if it be 
not lower than the skin, but be somewhat 

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Laws and ordinances LEVITICUS 

dark ' then the priest shall shutiiimup seven 
days: 

22 And if it spread much abroad in the skin, 
then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : 
it is a plague. 

23 But if the bright spot stay in his place, 
and spread not, it is a burning bile ; and the 
priest shall pronounce him clean. 

24 Or if there be any flesh, in the skin 
whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick 
flesh that burnetii have a white bright spot, 
somewhat reddish, or white; 

25 Then the priest shall look upon it: and 
behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned 
white, and it be in sight deeper than the 
skin : it is a leprosy broken out of the burn- 
ing: wherefore the priest shall pronounce 
him unclean : it is the plague of leprosy. 

26 But if the priest look on it, and behold, 
tiiere he no white hair in the bright spot, and 
it he no lower than the other skin, but he 
somewhat dark ; then the priest shall shut 
him up seven days : 

27 And the priest shall look upon him the 
seventh day : and\{ it be spread much abroad 
in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce 
him unclean : it is the plague of leprosy. 

28 And if the bright spot stay in his place, 
and spread not in the skin, but it be some- 
what dark ; it is a rising of the burning, and 
the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it 
is an inflammation of the burning. 

29 If a man or woman have a plague upon 
the head or the beard ; 

30 Then the priest shall see the plague : and 
behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin, 
and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then 
the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it 
is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head 
or beard. 

31 And if the priest look on the plague of 
the scall, and behold, it be not in sight deep- 
er than the skin, and that there is no black 
hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him 
that hath the plague of the scall seven days: 

32 And in the seventh day the priest shall 
look on tlie plague : aud behold, //the seal! 
spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, 
and the scall be not in sight deeper than the 
skin ; 

33 He shall be shaven, but the scall shall 
he not shave ; and the priest shall shut up 
him that hath the scall seven days more : 

34 And in the seventh day the priest shall 
look on tlie scall : and behold, if the scall 
be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight 
deeper than the skin ; then the priest shall 
pronounce him clean : and he shall wash 
his clothes, and be clean. 

35 But if the scall spread much in the skin 
after his cleansing ; 

36 Then the priest shall look on him : and 
behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the 
priest shall not seek lor yellow hair ; he is 
unclean. 

37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, 
and that there is black hair grown up there- 
in ; the scall is healed, he is clean : and the 
priest shall pronounce him clean. 

38 If a man also or a woman have in the 



for Ike plague of leprosy. 
skin of their flesh bright spots, even white 
bright spots ; 

39 Then the priest shall look: and behold, 
if tlie bright spots in the skin of their flesh 
be darkish white ; it is a freckled spot that 
groweth in the skin ; he is clean. 

40 And the man whose hair is fallen off" his 
head, he is bald; yet is he clean. 

41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from 
the part of his head toward his face, he is 
forehead-bald ; yet is he clean. 

42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald 
forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a lepro- 
sy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald 
forehead. 

43 Then the priest shall look upon it : and 
behold, if the rising of the sore be white 
reddish in his bald head, or in his bald fore- 
head, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of 
the flesh ; 

44 He is a leprous man, he is unclean : tlie 
priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean ; 
his plague is in his head. 

45 And the leper in whom the plague is, 
his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, 
and he shall put a covering upon his upper 
lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. 

46 All the days wherein tlie plague shall be 
in him he shall be defiled ; he is unclean : he 
shall dwell alone, without the camp shall his 
habitation be. 

47 The garment also that the plague of lep- 
rosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, 
or a linen garment ; 

48 Whether it be in the warp, or woof, of 
linen, or of woollen : whether in a skin, or 
in any thing made of skin : 

49 And if the plague be greenish or reddish 
in the garment, or in the skin, either in the 
warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin ; 
it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed 
unto the priest : 

50 And the priest shall look upon the 
plague, and shut up it that hath the plague 
seven days : 

51 And he shall look on tlie plague on the 
seventh day : if the plague be spread in tlie 
garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, 
or in a skin, or in any work that is made of 
skin ; the plague is a fretting leprosy ; it is 
unclean. 

52 He shall therefore burn that garment, 
whether warp or woof, in woollen or ia 
linen, or any thing of skin, wherein tlie 
plague is : for it is a fretting leprosy ; it shall 
be burnt in the fire. 

53 And if the priest shall look, and behold, 
the plague be not spread in the garment, 
either in the warp or in the woof, or in any 
thing of skin; 

54 Then tlie priest shall command that they 
wash the thing- wherein the plague is, and 
he shall shut it up seven days more : 

55 And tlie priest shall look on the plague 
after that it is washed : and behold, if the 
plague have not changed his colour, and tlie 
plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou 
shalt burn it in the fire ; it is fret inward, 
whether it be bare within or without. 

dQ And if the priest look, and behold, the 



Rites and sacrifices 

plague be somewhat dark after the washing 
of it; then he shall rend it out of the gar- 
ment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, 
or out of the woof: 

57 And if it appear still in the garment, 
either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any 
thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: 
thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is 
with fire. 

58 And the garment, either warp, or woof, 
or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou 
shalt wash, if the plague be departed from 
them, then it shall be washed the second 
time, and shall be clean. 

59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy 
in a garment of woollen or linen, either in 
the warp or woof, or any thing of skins, to 
pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it un- 
clean. 

CHAP. XIV. 
] The rites and sacrifices in cleansing of the 
leper. 33 The signs of leprosy in a house. 48 
The cleansing of that house. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 H This shall be the law of the leper 
in the day of his cleansing: He shall be 
brought unto the priest : 

3 And the priest shall go forth out of the 
camp : and the priest shall look, and behold, 
if the plague of leprosy be healed in the 
leper ; 

4 Then shall the priest command to take 
for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive 
and clean, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and 
hyssop. 

5 And the priest shall command that one of 
the birds be killed in an earthen vessel, over 
running water. 

6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and 
the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and the 
hyssop, and shall dip them, and the living 
bird, in the blood of the bird that icas killed 
over the running water. 

7 And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to 
be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, 
and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let 
the living bird loose into the open field. 

8 And he that is to be cleansed shall wash 
his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and 
wash himself in water, that he may be clean : 
and after that he shall come into" the camp, 
and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven 
days. 

9 But it shall be on die seventh dav, that he 
shall shave all his hair off his head, and his 
beard, and his eye-brows, even all his hair 
he shall shave off; and he shall wash his 
clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in wa- 
ter, and he shall be clean. 

10 And on the eighth day he shall take two 
he-lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb 
of the first year without blemish, and three 
tenth-deals of fine flour far a meat-offering, 
mingled with oil, and one log of oil. 

11 And the priest that maketh him clean, 
shall present the man that is to be made 
clean, and those things, before the Lord, at 
the door of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation. 

12 And the priest shall take one he-lamb, 



CHAP. XIV. in cleansing the leper, 

and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the 



log of oil, and wave them for a wave^offer- 
ing before the Lord. 

13 And he shall slay the lamb in the place 
where he shall kill the sin-offering and the 
burnt-offering, in the holy place : for as the 
sin-offering is the priest's, so is the trespass- 
offering : it is most holy. 

14 And the priest shall take some of the 
blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest 
shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of 
him that is to be cleansed, and upon the 
thumb of his right hand, and upon the great 
toe of his right foot. 

15 And the priest shall take some of the log 
of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own 
left hand : 

16 And the priest shall dip his right finger 
in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall 
sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times 
before the Lord. 

17 And of the rest of the oil that is in his 
hand, shall the priest put upon the tip of the 
right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and 
upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon 
the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood 
of the trespass-offering. 

18 And the remnant of the oil that is in the 
priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of 
him that is to be cleansed : and the priest 
shall make an atonement for him before the 
Lord. 

19 And the priest shall offer the sin-offer- 
ing, and make an atonement for him that is 
to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and 
afterward he shall kill the burnt-offering. 

20 And the priest shall offer the burnt-of- 
fering, and the meat-offering upon the altar : 
and the priest shall make an atonement for* 
him, and he shall be clean. 

21 And if he be poor, and cannot get so- 
much; then he shall take one lamb for n. 
trespass-offering to be waved, to make an 
atonement for him, and one tenth-deal of 
fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offer- 
ing, and a log of oil; 

2*2 And two turtle-doves, or two young piv 
geons, such as he is able to get ; and the one 
shall be a sin-offering, and the other a burnt- 
offering. 

23 And he shall bring them on the eighth 
day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the 
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 
before the Lord. 

24 And the priest shall take the lamb of the 
trespass-offering, and the log of oil, and the 
priest shall w r ave them for a wave-offering 
before the Lord. 

25 And he shall kill the lamb of the tres- 
pass-offering, and the priest shall take some 
of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put 
it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is 
to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his 
right hand, and upon the great toe of his 
right foot. 

26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into 
the palm of his own left hand. 

27 And the priest shall sprinkle with his 
right finger some of the oil that is in his left 
hand seveD times before the Lord : 

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Signs of leprosy in a house. LEVITIC 

28 And the priest shall put of the oil that is 
in his hand, upon the tip of the right ear of 
him that is to be cleansed, and upon the 
thumb of his right hand, and upon the great 
toe of his right foot, upon the place of the 
blood of the trespass-offering. 

29 And the rest of the oil that is in the 
priest's hand, he shall put upon the head of 
him that is to be cleansed, to make an atone- 
ment for him before the Lord. 

30 And he shall offer the one of the turtle- 
doves, or of the young pigeons, such as he 
can get; 

31 Even such as he is able to get, the one 
for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt- 
offering, with the meat-offering. And the 
priest shall make an atonement for him that 
is to be cleansed, before the Lord. 

32 This is the law of him in whom is the 
plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able 
to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing. 

33 Tf And the Lord spake unto Moses and 
unto Aaron, saying, 

34 When ye be come into the land of Ca- 
naan, which I give to you for a possession, 
and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of 
the land of your possession ; 

35 And he that owneth the house shall come 
and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me 
there is as it were a plague in the house : 

36 Thea the priest shall command that they 
empty the house, before the priest go into it 
to see the plague, that all that is in the house 
be not made unclean; and afterward the 
priest shall go in to see the house : 

37 H And he shall look on the plague, and 
behold, if the plague be in the walls of the 
house, with hollow streaks, greenish, or red- 
dish, which in sight are lower than the wall ; 

38 Then the pnest shall go out of the house 
to the door of the house, and shut up the 
house seven days : 

39 And the priest shall come again the se- 
venth day, and shall look ; and behold, if the 
plague be spread in the walls of the house; 

40 Then the priest shall command that they 
take away the stones in which the plague is, 
and they shall cast them into an unclean 
place without the city : 

41 A nd he shall cause the house to be scraped 
within round about, and they shall pour out 
the dust that they scrape off without the city 
into an unclean place : 

42 And they shall take other stones, and 
put them in the place of those stones ; and he 
shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the 
house. 

43 And if the plague come again, and break 
out in tlte house, after that he hath taken 
away the stones, and after he hath scraped 
the house, and after it is postered ; 

41 Then the priest shall come and look; 
and behold, if the plague be spread in the 
house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house : 
it is unclean. 

45 And he shall break down the house, the 
stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all 
the mortar of the house: and he shall carry 
them forth out of the city into an unclean 
place. 



Method of cleansing it. 

46 Moreover, he that goeth into the house 
all the while that it is shut up, shall be un- 
clean until the even. 

47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash 
his clothes : and he that eateth in the house 
shall wash his clothes. 

48 Tf And if the priest shall come in, and 
look upon it, and behold, the plague hath 
not spread in the house, after the house was 
plastered: then the priest shall pronounce 
the house clean, because the plague is healed. 

49 And he shall take to cleanse the house 
two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and 
hyssop : 

50 And he shall kill the one of the birds in 
an earthen vessel, over running water : 

51 And lie shall take the cedar-wood, and 
the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living 
bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain 
bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle 
the house seven times : 

52 And he shall cleanse the house with the 
blood of the bird, and with the running wa- 
ter, and with the living bird, and with the 
cedar- wood, and with the hyssop, and with 
the scarlet: 

53 But he shall let go the living bird out of 
the city into the open fields, and make an. 
atonement for the house : and it shall be 
clean. 

54 This is the law for all manner of plague 
of leprosy, and scall, 

55 And for the leprosy of a garment, and of 
a house, * 

56 And for a rising, and for a scab, and for 
a bright spot : 

57 To teach when it is unclean, and when 
it is clean : this is the law of leprosy. 

CHAP. XV. 
1 The uncleanness of men in their issues. 13 The 
cleansing- of them. 19 The uncleanness of wo- 
men in their issues. 28 Their cleansing. 



AND the Lord spake unto Moses and to 
Aaron, saying, 

2 'Jf Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, VVhen any man hath a run- 
ning issue out of his flesh, because of Wis issue 
he is unclean. 

3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his 
whether his flesh run with his issue, 



or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is 
his uncleanness. 

4 Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the 
issue, is unclean : and every thing whereon 
he sitteth, shall be unclean. 

5 And whosoever toucheth his bed, shall 
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, 
and be unclean until the even. 

6 And he that sitteth on any thing whereon 
he sat that hath the issue, shall wash his 
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be 
unclean until the even. 

7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him that 
hath the issue, shall wash his clothes, and 
bathe himself in water, and be unclean until 
the even. 

8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon 
him that is clean; then he shall wash his 
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be 
unclean until the even. 

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The cleansing for issues, CHAP. 

9 And what saddle soever he rideth upon 
that hath the issue, shall be unclean. 

10 And whosoever toucheth any tiling that 
was under him, shall be unclean until the 
even: and lie that beareth any of those 
things, shall wash his clothes, and bathe 
himself in water, and be unclean until the 
even. 

] 1 And whomsoever he toucheth that hath 
the issue (and hath not rinsed his hands in 
water) he shall wash his clothes, and bathe 
himself in water, and be unclean until the 
even. 

12 And the vessel of earth that he toucheth 
which hath the issue, shall be broken : and 
every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. 

13 % And when he that hath an issue is 
cleansed of his issue; then he shall number 
to himself seven days for his cleansing, and 
wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in run- 
ning water, and shall be clean. 

14 And on the eighth day he shall take to 
him two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, 
and come before the Lord, unto the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation, and give 
them unto the priest : 

15 And the priest shall offer them, the one 
for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt- 
offering; and the priest shall make an atone- 
ment for him before the Lord for his issue. 

16 And if any man's seed of copulation go 
out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh 
in water, and be unclean until the even. 

17 And every garment, and every skin 
w hereon is the seed of copulation, shall be 
washed with water, and be unclean until 
the even. 

18 The woman also with whom man shall 
lie with seed of copulation, they shall both 
bathe themselves in water, and be unclean 
until the even. 

19 i[ And if a woman have an issue, and 
her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be 
put apart seven days : and whosoever touch- 
eth her shall be unclean until the even. 

20 And every tiling that she lieth upon in 
her separation shall be unclean : every thing 
also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. 

21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall 
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in wa- 
ter, and be unclean until the even. 

22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that 
she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and 
bathe himself in water, and be unclean until 
the even. 

23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing 
whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it he 
shall be unclean until the even. 

24 And if any man lie with her at all, and 
her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean 
seven days: and all the bed whereon he 
lieth shall be unclean. 

25 And if a woman have an issue of her 
blood many days out of the time of her sepa- 
ration, or if it run beyond the time of her 
separation ; all the days of the issue of her 
uncleanness shall be as the days of her sepa- 
ration ; she shall be unclean. 

26 Every bed Whereon she lieth all the 
days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed 



XVI. The high priesfs sin-offering, 

of her separation : and whatsoever she sitteth 
upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of 
her separation. 

27 And whosoever toucheth those things 
shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, 
and bathe himself "in water, and be unclean 
until the even. 

28 ^[ But if she be cleansed of her issue, 
then she shall number to herself seven day?, 
and after that she shall be clean. 

29 And on the eighth day she shall take 
unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, 
and bring them unto the priest, to the door 
of the tabernacle of the congregation. 

30 And the priest shall offer the one for a 
sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offer- 
ing; and-the priest shall make an atonement 
for her before the Lord for the issue of her 
uncleanness. 

31 Thus shall ye separate the children of 
Israel from their uncleanness : that they die 
not in their uncleanness, when they defile 
my tabernacle that is among them. 

32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, 
and of him whose seed goeth from him, and 
is defiled therewith ; 

33 And of her that is sick of her flowers, 
and of him that hath an issue, of the man, 
and of the woman, and of him that lieth with 
her that is unclean. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 How the high priest must enter into the holy 
place. 11 The sin-offering- for himself. 15 
The sin-offering" for the people. 20 The scape- 
goat. 29 The yearly feast of the expiations. 
AND the Lord spake unto Moses after 
the death of the two sons of Aaron, 
when they offered before the Lord, and died : 

2 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak 
unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at 
all times into the holy place within the vail, 
before the mercy-seat, which is upon the 
ark ; that he die not : for I will appear in the 
cloud upon the mercy-seat. 

3 If Thus shall Aaron come into the holy 
place : with a young bullock for a sin-offer- 
ing, and a ram for a burnt-offering. 

4 He shall put on the holy linen coat, and 
he shall have the linen breeches upon his 
flesh, and shall be girded with the linen gir- 
dle, and with the linen mitre shall he be at- 
tired: these are holy garments; therefore 
shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put 
them on. 

5 And he shall take of the congregation ol 
the children of Israel two kids of the goats 
for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt- 
offering. 

6 And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the 
sin-offering, which is for himself, and make 
an atonement for himself, and for his liouse. 

7 And he shall take the two goats, and pre- 
sent them before the Lord at the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation. 

8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two 
goats ; one lot for the Lord, and the other 
lot for the scape-^oat. 

9 And Aaron shall bring the goat upon 
which the Lord's lot fell, and offer him for 
a sin-offering. 

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T'he scape-goat. 

10 But the goat on which the lot fell to be 
the scape-goat,, shall be presented alive be- 
fore the Lord, to make an atonement with 
liim, and to let him go for a scape-^oat into 
the wilderness. 

11 % And Aaron shall bring the bullock of 
the sin-offering, which is for himself, and 
shall make an atonement for himself, and for 
his house, and shall kill the bullock of the 
sin-offering which is for himself: 

12 And he shall take a censer full of burn- 
ing coals of fire from off the altar before the 
Lcrd, and his hands full of sweet incense 
beaten small, and bring it within the vail : 

13 And he shall put the incense upon the 
fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the 
incense may cover the mercy-seat that is 
upon the testimony, that he die not. 

14 And he shall" take of the blood of the 
bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon 
the mercy-seat eastward: and before the 
mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood 
with his finger seven times. 

15 ^J Then shall he kill the goat of the sin- 
offering that is for the people, and bring his 
blood within the vail, and do with that blood 
as he did with the blood of the bullock, and 
sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before 
the mercy-seat : 

16 And he shall make an atonement for the 
\\o\y place, because of the uncleanness of the 
children of Israel, and because of their trans- 
gressions in all their sins : and so shall he do 
for the tabernacle of the congregation that 
remaineth among them in the midst of their 
uncleanness. 

17 And there shall be no man in the taber- 
nacle of the congregation when he goeth in 
to make an atonement in the holy place, until 
he come out, and have made an atonement 
for himself, and for his household, and for all 
the congregation of Israel. 

18 And he shall go out unto the altar that 
is before the Lord, and make an atonement 
for it; and shall take of the blood of the bul- 
lock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it 
upon the horns of the altar round about. 

19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon 
it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, 
and hallow it from the uncleanness of the 
children of Israel. 

20 *[[ And when he hath made an end of 
reconciling the holy place, and the taberna- 
cle of the congregation, and the altar, he 
shall brin^ the live goat: 

21 And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon 
the head of the live goat, and confess over 
him all the iniquities of the children of Is- 
rael, and all their transgressions in all their 
sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, 
and shall send him away by the hand of a fit 
man into the wilderness: 

22 And the goat shall bear upon him all 
their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: 
and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. 

23 And Aaron shall come into the taberna- 
cle of the congregation, and shall put off the 
linen garments which he put on when he 
went into the holy place, and shall leave 
them there : 



LEVITICUS. The feast of expiations. 

24 And he shall wash his flesh with water 
in the holy place, and put on his garments, 
and come forth, and offer his burnt-offering, 
and the burnt-offering of the people, and 
make an atonement for himself, and for the 
people. 

25 And the fat of the sin-offering shall he 
burn upon the altar. 

26 And he that let go the goat for the scape- 
goat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his 
flesh in water, and afterward come into the 
camp. 

27 And the bullock/or the sin-offering, and 
the goat for the sin-offering, whose blood 
was brought in to make atonement in the 
holy plc/ie, shall one carry forth without the 
camp ; and they shall burn in the fire their 
skins, and their flesh, and their dung. 

28 And he that burnetii them shall wash 
his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and 
afterward he shall come into the camp. 

29 ^[ And this shall be a statute for ever unto 
you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth 
day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, 
and do no work at all, whether it be one of 
your own country, or a stranger that sojourn- 
eth among you : 

30 For on that day shall the priest make an 
atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may 
be clean from all your sins before the Lord. 

31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and 
ye shall afflict your souls by a statute for ever. 

32 And the priest whom he shall anoint, 
and whom he shall consecrate to minister in 
the priest's office in his father's stead, shall 
make the atonement, and shall put on the- 
linen clothes, even the holy garments: 

33 And he shall make an atonement for the 
holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atone- 
ment for the tabernacle of the congregation, 
and for the altar: and he shall make an 
atonement for the priests, and for all the 
people of the congregation. 

34 And this shall be an everlasting statute 
unto you, to make an atonement for the chil 
dren of Israel for all their sins once a year. 
And he did as the Lord commanded Moses, 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 The blood of all slain beasts must be offered to 
the Lord at the door of the tabernacle. 7 They 
must not offer to devils. Id All eating of blood 
is forbidden, 15 and all that dicth alone, or is 
torn. 



AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, 
and unto all the children of Israel, and say 
unto them, This is the thing which the Lord 
hath commanded, saying, 

3 What man soever there be of the house of 
Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat in 
the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, 

4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an 
offering unto the Lord before the taberna- 
cle of the Lord : blood shall be imputed 
unto that man, he hath shed blood ; and that 
man shall be cut off from among his people : 

5 To the end that the children of Israel may 
bring their sacrifices which they offer in the 
open field, even that they.may bring them unto 

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the Lord, unto the doorof the tabernacle of 
the congregation, unto the priest, and offer 
them for peace-offerings unto the Lord. 

6 And the priest shall sprinkle the blood 
upon the altar of the Lord at the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn 
the fat for a sweet savour unto the Lord. 

7 And they shall no more offer their sacri- 
fices unto devils, after whom they have gone 
a whoring : This shall be a statute for ever 
unto them throughout their generations. 

8 H And thou shalt say unto them, What- 
soever man there be of the house of Israel, or 
of the strangers which sojourn among you, 
that offereth a burnt-offering or sacrifice, 

9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it 
unto the Lord ; even that man shall be cut 
off from among his people. 

10 ^[ And whatsoever man there be of the 
house of Israel, or of the strangers that so- 
journ among you, that eateth any manner of 
blood; I will "even set my face against that 
soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off 
from among his people. 

11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: 
tind I have given it to you upon the altar, to 
make an atonementfor your souls: for his the 
blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. 

12 Therefore I said unto the children of Is- 
rael, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither 
shall any stranger that sojourneth among 
you eat blood. 

13 And whatsoever man there be of the 
children of Israel, or of the strangers that 
sojourn among you, which hunteth and 
catcheth any beast or fowl that may be 
eaten; he shall even pour out the blood 
thereof, and cover it with dust. 

14 For it is the life of all flesh, the blood of 
it is for the life thereof: therefore I said 
unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the 
blood of no manner of flesh : for the life of 
all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever 
eateth it shall be cut off. 

15 And every soul that eateth that which 
died of itself, or that which was torn with 
beasts, (whether it be one of your own coun- 
try, or a stranger) he shall both wash his 
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be 
unclean* until the even: then shall he be 
clean. 

16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe his 
flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
1 Unlawful marriages. 19 Unlawful lusts. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, I am the Lord your God. 

3 After the doings of the land of Egypt 
wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do : and after 
the doings of the land of Canaan whither I 
bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye 

I walk in their ordinances. 

4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine 
ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord 
your God. 

5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and 
my judgments: which if a man do, he shall 
live in them : I am the Lord. 



XVIII. Unlawful marriages. 

6 IT None of you shall approach to any thai 
is near of kin to him, to uncover their naked- 
ness : I am the Lord. 

7 The nakedness of thy father, or the na- 
kedness of thy mother, shalt thou not unco- 
ver : she is thy mother, thou shalt not uncover 
her nakedness. 

8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt 
thou not uncover: it is thy father's naked- 
ness. 

9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter 
of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, 
whether she be born at home, or born abroad, 
even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. 

10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or 
of thy daughter's daughter, even their naked- 
ness" thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is 
thine own nakedness. 

11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's 
daughter, begotten of thy father, (she is thy 
sister) thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 

12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness 
of thy father's sister : she is thy father's near 
kinswoman. 

13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness 
of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's 
near kinswoman. 

14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness 
of thy father's brother, thou shalt not ap- 
proach to his wife: she is thine aunt. 

15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness 
of thy daughter-in-law : she is thy son's wife, 
thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 

16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness 
of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's na- 
kedness. 

17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness 
of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt 
thou take her son's daughter, or her daugh- 
ter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; 

for they are her near kinswomen : it is wick- 
edness. 

18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sis- 
ter, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, 
besides the Other in her Yife-time. 

19 Tf Also thou shalt not approach unto a 
woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as 
she is put apart for her uncleanness. 

20 Moreover, thou shalt not lie carnally with 
thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with 
her. 

21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed 
pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt 
thou profane the name of thy God : I am 
the Lord. 

22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as 
with womankind: it is abomination. 

23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to 
defile thyself therewith: neither shall any 
woman stand before a beast to lie down 
thereto : it is confusion. 

24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these 
things : for in all these the nations are de- 
filed which I cast out before you : 

25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do 
visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land 
itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. 

26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and 
my judgments, and shall not commit any of 
these abominations ; neither any of your own 

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nation, nor any stranger that sojournetli 
among you : 

27 (For all these abominations have the 
men of the land done, which were before 
you, and the land is defiled ;) 
"28 That the land spue not you out also, 
when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations 
that tcere before you. 

29 For whosoever shall commit any of these 
abominations, even the souls that commit 
them shall be cutoff from among their people. 

30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, 
that ye commit not any one of these abomi- 
nable customs, which were committed before 
you, and that ye defile not yourselves there- 
in : I am the Lord your God. 

CHAP. XIX. 
A repetition of sundry laws. 

AND the Lord spake mi to Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto all the congregation of 
the children of Israel, and say unto them, 
Ye shall be holy : for I the Lord your God 
am holy. 

3 % Ye shall fear every man his mother and 
his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the 
Lord your God. 

4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to 
yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord 
your God. 

5 1[ And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace-of- 
ferings unto "the Lord, ye shall offer it at 
your own will. 

6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, 
and on the morrow : and if aught remain 
until the third day, itshall be burnt in the fire. 

7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, 
it is abominable ; it shall not be accepted. 

8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall 
bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned 
the hallowed thing of the Lord ; and that 
soul shall be cut off from among his people. 

9 fl" And when ye reap the harvest of your 
land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners 
of thy field, neither shaft thou gather the 
gleanings of thy harvest. 

10 And thou shalt not glean 'thy vineyard, 
neither shalt thou gather every grape o'f thy 
vineyard ; thou shalt leave them for the poor 
and stranger : I am the Lord your God', 

11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, 
neither lie one to another. 

12 And ye shall not swear by my name 
falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name 
of thy God : I am the Lord. 

13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, 
neither rob him : the wages of him that is 
hired shall not abide with thee all night until 
the morning. 

14 Thou shalt not curse- the deaf, nor put a 
stumbling-block before the blind, but shalt 
fear thy God : I am the Lord. 

15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judg- 
ment; thou shalt not respect the person of 
the poor, nor honour the person of the 
mighty: bul'm righteousness shalt thou judge 
thy neighbour. 

16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a 
tale-bearer among thy people; neither shalt 
thou stand against the blood of thy neigh- 
bour; I am the Lord. 



LEVITICUS. and ordinances. 

17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy 
heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy 
neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. 

18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any 
grudge against the children of thy people, 
but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself : 
I am the Lord. 

19 Ye shall keep mv statutes. Thou shalt 
not let thy cattle gencler with a diverse kind : 
Thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled 
seed: neither shall a garment mingled of 
linen and woollen come upon thee. 

20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a 
woman that is a bond-maid betrothed to a 
husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom 
given her; she shall be scourged: they shall 
not be put to death, because she was not free. 

21 And he shall bring his trespass-offer- 
ing unto the Lord, unto the door of the ta- 
bernacle of the congregation, even a ram for 
a trespass-offering. 

22 And the priest shall make an atonement 
for him with the ram of the trespass-offering 
before the Lord for his sin which he hath 
done; and the sin which he hath done shall 
be forgiven him. 

23 TI And when ye shall come into the land, 
and shall have planted all manner of trees 
for food; then ye shall count the fruit there- 
of as uncircumcised : three years shall it be 
as uncircumcised unto you : it shall not be 
eaten of. 

24 But in the fourth year all the fruit there- 
of shall be holy to praise the Lord withal. 

25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the 
fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the 
increase thereof: I am the Lord your God. 

26 H Ye shall not eat any thing with the 
blood : neither shall ye use enchantment, nor 
observe times., 

27 Ye shall not round the corners of your 
heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of 
thy beardL 

28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your 
flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon 
you : I am-- the- Lord. 

29 ^[ Do not prostitutethv daughter to cause 
her Uj be a whore : lest the land fall to 
whoredom, and the land become full of 
wickedness. 

30 1[ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and rever- 
ence my sanctuary : I am the Lord. 

31 U Regard not them that have familiar 
spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be de- 
filed by them : I am the Lord your God. 

32 If Thou shalt rise up before the hoary 
head, and honour the face of the old man, 
and fear thy God : I am the Lord. 

33 % And if a stranger sojourn with thee 
in your land, ye shall not vex him. 

34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you 
shall be unto vou as one born among you, 
and thou shaft love him as thyself; for ye 
were strangers in the land of Egypt : I am 
the Lord your God. 

35 % Ye shall do no unrighteousness in 
judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or mi 
measure. 

36 Just l>alances> iust weights, a just ephah, 
and a just bin shall ye have : I am the Lord 

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Of going to wizards, ftc. CHAP. 

vour God, which brought you out of the land 
of Egypt. 
37 Therefore shall ye observe all my sta- 
tutes, and all my judgments, and do them: 
I am the Lord. 

CHAP. XX. 
1 Of him that giveth of his seed to Molech. 4 Of 
him thatfavoureth such an one. 6 Of going to 
wizards. 7 Of sanctijication. 9 Of him that 
curscth his parents. 10 Of adultery. 11, 14, 17, 
19 Of incest. 13 Of sodomy, lb Of bestiality. 
18 Of uncleanness. 22 Obedience is required 
with holiness. 27 Wizards must be put to death. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 H Again thou shalt say to the children 
of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of 
Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Is- 
rael, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech, 
he shall surely he put to death : the people 
of the land shall stone him with stones. 

3 And I will set my face against that man, 
and will cut him off from among his people ; 
because he hath given of his seed unto Mo- 
lech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane 
my holy name. 

4 IT And if the people of the land do any 
ways hide their eyes from the man, when he 
giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him 
not; 

5 Then I will set my face against that man, 
and against his family, and will cut him off, 
and aU that go a whoring after him, to com- 
mit whoredom with Molech, from among 
their people. 

6 IT And the soul that turneth after such as 
have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go 
a whoring after them, I will even set mv face 
against that soul, and will cut him off from 
among his people. 

7 If Sanctify yourselves therefore and be ye 
holy : for I am the Lord your God. 

8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do 
them: I am the Lord which sanctify you. 

9 H For every one that curseth his father 
or his mother, shall be surely put to death : 
he hath cursed his father or his mother : his 
blood shall be upon him. 

10 U And the man that committeth adultery 
with another man's wife, even he that com- 
mitteth adultery with his neighbour's wife, 
the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely 
be put to death. 

11 U And the man that lieth with his fa- 
ther's wife hath uncovered his father's na- 
kedness : both of them shall surely be put to 
death : their blood shall be upon them. 

12 And if a man lie with his daughter-in- 
law, both of them shall surely be put to 
death: they have wrought confusion; their 
blood shall be upon them. 

13 1T If a man .-dso lie with mankind, as he 
lieth with a woman, both of them have com- 
mitted an abomination : they shall surely 
be put to death ; their blood shall be upon 
them. 

14 1[ And if a man take a wife and her mo- 
ther, it is wickedness : they shall be burnt 
with fire, both he and they : that there be 
no wickedness among you/ 

15 H And if a man lie with a beast, he shall 



XX, XXI. Of adultery, incest, SfC 

surely be put to death : and ye shall slay the 
beast. 

16 And if a woman approach unto any 
beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill 
the woman and the beast ; they shall surely 
be put to death ; their bl\)od shall be upon 
them. 

17 And if a man shall take his sister, his fa- 
ther's daughter, or his mother's daughter, 
and see her nakedness, and she see Ins na- 
kedness : it is a wicked tiring; and they shall 
be cut off in the sight of their people : he 
hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he 
shall bear his iniquity. 

18 *[ And if a man shall lie with a woman 
having her sickness, and shall uncover her 
nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, 
and she hath uncovered the fountain of her 
blood : and both of them shall be cut off 
from among their people. 

19 If And thou shalt not uncover the na- 
kedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy 
father's sister : for he uncovereth his near 
kin : they shall bear their iniquity. 

20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's 
wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's naked- 
ness : they shall bear their sin ; they shall 
die childless. 

21 And if a man shall take his brother's 
wife, it is an unclean thing : he hath unco- 
vered his brother's nakedness ; they shall be 
childless. 

22 T\ Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, 
and all my judgments, and do them : that the 
land whither I bring you to dwell therein, 
spue you not out. 

23 And ye shall not walk in the manners 6£ 
the nations which I cast out before you : for 
they committed all these things, ancl there- 
fore I abhorred them. 

24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inhe- 
rit their land, and I will give it unto you to 
possess it, a land that floweth with milk and 
honey : I am the Lord your God, which 
have separated you from other people. 

25 Ye shall therefore put difference between 
clean beasts and unclean, and between un- 
clean fowls and clean : and ye shall not make 
your souls abominable by beast or by fowl, 
or by any manner of living thing that creep- 
eth on the ground, which I have separated 
from you as unclean. 

26 And ye shall be holy unto me : for I the 
Lord am holy, and have severed you from 
other people, that ye should be mine. 

27 ^f A man also or a woman that hath a 
famiKar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely 
be put to death: they shall stone them with 
stones: their blood shall be upon them. 

CHAP. XXI. 

1 Of the priests' 1 mourning. 6 Of their holiness. 

8 Of their estimation. 7, 13 Of their marriages. 

17 The priests that have blemishes must not 

minister in the sanctuary. 

AND the Lord said unto Moses, Speak 
unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and 
say mite them, There shall none be defiled 
for the dead among his people : 
2 But for his kin, that is near unto him» 
that is, for his mother, and for his father, 
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Of tfie priests' marriages, SfC. LEVITICUS. 

and for his son, and for his daughter, and for 
his brother, 

3 And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto 
him, which hath had no husband: for her 
may he be deiiled. 

4 But he shall not defile himself, being 
a chief man among his people, to profane 
himself. 

5 They shall not make baldness upon their 
head, neither shall they shave off the corner 
of their beard, nor make any cuttings in 
their flesh. 

6 % TJiey shall be holy unto their God, and 
not profane the name of their God: for the 
.offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the 
bread of their God they do offer: therefore 
they shall be holy. 

7 *|[ They shall not take a wife that is a 
whore, or profane ; neither shall they take a 
woman put away from her husband : for he 
is holy unto his God. 

8 IT Thou shalt sanctity him therefore, for 
he offereth the bread of thy God : he shall 
be holy unto thee : for I the Lord, which 
sanctify you, am holy. 

9 And the daughter of any priest, if she 
profane herself by playing the whore, she 
profaneth her father: she shall be burnt 
with fire. 

10 And he that is the high priest among his 
brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil 
was poured, and that is consecrated to put 
on the garments, shall not uncover his head, 
nor rend his clothes ; 

11 Neither shall he go in to any dead body, 
nor defile himself for his father, or for his 
mother; 

12 Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, 
nor profane the sanctuary of his God ; for 
the crown of the anointing oil of his God is 
upon him : I am the Lord. 

] 3 U And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 

14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or pro- 
fane, or a harlot, these shall he not take : 
but he shall take a virgin of his own people 
to wife. 

15 Neither shall he profane his seed among 
his people : for I the Lord do sanctify him. 

16 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever 
he be of thy seed in their generations that 
hath any blemish, let him not approach to 
offer the bread of his God : 

13 For whatsoever man he be that hath a 
blemish, he shall not approach : a blind man, 
or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any 
thing superfluous, 

19 Or a man that is broken-footed, or bro 
ken-handed, 

20 Or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that 
hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or 
scabbed, or hath his stones broken ; 

21 No man that hath a blemish of the seed 
of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer 
the offerings of the Lord made by fire ; he 
hath a blemish, he shall not come nigh to of- 
fer the bread of his God. 

22 He shall eat the bread of his God, both 
. of the most holy, and of the holy. 



Who may eat of holy ihingt* 

23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor 
come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a 
blemish; that he profane not my sanctua- 
ries : for I the Lord do sanctify them. 

24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to 
his sons, and unto all the children of Israel. 

CHAP. XXII. 
1 The priests in their uncleanness must abstain 
from the holy things. 6 How they shall be 
cleansed. 10 Who of the priesVs house may 
eat of the holy things. 17 The sacrifices must 
be without blemish. 26 The age of the sacrifice* 
29 The law of eating the sacrifice of thanks 
giving. 



AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, 
that they separate themselves from the holy 
things of the children of Israel, and that 
they . profane not my holy name in those 
things which they hallow unto me : I am 
the Lord. 

3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of ail 
your seed among your generations, that go- 
eth unto the holy things, which the children 
of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his 
uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut 
off from my presence : I am the Lord. 

4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron 
is a leper, or hath a running issue ; he shall 
not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. 
And whoso toucheth any thing that is un- 
clean by the dead, or a man whose seed go- 
eth from him ; 

5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping 
thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or 
a man of whom he may take uncleanness, 
whatsoever uncleanness he hath : 

6 H The soul which hath touched any such 
shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat 
of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh 
with water. 

7 And when the sun is down, he shall be 
clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy 
things, because it is his food. 

8 That which dieth of itself, or is tomwith 
beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself 
therewith : I am the Lord. 

9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, 
lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if 
they profane it: I the Lord do sanctify 
them. 

10 % There shall no stranger eat of the holy 
thing : a sojourner of the priest, or a hiretl 
servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 

11 But if the priest buy any soul with his 
money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born 
in his house : they shall eat of his meat. 

12 If the priest's daughter also be married 
unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offer- 
ing of the holy things. 

13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, 
or divorced, and have no child, and is re- 
turned unto her father's house, as in her 
youth, she shall eat of her father's meat ; but 
there shall no stranger eat thereof. 

14 And if a man eat of the holy thing un- 
wittingly, then he shall put the fifth part 
thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the 
priest, with the holy thing. 

15 And they shall not profane the holy things 
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The kind of sacrifices to be offered, CHAP. 

of the children of Israel which they offer unto 
the Lord : 

16 Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of 
trespass, when they eat their holy things: 
for I the Lord do sanctify them. 

17 TI And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and 
unto all the children of Israel, and say unto 
them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Is- 
rael, or of the strangers in Israel, that will 
offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all 
his free-will-offerings, which they will offer 
unto the Lord for a burnt-offering : 

19 Ye shall offer at your own w ill a male 
without blemish of the beeves, of the sheep, 
or of the goats. 

20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that 
shall ye not offer : for it shall not be accept- 
able for you. 

21 And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of 
peace-offerings unto the Lord to accom- 
plish his vow, or a free-w ill-offering in beeves, 
or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted : 
there shall be no blemish therein. 

22 Bfind, or broken, or maimed, or having a 
wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer 
these unto the Lord, nor make an offering 
by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord. 

23 Either a bullock, or a lamb that hath any 
thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that 
mayest thou offer for a free-will-offering; 
but for a vow it shall not be accepted. 

24 Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that 
which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or 
cut; neither shall ye make any offering 
thereof in your land. 

25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye 
offer the bread of your God of any of these ; 
because their corruption is in them, and ble- 
mishes be in them : they shall not be accept- 
ed for you. 

26 ^ And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat is 
brought forth, then it shall be seven days 
under the dam ; and from the eighth day and 
thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offer- 
ing made by fire unto the Lord. 

28 And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall 
not kill it and her young both in one day. 

29 H And when ye will offer a sacrifice of 
thanksgiving unto" the Lord, offer it at your 
own will. 

30 On the same day it shall be eaten up, ye 
shall leave none of it until the morrow: I 
am the Lord. 

31 Therefore shall ye keep my command- 
ments, and do them : I am the Lord. 

32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; 
but I will be hallowed among the children 
of Israel : I am the Lord which hallow you, 

33 That brought vou out of the land of 
Egypt, to be your Gfod : I am the Lord. 

CHAP. XXIII 
1 The feasts of the Lord, 3 The sabbath. 4 Tlie 
passover. 9 The sheaf of first-fruits. 15 The 
feast of Pentecost. 22 Gleanings to be left for 
thepoor. 23 The feast of trumpets. 26 The day 
of atonement. 33 The fezst of tabernacles. 
5 E 



XXIII. Feasts of the sabbath, passover, fa, 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, Concerning' the feasts of the 
Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy 
convocations, even these are my feasts. 

3 Tf Six days shall work be done : but the 
seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy con- 
vocation : ye shall do no work therein: his 
the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings, 

4 <[[ These are the feasts of the Lord, even 
holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim 
in their seasons. 

5 In the fourteenth day of the first month 
at even is the Lord's passover. 

6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month 
is the feast of unleavened bread unto the 
Lord : seven days ye must eat unleavened 
bread. 

7 In the first day ye shall have a holy con- 
vocation : ye shall do no servile work therein. 

8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire 
unto the Lord seven days: in the seventh 
day is a holy convocation, ye shall do no ser- 
vile work therein. 

9 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, When ye be come into the 
lawl which I give unto you, and shall reap 
the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a 
sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto 
the priest: 

11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the 
Lord, to be accepted for you : on the mor- 
row after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. 

12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave 
the sheaf, a he-lamb without blemish of the 
first year for a burnt-offering unto the Lord, 

13 And the meat-offering thereof shall be 
two tenth-deals of fine flour mingled with 
oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord 

for a sweet savour : and the drink-offering 
thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of 
a hin. 

14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor 
parched corn, nor green ears, until the seif- 
same day that ye have brought an offering 
unto your God : It shall be a statute for ever 
throughout your generations in all your 
dwellings. 

15 % And ye shall count unto you from the 
morrow after the sabbath, from the day that 
ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; 
seven sabbaths shall be complete: 

16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh 
sabbath shall ye number fifty days ; and ye . 
shall offer a new meat-offering unto the Lord. * 

17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations 
two wave-loaves of two tenth-deals: they 
shall be of fine flour, they- shall be baken 
with leaven, they are the first-fruits unto the 
Lord. 

18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven 
lambs without blemish of the first year, and 
one young bullock, and two rams : they shall 
be for a burnt-offering unto the Lord, with 
their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings, 
evenan offering made by fire of sweet savour 
unto the Lord. 

, 19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of me 
iff 



Tlie day of atonement. LEVITICUS. 

goats for a sin-offering, and two lambs of the 
first year for a sacrifice of peace-offerings. 

20 And the priest shall wave them with the 
bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering 
before the Lord, with the two lambs : they 
shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. 

21 And ye shall proclaim on the self-same 
day, Hint it may be a holy convocation unto 
you : ye shall do no servile work therein. It 
shall be a statute for ever in all your dwell- 
ings throughout your generations. 

22 ^1 And when ye reap the harvest of .your 
land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of 
the corners of thy field when thou reapest, 
neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy 
harvest : thou shalt leave them unto the poor, 
nnd to the stranger: I amt\\e Lord your God. 

23 TJ" And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

24 Speak unto the children of Israel, say- 
ing, In the seventh month, in the first day of 
the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memo- 
rial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convoca- 
tion. 

25 Ye shall do no servile work therein ; but 
ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto 
the Lord. 

26 1f And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saving, 

27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh 
month there shall be a day of atonement ; it 
shall be a holy convocation unto you, and ye 
shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering 
made by fire unto the Lord. 

28 And ye shall do no work in that same 
day ; for it is a day of atonement, to make an 
atonement for you before the Lord your God. 

29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not 
be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut 
off" from among his people. 

30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any 
work in that same day, the same soul will J 
destroy from among his people. 

31 Ye shall do no manner of work. It shall 
be a statute for ever throughout your genera- 
tions in all your dwellings. 

32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, 
and ye shall afflict your souls : in the ninth 
day of the month at even, from even unto 
even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. 

33 II And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

31 Speak unto the children of Israel, say- 
ing, The fifteenth day of this seventh month 
.shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven 
days unto the Lord. 

3a On the first day shall be a holy convoca- 
tion : ye shall do no servile work therein. 

36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made 
by fire unto the Lord: on the eighth day 
shaii be a holy convocation unto you, and ye 
shall offer an offering made by fire unto the 
Lord : it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall 
do no servile work therein. 

37 These are the feasts of the Lord, which 
) e shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to 
offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, 
a burnt-offering, and a meat-offering, a sa- 
crifice, and drink-offerings, ever}' thing upon 
his day: 



The feast of tabernacles. 

38 Besides the sabbaths of the Lord, and 
besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, 
and besides allyour free-will-offerings, which 
ye give unto the Lord. 

39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh 
month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of 
the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord 
seven days : on the first day shall be a sab- 
bath, and on the eighth day shall be a sab- 
bath. 

40 And ye shall take you on the first day 
the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm- 
trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and wil- 
lows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice be- 
fore the Lord your God seven days. 

41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the 
Lord seven days in the year. It shall be a 
statute for ever in your generations ; ye shall 
celebrate it in the seventh month. 

42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; all 
that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths : 

43 That your generations may know that I 
made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, 
when I brought them out of the land of 
Egypt : I am the Lord your God. 

44 And Moses declared unto the children of 
Israel the feasts of the Lord. 

CHAP. XXIV. 

I The oil for the lamps. 5 The shcw-bread. 10 She* 
ZofasY/t's son blasphemeth. 13 The law of bins- 
phemy. 17 Of murder. 18 Of damage. 23 The 
blasphemer is stoned. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Command the children of Israel^ that 
they bring unto thee pure oil-olive beaten for 
the lteht, to cause the lamps to burn con- 
tinually. 

3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the 
tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron 
order it from the evening unto the morning 
before the Lord continually : it shall be a 
statute for ever in your generations. 

4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure 
candlestick before the Lord continually. 

5 ^[ And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake 
twelve cakes thereof: two tenth-deals shall 
be in one cake. 

6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on 
a row, upon the pure table before the Lord. 

7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon 
each row, that it may be on the bread for a 
memorial, even an offering made by fire unto 
the Lord. 

8Every sabbath he shall set it in order before 
the Lord continually, being taken from the 
children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. 

9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' ; and 
they shall eat it in the holy place : for it u 
most holy unto him of the offerings of the 
Lord made by fire by a perpetual statute. 

10 Tf And the son of an Israelitish woman, 
whose father was an Egyptian, went out 
among the children of Israel ; and this son o/ 
the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel 
strove together in the camp ; 

II And the Israelitish woman's son blas- 
phemed the name of the LORD, and cursed : 
and they brought him unto Moses : (and his 
mother's name was Sheiomith, the daughter 
of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan :) 

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The laws of blasphemy, fa. CHAP, 

12 And tliey put him in ward, that the mind 
of the Lord might be shewed them. 

13 i[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without 
the camp; and let all that heard him lay their 
hands upon his head, and let all the congre- 

' gation stone him. 

15 And thou shalt speak unto the children 
of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God 
shall bear his sin. 

16 And he that blasphemeth the name of 
the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, 
arid all the congregation shall certainly stone 
him : as well the stranger, as he that is born 
in the land, when he blasphemeth the name 
of the LORD, shall be put to death. 

17 "U And he that killeth any man shall 
surely be put to death. 

18 j[ And he that killeth a beast shall make 
it good ; beast for beast. 

19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neigh- 
bour; as he hath done, so shall it be done 
unto him : 

20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for 
tooth : as he hath caused a blemish in a man, 
so shall it be done to him again. 

21 And he that killeth a beast, he shaW re- 
store it: and he that killeth a man, he shall 
be put to death. 

22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well 
for the stranger, as for one of your own 
country : for I am the Lord your God. 

23 ^f And Moses spake unto the children of 
Israel, that they should bring forth him that 
had cursed out of the camp, and stone him 
with stones : and the children of Israel did 
as the Lord commanded Moses. 

CHAP. XXV. 
1 TJie sabbath of the seventh year. 8 The jubilee 
hi the fiftieth year. 14 Of oppression. 18 A 
blessing of obedience. 23 The redemption of 
land. 29 Of houses. 35 Compassion of the 
poor. 39 The usage of bond-men. 47 The re- 
demption of servants. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses in mount 
Sinai, saying, 

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, When ye come into the land 
which I give you, then shall the land keep a 
sabbath unto the Lord. 

3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six 
years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and ga- 
ther in the fruit thereof; 

4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath 
of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord : 
thou shalt neitV.er sow thy field, nor prune 
thy vineyard. 

5 That which groweth of its own accord of 
thy harvest, thou shalt not reap, neither ga- 
ther the grapes of thy vine undressed : for 
it is a year of rest unto the land. 

6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat 
for you ; for thee, and for thy servant, and 
for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and 
for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee, 

7 And for thy cattle, and for the beast that 
are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof 
be meat. 

8 If And thou shalt number seven sabbaths 



- XXV. The year of Jubilee. 

of years unto thee, seven times sevenyears; 
and the space of the seven sabbaths of years 
shall be unto thee forty and nine years. 

9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the 
jubilee to sound, on the tenth day of the se- 
venth month, in the day of atonement shall 
ye make the trumpet sound throughout all 
your land. 

10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and 
proclaim iiberty throughout all the land unto 
all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a ju- 
bilee unto you; and ye shall return every 
man unto his possession, and ye shall return 
every man unto his family. 

11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto 
you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that 
which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the 
grapes in it of thy vine undressed. 

12 For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy 
unto you : ye shall eat the increase thereof 
out of the field. 

13 In the year of this jubilee ye shall return 
every man unto his possession. 

14 *ff And if thou sell aught unto thy neigh- 
bour, or buyest aught of thy neighbour's 
hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 

15 According to the number of years after 
the jubilee, thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, 
and according unto the number of years of 
the fruits he shall sell unto thee : 

16 According to the multitude of years thou 
shalt increase the price thereof, and accord- 
ing to the fewness of years thou shalt dimi-' 
nish the price of it : for according to the 
number of the years of the fruits doth he 
sell unto thee. 

17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one ano- 
ther; but thou shalt fear thy God : for I am 
the Lord your God. 

1 8 IT Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and 
keep my judgments, and do them; and ye 
shall dwell in the land in safety. 

19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and 
ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in 
safety. 

20 And if ye shall say, What shall we eat 
the seventh year ? behold, we shall not sow 
nor gather in our increase : 

21 Then I will command my blessing upon 
you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth 
fruit for three years. 

22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and 
eat yet of old fruit until the nhith year; 
until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the 
old store. 

23 H The land shall not be sold for ever, 
for the land is mine, for ye are strangers an J 
sojourners with me. 

24 And in all the land of your possession 
ye shall grant a redemption For the land. 

25 % If thy brother be waxen poor, and 
hath sold away some of his possession, and 
if any of his kin come to redeem it, then 
shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 

26 And if the man have none to redeem it, . 
and himself be able to redeem it; 

27 Then let him count the years of thesale 
thereof, and restore the overplus unto the 
man to whom he sold it; that he may return 
unto his possession. 



Til e redemption of houses, LEVITICU S. 

28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, 
then that which is sold shall remain in the 
hand of him that hath bought it until the 
year of jubilee : and in the jubilee it shall go 
out, and he shall return unto his possession. 

29 % And if a man sell a dwelling-house in 
a walled cits', then he may redeem it within 
a whole year after it is sold : within a full 
year may he redeem it. 
* 30 And if it be not redeemed within the 
space of a full year, then the house that is in 
the walled city shall be established for ever 
to him that bought it, throughout his genera- 
tions, it shall not go out in the jubilee. 

31 But the houses of the villages which 
have no walls round about them, shall be 
counted as the fields of the country: they 
may be redeemed, and they shall go out in 
the jubilee. 

3*2 Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, 
and the houses of the cities of their posses- 
sion, may the Levites redeem at any time. 

33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, 
then the house that was sold, and the citv of 
his possession shall go out in the year ^ju- 
bilee; for the houses of the cities of the Le- 
vites are their possession among the children 
of Israel. 

34 But the field of the suburbs of their ci- 
ties may not be sold, for it is their perpetual 
possession. 

35 *ft And if thy brother be waxen poor, and 
fallen in decay with thee ; then thou shalt 
relieve him : yea, though he be a stranger, 
or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. 

36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase; 
but fear thy God; that" thy brother may live 
with thee. 

37 Thou shalt not give him thy money 
upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for in- 
crease. 

38 J am the Lord your God, which brought 
you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give 
you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. 

39 U And if thy brother that dwelleth by 
thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; 
thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond- 
servant: 

40 But as a hired servant, andzs a sojourn- 
er he s]iall be with thee, and shall serve thee 
unto the year of jubilee : 

41 Aml'then shall he depart from thee, both 
he and his children with him, and shall re- 
turn unto his own family, and unto the pos- 
sesion of hi* fathers shail he return. 

42 For they are my servants which I brought 
forth out of the land of Egypt; they shall not 
be sold as bond-men. 

43 Thon shalt not rule over him with rigour, 
but .-halt fear thy God. 

44 Both thy bond-men, and thy bond-maids, 
*hich thou shalt have, shall be of the hea- 
then that are round about you; of them shall 
ye buy bond-men and bond-maids. 

45 Moreover, of the children of the stran- 
gers that do sojourn among you, of them 
shall ye buy, and of their families that are 
wuh you, which they begat in your land: 
and they shall be your possession. 

4G And ve shall take them as an inheritance 



and seivants. 
for your children after you, to inherit tJiem 
for a possession, they shall be your bond-men 
for ever: but over your brethren the children 
of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another 
with rigour. 

47 *fl And if a sojourner or a stranger wax 
rich by thee, and thy brother that dweUeth by 
him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stran- 
ger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of 
the stranger's family : 

48 After that he is sold he may be redeem 
ed again ; one of his brethren may redeem 
him: 

49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son may 
redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto 
him of his family may redeem him ; or if he 
be able, he may redeem himself. 

50 And he shall reckon with him that bought 
him, from the year that he was sold to hnn, 
unto the year of jubilee : and the price of 
his salesliall be according unto the number 
of years, according to the time of a hired 
servant shall it be with him. 

51 If there be yet many years behind, ac- 
cording unto them he shall give again the 
price of his redemption out of the money 
that he was bought for. 

52 And if there remain but few years unto 
the year of jubilee, then he shall count with 
him, and according unto his years shall he 
give him again the price of his redemption. 

53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be 
with him : and the other shall not rule with 
rigour over him in thy sight. 

54 And if he be not redeemed in these 
years, then he shall go out in the year of ju- 
bilee, both he, and his children with him. 

55 For unto me the children of Israel are 
servants, they are my servants whom I 
brought forth out of the land of Egypt : I 
aw the Lord your God. 

"chap. XXVI. 

1 Of idolatry. 2 Religiousness. '3J1 blessing to 
them, that keep the commandments. 14 A curse 
to those that break them. 40 Qvd promiseth to 
remember them that repent. 



YE shall make you no idols nor graven 
image, neither rear you up a standing 
image, neither shall ye set up any image of 
stone in your land, to bow down unto it : for 
I am the Lord your God. 

2 If Ye shall Iteep my sabbaths, and reve- 
rence my sanctuary : I am the Lord. 

3 ^[ If ye walk in my statutes and keep my 
commandments, and do them: 

4 Then I will give you rain in due season, 
and the land shall yield her increase, and the 
trees of the field shall yield their fruit : 

5 And your threshing shall reach unto the 
vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the 
sowing-time ; and ye shall eat your bread to 
the full, and dwell "in your land safely. 

6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye 
shall lie down, and none shall make you 
afraid : and I will rid evil beasts out of the 
land, neither shall the sword go through your 
land. 

7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and 
they shall fall before you by the sword. 

B And five of you shall chase a hundred, 
100 



Plagues threatened 



and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand 
to flight: and your enemies shall fall before 
vou by the sword. 

' 9 For I will have respect unto you, and 
make you fruitful, and multiply you, and es- 
tablish my covenant with you. 

10 And yc shall eat old store, and bring 
forth the old because of the new. 

11 And I will set my tabernacle among you : 
and my soul shall not abhor you. 

12 And I will walk among you, and will be 
your God, and ye shall be my people. 

13 I am the Lord your Godj which brought 
you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye 
should not be their bond-men, and I have 
broken the bands of your yoke, and made 
you £o upright. 

14 1| But if ye will not hearken unto me, 
and will not do all these commandments ; 

15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if 
your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye 
will not do all my commandments, but that 
ye break my covenant: 

16 I also will do this unto you, I will even 
appoint over you terror, consumption, and 
the burning ague, that shall consume the 
eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye 
shall sow your seed in vain ; for your enemies 
shall eat it. 

17 And I will set my face" against you, and 
ye shall be slain before your enemies: they 
that hate you shall reign over you, and ye 
shall flee when none pursueth )ou. 

18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken 
unto me, then I will punish you seven times 
more for your sins. 

19 And I will break the pride of your power ; 
and I will make your heaven as iron, and your 
earth as brass : 

20 And your strength shall be spent in vain : 
for your' land shall not jield her increase, 
neither shall the trees of the land yield their 
fruits. 

21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and 
will not hearken u . to me, I will bring seven 
times more plagues upon you according to 
your sins. 

22 I will also send wild beasts among you, 
which shall rob you of your children, and 
destroy your cattle, and make you few in 
number, and y our high -ways shall be desolate. 

23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by 
these things, but will walk contrary unto me"; 

24 Then will I also walk contrary' unto you, 
and will punish you yet seven times for your 
sins. 

25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that 
shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: 
and when ye are gathered together within 
your cities, I will send the pestilence among 
you : and ye shall be delivered into the hand 
of the enemy. ' - 

26 And when I have broken the staff of 
your bread, ten women shall bake your bread 
in one oven, and they shall deliver you your 
bread again by weight: and ye shall eat - and 
not be satisfied. 

27 And if ye will not for all this hearken 
unto me, but walk contrary unto me; 

28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also 



CHAP. XXVI. for disobedience. 

in fury- and I, even I, will chastise you seven 



times tor your sins. 

29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, 
and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 

30 And I will destroy your high places, and 
cut down your images, and cast your car- 
casses upon the carcasses of your idols, and 
my soul shall abhor you. 

31 And I will make your cities waste, and 
bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and 
I will not smell the savour of your sweet 
odours. 

32 And I will bring the land into desola- 
tion : and your enemies which dwell therein 
shall be astonished at it. 

33 And I will scatter you among the hea- 
then, and w ill draw out a sword after you : 
and your land shall be desolate, and your 
cities waste. 

34 Then shall thedand enjoy her sabbaths, 
as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your 
enemies' land; evdn then shall the land rest, 
and enjoy her sabbaths. 

35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest ; 
because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when 
ye dwelt upon it. 

36 And upon them that are left alive of 
you, I will send a faintness into their hearts 
in the lands of their .enemies ; and the sound 
of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they 
shall flee, as fleeing from a sword ; and tliey 
shall fall, when none pursueth. 

37 And they shall fall one upon another, as 
it were before a sword, when none pursueth : 
and ye shall have no power to stand before 
your enemies. 

38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, 
and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 

39 And they that are left of you shall pine 
away in their iniquity in jour enemies' lands ; 
and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall 
they pine away with them. 

40" 1[ If they shall confess their iniquity, 
and the iniquity of their fathers, with their 
trespass which they trespassed against me, 
and that also they have walked contrary 
unto me; 

41 And thai I also have walked contrary 
unto them, and have brought them into the 
land of their enemies; if then their uncir- 
cumcised hearts be humbled, and they then 
accept of the punishment of their iniquity : 

42 Then will I remember my covenant with 
Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and 
also my covenant with Abraham will I re- 
member; and I will remember the land. 

43 The land also shall be left of them, and 
shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth deso- 
late without them : and they shall accept of 
the punishment of their iniquity; because, 
even because they despised my judgments, 
and because their soul abhorred my statutes, 

44 And yet for all that, when they be in 
the land of their enemies, I will not cast 
them away, neither will I abhor them, to de- 
stroy them utterly, and to break my covenant 
with them: for t am the Lord their God. 

45 But I will for their sakes remember the 
covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought 
forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of 

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Of things devoted, 

the heathen, that I might be their God: I 
am the Lord. 

46 These are the statutes, and judgments, 
and laws, which the Lord made between 
him and the children of Israel in mount Si- 
nai by the hand of Moses. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
1 He that makcth a singular vow must be the 
Lord's. 3 The estimation of the person. 9 Of 
a beast given by vow. 14 Of a house. 16 Of a 
field, and the redemption thereof. 28JV</ de- 
voted thing may be redeemed. 32 The tithe may 
not be changed. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, When a man shall make a 
singular vow, the persons shall be for the 
Lord, by thy estimation. 

3 If And thy estimation shall be, of the male 
from twenty years old even unto sixty years 
old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels 
of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 

4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation 
shall be thirty shekels. 

5 And if it be from five years old even unto 
twenty years old, then thy estimation shall 
be of the male twenty shekels, and for the 
female ten shekels. 

6 And : f it be from a month old even unto 
five years old, then thy estimation shall be 
of the male five shekels of silver, and for the 
female thy estimation shall be three shekels 
of silver. 

7 And if it be from sixty years old and 
above ; if it be a male, then thy estimation 
shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female 
ten shekels. 

8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, 
then he shall present himself before the 
priest, and the priest shall value him: ac- 
cording to his ability that vowed shall the 
priest value him. 

9 H And if it be a beast whereof men bring 
an offering unto the Lord, all that any man 
giveth of such unto the Lord shall be holy. 

10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a 
good for a bad, or a bad for a good : and if 
he shall at all change beast for beast, then it 
aad the exchange thereof shall be holy. 

11 And xiit be any unclean beast, of which 
they do not offer a sacrifice unto the Lord, 
ihen he shall present the beast befere the 
priest: 

12 And the priest shall value it, whether it 
be good or bad : as thou valuest it icho art 
the priest, so shall it be. 

13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall 
aid a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. 

14 If And when a man shall sanctify his 
house to be holy unto the Lord, then the 
priest shall estimate it, whether it be good 
or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so 
shall it stand. 

15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem 
his house, then he shall add the fifth part of 
the money of thy estimation unto it, and it 
shall be his. 

16 H And if a man shall sanctify unto the 
Lord some part of a field of his possession, 
then thy estimation shall be according to the 



LEVITICUS. and their redempUoTi. 

seed thereof: a homer of barley seed shall 
be valued at iifty shekels of silver. 

17 If he sanctify his field from the year of ju- 
bilee,according to thyestimation it shall stand. 

18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubi- 
lee, then the priest" shall reckon unto him 
the money according: to the years that re- 
main, even unto the year of the jubilee, and 
it shall be abated from thy estimation. 

19 And if he that sanctified the field will in 
any wise redeem it, then he shall add the 
fifth part of the money of thy estimation 
unto it, and it shall be assured to him. 

20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if 
he have sold the field to another man, it 
shall not be redeemed any more. 

21 But the field, when it goeth out in the 
jubilee, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a 
field devoted : the possession thereof shall 
be the priest's. 

22 And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a 
field which he hath bought, which is not of 
the fields of his possession ; 

23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him 
tlie worth of thy estimation, even unto the 
year of the jubilee : and he shall give thine 
estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto 
the Lord. 

24 In the year of the jubilee the field shall 
return unto him of whom it was bought, even 
to him to whom the possession of the land 
did belong: 

25 And all thy estimations shall be accord- 
ing to the shekel of the sanctuary : twenty 
gerahs shall be the shekel. 

26 Only the firstling of die beasts, which 
should be the Lord's firstling, no man shall 
sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep : it is 
the Lord's. 

27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then 
he shall redeem it according to thine esti- 
mation, and shall add a fifth part of it there- 
to : or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be 
sold according to thy estimation. 

28 *j\ Notwithstanding, no devoted thing 
that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all 
that he hath, both of man and beast, and of 
the field of his possession, shall be sold or 
redeemed : every devoted thing is most holy 
unto the Lord. 

29 None devoted, which shall be devoted 
of men, shall be redeemed : but shall surely 
be put to death. 

30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of 
the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, 
is the Lord's : it is holy unto the Lord. 

31 And if a man will at all redeem aught of 
his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part 
thereof. 

32 If And concerning the tithe of the herd, or 
of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under 
the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the Lord. 

33 He shall not search whether it be good 
or bad, neither shall he change it : and if he 
change it at all, then both it and the change 
thereof shall be holy; it shall not be re- 
deemed. 

34 These are the commandments which 
the Lord commanded Moses for the chil 
dren of Israel in mount Sinai. 

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«[ The Fourth Book of 
CHAP. I. 

1 God commandeth Moses to number the people. 
5 The princes of the tribes. 17 The number of 
every tribe, 47 The Levites are exempted for 
the service of the Lord. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses in the 
. wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle 
"of the congregation, on the first day of the 
second month, in the second year after they 
were coine out of the land of Egypt, say- 
ing, 

2 Take ye the sum of all the congregation 
of the children of Israel, after their families, 
by the house of their fathers, with the num- 
ber of their names, every male by their polls : 

3 From twenty years old and upward, all 
that are able to go forth to war in Israel; 
thou and Aaron snail number them by their 
armies. 

4 And with you there shall be a man of 
every tribe ; every one head of the house of 
his fathers. 

5 H And these are the names of the men 
that shall stand with you : Of the tribe of 
Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. 

6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zuri- 
shaddai. 

7 Of Judah ; Nahshon the son of Ammina- 
dab. 

8 Of Issachar; Nethaneelthe son of Zuar. 

9 Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon. 

10 Of the children of Joseph : of Ephraim ; 
Elishamathe son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; 
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 

11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gi- 
deoni. 

12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishad- 
dai. 

13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. 

14 Of Gad ; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 

15 Of Naphtali; Ahirathe son of Enan. 

16 These were the renowned of the congre- 
gation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, 
heads of thousands in Israel. 

17 ■[ And Moses and Aaron took these men 
which are expressed by their names : 

18 And they assembled all the congrega- 
tion togedier on the first day of the second 
month, and they declared their pedigrees af- 
ter their families, by the house of their fa- 
thers, according to the number of the names, 
from twenty years old and upward, by their 
polls. 

19 As the Lord commanded Moset, so he 
numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 

20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's 
eldest son, by their generations, after their 
families, by the house of their lathers, ac- 
cording to the number of the names, bv 
their polls, every male from twenty years old 
and upward, all that were able to go forth to 
war ; 

21 Those that were numbered of them, 
even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and 
six thousand and five hundred. 

22 Of the children of Simeon, hv their ge- 
neration?, after their families, by the house of 
their fathers, those that were numbered of 
them, according to the number of the names, 
by their polls, every male from twenty years 



Moses, called NUMBERS. 
old and upward, all that were able to go forth , 
to war: 

23 Those that were numbered of them, 
even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty ami 
nine thousand and three hundred. 

24 Of the children of Gad, by their general 
tions, after their families, by the house ol 
their fathers, according to the number of the 
names, from twenty years old and upward, 
all that were able to go forth to war : 

25 Those that were numbered ot them, 
even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five 
thousand six hundred and fifty. 

26 Of the children of Judah, by their gene- 
rations, after their families, by the house of 
their fathers, according to the number of the 
names, from twenty years old and upward, 
all that were able to go forth to war: 

27 Those that were numbered ot them, 
even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore 
and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 

28 Of the children of Issachar, by their ge- 
nerations, after their families, by the house 
of their lathers, according to the number of 
the names, from twenty years old and up- 
ward, all that were able to go forth to war; 

29 Those that were numbered of them, 
even of the tribe of Issachar, icere fifty and 
four thousand and four hundred. 

30 Of the children of Zebulun, by their ge- 
nerations, after thair families, by the house 
of then* fathers, according to the number of 
the names, from twenty years old and up- 
ward, all Unit were able to go forth to war; 

31 Those that were numbered of them, 
even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty ami 
seven thousand and four hundred. 

32 Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the 
children of Ephraim, by then- generations, 
after their families, by the house of their fa- 
thers, according to the number of the names, 
from twenty years old and upward, all that 
were able to go forth to war ; 

33 Those that Mere numbered of them, 
even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thou- 
sand and five hundred. 

34 Of the children of Manasseh, by their ge- 
nerations, after their families, by the house 
of then- fathers, according to the number of 
the names, from twenty years old and upward, 
all that were able to go forth to war ; 

35 Those that were numbered of them, 
even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty 
and two thousand and two hundred. 

36 Of the children of Benjamin, by their 
generations, after their families, by the house 
of their fathers, according to the number of 
the names, from twenty years old and up- 
ward, all that were able to go forth to war; 

37 Those that were numbered of them, 
even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty 
and five thousand and four hundred. 

33 Of the children of Dan, by their genera-^ 
tions, after their families, by the house of 
tlieir fathers, according to the number of the 
names, from twenty years old and upward, 
all that were able to go forth to war ; 

39 Those that were numbered of them, 
even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and 
two thousand and seven hundred. 
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The Levites devoted to God's service. 

40 Of the children of Asher, by their gene- 
rations, after their families, by the house of 
their fathers, according to the number of the 
names, from twenty years old and upward, 
aJI that were able to go forth to war ; 

41 Those that were numbered of them, 
even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and 
one thousand and five hundred. 

42 Of the children of Naphtali, throughout 
their generations, after their families,, by the 
house of their fathers, according to the num- 
ber of the names, from twenty years old and 
upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 

43 Those that were numbered of them, 
even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and 
three thousand and four hundred. 

44 These are those that were numbered, 
which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the 
princes of Israel, being twelve men : each 
one was for the house of his fathers. 

45 So were all those that were numbered 
of the children of Israel, by the house of 
their fathers, from twenty years old and up- 
ward, all that were able to go forth to war in 
Israel ; 

46 Even all they that were numbered, were 
fix hundred thousand and three thousand 
and five hundred and fifty. 

47 1[ But the Levites, after the tribe of their 
fathers, were not numbered among them. 

48 For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, 
Baying, 

49 Only thou shalt not number the tribe of 
Levi, neither take the sum of them among 
the children of Israel: 

50 But thou shalt appoint the Levites over 
the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the 
vessels thereof, and over all things that be- 
long to it : they shall bear the tabernacle, 
and all the vessels thereof, and they shall 
minister unto it, and shall encamp round 
about the tabernacle. 

51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, 
the Levites shall take it down ; and .when 
the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites 
*hall set it up : and the stranger that cometh 
nisrb shall be put to death. 

52 And the children of Israel shall pitch 
their tents every man by his own camp, and 
every man by his own standard, throughout 
their hosts. 

53 But the Levites shall pitch round about 
the tabernacle of testimonv ; that there be no 
wrath upon the congregation of the children 
of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the 
charge of the tabernacle of testimony. 

51 And the children of Israel did according 
to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so 
did they. 

CHAP. II. 
The order of the tribes in their tmts>. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses and 
unto Aaron, saying, 

2 Every man of the children of Israel shall 
pitch by his own standard, with the ensign 
of their father's house : far off about the ta- 
bernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. 

3 And on the east side toward the rising of 
the gun shaH they of the standard of the 
camp of Judah pitch throughout their ar« 



NUMBERS. The number of the tribes. 

mies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab 
shaft be captain of the children of Judah. 

4 And his host, and those that were num- 
bered of them, were threescore and fourteen 
thousand and six hundred. 

5 And those that do pitch next unto him, 
shall be the tribe of Issachar : and Nethaueel 
the son of Zuar shall be capiain of the chil- 
dren of Issachar. 

6 And his host, and those that were num- 
bered thereof, were fifty and four thousand 
and four hundred. 

7 Then the tribe of Zebulun : and Eliab the 
son of Helon shall be captain of the childreu 
of Zebulun. 

8 And his host, and those that were num- 
bered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand 
and four hundred. 

9 All that were numbered in the camp of 
Judah were a hundred thousand and four- 
score thousand and six thousand and four 
hundreomhroughout their armies : these shall 
first set f\*th. 

10 On tli* south side shall be the standard 
of the can\p of, Reuben according to their 
armies: and the captain of the children of 
Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. 

11 And his host, and those that were num- 
bered thereof, were forty and six thousand 
and five hundred. 

12 And those which pitch by him shall be 
the tribe of Simeon: ami the captain of the 
children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the 
son of Zurishaddai. 

13 And his host, and those that were num- 
bered of them, were fifty and nine thousand 
and three hundred. 

14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain 
of the sons of Gad ehall be EUasaph the son 
of Reuel. 

15 And his host, and those that were num- 
bered of them, were forty and five thousand 
and six hundred and fifty. 

16 All that were numbered in the camp of 
Reuben were a hundred thousand and fifty 
and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, 
throughout their armies: and they shall set 
forth in the second rank. 

17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation 
shall set forward with the camp of the Le- 
vites, in the midst of the camp: as they en- 
camp, so shall they set forward, every man 
in his place by their standards. 

18 On the west side shall be the standard of 
the camp of Ephraim, according to their ar- 
mies : and the captain of the sons of Ephraim 
shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. 

19 And his host, and those that were num- 
bered of them, were forty thousand and five 
hundred. 

20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manas 
seh: and the captain of the children of Ma- 
nasseh shall be Gamaliel die son of Pedahzur. 

21 And his host, and those that weae num- 
bered of them, were thirty and two thousand 
and two hundred. 

22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the 
captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abi- 
dan the son of Gideoni. 

23 And his host, and those that were num 
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and order in their tents. 

bered of them, were thirty and five thousand 

and four hundred. 

24 All that were numbered of the camp of 
Ephraim were a hundred thousand and eight 
thousand and a hundred, throughout their 
armies: and they shall go forward in the 
third rank. 

25 The standard of the camp of. Dan shall 
be on the north side by their armies: and 
the captain of the children of Dan shall be 
Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 

26 And his host, and those that were num- 
bered of them, were threescore and two 
thousand and seven hundred. 

27 And those that encamp by him shall be 
the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the 
children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of 
Ocran. 

28 And his host, and those that were num- 
bered of them, were forty and one thousand 
and five hundred. 

29 Then the tribe of Naphtali : and the cap- 
tain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira 
the son of Enan. 

30 And his host, and those that were num- 
bered of them, were fifty and three thousand 
and four hundred. 

31 All they that were numbered in the camp 
of Dan were a hundred thousand and fifty 
and seven thousand and six hundred : they 
shall go hindmost with their standards. 

32 These are those which were numbered 
of the children of Israel by the house of 
their fathers. All those that were numbered 
of the camps throughout their hosts, were six 
hundred thousand and three thousand and 
five hundred and fifty. 

33 But the Levites were not numbered 
among the children of Israel; as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

34 And the children of Israel did according 
to all that the Lord commanded Moses: so 
they pitched by their standards, and so they 
set forward, every one after their families, 
according to the house of their fathers. 

CHAP. III. 
] The sons of Aaron. 5 The Levites cere given 
to the priests for the service of the tabernacle, 
11 instead of the first-born. 14 The Levites 
are numbered by their families . 21 The fami- 
lies, number, and charge of the Gershonites, 
27 of the Kohathites, 33 of the Merarites. 38 

The place and charge of Moses and Aaron. 
40 The firstborn are freed by the Levites. 44 

The overplus are redeemed. 

THESE also are the generations of Aaron 
and Moses, in the day that the Lord 
spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 

2 And these are the names of the sons of 
Aaron; Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, 
Eleazar, and Ithamar. 

3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, 
the priests which were anointed, whom he 
consecrated to minister in the priest's office. 

4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the 
Lord, when they offered strange fire before 
the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and 
they had no children : and Eleazar and Itha- 
mar ministered in the priest's office in the 
eight of Aaron their father. 

5 TT And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 



CHAP. III. Service of the Levites. 

6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present 
them before Aaron the priest, that they may 
minister unto him. 

7 And they shall keep his charge, and the 
charge of the whole congregation before the 
tabernacle of the congregation, to do the 
service of the tabernacle. 

8 And they shall keep all the instruments 
of the tabernacle of the congregation, and 
the charge of the children of Israel, to do the 
service of the tabernacle. 

9 And thou shalt give the Levites. unto 
Aaron and to his sons: they are wholrjs^iven 
unto him out of the children of Israel. 

10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his 
sons, and they shall wait on their priest's of- 
fice : and the stranger that cometh nigh shall 
be put to death. 

11 T[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites 
from among the children of Israel, instead of* 
all the first-born that openeth the matrix 
among the children of Israel: therefore the 
Levites shall be mine; 

13 Because all the first-born are mine ; for 
on the day that I smote all the first-born in 
the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all 
the first-born in Israel, both man and beast: 
mine they shall be: I am the Lord. 

14 % And the Lord spake unto Moses in 
the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 

15 Number the children of Levi after the 
house of their fathers, by their families : every 
male from a month old and upward shalt thou 
number them. 

16 And Moses numbered them according 
to the word of the Lord, as he was com- 
manded. 

17 And these were the sons of Levi, by their 
names; Gershon, and Ko hath, and Merari. 

18 And these are the names of the sons of 
Gershon by their families; Libni, and Sliimei. 

19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; 
Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 

20 And the sons of Merari by their families; 
Mahli, and Mushi : these are the families of 
the Levites, according to the house of their 
fathers. 

21 Of Gershon was the family of the Lib- 
nites, and the family of the Shimites : these 
are the families of the Gershonites. 

22 Those that were numbered of them, ac- 
cording to the number of all the males, from 
a month old and upward, even those that 
were numbered of them, were seven thou- 
sand and five hundred. 

23 The families of the Gershonites shall 
pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 

24 And the chief of the house of the father 
of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son 
of Lael. 

25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon 
in the tabernacle of the congregation shall 
be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering 
thereof, and the hanging for the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation, 

26 And the hangings of the court, and the 
curtain for the door of the court, which is 
by the tabernacle, and by the altar round 

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The number of the Kohathites, fa, 

about, and the cords of it, for all the service 

thereof. 

27 1f And of Kohath was the family of the 
Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, 
and the family of the Hebronites, and the 
family of the Uzzielites: these are the fami- 
lies of the Kohathites. 

28 In the number of all the males from a 
month old and upward, were eight thousand 
and six hundred, keeping the charge of the 
sanctuary. 

29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall 
pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. 

39 And the chief of the house of the father 
of the families of the Kohathites shall be 
Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 

31 And their charge shall be the ark, and 
the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, 
and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith 
they minister, and the hanging, and all the 
service thereof. 

•32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest 
shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, 
a/id have the oversight of them that keep 
the charge of the sanctuary. 

33 If Of Merari was the family of the Mah- 
lites, and the family of the Mushites : these 
are the families of Merari. 

34 And those that were numbered of them, 
according to the number of all the. males 
from a month old and upward, were six thou- 
sand and two hundred. 

35 And the chief of the house of the father 
of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son 
of Abihail : these shall pitch on the side of 
the tabernacle northward. 

36 And wider the custody and charge of the 
sons of Merari shall be the boards of the ta- 
bernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pil- 
lars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all 
the vessels thereof, and all that serveth 
thereto, 

37 And the pillars of the court round about, 
and their sockets, and their pins, and their 
cords. 

33 *f But those that encamp before the ta- 
bernacle toward the east, even before the 
tabernacle of the congregation eastward, 
shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, 
keeping the charge of the sanctuary, for the 
charge of tlie children of Israel ; and the 
stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to 
death. 

39 All that were numbered of the Levites, 
which Moses and Aaron numbered at the 
commandment of the Lord, throughout their 
families, all the males from a month old and 
upward, icere twenty and two thousand. 

40 If And the Lord said unto Moses, Num- 
ber all the first-born of the males of the chil- 
dren of Israel, from a month old and upward, 
and take the number of their names. 

41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me 
(I am the Lord) instead of all the first-born 
among the children of Israel ; and the cattle 
of the Levites, instead of all the firstlings 
among the cattle of the children of Israel. 

42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord com- 
manded him, all the first-born among the 
children of Israel. 



NUMBERS. The first-born redeemed. 

43 And all the first-born males by the num 
ber of names, from a month old and upward, 
of those that were numbered of them, were 
twenty and two thousand two hundred and 
threescore and thirteen. 

44 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

45 Take the Levites instead of all the first- 
born among the children of Israel, and the 
cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle ; 
and the Levites shall be mine : I am the 
Lord. 

46 And for those that are to be redeemed 
of the two hundred and threescore and thir- 
teen, of the first-born of the children of Israel, 
which are more than the Levites : 

47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece 
by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary 
shalt thou take them : the shekel is twenty 
gerahs. 

48 And thou shalt give the money, where- 
with the odd number of them is to be re- 
deemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. 

49 And Moses took the redemption-money 
of them that were over and above them that 
were redeemed by the Levites : 

50 Of the first-born of the children of Israel 
took he the money ; a thousand three hun- 
dred and threescore and five shekels, after 
the shekel of the sanctuary : 

51 And Moses gave the money of them that 
were redeemed unto Aaron, and to his sons, 
according to the word of the Lord, as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

CHAP. IV. 

1 The age and time of the Levites* service. 4 The 
carriage of the Kohathites, when the priests 
have taken down the tabernacle. 16 The charge 
of Eleazar. 17 The offi-ce of the priests. 21 The 
carriage of the Gershonites. 29 The carriage 
of the Meraritcs. 34 The number of the Ko- 
hathites, 3Softhe Gershonites, 42and of the 
Merarites. 



AND the Lord spake unto Moses and unto 
Aaron, saying, 

2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from 
among the sons of Levi, after their families, 
by. the house of their fathers; 

3 From thirty years old and upward, even 
until fifty years old, all that enter into the 
host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

4 If This shall be the service of the sons of 
Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, 
about the most holy things. 

5 And when the camp setteth forward, 
Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they 
shall take down the covering vail, and cover 
the ark of testimony with it : 

6 And shall put thereon the covering of 
badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a 
cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the 
staves thereof. - 

7 And upon the table of shew-bread they 
shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon 
the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, 
and covers to cover withal : and the con- 
tinual bread shall be thereon : 

8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth 
of scarlet, and cover the same with a cover- 

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The charge o/Eleazar. 

ing of badgers' skins, and shall put in the 

staves thereof. 

9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and 
cover the candlestick of the light, and his 
lamps, and his tongs, and his snuff-dishes, 
and all the oil-vessels thereof, wherewith 
thev minister unto it: 

10" Aryl they shall put it, and all the vessel? 
thereot, within a covering of badgers' skins, 
and shall put it upon a bar. 

11 And upon the golden altar they shall 
spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a 
covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to 
the staves thereof: 

12 And they shall take all the instruments 
of ministry, wherewith they minister in the 
sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, 
and cover them with a covering of badgers' 
skins, and shall put them on a bar. 

13 And they shall take away the ashes from 
ihe altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon : 

14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels 
thereof, wherewith they minister about it, 
even the censers, the flesh-hooks, and the 
shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the 
altar; and they shall spread upon it a cover- 
ing of badgers' skins, and put to the staves 
of it. 

15 And when Aaron and his sons have made 
an end of covering the sanctuary', and all the 
vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to 
set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath 
shall come to beari£: but they shall not touch 
any holy thing, lest they die. These things 
are the "burden of the sons of Kohath in the 
tabernacle of the congregation. 

16 H And to the office of Eleazar the son of 
Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the 
light, and the sweet incense, and the daily 
meat-offering, and the anointing oil, and the 
oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that 
therein z's, in the sanctuary, and in the ves- 
sels thereof. ^ 

17 *[[ And the Lord spake unto Moses and 
unto Aaron, saying, 

18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of 
the Kohathites from among the Levites: 

19 But thus do unto them, that they may 
live, and not die, when they approach unto 
the most holy things : Aaron and his sons 
shall go in, and appoint them every one to 
his service and to his burden : 

20 But they shall not go in to see when the 
holy things are covered, lest they die. 

21 U And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

22 Take also the sum of the sons of Ger- 
shon, throughout the houses of their fathers, 
by their families; 

23 From thirty years old and upward until 
fifty years old shalt thou number them ; all 
that enter in to perform the service, to do 
the work in the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation. 

24 This is the service of the families of the 
Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens : 

25 And they shall bear the curtains of the 
tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, his covering, and the covering of the 
badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the 



CHAP. IV. Number of the Kohathites, 

hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, 

26 And the hangings of the court, and the 
hanging for the door of the gate of the court, 
which is by the tabernacle and by the altar 
round about, and their cords, and" all the in- 
struments of their service, and all that is made 
for them : so shall they serve. 

27 At the appointment of Aaron and his 
sons shall be all the service of the sons of the 
Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all 
their service: and ye shall appoint unto them 
in charge all their burdens. 

28 This is the service of the families of the 
sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation : and their charge shall be under 
the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the 
priest. 

29 II As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt 
number them after their families, by the house 
of their fathers; 

30 From thirty years old and upward even 
unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, 
every one that entereth into the service, to 
do the work of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation. 

31 And this is the charge of their burden, 
according to all their service in the taberna- 
cle of the congregation ; the boards of the 
tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pil- 
lars thereof, and sockets thereof, 

32 And the pillars of the court round about, 
and their sockets, and their pins, and their 
cords, with all their instruments, and with all 
their service : and by name ye shall reckon 
the instruments of the charge of their burden. 

33 This is the service of the families of the 
sons of Merari, according to all their service, 
in the tabernacle of the congregation, under 
the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the 
priest. 

34 If And Moses and Aaron and the chief 
of the congregation numbered the sons of the 
Kohathites after their families, and after the 
house of their fathers, 

35 From thirty years old and upward even 
unto fifty years old, every one that entereth 
into the service, for the work in the taber- 
nacle of the congregation : 

36 And those that were numbered of them 
by their families were two thousand seven 
hundred and fifty. 

37 These were they that were numbered of 
the families of the Kohathites, all that might 
do service in the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, which Moses and Aaron did number ac- 
cording to the commandment of the Lord by 
the hand of Moses. 

38 And those that were numbered of the 
sons of Gershon, throughout their families, 
and by the house of their fathers, 

39 From thirty years old and upward even 
unto fifty years old, every one that entereth 
into the service, for the work in the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, 

40 Even those that were numbered of them, 
throughout their families, by the house of 
their fathers, were two thousand and six hun- 
dred and thirty. 

41 These are they that were numbered of 
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The number of the Merarites. 
the families of the sons of Gershon, of all 
that might do service in the tabernacle of the 
congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did 
number according to the commandment of 
the Lord. 

42 1f And those that were numbered of the 
families of the sons of Merari, throughout 
their families, by the house of their fathers, 

43 From thirty years old and upward even 
iiuto fifty years old, every one that entereth 
into the service, for the work in the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, 

44 Even those that were numbered of them 
after their families, were three thousand and 
two hundred. 

45 These be those that were numbered of 
the families of the sous of Meiari, whom 
Moses and Aaron numbered according to 
the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 

40 All those that were numbered of the Le- 
vites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief 
of Israel numbered, after their families, and 
after the house of their fathers, 

47 From thirty years old and upward even 
unto fifty years old, every one that came to 
tio the service of the ministry, and the ser- 
vice of the burden in the tabernacle of the 
congregation, 

48 Even those that were numbered of them, 
were eight thousand and five hundred and 
fourscore. 

49 According to the commandment of the 
Lord they were numbered by the hand of 
Hoses, every one according to his service, 
and according to his burden : thus were 
they numbered of him, as the Lord com- 
manded Moses. 

CHAP. V. 
1 The unclean are removed out" of the camp. 5 
Restitution is to be made in trespasses. 11 
The trial of jealousy. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Command the children of Israel, that 
tiiey put out of the camp every leper, and 
ever}' one that hath an issue, and whosoever 
is defiled by the dead : 

3 Both male and female shall ye put out, 
without the camp shall ye put them; that 
they defile not their camps, in the midst 
whereof I dwell. 

4 And the children of Israel did so, and 
put them out without the camp : as the Lord 
male unto Moses, so did the children of 
Israel. 

5 tl And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing, 

6 Speak unto the children of Israel, Whan 
a man or woman shall commit any sin that 
men commit, to do a trespass against the 
Lord, and that person be guilty; 

7 Then they shall confess their sin which 
they have done : and he shall recompense 
his trespass with the principal thereof, and 
add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give 
it unto him against whom he hath trespass- 
ed. 

3 But if the man have no kinsman to re- 
compense the trespass unto, let the trespass 
be recompensed vnto the Lord, even to the 
priest; besides th^ ram of thf atonement, 



NUMBERS. The trial of jealo usy. 

whereby an atonement shay be made for him. 

9 And every offering of all the holy things 
of the children of Israel, which they bring 
unto the priest, shall be his. 

10 And every man's hallowed things shall 
be his : whatsoever any man giveth the 
priest, it shall be his. 

11 1[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, 
and commit a trespass against him, 

13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it 
be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be 
kept close, and she be defiled, and there be 
no witness against her, neither she be taken 
icith the manner ; 

14 And the spirit of jealousy come upon 
him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she 
be defiled : or if the spirit of jealousy come 
upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and 
she be not defiled : 

15 Then shall the man bring his wife unta 
the priest, and^he shall bring her offering for 
her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley- 
meal • he shall pour no oii upon it, nor put 
frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of 
jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing 
iniquity to remembrance. 

16 And the priest shall bring her near, and 
set her before the Lord : 

1? And the priest shall take holy water in 
an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in 
the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall 
take, and put it into the water : 

18 And the priest shall set the woman be- 
fore the Lord, and uncover the woman's 
head, and put the offering of memorial in her 
hands, which is the jealousy-offering : and 
the priest shall have in his hand the bitter 
water that causeth the curse : 

19 And the priest shall charge her by an 
oath, and say unto the woman, If no man 
have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone 
aside to uncleanness icith another instead of 
thy husband, be thou free from this bitter 
water that cau-eth the curse: 

20 But if thou hast gone aside to another 
instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, 
and some man have lain with thee besides 
thy husband : 

21 Then the priest shall charge the woman 
with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall 
say unto the woman, The Lord make thee 
a curse and an oath among thy people, when 
the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and 
thy belly to swell; 

22 And this water that causeth the curse 
shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly 
to swell, and thy thigh to rot. And the wo- 
man shall say, Amen, amen. 

23 And the" priest shall write these curses 
in a book, and he shall blot them out with 
the bitter water : 

21 And he shall cause the woman to drink 
the bitter water that causeth the curse : and 
the water that causeth the curse shall enter 
into her, and become bitter. 

25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy- 
offering out of the woman's hand, and shal- 
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The law of the Nazariief. CHAP. 

wave the offering before the Lord, and offer 
it upon the altar: 

26 And nhe priest shall take a handful of 
the offering, even the memorial thereof, and 
burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall 
cause the woman to drink. the water. 

27 And when he hath made her to drink 
the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if 
she be defiled, and have done trespass against 
her husband, that the water that causeth the 
curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, 
and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shalL 
rot : and the woman shall be a curse among 
her people. 

28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be 
clean ; then she shall be free, and shall con- 
ceive seed. 

29 This is the law of jealousies, when a 
wife goeth aside to another instead of her 
husband, and is defiled; 

30 Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh 
upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, 
and shall set the woman before the Lokd, 
and the priest shall execute upon her all this 
law. 

31 Then shall the man be guiltless from ini- 
quity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. 

CHAP. VI. 

1 The law of the Jfazarites. 22 The form of 

blessing the people. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, When either man or woman 
shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a 
Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the 
Lord : 

3 He shall separate himself from wine and 
strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of 
wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither 
shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat 
moist grapes, or dried. 

4 All the days of his separation shall he eat 
nothing that is made of the vine-tree, from 
the kernels even to the husk. 

5 All the days of the vow of his separation 
there shall no razor come upon his head : 
until the days be fulfilled, in the which he 
separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall 
be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of 
his head grow. 

6 All the days that he separatetli himself 
unto the Lord, he shall come at no dead 
body. 

7 lie shall not make himself unclean for his 
father, or for his mother, for his brother, or 
for his sister, when they die: because the 
consecration of his God is upon his head. 

8 All the days of his separation he is holy 
unto the Lord. 

9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, 
and he hath defiled the head of his conse- 
cration; then he shall shave his head in the 
day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall 
he shave it. 

10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two 
turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, 
to the door of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation : 

11 And the priest shall offer the one for a 
sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offer- 



VI, VII. Form of blessing the people. 

ing, and make an atonement for him, for 
that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow 
his head that same day. 

12 And he shall consecrate unto the Lord 
the days of his separation, and shall l>ring a 
lamb of the first year for a trespass-offering: 
but the days that were before shall be lost, 
because his separation was defiled. 

13, % And this is the law of the Nazarite : 
When the days of his separation are fulfilled, 
he shall be brought unto the door of the ta- 
bernacle of the congregation : 

14 And he shall offer his offering unto the 
Lord, one he-lamb of the first year without 
blemish for a burnt-offering, and one ewe- 
lamb of the first year without blemish for a 
sin-offering, and one ram without blemish 
for peace-offerings, 

15 And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes 
of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of 
unleavened bread anointed with oil, and 
their meat-offering and their drink-offerings. 

16 And the priest shall bring them before 
the Lord, and shall offer his sin-offering, 
and his burnt-offering : 

17 And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice 
of peace-offerings unto the Lord, with the 
basket of unleavened bread : the priest shall 
offer also his meat-offering, and his drink- 
offering. 

18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of 
his separation at the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation, and shall take the hair 
of the head of his separation, and put it in 
the fire which is under the sacrifice of the 
peace-offerings. 

19 And the priest shall take the sodden 
shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened 
cake out of the basket, and one unleavened 
wafer, and shall put ttiem upon the hands of 
the Nazarite, after the hair of\\\$ separaiioa 
is shaven : 

20 And the priest shall wave them for a 
wave-offering before the Lord: this is holy 
fof the priest, with the wave-breast, an<l 
heave-shoulder : and after that, the Nazarite 
may drink wine. 

21 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath 
vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord 
for his separatum, besides that that his hand 
shall get: according to the vow which he 
vowed, so he must do after the law of his 
separation. 

22 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, 
saying, On this wise ye shall bless the chil- 
dren of Israel, saying unto them, 

24 The Lot;d bless thee, and keep thee : 

25 The Lord make his face shine upon 
thee, and be gracious unto thee : 

26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon 
thee, and give thee peace. 

27 And they shall put my name upon the 
children of Israel, and I w r ill bless them. 

CHAP. VII. 

1 The offering of the princes at the dedication of 

the tabernacle. 10 Their several offerings at 

the dedication of the altar. 89 God speaketh 

to Moses from the mercy-scat. 

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The princes' offerings at the NUMBERS. 

AND it came to pass on the day that Mo- 
ses had fully set up the tabernacle, and 
had anointed it, "and sanctified it, and all the 
instruments thereof, both the altar and all 
the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, 
and sanctified them; 

2 That the princes of Israel, heads of the 
house of their fathers, who were the princes 
of the tribes, and were over them that were 
numbered, offered: 

3 And they brought their offering before 
the Lord, six covered wagons, and twelve 
oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and 
for each one an ox : and they brought them 
before the tabernacle. 

4 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing, 

5 Take it of them, that they may be to 
Ho the service of the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation ; and thou shalt give them unto 
the Levites, to every man according to his 
service. 

6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, 
and gave them unto the Levites: 

7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto 
the sons of Gershon, according to their ser- 
vice : 

8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave 
unto the sons of Merari, according unto their 
service, under the hand of Ithamar the son 
of Aaron the priest. 

9 But unto the sons of Koliath he gave none : 
because the service of the sanctuary belong- 
ing unto them was that they should bear 
upon their shoulders. 

10 ^| And the prjnces offered for dedicating 
of the altar in the day that it was anointed, 
even the princes offered their offering before 
the altar. 

11 And the Lord said unto Moses, They 
s^iali offer their offering, each prince on his 
day, for the dedicating of the altar. 

12 tJ And he that offered his offering the 
first day was Nahshon the son of Ammina- 
dab, of the tribe of Judah : 

13 And liis offering was one silver charger, 
the weight whereof was a hundred and thir- 
ty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy she- 
kels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both 
of them were full of fine flour mingled with 
oil for a meat-offering: 

14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of 
incense : 

15 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 
of the first year, for a burnt-offering: 

]f> One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: 

17 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs 
of the first year: this was the offering of 
Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 

18 1[ On the second day Nethaneel the son 
of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer : 

19 He offered for his offering one silver 
charger, the weight whereof was a hundred 
and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; 
both of them full of fine flour mingled with 
oil for a meat-offering : 

20 One spoon of gold often shekels, full of of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-of- 
incense : I fering : 

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dedication of the altar*. 

21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 
of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 

22 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: 

23 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs 
of the first year : this was the offering of 
Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 

24 TT On the third day Eliab the son of 
Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, 
did offer : 

25 His offering was one silver charger, the 
weight whereof was a hundred and thirty 
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, 
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of 
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a 
meat-offering : 

26 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of 
incense : 

27 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 
of the flrst year, for a burnt-offering: 

28 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 

29 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, 
tv o oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs 
of the first year: this was the offering of 
Eliab the son of Helon. 

30 *f[ On the fourth day Elisor the son of 
Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, 
did offer- : 

31 His offering was one silver charter, of 
the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, 
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after 
the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them 
full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat- 
offering : v 

32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of 
incense : 

33 Oae young bullock, one ram, one lamb 
of the first year, for a burnt-offering: 

31 One kid of the stoats for a sin-offering : 

35 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs 
of the first year: this was tiie offering of 
Elizur the son of Shedeur. 

36 TJ On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of 
Zurishaddai. prince of the children of Si- 
meon, did offer: 

37 His offering was one silver charger, the 
weight whereof was a hundred and thirty 
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, 
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of 
them full of flue flour mingled with oil for a 
meat-offering : 

38 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of 
incense : 

39 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 
of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 

40 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 

41 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs 
of the first year: this was the offering of 
Shehimiel the son of Zurishaddai. 

42 % On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of 
Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, of- 
fered : 

43 His offering was one silver charger, of 
the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, 
a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the 
shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full 



The princes' 1 offerings at Ike CHAP. VII 

44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of 
incense : 

45 One young bullock, one rain, one lamb 
of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 

46 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: 

47 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs 
of the first year: this was the offering of Elia- 
saph the son of Deuel. 

48 U On the seventh day Elishama the son 
of Amaiihud, prince of the children of 
Ephraim, offered : 

49 His offering was one silver charger, the 
weight whereof was a hundred and thirty 
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, 
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of 
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a 
meat-offering : 

50 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of 
incense : 

51 One young bullock, one mm, one lamb 
of the first year, for a burnt-offering: 

52 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 

53 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs 
of the first year: this teas the offering of 
Elishama the son of Ainmihud. 

54 ^[ On the eighth day offered Gamaliel 
the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children 
of Manasseh : 

55 His offering was one silver charger, of 
the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, 
one silver bow of seventy shekels, after the 
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full 
of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-of- 
fering : 

5G One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of 
incense : 

57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 
of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 

58 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 

59 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs 
of the first year : this was the offering of 
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 

60 U On the ninth day Abidan the son of 
Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, 
offered : 

61 His offering was one silver charger, the 
weight whereof was a hundred and thirty 
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, 
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of 
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a 
meat-offering : 

62 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of 
incense : 

63 One voting bullock, one ram, one lamb 
of the first year, for a burnt-offering : 

64 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 

65 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs 
of the first year : this teas the offering of 
Abidan the son of Gideoni. 

66 If On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of 
Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, 
offered: 

67 His offering was one silver charger, the 
weight whereof was a hundred and thirty 
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, 
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of 



dedication of the altar. 

them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a 
meat-offering : 

68 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of 
incense: 

69 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 
of the first year, for a burnt-offering: 

70 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering: 

71 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs 
of the first year: this was the offering of 
Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 

72 ^1 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son oT 
Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, of- 
fered : 

73 His offering teas one silver charger, the 
weight whereof was a hundred Mid thirty 
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, 
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of 
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a 
meat-offering : 

71 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of 
incense : 

75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 
of the first vear, for a burnt-offerimj : 

76 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering : 

77 And for a sacrifice of peace-ofFerings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five- lambs 
of the first year : this was the offering of Pa- 
giel the son of Ocran. 

78 Tf On the twelfth day Ahira the son of 
Enan, prince of the children of Naphtaii, 
offered : 

79 His offering was one silver charger, the 
weight whereof was a hundred and thirty 
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, 
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of 
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a 
meat-offering: 

80 One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of 
incense : 

81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb 
of the first year, for a burnt-offering-: 

82 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering* 

83 And for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, 
two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs 
of the first year: this was the offering of 
Ahira the son of Enan. 

84 This was the dedication of the altar (in 
the day when it was anointed) by the princes 
of Israel : twelve chargers of silver, twelve 
silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold : 

85 Each charger of silver weighing- a hun- 
dred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: 
all the silver vessels weighed two thousand 
and four hundred shekels, after the sheke' 
of the sanctuary : 

86 The golden spoons were twelve, full of 
incense, tveighing ten shekels apiece, after 
the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold 
of the spoons was a hundred and twenty 



87 All the oxen for the burnt-offering were 
twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs 
of the first year twelve, with their meat-offer- 
ing: and the kids of the goats for sin-offer- 
ing, twelve. 

88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the 
peace-offerings icere twenty and four bul- 
locks, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the 
lambs of the first year sixty. This was the 

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Consecration of the Levites, NUMBERS, 

dedication of the altar, after that it Mas 
anointed. 
89 And wlien Moses was gone into the ta- 
bernacle of the congregation to speak with 
Him, then he heard the voice of one speak- 
ing unto him from off the mercy-seat that 
tras upon the ark of testimony, frosi between 
the two cherubims : and he spake unto Him. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 How the lamps are to be lighted. 5 The conse- 
cration of the Leviies. 2\i The age and time of 
their service. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto Aaron, andsay unto him, 
When thou lightest the lamps, the seven 
lamps shall give light over against the can- 
dlestick. 

3 And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps 
thereof over against the candlestick, as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

4 And this work of the candlestick was of 
beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the 
(lowers thereof, iras beaten work : accord- 
ing unto the pattern which the Lord had 
shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick. 

5 ^[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 

f» Take the Levites from among the chil- 
dren of Israel, and cleanse them. 

7 And tints shalt thou do unto them, to 
cleanse thesn : Sprinkle water of purifying 
upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, 
and let them wash their clothes, and so make 
themselves clean. 

8 Then let them take a young bullock with 
his meal-offering, even fine tiour mingled 
with oil, and another young bullock shall 
thou take for a sin-offering. 

9 And thou shall bring the Levites before 
the tabernacle of the congregation : and thou 
sink gather the whole assembly of the chil- 
dren of Israel toge.ner : 

10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before 
the Lord : and the children of Israel shall 
put their hands upon the Levites: 

11 And Aaron shail offer the Levites before 
the Lord for an offering of the children of 
Israel, that ihey may execute the service of 
the Lord. 

12 And the Levites shali lay their hands 
upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou 
shalt offer the one/or a sin-offering, and the 
other for a burnt-offering, unto the Lord, to 
make an atonement for the Levites. 

13 And thou shalt set the Levites before 
Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them 
for an offering unto the Lord. 

14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from 
among the children of Israel : and the Le- 
vites shall be mine. 

15 And after that shall the Levites go in to 
do the service of the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation : and thou shalt cleanse them, and 
offer them for an offering. 

16 For they are wholly given unto me from 
among the children of Israel; instead of such 
as open every womb, even instead of the 
first-born of all the children of Israel, have 
I taken them unto me. 

17 For all the first-born of the children of 



Their age and time of service* 
Israel are mine, botli man and beast : on the 
day that I smote every first-born in the land 
of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. 

18 And 1 have taken the Levites for all the 
first-born of the children of Israel. 

19 And I have given the Levites as a gift 
to Aaron and to his sons from among the 
children of Israel, to do the service of the 
children of Israel in the tabernacle of the 
congregation, and to make an atonement for 
the children of Israel : that there be no plague 
among the children of Israel, when the chil- 
dren of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. 

20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all the con- 
gregation of the children of Israel, did to the 
Levites according unto all that the Lord 
commanded Moses concerning the Levites, 
so did the children of Israel unto them. 

21 And the Levites were purified, and they 
washed their clothes; and Aaron offered 
them as an offering before the Lord ; and 
Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse 
them. 

22 And after that went the Levites in to do 
their service in the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation before Aaron, and before his sons : as 
the Lord had commanded Moses concern- 
ing the Levites, so did they unto them. 

23 ^[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

24 This is it that belongeth unto the Le- 
vites: From twenty and five years old and 
upward they shall go in to wait upon the ser- 
vice of the tabernacle of the congregation: 

25 And from the age of fifty years they shall 
cease waiting upon the service the/eof and 
shall serve no more : 

2b But shall minister with their brethren in 
the tabernacle of the congregation, lo keep 
the charge, and shall do no service. Thus 
slialt thou do unto the Levites touching their 
charge. 

CHAP. IX. 

1 The passover is commanded again. &A second 

passover allowed for them that were unclean 

or absent. 15 The cloud guideth the rcmovings 

and encampings of the Israelites. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses in the 
wilderness of Sinai, in the first month 
of the second year after they were come out 
of the land of Egypt, saying, 

2 Let the children of Israel also keep the 
passover at his appointed season. 

3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at 
even, ye shall keep it in his appointed sea- 
son : according to all the rites of it, and ac- 
cording to all the ceremonies thereof, shall 
ye keep it. 

4 And Moses spake unto the children of 
Israel, that they should keep the passover. 

5 And they kept the passover on the four- 
teenth day of the first month at even in the 
wilderness of Sinai : according to all that the 
Lord commanded Moses, so did the children 
of Israel. 

6 ^[ And there were certain men, who were 
defiled by the dead body of a man, that they 
could not keep the passover on that day: 
and they came before Moses and before 
Aaron on that day : 

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A second passover. 

7 And those men said unto him, We are 
defiled by the dead body of a man : where- 
fore are we kept back, that we may not offer 
an offering of the Lord in his appointed sea- 
son among the children of Israel ? 

8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, 
and 1 will hear what the Lord will command 
concerning you. 

9 U Aud the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing, 

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, say- 
ing, If any man of you or of vour posterity 
shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, 
or be in a journey afar off, yet lie shall keep 
the passover unto the Lord. 

1 1 The fourteenth day of the second month 
«t even thev shall keep it, and eat it with 
unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 

12 They shall leave none of it unto the 
morning, nor break any bone of it : accord- 
ing to all the ordinances of the passover they 
shall keep it. 

13 But the man that is clean, and is not in 
a journey, and forbeareth to keep the pass- 
over, even the same soul shall be cut off 
from among his people : because he brought 
not the offering of the Lord in his appoint- 
ed season, that man shall bear his sin. 

11 And if a stranger shall sojourn among 
you, and will keep the passover unto the 
Lord; according to the ordinance of the 
passover, and according to the manner there- 
of, so shall he do : ye shall have one ordi- 
nance both for the stranger, and for him that 
was born in the land. 

15 H And on the day that the tabernacle 
was reared up, the cloud covered the taber- 
Tiacle, namely, the tent of the testimony : 
and at even there was upon the tabernacle 
as it were the appearance of fire, until the 
morning. 

16 So it was always: the clond covered it 
hy day, and the appearance of fire by night. 

17 And when the cloud was taken up from 
the tabernacle, then after that the children 
of Israel journeyed : and in the place where 
the cloud abode, there the children of Israel 
pitched their tents. 

18 At the commandment of the Lord the 
children of Israel journeyed, and at the com 
mandment of the Lord they pitched : a: 
long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle 
they rested in their tents. 

19 And when the cloud tarried long upon 
the tabernacle many days, then the children 
of Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and 
•journeyed not. 

20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few 
days upon the tabernacle; according to the 
commandment c. r the Lord they abode in 
their tents, and according to the command- 
ment of the Lord they journeyed. 

21 And so it was, when the cloud abode 
from even unto the morning, and that the 
cloud was taken up in the morning, then 
they journeyed : whether it was by day or 
by night that the cloud was taken up, they 
journeyed. 

22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, 
or a year, that the cloud tarried upon die 



CHAP. X. T)ie use of tie silver trumpets. 

tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children 
of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed 
not: but when it was taken up, they jour 
neyed. 

23 At the commandment of the Lord thev 
rested in their tents, and at ihe connnancf- 
ment of the Lord they journeyed : they kept 
the charge of the Lord, at the command- 
ment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 

CHAP. X. 
1 The use of the silver trumpets. 11 The Israel- 
ites remove from Sinai to Par an. 14 The older 
of their march. 29 Hohah is entreated by Mo- 
ses not to leave them. 33 Theblessing of Moses 
at the removing and resting of the ark. 



AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Make thee two trumpets of silver ; of 
a whole piece shalt thou make them : that 
thou mayest use them for the calling of the 
assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. 

3 And "when they shall blow with them, all 
the assembly shall assemble themselves to 
thee at the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, 
then the princes, which are heads of the 
thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves 
unto thee. 

5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps 
that lie on the east parts shall go forward. 

6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, 
then the camps that lie on the south side 
shall take their journey: they shall blow an 
alarm for their journeys. 

7 But when the congregation is to be ga- 
thered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall 
not sound an alarm. 

8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall 
blow with the trumpets; and they shall be 
to you for an ordinance for ever throughout 
your generations. 

9 And if ye go to war in your land against 
the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall 
blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye 
shall be remembered before the Lord your 
God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. 

10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in 
your solemn days, and in the beginnings of 
your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets 
over your burnt-offerings, and over the sa- 
crifices of your peace-offerings ; that they 
may be to you for a memorial before your 
God : I am the Lord your God. 

If % And it came to pass on the twentieth 
day of the second month, in the second year, 
that the cloud was taken up from off the ta- 
bernacle of the testimony. 

12 And the children of Israel took their 
journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai ; and 
the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. 

13 And they first took their journev accord- 
ing to the commandment of the Lord by 
the hand of Moses. 

14 In the first place went the standard of 
the camp of the children of Judah according 
to their armies : and over his host was Nah- 
shon the son of Amminadab. 

15 And over the host of the tribe of the 
children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son 
of Zuar. 

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The order of the Israelites 1 march. NUMBERS, 

16 And over the host of the tribe of the 
children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of 
Helon. 

17 And the tabernacle was taken down; 
and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Me- 
rari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. 

13 f[ And the standard of the camp of Ren- 
ben set forward according- to their armies : 
and over his host teas Elizur the son of She- 
dear. 

19 And over the host of the tribe of the chil- 
dren of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of 
Zurishaddai. 

20 And over the host of the tribe of the chil- 
dren of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 

21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing 
the sanctuary: and the oilier did set up the 
tabernacle against they came. 

22 1f And the standard of the camp of the 
children of Ephraini set forward according 
to their armies: and over his host was Eli- 
shama the son of Ammihud. 

23 And over the host of the tribe of the chil- 
dren of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of 
Pedahzur. 

24 And over the host of the tribe of the 
children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of 
Gideoni. 

25 If And the standard of the camp of the 
children of Dan set forward, which was the 
rere-ward of all the camps throughout their 
hosts : and over his host was Ahiezer the son 
of Ammishaddai. 

26 And over the host of the tribe of the chil- 
dren of Asher teas Pagiel the son of Ocran. 

27 And over the host of the tribe of the chil- 
dren of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. 

28 Thus were the journeyings of the chil- 
dren of Israel according to their armies, 
when they set forward. 

29 ^ And Moses said unto Hobab, the son 
of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father-in- 
law, We are journeying unto the place of 
which the Lord said, I will give it you: 
come thou Avith us, and we will do thee good : 
for the Lord hath spoken good concerning 
Israel. 

30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but 
I will depart to mine own land, and to my 
kindred. 

31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee : 
forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to 
encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest 
be to us instead of eyes. 

32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, 
it shall be, that whntgoodness the Lord shall 
do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. 

33 % And they departed from the mount of 
the Loud three days' journey: and the ark 
of the covenant of the Lord went before 
them in the three days' journey, to search 
out a resting-place for them. 

34 And the cloud of the Lord was upon 
them by day, when they went out of the camp. 

35 And it came to pass, when the ark set 
forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, 
and let thine enemies be scattered ; and let 
them that hate thee flee before thee. 

36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O 
Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel. 



Moses complaineth of his cliarge. 

CHAP. XI. 

1 The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses 
prayer. 4 The people lust forjlcsh, and loathe 
manna. 10 JMoses complaineth of his charge. 
16 God dividcth his burden unto seventy elders. 
31 Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth-hat- 
taavah. 

AND when the people complained, it dis- 
please " 



ased the Lord : and the Lord heard 
it: and his anger was kindled; and the tire 
of the Lord burnt among them, and con- 
sumed them tfiat were in the uttermost parts 
of the camp. 

2 And the people cried unto Moses; and 
when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire 
was quenched. 

3 And he called the name of the place Ta- 
berah: because the fire of the Lord burnt 
among them. 

4 ^[ And the mixed multitude that was 
among them fell a lusting: and the children 
of Israel also wept again, and said, Who 
shall give us flesh to eat ? 

5 We remember the fish which we did eat 
in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the me- 
lons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the 
garlic. 

6 But now our soul is dried away ; there is 
nothing at all, besides this manna, before our 
eyes. 

7 And the manna was as coriander-seed, and 
the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. 

8 And the people went about, and gathered 
it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mor- 
tar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of 
it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh 
oil. 

9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in 
the night, the manna fell upon it. i 

10 ^J Then Moses heard the people weep 
throughout their families, every man in the 
door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord 
was kindled greatly; Moses also was dis- 
pleased. 

It And Moses said unto the Lord, Where- 
fore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and 
wherefore have I not found favour in riiy 
sight, that thou layest the burden of all this 
people upon me ? 

12 Have I conceived all this people ? have 
I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto 
me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing- 
father beareth the sucking child, unto the 
land which thou ssvarest unto their fathers ? 

13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto 
all this people 1 for they weep unto me, say 
ing, Give us flesh, that we may eat. 

14 I am not able to bear all this people 
alone, because it is too heavy for me. 

15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I 
pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour 
in thy sight; and let me not see my wretch- 
edness. 

16 H And the Lord said unto Moses, Ga- 
ther unto me seventy men of the elders of 
Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders 
of the people, and officers over themj and 
bring them unto the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation, that they may stand there with 
thee. 

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Seventy ciders appointed. CHAP. XII. 

17 And I will come down nnd talk with 
thee there: and I will take of the spirit which 
is upon thee, and will put it upon them ; and 
they shall bear the burden of the people with 
thee, that thou bear it not thyself aione. 

18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify 
yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall 
eat flesh : for ye have wept in the ears of the 
Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat ? 
for it teas well with us in Egypt: therefore 
tiie Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. 

19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, 
nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty 
days- 

, 20 But even a whole month, until it come 
out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto 
you : because that ye have despised the Lord 
which is among you, and have wept before 
Mm, saying, Why came we forth out of 
Egypt 1 

21 And Moses said, The people among 
whom I am, are six hundred thousand foot- 
men ; and thou hast said, I will give them 
fiesh, that they may eat a whole month. 

22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain 
for them, to suffice them ? or shall all the fish 
of the sea be gathered together for them, to 
suffice them ? 

23 And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the 
Lord's hand waxed short? thou shalt see 
now whether my word shall come to pass 
unto thee, or not. 

24 U And Moses went out, and told the 
people the words of the Lord, and gather- 
ed the seventy men of the elders of the peo- 
ple, and set them round about the tabernacle. 

25 And the Lord came down in a cloud, 
and spake unto him, and took of the spirit 
that was upon him, and gave it unto the se- 
venty elders: and it came to pass, thai when 
the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, 
and did not cease. 

26 But there remained two of the men in 
the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, 
and the name of the other Medad : aad the 
Spirit rested upon them ; and they were of 
them that were written, but went not out 
nnto the tabernacle : and they prophesied in 
the camp. 

27 And there ran a young man, and told 
Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do pro- 
phesy in the camp. 

28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant 
of Moses, one of his young men, answered 
and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 

29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou 
for my sake ? would God that all the Lord's 
people were prophets, and that the Lord 
would put his Spirit upon them. 

30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he 
and the elders of Israel. 

31 % And there went forth a wind from the 
Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and 
let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's 
journey on this side, and as it were a day's 
journey on the other side, round about the 
camp, and as it were two cubits high upon 
the face of the earth. 

32 And the people stood up all that day, 
and all that night, and all the next day, arid 



Miriam and Aaron's sedition, 
they gathered the quails : he that gathered 
least gathered ten homers: and they spread 
them all abroad for themselves round about 
the camp. 

33 An^ while the flesh was yet between 
their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of 
the Lord was kindled against the people, 
and the Lord smote the people with a very 
great plague. 

34 And he called the name of that place 
Kibroth-hattaavah : because there they bu- 
ried the people that lusted. 

35 And the people journeyed from Kibroth- 
hattaavah unto Hazeroth : and abode at 
Hazeroth. 

chap. xii. 

I God rcbuketh the sedition of Miriam and 
Jiaron. 10 Miriam's leprosy is healed at the 
prayer of Moses. 14 God commandeth her to 
be shut out of the host. 

AND Miriam and Aaron spake against 
Moses because of the Ethiopian woman 
whom he had married : for he had married 
an Ethiopian woman. 

2 And they said, Hath the Lord indeed 
spoken only by Moses ? hath he not spoken 
also by us ? And the Lord heard it. 

3 (Now the man Moses was very meek, 
above all the men which were upon the face 
of the earth.) 

4 And the Lord spake suddenly unto Mo- 
ses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come 
out ye three unto the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation. And they three came out. 

5 And the Lord came down in the pillar of 
the cloud, and stood in the door of the taber- 
nacle, and called Aaron and Miriam : and 
they both came fortii. 

6 And he said, Hear now my words: If 
there be a prophet among you, /the Lord 
will make myself known unto him in a vision, 
and will speak unto him in a dream. 

7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faith- 
ful in all my house. 

8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, 
even apparently, and not in dark speeches; 
and the similitude of the Lord shall he be- 
hold : wherefore then were ye not afraid to 
speak against my servant Moses? 

9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled 
against them ; and he departed. 

10 And the cloud departed from otT the ta- 
bernacle ; and behold, Miriam became lep- 
rous, while as snow : and Aaron looked upon 
Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. 

II And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my 
lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon 
us, wherein we have done foolishly, and 
wherein we have sinned. 

12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom 
the flesh is half consumed when he cometh 
out of his mother's womb. 

13 And Moses cried unto the Lord, say- 
ing, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. 

14 H And the Lord said unto Moses, If her 
father had but spit in her face, should she not 
be ashamed seven days ? let her be shut out 
from the camp seven days, and after that let 
her be received in again. 

15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp 
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Tlte names of die spies. 

seven days : and the people journeyed not 

till Miriam was brought in again. 

16 And afterward the people removed from 
Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of 
Paran. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 The names of the men who were sent to search 

the land. 17 Their instructions. 21 Their 

acts. 26 Their relation. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Send thou men, that they may search 
:he land- of Canaan, which I give unto the 
children of Israel : of every trine of their fa- 
thers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler 
among them. 

3 And 31oses by the commandment of the 
Lord sent them from the wilderness of Pa- 
ran : all those men were heads of the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

4 And these were their names : Of the tribe 
of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. 

5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son, 
of Hori. 

6 Of the tribe of Judali, Caleb the son of 
Jephunneh. 

7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igar the son of 
Joseph. 

8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Osliea the son 
of Nun. 

9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of 
Raphu. 

10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son 
Of Sodi. 

11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the 
tribe of Manaaseh, Gaddi the son oi Susi. 

12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of 
Gemalli. 

13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of 
Michael. 

14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son 
of Vophsi. 

15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of 
Machi. 

16 These are tlve names of the men which 
Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses 
called Oshea the son of Nun, Jekoshua. 

17 IT A»d Moses sent them to spy out the 
land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you 
up this way southward, and go ur» into the 
mountain : 

18 And see the land, what it is ; and the 
people that dwelleth therein, whether they 
be strong or weak, few or many; 

19 And what the land is that they dwell in, 
whether it be good or bad ; and what cities 
iney be that they dwell in, whether in tents, 
or in strong holds ; 

20 And what the land in, whether it be fat 
or lean, whether there be wood therein, or 
ir>r. And be ye of good courage, and bring 
of the fruit of the land. Now the time was 
the time of the first ripe grapes. 

21 1f So tliey went up, and searched the 
land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, 
as men come to Hamath. 

22 And they ascended by the south, and 
came unto Hebron ; where Ahiman, Sheshai, 
mid Talmai, the children of Anak, were. 
(Now Hebron was built seven years before 
Zoan m Egypt.) 



NUMBERS. Their acts and report. 

23 And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, 
and cut down from thence a branch with 
one cluster of grapes, and they bare it be- 
tween two upon a staff; and they brought of 
the pomegranates, and of the figs. 

24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, 
because of the cluster of grapes which the 
children of Israel cut down from thence. 

25 And they returned from searching of the 
land after forty days. 

26 ^[ And they went and came to Moses, 
and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of 
the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of 
Paran, to Kadesh ; and brought back word 
unto them, and unto all the congregation, 
and shewed them the fruit of the land. 

27 And they told him, and said, We came 
unto the land whither thou sentest us, and 
surely it floweth with milk and honey ; and 
this is the fruit of it. 

28 Nevertheless, the people be strong that 
dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, 
and very great : and moreover, we saw the 
children of Anak there. 

29 The Amalekites dwell in the land of the 
south : and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, 
and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains ; 
and the Canaan ites dwell by the sea, and by 
the coast of Jordan. 

30 And Caleb stilled the people before 
Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and 
possess it; for we are well able to over^ 
come it. 

31 But the men that went up with him said, 
We be not able to go up against the people ; 
for they are stronger than we. 

32 And they brought up an evil report of 
the land which they had searched unto the 
children of Israel, saying, The land through 
which we have gone to search it, is a land 
that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and 
all the people that we saw in it are men of a 
great stature. 

33 And there we saw the giants, the eons of 
Anak, which come of the giants : and we 
were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and 
so we were in their sight. 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 Tlie people murmur at the news. GJoshua and 
Caleb labour to still them. 11 God threateneth 
them. 13 Moses persuadeth God, and obtaineth 
pardon. 20 The murmurers are deprived of 
entering into the land. 36 The men who raised 
the evilrrporty die by a plague. 40 The people 
that would invade the land against the will of 
God, are smitten. 



AND all the congregation lifted up their 
voice, and cried; and the people wept 
that night. 

2 And all the children of Israel murmured 
against Moses and against Aaron : and the 
whole congregation said unto them, Would 
God that we had died in the land of Egypt I 
or would God we had died in this wilder* 
ness! 

3 And wherefore hath the Lord brought 
us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that 
our wives and our children should be a 
prey ? were it not better for us to return into 
Egypt ? 

4 And thev said one to another, Let ui 

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Moses intercedeth for the people. CHAP, 
make a captain, and let us return into 
Ej(ypt. 

5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces 
before all the assembly of the congregation 
of the children of Israel. 

61| And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb 
the son of Jephumieh, which were of them 
that searched the land, rent their clothes : 

7 And they spake unto all the company ol 
the children of Jsrael, saying, The land, which 
we pjissed through to search it, is an exceed- 
ing good land. 

ii If the Lokd delight in us, then he will 
bring us into this land, and give it us; aland 
which Howeth with milk and honey. 

9 Only rebel not ye against the Lord, nei- 
ther fear ye the people of the land : for they 
are bread for us: their defence is departed 
from them, and the Lord is with us: fear 
them not. 

10 But all the congregation bade stone them 
with stones. And the glory of the Lord ap- 
i)eared in the tabernacle of the congregation 
before all the children of Israel. 

11 U And the Lord said unto Moses, How 
long will this people provoke me ? and how 
long will it be ere they believe me, for all 
the signs which I have shewed among them ? 

12 1 will smite them with the pestilence, 
and disinherit them, and will make of thee a 
greater nation and mightier than they. 

13 ^f And Moses said unto the Lord, 
Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou 
broughtest up this people in thy might from 
among them ;) 

14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of 
this land: far thev have heard that thou 
Lord art among this people, that thou Lord 
art seen face to face, and that thy cloud 
standeth over thein, and that thou «oest be- 
fore them, by day-time in a pillar ot a cloud, 
and in a pillar of fire by night. 

15 Now if thou shall "kill all this people as 
one man, then the nations which have heard 
the fame of thee will speak, saying, 

16 Because the Lord was not able to bring 
this people into the land which he sware unto 
them, therefore he hath slain them in the 
wilderness. 

17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power 
of my Lord be great, according as thou hast 
spoken, saying, 

18 The Lord is long-suffering, and of great 
mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, 
and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting 
the iniquity of the fathers upon the children 
unto the third and fourth generation. 

19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of 
tlii* people according unto the greatness of 
thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this peo- 
ple, from Egypt even until now. 

20 And the Lord said, I have pardoned ac- 
cording to thy word : 

21 But as truly//? I live, all the earth shall 
be filled with the glory of the Lord. 

22 Because all those men which have seen 
my glory, and my miracles, which I did in 
Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempt- 
ed me now these ten times, and have not 
hearkened to my voice ; 



XIV. 7 y he u nieUeting to perish. 

23 Surely they shall not see the land which 
I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any 
of them that provoked me see it: 

24 But my servant Caleb, because he had 
another spirit with him, and hath followed 
me fully, him will I bring into the land 
whereinto he went ; and his seed shall pos- 
sess it. 

25 (Now the Amalekites, and the Canaan- 
ites dwelt in the valley.) To-morrow turn 
you, and get you into the wilderness by the 
way of the Red sea. 

26 ^[ And the Lord spake unto Moses and 
unto Aaron, saying, 

27 How long" shall I hear with this evil 
congregation, which murmur against me? I 
have heard the murmurings of the children 
of Israel, which they murmur against me. 

28 Say unto them, lis truly as I live, saith 
the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, 
so will I do to you : 

29 Your carcasses shall fall in this wilder- 
ness ; and all that were numbered of you, 
according to your whole number, from twen- 
ty years old and upward, which have mur* 
mured against me. 

30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land 
concerning which I sware to makeyou dwell 
therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, 
and Joshua the son of Nun. 

31 But your little ones, which ye said 
should be a prey, them will I bringin, and 
they shall know the land which ye have de- 
spised. 

32 But as for you, your carcasses, they shall 
fall in this wilderness. 

33 And your children shall wander in the 
wilderness forty years, and bear your whore- 
doms, until your carcasses be wasted in the 
wilderness. 

34 After the number of the days in which 
ye searched the land, even forty days (each 
day for a year) shall ye bear your iniquities, 
even forty years and ye shall know my breach 
of promise. 

35 I the Lord have said, I will surely do it 
unto all this evil congregation, that are ga- 
thered together against me : in this wilder- 
ness they shall be consumed, and there they 
shall die. 

36 And the men which Moses sent to search 
the land, who returned, and made all the 
congregation to murmur against him, by 
bringing up a slander upon the land, 

37 Even those men that did bring up the 
evil report upon the land, died by the plague 
before the Lord. 

38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb 
the son of Jephunneh, which tcere of the 
men that went to search the land, lived 
still. 

39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the 
children of Israel : and the people mourned 
greatly. 

40 % And they rose up early in the morn- 
ing, and gat them up into the top of the 
mountain, saying, Lo, we he here, and wiU 
go up unto the place which the Lord hath 
promised : for we have sinned. 

41 x\nd Moses said, Wherefore now do ye 

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NUMBERS. 



and drink-offerings. 



transgress the commandment of the Lord ? 
but it°shall not prosper. 

42 Go not up, for the Lord 2*6* not among 
you ; that ye be not smitten before your ene- 
mies. 

4-) For the Amalekites and the Canaanites 
are there before you, and ye shall fall by the 
sword: because ye are turned away from 
the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be 
with you. 

44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill- 
top : nevertheless the ark of the covenant of 
the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of 
the camp. 

45 Then the Amalekites came down, and 
the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and 
smote them, and discomfited them, even unto 
Hormah. 

CHAP. XV. 

1 The law of the meat-offering and the drink-of- 
fering. 14; 29 The stranger is under the same 
law. 17 The laic of the first of the dough for 
a heave-offering. 22 The sacrifice for sin of 
ignorance. 30 The punishment of presumption. 
32 He that violated the sabbathy is stoned. 37 
The law of fringes. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
and sa> unto them, When ye be come into 
the land of your habitations, which I give 
unto you, 

3 And will make an offering by fire unto the 
Lord, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice in per- 
forming a vow, or in a free-will-offering, 
or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet 
savour unto the Lord, of the herd, or of 
the flock: 

4 Then shall he that offereth his offering 
unto the Lord bring a meat-offering of a 
tenth-deal of flour mingled with the fourth 
part of a hin of oil. 

5 And the fourth partot a hin of wine for 
a drink-offering shalt thou prepare with the 
burnt-offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. 

6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a 
meat-offering two tenth-deals of flour min- 
gled with the third part of a hin of oil. 

7 And for a drink-offering thou shalt offer 
the third part of a hin of wine, for a sweet 
savour unto the Lord. 

8 And when thou preparest a bullock for 
a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice 'in per- 
forming a vow, or peace-offerings unto the 
Lord : 

9 Then shall he bring with a bullock a 
meat-offering of three tenth-deals of flour 
mingled with half a hin of oil. 

10 And thou shalt bring for a drink-offering 
half a hin of wine, for an offering made by 
fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord : 

11 Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or 
for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. 

12 According to the number that ye shall 
prepare, so shall ye do to every one accord- 
ing to their number. 

13 All that are born of the country shall do 
these things after this manner, in offering an 
offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto 
the Lord. 

14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or 



whosoever be among you in your genera- 
tions, and will offer an offering made by fire, 
of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as ye do, 
so he shall do. 

15 One ordinance shall be both for you of 
the congregation, and also for the stranger 
that sojourneth with you, nn ordinance for 
ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall 
the stranger be before the Lord. 

16 One law and one manner shall be for 
you, and for the stranger that sojourneth 
with you. 

17 Tf And- the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, When ye come into the land 
whither I bring you, 

19 Then it shall be, that when ye eat of th* 
bread of the land, ye shall offer up a heave- 
offering unto the Lord. 

20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of 
your dough for a heave-offering : as ye do 
the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so 
shall ye heave it. 

21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give 
unto the Lord a heave-offering in your ge- 
nerations. 

22 ^| And if ye have erred, and not observ- 
ed all these commandments which the Lord 
hath spoken unto Moses, 

23 Even all that the Lord hath commanded 
you by the hand of Moses, from the day that 
the Lord commanded .Mioses, and hencefor- 
ward among your generations ; 

24 Then it shall be, if aught be committed 
by ignorance without the knowledge of the 
congregation, that all the congregation shall 
offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, 
for a sweet savour unto the Lord, with his 
meat-offering, and his drink-offering, accord- 
ing to the manner, and one kid of the goats 
for a sin-offering. 

25 And the priest shall make an atonement 
for all the congregation of the children of 
Israel, and it shall be forgiven them ; for it is 
ignorance: and they shall bring their offer- 
ing, a sacrifice made bv fire unto the Lord, 
and their sin-offering before the Lord, for 
their ignorance : 

26 And it shall be forgiven all the congrega- 
tion of the children of Israel, and the stran- 
ger that sojourneth among them; seeing all 
the people were in ignorance. 

27 ^[ And if any soul sin through igno- 
rance, then he shall bring a she-goat or the 
first year for a sin-offering. 

23 And the priest shall make an atonement 
for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he 
sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to 
make an atonement for him; and it shall be 
forgiven him. 

29 Ye shall have one law for him that sin- 
neth through ignorance, boOt for him that is 
born among the children of Israel, and for 
the stranger that sojourneth among them. 

30 K But the soul that doeth aught pre- 
sumptuously, whether he be born in the land, 
or a stranger, the same reproacheth the 
Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from 
among his people. 

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The sabbath-breaker stoned. 



CHAP. XVI. 



Rebellion of Kor alt, fa. 



31 Because he hath despised the word of 
the Lord, and hath broken his command- 
ment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his 
iniquity shall be upon him. 

32 H And while the children of Israel were 
in the wilderness, they found a man that ga- 
thered sticks upon the sabbath-day. 

33 And they that found him gathering sticks 
brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and 
unto all the congregation. 

34 And they put him in ward, because it 
was not declared what should be done to 
him. 

35 And the Lord said unto Moses, The 
man shall be surely put to death : all the 
congregation shall stone him with stones 
without tire camp. 

36 And all the congregation brought him 
without the camp, and stoned him with 
stones, and he died ; as the Lord command- 
ed Moses. 

37 If And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
bid them that they make them fringes in the 
borders of their garments throughout their 
generations, and that they put upon the 
fringe of the borders a riband of blue : 

39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye 
may look upon it, and remember all the com- 
mandments of the Lord, and do them; and 
that ye seek not after your own heart and 
your own eyes, after which ye use to go a 
whoring: 

40 That ye may remember, and do all my 
commandments, i*nd be holy unto your 
God. 

41 I am tjhe Lord your God, which brought 
you out of the land of Egypt, to be your 
God : I am the Lord your (rod. 

CHAP. XVI. 

I The rebellion of Kor ah, Dathan, and Abiram. 

23 Moses separateih the people from the rebels' 1 

tents. 31 The earth swullotceth tip Korah, and 

afire consumcth others. 36 The censers are 

reserved to holy use. 41 Fourteen thousand 

andsccen hundred arc slain by a plague for 

murmuring' against Moses and Aaron. 46 

Aaron by incense stay elk the plague. 

TVTOW Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of 

1 * Kohath, the son of Levi ; and Dathan 

and Abiram, the sons of Eliab ; and On, the 

son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men ; 

2 And they rose up before Moses, with cer- 
tain of the children of Israel, two hundred 
and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in 
the congregation, men of renown : 

3 And they gathered themselves together 
against Moses and against Aaron, and said 
unto them, l^fo/re too much upon you, see- 
ing all the congregation are holy, every one 
of them, and the Lord is among them : 
wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above 
the congregation of the Lord ? 

4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon 
Ins face : 

5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all 
Ins company, saying, Even to-morrow the 
Lord will shew who are his, and who is 
holy; and will cause him to come near unto 



him : even him whom he hath chosen will he 
cause to come near unto him. 

6 This do ; Take you censers, Korah, and 
all his company ; 

7 And put fire therein, and put incense in 
them before the Lord to-morrow : and it 
shall be that the man whom the Lord doth 
choose, he shall be holy : ye take too much 
upon you, ye sons of Levi. 

o And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray 
you, ye sons of Levi : 

, 9 Seemelh itbvt a small thing unto you, that 
the God of Israel hath separated you from 
the congregation of Israel, to bring you near 
to himself to do the service of the tabernacle 
of the Lord, and to stand before the congre- 
gation to minister unto them? 

10 And he hath brought thee near to him, 
and all thy brethren the sous of Levi with 
thee : and seek ye the priesthood also ? 

11 For which cause both thou and all thy 
company are gathered together against the 
Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur 
against him? 

121 ^[ And Moses sent to call Dathan and 
Abiram, the sons of Eliab : which said, We 
will not come up: 

13 Is if, a small thing that thou hast 
brought us up out of a land that floweth with 
milk and honey, to kijl us in the wilderness, 
except thou make thyself altogether a prince 
over us? 

14 Moreover, thou hast not brought us into 
a land that floweth with milk and honey, or 
given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: 
wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we 
will not come up. 

15 And Moses was very wroth, and said 
unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offer- 
ing : I have not taken one ass from them, nei- 
ther lnive I hurt one of them. 

16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou 
and all thy company before the Lord, thou, 
and they, and Aaron, to-morrow : 

17 And take every man his censer, and put 
incense in them, and bring ye before the 
Lord every man his censer, two hundred and 
fifty censers; thou also and Aaron each of 
you his censer. 

18 And they took every man his censer, and 
put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, 
and stood m the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation with Moses and Aaron. 

19 Ancl Korah gathered all the congrega- 
tion against them unto the door of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation : and the glory 
of the Lord appeared unto all the congre- 
gation. 

20 And the Lord spake unto Moses and 
unto Aaron, saying, 

21 Separate yourselves from among this con- 
gregation, that I may consume them in a 
moment. 

22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, 
O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, 
shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth 
with all the congregation? 

23 *f[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

2*4 Speak unto the eongregation, saying. Get 



The punishment of Korah, fa. N UMBERS, 

von up from about the tabernacle of Korah, 
l)athuii, and Abiram. 

25 And Moses rose up, and went unto Da- 
than and Abiram; and the elders of Israel 
followed him. 

2b* And he spake unto the congregation, 
saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of 
these nicked men, and touch nothing of 
theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 

27 So they gai up from the tabernacle of 
Korah, Da than, and Abiram, on every side: 
anTt Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood 
in the door of their tents, and their wives, 
and their sons, and their little children. 

23 A 1 Moses said, Hereby ye shall know 
that toe Lord hath sent me to do all these 
works ; for I have not done them of mine own 
mind. 

29 [f these men die the common death of all 
men, or if they be visited after the visitation 
of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me. 

30 But if the Lord make a new thing, and 
the earth open her mouth, and swallow them 
up, with all that appertain unto them, and 
they go down quick into the pit ; then ye shall 
understand that these men have provoked 
the Lord. 

31 U And it came to pass, as he had made 
an end of speaking all these words, that the 
ground clave asunder that teas under them : 

32 And the earth ooened her mouth, .and 
swallowed them up, and their houses, and all 
tlie men that appertained unto Korah, and 
all their goods. 

33 They, and all that appertained to them, 
went down alive into the pit, and the earth 
closed u|K)n them: and they perished from 
among the congregation. 

34 And all Israel that were round about them, 
fied at the cry of them : for they said, Lest 
the earth swallow us up also. 

35 And there came outa fire from the Lord, 
and consumed the two hundred and fifty men 
that offered incense. 

36 ^1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saving, 

37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron 
the priest, that he take up the censers out of 
the burning, and scatter thou the fire yon- 
der; for they are hallowed. 

38 The censers of ihese sinners against their 
own souls, let them make them broad plates 
for a covering of the altar : for they offered 

them before the Lord, therefore they are 
hallowed : and they shall be a sign unto the 
children of Israel. 

39 And Eleazar the priest took the brazen 
censers, wherewith they that were burnt had 
offered; and they. were made broad plates 
for a covering of the altar : 

40 To be a memorial unto the children of 
Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the 
seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense be- 
fore the Lord ; that he be not as Korah, and 
as his company: as the Lord said to him by 
the hand of Moses. 

41 U But on the morrow all the congrega- 
tion of the children of Israel murmured 
against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye 
have killed the people of the Lord. 



Aaron's rod buddeth, 

42 And it came to pass when the congrega- 
tion was gathered against Moses and against 
Aaron, that they looked toward the taberna- 
cle of the congregation : and behold, the 
cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord 
appeared. 

43 And Moses and Aaron came before the 
tabernacle of the congregation. 

44 U And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saving, 

45 Get you up from among this congrega- 
tion, that I may consume them as in a mo- 
ment. And they fell upon their faces. 

46 51 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a 
censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, 
and put on incense, and go quickly unto the 
congregation, and make an atonement for 
them : for there is wrath gone out from the 
Lord; the plague is begun. 

47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, 
and ran into the midst of the congregation ; 
and behold, the plague was begun among the 
people : and he put on incense, and made 
an atonement for the people. 

48 And he stood between the dead and the 
living; and the plague was stayed. 

49 Now they that died in the plague were 
fourteen thousand and seven hundred, be- 
sides them that died about the matter of 
Korah. 

50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto 
the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion : and the plague was stayed. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 Aaron's rod among all the rods of the tribes 
onlyflovrisheth. 10 It is left for a monument 
against the rebels. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
and take of every one of them a rod accord- 
ing to the house of their fathers, of all their 
princes according to the house of their fa- 
thers, twelve rods : write thou every man's 
name upon his rod. 

3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon 
the rod of Levi : for one rod shall be for the 
head of the house of their fathers. 

4 And thou shalt lay them up in the taber- 
nacle of the congregation before the testi- 
mony, .where I will meet with you. 

5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's 
rod whom I shall choose shall blossom : and 
I will make to cease from me the murmur- 
ings of the children of Israel, whereby they 
murmur against you. 

6 And Moses spake unto the children of 
Israel, and every one of their princes gave 
him a rod apiece, for each prince one, ac- 
cording to their fathers' houses, even twelve 
rods : and the rod of Aaron was among their 
rods. 

7 And Moses laid up the rods before the 
Lord in the tabernacle of witness. 

8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow 
Moses went into the tabernacle of witness ; 
and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house 
of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, 
and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 

9 And Moses brought out ail the rods from 
before die Lord unto all the children of Israel: 

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The portion of the priests, CHAP. 

and they looked, and took ever}- man his rod. 

10 % And the Lord said unto iMoses, Bring 
Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to 
be kept for a token against the rebels ; and 
thou shalt quite take away their murmurings 
from me, that they die not. 

11 And Moses did so: as the Lord com- 
manded him, so did he. 

12 And the children of Israel spake unto 
Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, 
we all perish. 

13 Whosoever cometh any tiling near unto 
the tabernacle of the Lord shall die : shall 
we be consumed with dying ? 

CHAP. XVIII. 
1 The charge of the priests and Levites. 9 The 
priests' portion. 21 The Levites' portion. 25 
The heave-offering to the priests out of the 
Levites 1 portion. 

AND the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou, 
and thy sons, and thy father's house 
with thee, shall bear the iniquity of the sanc- 
tuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall 
bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 

2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, 
the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, 
that they may be joined unto thee, and mi- 
nister unto thee : but thou and thy sons with 
thee shall minister before the tabernacle of 
witness. 

3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the 
charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall 
not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and 
the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. 

4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and 
keep the charge of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, for all the service of the taber- 
nacle : and a stranger shall not come nigh 
unto you. 

5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanc- 
tuary, and the charge of the altar; that there 
be no wrath any more upon the children of 
Israel. 

6 And I, behold, I have taken your bre- 
thren the Levites from among the children 
of Israel : to you ihey are given as a gift for 
the Lord, to do the service of the taberna- 
cle of the congregation. 

7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee 
shall keep your priest's office for every thing 
of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall 
serve: I have given your priest's office unto 
you as a service of gift : and the stranger 
that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 

8 % And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Be- 
hold, I also have given thee the charge of 
my heave-offerings of all the hallowed things 
of the children of Israel; unto thee have I 
given them by reason of the anointing, and 
to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. 

9 This shall be thine of the most holy things 
reserved from the fire: every oblation of 
theirs, every meat-offering of theirs, and 
every sin-offering of theirs, and every tres- 
pass-offering of theirs, which they shall ren- 
der unto me, shall be most holy for thee and 
for thy sons. 

10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it ; 
everj- male shall eat it: it shall be holv unto 
thee. 

6 F 



XVIII. and of the Levites* 

11 And this is thine: the heave-offering of 
their gift, with all the wave-offerings of the 
children of Israel: I have given them unto 
thee, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters 
with thee, by a statute for ever: every one 
that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. 

12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of 
the wine and of the wheat, the first-fruits of 
them which they shall offer unto the Lord, 
them have I given thee. 

13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, 
which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall 
be thine ; every one that is clean in thy house 
shall eat of it. 

14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be 
thine. 

15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in 
all flesh, which they bring unto the Lord, 
whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine : 
nevertheless, the first-born of man shalt thou 
surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean 
beasts shalt thou redeem. 

16 And those that are to be redeemed from 
a month old shalt thou redeem, according to 
thine estimation, for the money of five she- 
kels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which 
is twenty gerahs. 

17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling 
of a sheep, or die firstling of a goat, thou shalt 
not redeem ; they are holy : thou shalt sprin- 
kle then- blood upon the altar, and shalt burn 
their fat for an offering made by fire, for a 
sweet savour unto the Lord. 

18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as 
the wave-breast and as the right shoulder are 
thine. 

19 All the heave-offerings of the holy things, 
which the children of Israel offer unto the 
Lord, have I given thee, and thy sons and 
thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: 
it is a covenant of salt for ever before the 
Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee. 

20 % And the Lord spake unto Aaron, 
Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, 
neither shalt thou have any part among them : 
I am thy part and thine inheritance among 
the children of Israel. 

21 And behold, I have given the children 
of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheri- 
tance, for their service which they serve, 
even the service of the tabernacle of Che con- 
gregation. 

22 Neither must the children of Israel hence- 
forth come nigh the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation, lest they bear sin, and die. 

23 But the Levites shall do the service of 
the tabernacle of the congregation, and they 
shall bear their iniquity : It shall be a statute 
for ever throughout your generations, that 
among the children of Israel they have no 
inheritance. 

24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, 
which they offer as a heave-offering unto the 
Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: 
therefore. I have said unto them, Among the 
children of Israel they shall have no inheri- 
tance. 

25 IT And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saving, 1 

26 Thus speak unto the Levites, ana say 

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The brazen serpent, 

and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken 
against the Lord, and against thee; pray 
unto the Lord, that he take away the ser- 
pents from us. And Moses prayed for the 
people. 

8 And the Lord said unto Moses, Make 
thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : 
and it shall come to pass, that every one that 
is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 

9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and 
put it upon a pole, and it cavne to pass, that 
if a serpent had bitten any man, when he 
beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. 

10 H And the children of Israel set forward, 
and pitched in Oboth. 

11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and 
pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness 
which is before Moab, toward the sun-rising. 

12 If From thence they removed, and pitch- 
ed in the valley of Zared. 

13 From thence they removed, and pitched 
on the other side of Arnon, which is in the 
wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of 
the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of 
Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 

14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the 
wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red 
sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 

15 And at the stream of the brooks that 
goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth 
upon the border of Moab. 

16 And from thence they went to Beer: that 
is the well whereof the Lord spake unto 
Moses, Gather the people together, and I 
wiM give them water. 

17 fl Then Israel sang this song, Spring 
up, O well; sing ye unto it: 

18 The princes digged the well, the nobles 
of the people digged it, by the direction of 
the law-giver, with their staves. And from 
the wilderness they went to Mattanah : 

19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and 
from Nahaliel to Bamoth : 

20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is 
in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, 
which looketh toward Jeshimon. 

21 1[ And Israel sent messengers unto Si- 
hon king of the Amorites,' saying, 

22 Let me pass through thy land : Ave will 
not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards ; 
we will not drink of the waters of the well : 
but we will go along by the king's high-way, 
until we be past thy borders. 

23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass 
through his border: but Sihon gathered all 
his peo'ple together, and went out against 
Israel into the wilderness: and he came to 
Jahaz, and fought against Israel : 

24 And Israel smote him with the edge of 
the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon 
unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Am- 
mon: for the border of the children of Am- 
nion was strong. 

25 And Israel took all these cities: and Is- 
rael dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, 
in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. 

26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the 
king of the Amorites, who had fought against 
the former king of Moab, and taken all his 
land out of his hand, even unto Aruon. 



NUMBERS. Sihon and Og slain, 

27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs 
say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon 
be built and prepared. 

28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, 
a flame from the city o? Sihon : it hath con- 
sumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high 
places of Arnon. 

29 Wo to thee, Moab! Thou art undone, 
O people of Chemosh : he hath given his 
sons that escaped, and his daughters, into 
captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 

30 We have shot at them ; Heshbon is per- 
ished even unto Dibon, and we have laid 
them waste even unto Nophah, which reavh- 
eth unto Medeba. 

31 <J[ Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the 
Amorites. 

32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and 
they took the villages thereof, and drove out 
the Amorites that were there. 

33 % And they turned and went up by the 
way of Bashan : and Og the king of Bashan 
went out against them, he, and all his peo- 
ple, to the battle at Edrei. 

34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Fear 
him not : for I have delivered him into thy 
hand, and all his people, and his land ; and 
thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon 
king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 

35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all 
his people, until there was none left him 
alive : and they possessed his land. 

CHAP. XXII. 



1 Balak" s first message for Balaam is refused. 
15 His second message obtaineth him. 5Z2Jln 
angel would have slain him, if his ass had not 
saved him. 36 Balak entertaineth him. 

AND the children of Israel set forward, 
and pitched in the plains of Moab on 
this side Jordan by Jericho. 

2 Tf And Balak the son of Zippor saw all 
that Israel had done to the Amorites. 

3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, 
because they were many: and Moab was 
distressed because of the children of Israel. 

4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, 
Now shall this company lick up all that are 
round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass 
of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor 
was king of the Moabites at that time. 

5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam 
the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the 
river of the laud of the children of his people, 
to call him, saying, Behold, there is a peo- 
ple come out from Egypt: behold, they co- 
ver the face of the earth, and they abide 
over against me : 

6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, Curse 
me this people; for they are too mighty for 
me : pcradventure I shall prevail, that we 
may smite them, and that I may drive them 
out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou 
blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest 
is cursed. 

7 And the elders of Moab and the elders 
ofMidian departed with the rewards of divi- 
nation in their hand; and they came unto 
Balaam, and spake unto him the words oi 
Balak. 

8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this 

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Balak sendelh/or Balaam. CHAP, 

night, and I will brin" you word again, as 
the Lord shall speak unto me : and the 
princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 

9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, 
What men are these with thee ? 

10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the 
son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto 
me, saying, 

11 Behold, there is a people come out of 
Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth : 
come now, curse me them; peradventure I 
shall be able to overcome them, and drive 
them out. 

12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt 
not go with them ; thou shalt not curse the 
people : for they are blessed. 

13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and 
said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into 
your land : for the Lord refuseth to give me 
leave to go with you. 

14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and 
they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam re- 
fuseth to come with us. 

15 Tf And Balak sent yet again princes, 
more, and more honourable than they. 

16 And they came to Balaam, and said to 
him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, 
Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from 
coming unto me : 

17 For I will promote thee unto very great 
honour, and I will do whatsoever thou say- 
est unto me : come therefore, I pray thee, 
curse me this people. 

18 And Balaam answered and said unto 
the servants of Balak, If Balak would give 
me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot 
go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to 
do less or more. 

19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also 
here this night, that I may know what the 
Lord will say unto me more. 

20 And God came unto Balaam at night, 
and said unto him, If the men come to call 
thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the 
word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt 
thou do. 

21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and 
saddled his ass, and went with the princes 
of Moab. 

22 *H And God's anger was kindled because 
he went : and the angel of the Lord stood 
in the way for an adversary against him. Now 
lie was riding upon his ass, and his two ser- 
vants were with him. 

23 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord 
standing in the way, and Ins sword drawn in 
his hand : and the ass turned aside out of the 
way, and went into the field : and Balaam 
smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 

24 But the angel of the Lord stood in a 
path of the vineyards, a wall being on this 
side, and a wall on that side. 

25 And when the ass saw the angel of the 
Lord, she thrust herself unto the wail, and 
crushed Balaam's foot against the wall : and 
he smote her again. 

26 And the angel of the Lord went further, 
and stood in a narrow place, where icas no 
way to turn either to the right hand or to the 
left. 



XXIII. Balaam's ass spealceth. 

27 And when the ass saw the angel of the 
Lord, she fell down under Balaam : and 
Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote 
the ass with a staff. 

28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the 
ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have 
I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me 
these three times ? 

29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because 
thou hast mocked me : I would there were 
a sword in my hand, for now would I kill 
thee. 

30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I 
thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever 
since I was thine unto this day? was I ever 
wont to do so unto thee ? And he said, Nay. 

31 Then the Lord opened the eyes of 
Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord 
standing in the way, and his sword drawn in 
his hand : and he bowed down his head, and 
fell flat on his face. 

32 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass 
these three times? behold, I went out to 
withstand thee, because thy way is perverse 
before me : 

33 And the ass saw me, and turned from 
me these three times : unless she had turned 
from me, surely now also I had slain thee, 
and saved her alive. 

34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the 
Lord, I have sinned ; for I knew not that 
thou stoodest in the way against me : now 
therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me 
back again. 

35 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
Balaam, Go with the men: but only the 
word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou 
shalt speak: so Balaam went with the princes 
of Balak. 

36 % And when Balak heard that Balaam 
was come, he went out to meet him unto a 
city of Moab, which is in the border of Ar- 
non, which ism the utmost coast. 

37 "ft And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I 
not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? 
wherefore earnest thou not unto me? am I 
not able indeed to promote thee to honour ? 

38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am 
come unto thee: have I now any power at 
all to say any thing ? the word that God put- 
teth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 

39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they 
came unto Kirjath-huzoth. 

40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and 
sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were' 
with him. 

41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that 
Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into 
the high places of Baal, that thence he might 
see the utmost part of the people. 

CHAP. XXIII. 
1, 13, 28 Balak 1 s sacrifice. 7, 18 Balaam'' s pa- 
rable. 
AND Balaam said unto Balak, Build me 
here seven altars, and prepare me here 
seven oxen and seven rams. 
2 And Balak did as Balaam hatj spoken; 
and Balak and Balaam offered on every 
altar a bullock and a ram. 
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Balak* s sacrifices. 

3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by 
thy burnt-offering, and I will go : peradven- 
ture the Lord will come to meet me: and 
whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. 
And he went to a high place. 

4 And God met Balaam : and he said unto 
him, I have prepared seven altars, and I 
have offered upon every altar a bullock and 
a ram. 

5 And the Lord put a word in Balaam's 
mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and 
thus thou shalt speak. 

6 And he returned unto him, and lo, he 
stood by his burnt-sacrifice, he, and all the 
princes of Moab. 

7 And he took up, his parable, and said, 
Balak the king of Moab hath brought me 
from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, 
saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, 
defy Israel. 

8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not 
cursed ? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord 
hath not defied? 

1) For from the top of the rocks I see him, 
and from the hills I behold him: lo, the peo- 
ple shall dwell alone, and shall not be reck- 
oned among the nations. 

10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and 
the number of the fourth part of Israel? 
Let me die the death of the righteous, and 
let my last end be like his ! 

11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast 
thou done unto me? I took thee to curse 
mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed 
them altogether. 

12 And he answered and said, Must I not 
take heed to speak that which the Lord hath 
put in my mouth ? 

13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray 
thee, with me unto another place, from 
whence thou mayest see them : thou shalt 
see but the utmost part of them, and shalt 
not see them all : and curse me them from 
thence. 

14 H And he brought him into the field of 
Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built se- 
ven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram 
on every altar. 

15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by 
thy burnt-offering, while I meet the LORD 
yonder. 

16 And the Lord met Balaam, and put a 
word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto 
Balak, and say thus. 

17 And when he came to him, behold, he 
Flood by his burnt-offering, and the princes 
of Moab with him. And Balak said unto 
him, What hath the Lord spoken ? 

18 And he took up his parable, and said, 
Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, 
thou son of Zippor: 

19 God is not a man, that he should lie ; 
neither the son of man, that he should re- 
pent: hath he said, and shaii he not do it? 
or hath he spoken, afid shall he not make it 
good ? 

20 Behold, I have received commandment 
to bless: and he hath blessed, and I cannot 
reverse it. 

21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, 



NUMBERS. Balaam's parable. 

neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: 
the Lord his God is with him, and the shout 
of a king is among them. 

22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath 
as it were the strength of a unicorn. 

23 Surely there is no enchantment against 
Jacob, neither is there any divination against 
Israel : according to this time it shall be said 
of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God 
wrought ! 

24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great 
lion, and lift up himself as a young lion : he 
shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, 
and drink the blood of the slain. 

25 \ And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither 
curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 

26 But Balaam answered and said unto 
Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the 
Lord speaketh, that I must do ? 

27 % And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, 
I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another 
place; perad venture it will please God that 
thou mayest curse me them from thence. 

28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top 
of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. 

29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me 
here seven altars, and prepare me here seven 
bullocks and seven rams. 

30 And Balak tlid as Balaam had said, and 
offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 

CHAP. XXIV. 

1 Balaam leaving divinations, prophesieth the 

happiness of Israel. 10 Balak in anger dis- 

misseth him. 15 He prophesieth of the Star 

of Jacob, and the destruction of some nations. 



A ND when Balaam saw that it pleased 
xjL the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, 
as at other times, to seek for enchantments, 
but he set his face toward the wilderness. 

2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he 
saw Israel abiding in his tents according to 
their tribes, and the Spirit of God came upon 
him. 

3 And he took up his parable, and said, Ba- 
laam the son of Beor hath said, and the man 
whose eyes are open hath said : 

4 He hath said, which heard the words of 
God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, 
falling into a trance, but having his eyes 
open : 

5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and 
thy tabernacles, O Israel ! 

6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as 
gardens by the river's side, as the trees of 
Fign-aloes which the Lord hath planted, and 
as cedar-trees beside the waters. 

7 He shall pour the water out of his buck- 
ets, and his seed shall be in many waters, 
and his king shall be higher than Agag, and 
his kingdom shall be exalted. 

8 God brought him forth out of Egypt : he 
hath as it were the strength of a unicorn : he 
shall eat up the nations his enemies, and 
shall break their bones, and pierce them 
through with his arrows. 

9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and 
as a great lion : who shall stir him up ? 
Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed 
is he that curseth thee. 

10 If And Balak's anger was kindled against 

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The Star of Jacob foretold. CHAP. XXV, XXVI. 

Balaam, and lie smote his hands together: 

and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee 

to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou 

hast altogether blessed them these three 

times. 

11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place : I 
thought to promote thee unto great honour; 
but lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from 
honour. 

12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I 
not also to thy messengers which thou sent- 
est unto me, saying, 

13 If Balak would give me his house full 
of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the 
commandment of the Lord, to do cither 
good or bad of mine own mind; buiwh^t 
the Lord saith, that will I speak ? 

14 And now, behold, I go unto my people : 
come therefore, and I will advertise thee 
what this people shall do to thy people in the 
latter day?. 

15 If And he took up his parable, and said, 
Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the 
man whose eyes are open hath said: 

16 He hath said, which heard the words of 
God, and knew the knowledge of the Most 
High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, 
falling into a trance, but having his eyes 
open : 

17 1 shall see him, but not now : I shall be- 
hold him, but not nigh : there shall come a 
Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise 
out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of 
Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. 

18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir 
also shall be a possession for his enemies; 
and Israel shall do valiantly. 

19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall 
have dominion, and shall destroy him that 
remaineth of the city. 

20 And when he looked on Amalek, he 
took up his parable, and said, Amalek was 
the first of the nations, but has latter end 
shall be that he perish for ever. 

21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took 
up his parable, and said, Strong is thydwell- 
ing-place, and-thou puttestthy nest in a rock. 

22 Nevertheless, the Kenite shall be wasted, 
until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. 

23 And he took up his parable, and said 
Alas, who shall live when Goddoeth this! 

24 And ships shall come from the coast of 
Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall 
afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever. 

25 And Balaam rose up, and went and re- 
turned to his place : and Balak also went 
ins way. 

CHAP. XXV. 
1 Israel at Shittim commit whoredom and idola- 
try. Q Phinehas killcth Zimri and Cozbi. 10 
God therefore giccth him an everlasting 
priesthood. 16 T/ie Jllidianites are to be 
vexed. 



AND Israel abode in Shittim, and the peo- 
ple began to commit whoredom with 
the daughters of Moab. 

2 And they called the people unto the sa- 
crifices of their gods: and the people did 
eat, and bowed down to their gods. 

3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor : 



Zimri and Cozbi slain. 
and the anger of the Lord was kindled 
against Israel. 

4 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all 
the heads of the people, and hang them up 
before the Lord against the sun, that the 
fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away 
from Israel. 

5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, 
Slay ye even* one his men that were joined 
unto Baal-peor. 

6 % And, behold, one of the children of 
Israel came and brought unto his brethren 
a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, 
and in the sight of all the congregation oi 
the children of Israel, who were weeping he- 
fore the door of the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation. 

7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, 
the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose 
up from among the congregation, and took 
a javelin in his hand; 

8 And he went after the man of Israel into 
the tent, and thrust both of them through, 
the man of Israel, and the woman through 
her belly : So the plague was stayed from 
the children of Israel. 

9 And those that died in the plague were 
twenty and four thousand. 

10 if And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of 
Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath 
away from the children of Israel (while he 
was zealous for my sake among them) that I 
consumed not the children of Israel in my 
jealousy. 

12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him 
my covenant of peace : 

1*3 And he shall have it, and his seed after 
him, even the covenant of an everlasting 
priesthood; because he was zealous for his 
God, and made an atonement for the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

14 Now the name of the Israelite that was 
slain, even that was slain with the Midian- 
itish woman, was Zimri, the son of Sa!u, a 
prince of a chief house among the Simeon- 
ites. 

15 And the name of the Midianitish wo- 
man that was slain teas Cozbi the daughter 
of Zur; he was head over a people, and of 
a chief house in Midian. 

16 f[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
sa}ing, 

17 Vex the Midianites and smite them : 

18 For they vex you with their wiles, where- 
with they have beguiled you in the matter of 
Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daugh- 
ter of a. prince of Midian, their sister, which 
was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's 
sake. 

CHAP. XXVI. 



1 The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of 
Moab. o'2 The law of dividing among them the 
inheritance of the land, hi The families and 
number of the Levites. 63 J\Tone were left of 
them which were numbered at Sinai, but Caleb 
and Joshua. 

AND it came to pass after the plague, 
that the Lord spake unto Moses, and 
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The Israelites numbered NUMBERS, 

unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, 



saying, 

2 Take the sum of all the congregation of 
die children of Israel, from twenty years old 
and upward, throughout their fathers' house, 
all that are able to go to war in Israel. 

3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake 
with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan 
near Jericho, saying, 

4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty 
years old and upward; as the Lord com- 
manded Moses and the children of Israel, 
which went forth out of the land of Egypt. 

5 IT Reuben the eldest son of Israel : the 
children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom 
cometh the family of the Hanochites : of 
Pallu, the family of the Palluites: 

6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites : 
of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 

7 These are the families of the Reubenites : 
and they that were numbered of them were 
forty and three thousand and seven hundred 
and' thirty. 

8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. 

9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Da- 
than, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and 
Abiram, which were famous in the congrega- 
tion, who strove against Moses and against 
Aaron in the company of Korah, when they 
strove against the Lord : 

10 And the earth opened her mouth, and 
swallowed them up together with Korah, 
when that company died, what time the. fire 
devoured two hundred and fifty men : and 
they became a si^n. 

11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah 
died not. 

12 TI The sons of Simeon after their fami- 
lies: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuel- 
ites: of Jamin, the family of the Jammites: 
of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: 

13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites : of 
Shaul, the family of the'Shaulites. 

14 These are the families of the Simeon- 
ites, twenty and two thousand and two hun- 
dred. 

15^1 The children of Gad after their fami- 
lies : of Zephon, the family of the Zephon- 
ites : of Haggi, the family of the Haggites : 
of Shuni, the family of the Shunites : 

16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of 
Eri, the family of theErites: 

17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites : o 
Areli, the family of the Arelites. 

18 These are the families of the children of 
Gad, according to those that were numbered 
of them, forty thousand and five hundred. 

19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan : 
and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 

20 And the sons of Judah after their fami- 
lies were ; of Shelah, the family of the She- 
lanites: ofPharez, the family of the Pharez- 
ites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 

21 And the sons ofPharez were ; of Hezron, 
the family of the Hezronites : of Hamul, the 
family of the Hamulites. 

22 These are the families of Judah accord- 
ing to those that were numbered of them, 
threescore and sixteen thousand and five 
hundred. 



in the plains of Moab. 

23 Of the sons of Issachar after their fami- 
lies : o/Tola, the family of the Tolaites : of 
Pua, the family of the Punites : 

24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: 
of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 

25 These are the families of Issachar accord- 
ing to those that were numbered of them, 
threescore and four thousand and three hun- 
dred. 

26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their fami- 
lies : of Sered, the family of the Sardites : of 
Eion, the family of the Elonites : of Jahleel, 
the family of the Jahleelites. 

27 These are the families of the Zebulun- 
ites according to those that were number- 
ed of them, threescore thousand and five 
hundred. 

28 The sons of Joseph after their families 
were Manasseh and Ephraim. 

29 Of the sons of Manasseh : of Machir, 
the family of the Machirites : and Machir 
begat Gilead : of Gilead come the family of 
the Gileadites. 

30 These are the sons of Gilead : of Jeezer, 
the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the 
family of the Helekites : 

31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asriel- 
ites: and of Shechem, the family of the 
Shechemites : 

32 And ofShemida, the family of the She- 
midaites : and of Hepher, the family of the 
Hepherites. 

33 And Zelophehadthe son of Hepher had 
no sons, but daughters : and the names of 
the daughters of Zelopheliad were Mahlah, 
and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 

34 These are the families of Manasseh, and 
those that were numbered of them, fifty and 
two thousand and seven hundred. 

35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their 
families: of Shuthelah, the family of the 
Shuthalhites : of Becher, the family of the 
Bachrites : of Tahan, the family of the Ta- 
hanites. 

36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of 
Eran, the family of the Eranites. 

37 These are the families of the sons of 
Ephraim according to those that were num- 
bered of them, thirty and two thousand and 
five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph 
after their families. 

38 The sons of Benjamin after their fami- 
lies : of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of 
Ashhel, the family of the Ashbelites : of Ahi- 
ram, the family of the Ahiramites: 

39 Of Shupham, the family of the Shu- 
phamites : of Hupham, the family of the Hu- 
phamites. 

40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naa- 
man: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and 
of Naaman, 'the family of the Naamites. 

41 These are the sons of Benjamin after 
their families : and they that were numbered 
of them ivere forty and five thousand and six 
hundred. 

42 These are the sons of Dan after their 
families: of Shuham, the family of the Shu- 
hamites. These are the families of Dan af- 
ter their families. 

I 43 All the families of the Shuhamites ac- 
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The land divided. 

cording to those that were numbered of them, 

were threescore and four thousand and four 

hundred. 

44 Of the children of Asher after their fa- 
milies : of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: 
ofJesui, the family of the Jesuites : of Be- 
riah, the family of the Beriites. 

45 Of the sons of Beriah : of Heber, the fa- 
mily of the Heberites : of Malchiel, the fa- 
mily of the Malchielites. 

46 And the name of the daughter of Asher 
was Sarah. 

47 These are the families of the sons of 
Asher according to those that were number- 
ed of them ; who were fifty and three thousand 
and four hundred. 

48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their fa- 
milies: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeel- 
ites : of Guni, the family of the Gunites: 

49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites : of 
Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 

50 These are the families of Naphtali ac- 
cording to their families : and they that were 
numbered of them, were forty and five thou- 
sand and four hundred. 

51 These were the numbered of the chil- 
dren of Israel, six hundred thousand and a 
thousand seven hundred and thirty. 

52 ^1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

53 Unto these the land shall be divided for 
an inheritance, according to the number of 
names. 

54 To many thou shalt give the more in- 
heritance, and to few thou shalt give the less 
inheritance : to every one shall his inheri- 
tance be given, according to those that were 
numbered of him. 

55 Notwithstanding, the land shall be divi- 
ded by lot : according to the names of the 
tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 

56 According to the lot shall the possession 
thereof be divided between many and few. 

57 ^[ And these are they that were number- 
ed of the Levites after their families : of 
Gershon, the family of the Gershonites : of 
Kohath, the family of the Kohathites : of 
Merari, the family of the Merarites. 

58 These are the families of the Levites : 
the family of the Libnites, the family of the 
Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the 
family of the Mushites, the family of the 
Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 

59 And the name of Amram' s wife was Jo- 
chebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mo- 
ther bare to Levi in Egypt : and she bare 
unto Amram, Aaron and'Moses, and Miriam 
their sister. 

60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and 
Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 

61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they 
offered strange fire before the Lord. 

62 And those that were numbered of them 
were twenty and three thousand, all males 
from a month old and upward: for they 
were not numbered among the children of 
Israel, because there was no inheritance 
giren them among the children of Israel. 

63 H These are they that were numbered 
by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who num- 

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CHAP. XXVII. The law of inheritances. 

bered the children of Israel in the plains of 
Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 

64 But among these there was not a man of 
them whom Moses and Aaron the priest 
numbered, when they numbered the children 
of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 

65 For the Lord had said of them, They 
shall surely die in the wilderness. Ami 
there was not left a man of them, save Caleb 
the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of 
Nun. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
1 The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inhe- 
ritance. 6 The law of inheritances. J 2 JSloses 
being told of his death, suethfor a successor. 
18 Joshua is appointed to succeed him. 

THEN came the daughters of Zelophe-^ 
had, the son of Hepher, the son of 
Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Ma- 
nasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son 
of Joseph : and these are the names of his 
daughters ; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and 
Milcah, and Tirzah. 

2 And they stood before Moses, and before 
Eleazar the priest, and before the princes, 
and all the congregation, by the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 

3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he 
was not in the company of them that gather- 
ed themselves together against the Lord in 
the company of Korah ; but died in his own 
sin, and had no sons. 

4 Why should the name of our father be 
done away from among his family, because 
he hath no son ? Give unto us therefore a 
possession among the brethren of our father. 

5 And Moses brought their cause before the 
Lord. 

6 % And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing* 

7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right : 
thou shalt surely give them a possession of 
an inheritance among their father's brethren ; 
and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their 
father to pass unto them. 

8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of 
Israel,, saying, If a man die, and have no son, 
then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass 
unto his daughter. 

9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall 
give his inheritance unto his brethren. 

10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall 
give his inheritance unto his father's bre- 
thren. 

11 And if his father have no brethren, then 
ye shall give his inheritance unto his kins- 
man that is next to him of his family, and he 
shall possess it : and it shall be unto the 
children of Israel a statute of judgment, as 
the Lord commanded Moses. 

12 If And the Lord said unto Moses, Get 
thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the 
land which I have given unto the children of 
Israel. 

13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also 
shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron 
thy brother was gathered. 

14 For ye rebelled against my command- 
ment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the 
congregation, to sanctify me at the water be- 

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Joshua appointed to succeed Moses. NUMBERS. Offerings on the new-moons, S;c. 



fore their eyes : that is the water of Meribah 
in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. 

15 U And Moses spake unto the Lord, 
saying, 

16" Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of 
all flesh, set a man over the congregation, 

17 Which may go out before them, and 
which may go in "before them, and which 
may lead them out, and which may bring 
them in ; that the congregation of the Lord 
be not as sheep which have no shepherd, 

18 1f And the Lord said unto Moses, Take 
thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in 
whom is the spirit, and lay thy hand upon 
him; 

19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, 
and before all the congregation : and give 
him a charge in their sight. 

20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour 
upon him, that all the congregation of the 
children of Israel may be obedient. 

21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the 
priest, who shall ask counsel for him after 
the judgment of Urim before the Lord : at 
his word shall they go out, and at his word 
they shall come in, both he, and all the 
children of Israel with him, even all the con- 
gregation. 

22 And Moses did as the Lord command- 
ed him : and he took Joshua, and set him 
before Eleazar the priest, and before all the 
congregation : 

23 And he laid his hands upon him, and 
gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded 
by the hand of Moses. 

CHAP. XXVIII. 
1 Offerings are to be observed. 3 The continual 
burnt-offering. 9 The offering on the sabbath, 
lion the new-moons, 16 at the passover, 26 m 
the day of the first-fruits. 
.4 ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
JtjL 2 Command the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, My offering, and my bread 
for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet 
savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer 
unto me in their due season. 

3 ^[ And thou shalt say unto them, This is 
the offering made by fire which ye shall offer 
unto the Lord ; two lambs of the first year 
without spot day by day, for a continual 
burnt-offering. 

4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morn- 
ing, and die other lamb shalt thou offer at 
even : 

5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for 
a meat-offering, mingled with the fourth part 
of a hin of beaten oil. 

6 Itisn continual burnt-offering, which was 
ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, 
a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord. 

7 And the drink-offering thereof shall be 
the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb : in 
the holv place shalt thou cause the strong 
wine to be poured unto the hoRDfor a drink- 
offering : 

8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at 
even: as the meat-offering of the morning, 
and as tlve drink-offering thereof, thou shalt 
off«r it, a sacrifice made by Are, of a sweet 
savour unto the Lorv. 



9 And on the sabbath-day two lambs of the 
first year without spot, and two tenth-deais 
of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, 
and the drink-offering thereof : 

10 This is the burnt-offering of every sab- 
bath, besides the continual burnt-offering, 
and his drink-offering. 

11 And in the beginnings of your months ye 
shall offer a burnt-offering unto the Lord ; 
two young bullocks, and one ram, se\en 
lambs of the first year without spot; 

12 And three tenth-deals of flour for a meat- 
offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock : 
and two tenth-deals of flour for a meat-offer- 
ing, mingled with oil, for one ram; 

13 And a several tenth-deal of flour mingled 
with oil for a meat-offering unto one lamb, 

for a burnt-offering of a sweet savour, a sa- 
crifice made by fire unto the Lord. 

14 And their drink-offerings shall be half a 
hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part 
of a hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of a 
hin unto a lamb : this is the burnt-offering 
of every month throughout the months of 
the year. 

15 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offer- 
ing unto the Lord shall be offered, besides 
the continual burnt-offering, and his drink- 
offering. 

16 *[ And in the fourteenth day of the first 
month is the passover of the Lord. 

17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is 
the feast : seven days shall unleavened bread 
be eaten. 

18 In the first day shall be a holy convoca- 
tion; ye shall do no manner of servile work 
therein: 

19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by 
Cue for a burnt-offering unto the Lord ; two 
young bullocks, and one ram, and seven 
lambs of the first year: they shall be unto 
you without blemish: 

20 And their meat-offering shall be of flour 
mingled w r ith oil: three tenth-deals shall ye 
offer for a bullock, and two tenth-deals for a 
ram; 

21 A several tenth-deal shalt thou offer for 
every lamb, throughout the seven lambs : 

22 And one goat for a sin-offering, to make 
an atonement for you. 

23 Ye shall offer these besides the burnt- 
oflering in the morning, which is for a con- 
tinual burnt-offering. 

24 After this manner ye shall offer daily 
throughout the seven days, the meat of the 
sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto 
the Lord : it shall be offered besides the con- 
tinual burnt-offering, and his drink-offering. 

25 And on the seventh day ye shall have a 
holy convocation; ye shall do no servile 
work. 

26 1f Also in the day of the first-fruits, when 
ye bring a new meat-offering unto the Lord, 
after your weeks be out, ye shall have a holy 
convocation ; ye shall do no servile work : 

27 But ye shall offer the burnt-offering for 
a sweet savour unto the Lord; two young 
bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first 

y ear ; . , , 

28 And their meat-offering of flour mingled 
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Offerings at the feast of trumpets, CHAP. XXIX 
with oil, three tenth-deals unto one bullock, 

1 wo tenth-deals unto one ram, 

29 A several tenth-deal unto one lamb, 
hroughout the seven lambs; 

30 And one kid of the goats, to make an 
atonement for you. 

31 Ye shall offer them besides the continual 
^unit-offering and his meat-offering (they 
shall be unto you without blemish) and their 
drink-offerings. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
1 The offering at the feast of trumpets, 7 at the 
day of afflicting their souls, 13 and on the eight 
days of the feast of tabernacles. 

AND in the seventh month, on the first 
day of the month, ye shall have a holy 
convocation ; ye shall do no servile work: it 
is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. 

2 And ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a 
sweet savour unto the Lord; one young bul- 
lock, one ram, and seven lambs of die first 
year without blemish : 

* 3 And their meat-offering shall be of flour 
mingled with oil, three tenth-deals for a bul- 
lock, and two tenth-deals for a ram, 

4 And one tenth-deal for one lamb, through- 
out the seven lambs : 

5 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, 
to make an atonement for you : 

6 Besides the burnt-offering of the month, 
and his meat-offering, and the daily burnt- 
offering, and his meat-offering, and their 
drink-offerings, according unto their man- 
ner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by 
fire unto the Lord. 

7 1[ And ye shall have on the tenth day of 
this seventh month a holy convocation: and 
ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do 
any work therein: 



and at the feast of tabernacles. 

17 *ft And on the second day ye shall offer 
twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen 
lambs of the first year without spot: 

18 And their meat-offering and their drink- 
offerings for the bullocks, tor the rams, and 
for the lambs, shall be according to their 
number, after the manner : 
' 19 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offer- 
ing; besides the continual burnt-offering, and 
the meat-offering thereof, and their drink- 
offerings. 

20 If And on the third day eleven bullocks, 
two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year 
without blemish : 

21 And their meat-offering and their drink- 
offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and 
for the lambs, shall be according to their 
number, after the manner: 

22 A nd one goat for a sin-offering ; besides 
the continual burnt-offering, and his meat- 
offering, and his drink-offering. 

23 1[ And on the fourth day ten bullocks, 
two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first 
year without blemish : 

24 Their meat-offering and their drink- 
offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and 
for the lambs, shall be according to their 
number, after the manner : 

25 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offer- 
ing; besides the continual burnt-offering, his 
meat-offering, and his drink-offering. 

26 ^[ And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two 
rams, and fourteen lamos of the first year 
without spot: 

27 And their meat-offering and their drink - 
c-uerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and 
for the lambs, shall be according to their 
number, after the manner: 

besides 



28 And one goat for a sin-offering 

8 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto the the continual burnt-offering, and his mcat- 
Lord for a sweet savour; one young bid- 1 offering, and his drink-offering. 

lock, one nun, and seven lambs of the first I 29 ^[ And on the sixth day eight bullocks, 
year; they shall be unto you without blemish: two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first 

9 And their meat-offering shall be of flour year without blemish : 

mingled with oil, three tenth-deals to a bul- ' 30 And their meat-offering and their drink- 
lock, and two 1 tenth-deals to one ram, 

10 A several tenth-deal for one lamb, 
throughout the seven lambs : 

11 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering; 
besides the sin-offering of atonement, and the 
continual burnt-offering, and the meat-offer- 
ing of it and their drink-offerings. 

12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh 
month ye shall have a holy convocation ; ye 
shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a 
feast unto the Lord seven days: 

13 % And ye shall offer a burnt-offering, a 
sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto 
the Lord; thirteen young bullocks, two 
rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; 
they shall be without blemish : 

14 And their meat-offering shall be of flour 
mingled with oil, three tenth-deals unto every 
bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth- 
deals to each ram of the two rams, 

15 And a several tenth-deal to each lamb of 
the fourteen lambs: 

16 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offer- 
ing; besides the continual burnt-offering, his 
meat-offering, and his drink-offering. 



offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and 
for the lambs, shall be according to their 
number, after the manner: 

31 And one goat for a sin-offering ; besides 
the continual burnt-offering, his meat-offer- 
ing, and his drink-offering. 

32 If And on the seventh day seven bullocks, 
two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first 
year without blemish : 

33 And their meat-offering and their drink- 
offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and 
for the lambs, shall be according to their 
number, after the manner : 

34 And one goat /or a sin-offering; besides 
the continual burnt-offering, his meat-offer- 
ing, and his drink-offering. 

35 Tf On the. eighth day ye shall have a so- 
lemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work 
therein : 

36 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering, a sa- 
crifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto 
the Lord: one bullock, one ram, seven 
lambs of the first year without blemish " 

37 Their meat-offering- and their drink- 
offerings for the bullock, for the ram. and fas 

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Vows not to be broken. NUMBERS, 

the lambs, shall be according to their num- 
ber, after the manner: 

38 And one goat /or a sin-offering; besides 
the continual burnt-offering, and his meat- 
offering, and his drink-offering. 

39 These things ye shall do unto the Lord 
in your set feasts," besides your vows, and 
your free-will-offerings, for your burnt-offer- 
ings, and for your meat-offerings, and for 
your drink-offerings, and for your peace- 
offerings. 

40 And Moses told the children of Israel 
according to all that the Lord commanded 
Moses. 

CHAP. XXX. 
1 Vows are not to be broken. 3 The exception of 
a maid's vow. 6 Of a wife's. 9 Of a widow's, 
or her that is divorced. 

AND Moses spake unto the heads of the 
tribes concerning the children of Israel, 
saying, This is the thing which the Lord 
hath commanded. 

2 If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or 
swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond ; 
he shall not break his word, he shall do ac- 
cording to all that proceedeth out of his 
mouth. 

3 If If a woman also vow a vow unto the 
Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in 
her father's house in her youth ; 

4 And her father hear her vow, and her 
bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, 
and her father shall hold his peace at her ; 
then all her vows shall stand, and every bond 
wherewith she hath bound her soul shall 
stand. 

5 But if her father disallow her in the day 
that he heareth, not any of her vows or of 
her bonds wherewith she hath bound her 
soul shall stand ; and the Lord shall forgive 
her, because her fatlter disallowed her. 

6 If And if she had at all a husband when 
she vowed, or uttered aught out of her lips, 
wherewith she bound her soul : 

7 And her husband heard it, and held his 
peace at her in the day that he heard it : 
then her vows shall stand, and her bonds 
wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 

8 But if her husband disallowed her on the 
day that he heard it, then he shall make her 
vow which she vowed, and that which she 
uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound 
her soul, of none effect; and the Lord shall 
forgive her. 

9 5f But every vow of a widow, and of her 
that is divorced, wherewith thev have bound 
their souls, shall stand against ner. 

10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, 
or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; 

11 And her husband heard it, and held his 
peace at her, and disallowed her not: then 
all her vows shall stand, and every bond 
wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 

12 But i( her husband hath utterly made 
them void on the day he heard them; then 
whatsoever proceeded out of her lips con- 
cerning her vows, or concerning the bond of 
her soul, shall not stand : her husband hath 
made them void; and the Lord shall for- 
give her. 



The Midianites spoiled. 

13 Every vow, and every binding oath to 
afflict the soul, her husband may establkh it, 
or her husband may make it void. 

14 But if her husband altogether hold his 
peace at her from day to day ; then he esta- 
blisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which 
are upon her: he confirmeth them, because 
he held his peace at her in the day that he 
heard them. 

15 But if he shall any ways make them void 
after that he hath heard them ; then he shall 
bear her iniquity. 

16 These are the statutes which the Lord 
commanded Moses between a man and his 
wife, between the father and his daughter, 
being yet in her youth in her father's house. 

CHAP. XXXI. 
1 The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain. 
13 Moses is wroth with the officers, for saving 
' the women alive. 19 How the soldiers, with 
their captives and spoil, are to be purified, '25 
The proportion whereby the prey is to be divi- 
ded. 48 The voluntary oblation unto the trea- 
sury of the Lord. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Avenge the children of Israel of tlfe 
Midianites: afterward shaltthoube gathered 
unto thy people. 

3 And Moses spake unto the people, say- 
ing, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, 
and let them go against the Midianites, and 
avenge the Lord of Midian. 

4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all 
the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. 

5 So there were delivered out of the thou- 
sands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, 
twelve thousand armed for war. 

6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thou- 
sand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the 
son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with 
the holy instruments, and the trumpets to 
blow in his hand. 

7 And they warred against the Midianites, 
as the Lord commanded Moses; and they 
slew all the males. 

8 And they slew the kings of Midian, be- 
sides the rest of them that were slain ; name- 
ly, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur,'and 
Reba, five kings of Midian : Balaam also the 
son of Beor they slew with the sword. 

9 And the children of Israel took all the 
women of Midian captives, and their little 
ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, 
and all their flocks, and all their goods. 

10 And they burnt all their cities wherein 
they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with 
fire. 

11 And they took all the spoil, and all tlte 
prey, both of men and of beasts. 

12 And they brought the captives, and the 
prey, and the spoil unto Moses and Eleazar 
the priest, and unto the congregation of the 
children of Israel, unto the camp at the 
plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near 
Jericho. 

13 Tf And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, 
and all the princes of the congregation, went 
forth to meet them without the camp. 

14 And Moses was wroth with the officers 
of the host, icith the captains over thousands, 

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Hove the soldiers are to be purified. CHAP. XXXII. 



The oblation to the Lord-, 



and captains over hundreds, which came 
from the battle. 

15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye sa- 
ved all the women alive ? 

16 Behold, these caused the children of 
Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to 
commit trespass against the Lord in the 
matter of Peor, and there was a plague among 
the congregation of the Lord. 

17 Now therefore kill every male among the 
little ones, and kill every woman that hath 
known man by lying with him. 

18 But all the "women-children, that have 
not known a man by lying with hiin, keep 
alive for yourselves. 

19 And do ye abide without the camp seven 
days: whosoever hath killed any person, and 
whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both 
yourselves and your captives on the third 
day, and on the seventh day. 

20 And purify all your raiment, and all that 
is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, 
and all things made of wood. 

21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men 
of war w r hich went to the battle, This is the 
ordinance of the law which the Lord com- 
manded Moses ; 

22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, 
the iron, the tin, and the lead, 

23 Every tiling that may abide the fire, ye 
shall make it go through the fire, and it shall 
be clean : nevertheless it shall be purified 
with the water of separation : and all that 
abideth not the fire ye shall make go through 
the water. 

24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the 
seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and after- 
ward ye shall come into the camp. 

25 ^f And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, 
both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar 
the priest, and the chief fathers of the congre- 
gation: 

27 And divide the prey into two parts; be- 
tween them that took the war upon them, 
who went out to battle, and between all the 
congregation : 

28 And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the 
men of war which went out to battle : one 
soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and 
of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the 
sheep : 

29 Take it of their half, and give it unto 
Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of 
the Lord. 

30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou 
shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, 
of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, 
of all manner of beasts, and give them unto 
the Levites, which keep the charge of the 
tabernacle of the Lord. 

31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did 
as the Lord commanded Moses. 

32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey 
which the men of war had caught, was six 
hundred thousand and seventy thousand and 
five thousand sheep, 

33 And threescore and twelve thousand 
beeves, 



34 And threescore and one thousand asses, 

35 And thirty and two thousand persons in 
all, of women that had not known man by 
lying with him. 

36 And the half tchich was the portion of 
them that went out to war, was in number 
three hundred thousand and seven and thirty 
thousand and five hundred sheep : 

37 And the Lord's tribute of the sheep was 
six hundred and threescore and fifteen. 

38 And the beeves were thirty and six thou- 
sand ; of which the Lord's tribute was three- 
score and twelve. 

39 And the asses were thirty thousand and 
five hundred ; of which the Lord's tribute 
was threescore and one. 

40 And the persons were sixteen thousand, 
of which the Lord's tribute was tlurty and 
two persons. 

41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was 
the Lord's heave-offering, unto Eleazar the 
priest, as the Lord commanded Moses. 

42 And of the children of Israel's half, 
which Moses divided from the men that 
warred, 

43 (Now the half that pertained unto the 
congreg-ation was three hundred thousand 
and thirty thousand and seven thousand and 
five hundred sheep, 

44 And thirty and six thousand beeves, 

45 And thirty thousand asses and five hun- 
dred, 

46 And sixteen thousand persons;) 

47 Even of the children of Israel's half, 
Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man 
and of beast, and gave them unto the Le- 
vites, which kept the charge of the taberna- 
cle of the Lord; as the Lord commanded 
Moses. 

48 H And the officers which were over thou- 
sands of the host, the captains of thousands, 
ai\d captains of hundreds, came near unto 
Moses : 

49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants 
have taken the sum of the men of war which 
are under our charge, and there lacketh not 
one man of us. 

50 We have therefore brought an oblation 
for the Lord, what every man hath gotten, 
of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, 
ear-rings, and tablets, to make an atonement 
for our souls before the Lord. 

51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took 
the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. 

52 And all the gold of the offering that they 
offered up to the Lord, of the captains of 
thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, 
was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty 
shekels. 

53 {For the men of war had taken spoil, 
every man for himself.) 

54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took 
the gold of the captains of thousands, and of 
hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle 
of the congregation, for a memorial for the 
children of Israel before the Lord. 

CHAP. XXXII. 
1 The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their in- 
heritance on that side Jordan. 6 Moses re. 
proveth them. 16 They offer him conditions to 
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The Reubenites and Gadites 

his content. 33 Moses assignetk them the land. 

39 They conquer it. 
"T^TOW the children of Reuben and the 

I l children of Gad had a very great mul- 
titude of cattle : and when they saw the land 
of Jaazer, and the land of Gilead, that be- 
hold, the place was a place for cattle ; 

2 The children of Gad and the children of 
Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to 
Eieazar the priest, and unto the princes of 
the congregation, saying, 

3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jaazer, and 
Nirarah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and 
Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 

4 Even the country which the Lord smote 
before the congregation of Israel, is a land 
for cattle, and thy servants have cattle : 

5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found 
grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto 
thy servants for a possession, and bring us 
not over Jordan. 

6 % And Moses said unto the children of 
Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall 
your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit 
here? 

7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart 
of the children of Israel from going over into 
the land which the Lord hath given them? 

8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them 
from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. 

9 For when they went upruito the valley of 
Eshcoi, and saw the land, they discouraged 
rise heart of the children of Israel, that they 
should not go into the land which the Lord 
had £iven them, 

10 And the Lord's anger was kindled the 
same time, and he sware, saying, 

II Surely none of the men that came up 
out of Egypt, from twenty years old and up- 
ward, shall see the land which I sware unto 
Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; be- 
cause they have not wholly followed me : 

12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the 
Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun : for 
they have wholly followed the Lord. 

13 And the Lord's anger was kindled 
against Israel, and he made them wander in 
the wilderness forty years, until all the gene- 
ration that had done evil in the sight of the 
Lord was consumed. 

14 And behold, ye are risen up in your fa- 
thers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to 
augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord 
toward Israel. 

15 For if ye turn away from after him, he 
will yet again leave them in the wilderness; 
and ye shall destroy all this people. 

16 "f[ And they came near unto him, and 
said, We will build sheep-folds here for our 
cattle, and cities for our little ones : 

17 But we ourselves will go ready armed 
before the children of Israel, until we have 
brought them unto their place : and our little 
ones shall dwell in the fenced cities, because 
of the inhabitants of the land. 

18 We wi|l not return unto our houses, un- 
til the children of Israel have inherited every 
man his inheritance. 

19 For we will not inherit with them on 
yonder side Jordan, or forward; because 



NUMBERS. sue for their inheritance. 

our inheritance is fallen to us on this side 
Jordan eastward. 

20 If Arid Moses said unto them, If ye will 
do fins thing, if ye will go armed before the 
Lord to war, 

21 And Avill go all of you armed over Jordan 
before the Lord, until he hath driven out his 
enemies from before him, 

22 And the land be subdued before the 
Lord: then afterward ye shall return, and 
be guiltless before the Lord, and before Is- 
rael ; and this land shall be your possession 
before the Lord. 

23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have 
sinned against the Lord : and be sure your 
sin will find you out. 

24 Build you cities for your little ones, and 
folds for your sheep ; and do that which hath 
proceeded out of your mouth. 

25 And the children of Gad and the cliil 



drcn of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, 

h. 



Thy servants will do as my lord commanded) 

26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, 
and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities 
of Gilead : 

27 But thy servants will pass over, every 
man armed for war, before the Lord to bat- 
tle, as my lord saith. 

28 So concerning them Moses commanded 
Eieazar the priest, and Joshua the son of 
Nun, and the chief lathers of the tribes of 
the children of Israel : 

29 And Moses said unto them, If the chil- 
dren of Gad and the children of Reuben will 
pass with yoif over Jordan, every man arm- 
ed to battle, before the Lord, and the land 
shall be subdued before you; then ye shall 
give them the land of Gilead for a possession : 

30 But if they will not pass over with jjou 
armed, they shall have possessions amo ng 
you in the land of Canaan. 

31 And the children of Gad and the children 
of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord 
hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 

32 We will pass over armed before the Lord 
into the land of Canaan, that the possession 
of our inheritance on this side Jordan may 
be ours. 

33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the 
children of Gad, and to the children of Reu- 
ben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh, 
tne son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon 
kin^ of the Amorites, and the kingdom of 
Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities 
thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the 
country round about. 

34 1[ And the children of Gad built Dibon, 
and Ataroth, and Aroer, 

35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and 
Jogbehah, 

36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, 
fenced'cities : and folds for sheep. 

37 And the children of Reuben built Hesh- 
bon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 

38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names 
being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave 
other names unto the cities which they 
builded. 

39 And the children of Machir the son of 
Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and 

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The two and forty journeys CHAP. 

dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. 

40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the 
son of Manasseh ; and he dwelt therein. 

41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and 
took the small towns thereof, and called 
them Havoth-jair. 

42 And Nobali went and took Kenath, and 
the villages thereof, and called it Nobali, 
after his own name. 

CHAP. XXXIII. 

I Two and forty journeys of the Israelites. 50 

The Canaanitcs are to be destroyed. 

THESE are the journeys of the children 
of Israel, which went forth out of the 
land of Egypt with their armies under the 
hand of Moses and Aaron. 

2 And Moses wrote their goings out accord- 
ing to their journeys by the commandment 
of the Lord : and these are their journeys 
according to their goings out. 

3 And they departed from Rameses in the 
first month, on the fifteenth day of the first 
month ; on the morrow after the passover 
the children of Israel went out with a high 
hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. 

4 For the Egyptians buried all their first- 
born, which the Lord had smitten among 
them : upon their gods also the Lord exe- 
cuted judgments. 

5 And the children of Israel removed from 
Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. 

6 And they departed from Succoth, and 
pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of 
the wilderness. 

7 And they removed from Etham, and turn- 
ed again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before 
Baal-zephon : and they pitched before Mig- 
dol. 

8 And they departed from before Pi-hahi- 
roth, and passed through the midst of the 
sea into the wilderness, and went three days' 
journey in the wilderness of Etham, and 
pitched in Marah. 

9 And they removed from Marah, and came 
unto Elim : and in Elim were twelve foun- 
tains of water, and threescore and ten palm- 
trees ; and they pitched there. 

10 And they removed from Elim, and en- 
camped by die Red sea. 

II And they removed from the Red sea, 
and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. 

12 And they took their journey out of the 
wildernessofSin, and encamped in Dophkah. 

13 And they departed from Dophkah, and 
encamped in Alush. 

14 And they removed from Alush, and en- 
camped at Rephidim, where was no water 
for the people to drink. 

15 And they departed from Rephidim, and 
pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. 

16 And they removed from the desert of 
Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah. 

17 And they departed from Kibroth-hat- 
taavah, and encamped at Hazeroth. 

18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and 
pitched in Rithmah. 

19 And they departed from Rithmah, and 
pitched at Rimmon-parez. 

20 And they departed from Rimmon-parez, 
and pitched in Libnah. 



XXX III. of the Israelites 

21 And they removed from Libnah, and 
pitched at Rissah. 

22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and 
pitched in Kehelathah. 

23 And they went from Kehelathah, and 
pitched in mount Shapher. 

24 And they removed from mount Shapher, 
and encamped in Haradah. 

25 And they removed from Haradah, and 
pitched in Makheloth. 

26 And they removed from Makheloth, and 
encamped at Tahath. 

27 And they departed from Tahath, and 
pitched at Tarah. 

28 And they removed from Tarah, and 
pitched in Mithcah. 

29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitch- 
ed in Hashmonah. 

30 And they departed from Hashmonah, 
and encamped at xMoseroth. 

31 And they departed from Moseroth, and 
pitched in Bene-jaakan. 

32 And they removed from Bene-jaakan, 
and encamped at Hor-hagidgad. 

33 And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and 
pitched in Jotbathah. 

34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and 
encamped at Ebronah. 

35 And they departed from Ebronah, and 
encamped at Ezion-gaber. 

36 And they removed from Ezion-gaber, 
and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which 
is Kadesh. 

37 And they removed from Kadesh, and 
pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land 
of Edom. 

38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount 
Hor at the commandment of the Lord, and 
died there, in the fortieth year after the chil- 
dren of Israel were come out of the land of 
Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month. 

39 And Aiwonicas a hundred and twenty 
and three years old when he died in mount 
Hor. 

40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which 
dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, 
heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 

41 And they departed from mount Hor, and 
pitched in Zalmonah. 

42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and 
pitched in Punon. 

43 And they departed from Punon, and 
pitched in Oboth. 

44 And they departed from Oboth, and 
pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of 
Moab. 

45 And they departed from Iim, and pitcned 
in Dibon-gad. 

46 And they removed from Dibon-gad, and 
encamped in Almon-diblathaim. 

47 And they removed from Almon-dibla- 
thaim, and pitched in the mountains of Aba- 
rim, before Nebo. 

48 And they departed from the mountains 
of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab 
by Jordan near Jericho. 

49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth- 
jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains 
of Moab. 

50 % And the Lord spake unto Moses in 

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Canaaniies lo be destroyed. NUMBERS. 

the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, 
saving, 

51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, When ye are passed over 
Jordan into the land of Canaan; 

52 Then ye shall drive out all the inha- 
bitants of the land from before you, and de- 
stroy all their pictures, and destroy all their 
molten images, and quite pluck down all 
their high places : 

53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants 
of the land, and dwell therein : for I have 
given you the land to possess it. 

54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an 
inheritance among your families : andto the 
more ye shall give the more inheritance, and 
to the fewer ye shall give the less inheri- 
tance : every man's inheritance shall be in 
the place where his lot falleth ; according to 
the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. 

55 But if ye will not drive out th» inha- 
bitants of the land from before you ; then it 
shall come to pass, that those which ye let 
remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, 
and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in 
the land wherein ye dwell. 

56 Moreover, it shall come to pass, that I 
shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them. 

CHAP. XXXIV. 

1 The borders of the land. 16 The names of the 

men which shall divide the land. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 
2 Command the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, When ye come into the land 
of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall 
unto you for an inheritance, even the land 
of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 

3 Then your south quarter shall be from the 
wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, 
and your south border shall be the outmost 
coast of the salt sea eastward : 

4 And your border shall turn from the south 
to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to 
Zin : and the going forth thereof shall be 
from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall 
go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Az- 
raon : 

5 And the border shall fetch a compass 
from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the 
goings out of it shall be at the sea. 

6 And as for the western border, ye shall 
even have the great sea for a border : this 
shall be your west border. 

7 And this shall be your north border : 
from the great sea ye shall point out for you 
mount Hor : 

8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your 
border unto the entrance of Hamath : and 
the goings forth of the border shall be to 
Zedad: 

9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, 
and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar- 
enan : this shall be your north border. 

10 And ye shall point out your east border 
from Hazar-enan to Shepham : 

11 And the coast shall go down from She- 
pham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain ; and 
the border shall descend, and shall reach 
unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth east- 
ward : 



Who are to divide the land. 

12 And tl»e border shall go down to Jordan, 
and the goings out of it shall be at the salt 
sea. This shall be your land with the coasts 
thereof round about. 

13 And Moses commanded the children of 
Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall 
inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded 
to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half 
tribe : 

14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben, 
according to the house of their fathers, and 
the tribe of the children of Gad according 
to the house of their fathers, have received 
their inheritance ; and half the tribe of Ma- 
nasseh have received their inheritance : 

15 The two tribes and the half-tribe have 
received their inheritance on this side Jor- 
dan near Jericho eastward, toward the sun- 
rising. 

16 %" And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 

17 These are the names of the men whicn 
shall divide the land unto you : Eleazar the 
priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 

18 And ye shall take one prince of every 
tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. 

19 And the names of the men are these : 
Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Je- 
phunneh. 

20 And of the tribe of the children of Si- 
meon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 

21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son 
of Chislon. 

22 And the prince of the tribe of die chil- 
dren of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. 

23 The prince of the children of Joseph, 
for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, 
Hanniel the son of Ephod, 

24 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- 
dren of Ephraim,Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 

25 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- 
dren of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Par- 
nach. 

26 And the prince of the tribe of the children 
of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 

27 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- 
dren of Asher, Ahihudthe son of Shelomi. 

28 And the prince of the tribe of the chil- 
dren of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammi- 
hud. 

29 These are they whom the Lord com- 
manded to divide the inheritance unto the 
children of Israel in the land of Canaan. 

CHAP. XXXV. 
1 Eight and forty cities for the Levites with their 
suburbs, and m-easure thereof. 6 Six of them 
are to be cities of refuge. 9 The laws of mur- 
der. 31 A o satisfaction for murder. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses in the 
plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, 
saying, 

2 Command the children of Israel, that they 
give unto the Levites of the inheritance of 
their possession cities to dwell in ; and ve 
shall give also unto die Levites suburbs tor 
the cities round about diem. 

3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in ; 
and the suburbs of them shall be for their 
cattle, and for their goods, and for all dieir 
beasts. 

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The cities of the Levites. CHAP. XXXVI. 

4 And the suburbs of the cities which ye 
shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from 
the wall of the city and outward a thousand 
cubits roundabout. 

5 And ye shall measure from without the 
city on the east side two thousand cubits, and 
on the south side two thousand cubits, and 
on the west side two thousand cubits, and on 
the north side two thousand cubits; and the 
city shall be in the midst: this shall be to 
them the suburbs of the cities. 

6 And among the cities which ye shall give 
unto the Levites there shall be six cities for 
refuge, which ye shall appoint for the man- 
slayer, that he may flee thither : and to them 
ye shall add forty and two cities. 

7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the 
Levites shall be forty and eight cities : them 
shall ye give with their suburbs. 

8 And the cities which ye shall give shall 
be of the possession of the children of Israel : 
from them that have many ye shall give 
many; but (vom them that have few ye shall 
give few : every one shall give of his cities 
unto the Levites according to his inheritance 
which he inheriteth. 

9 ^[ And the Lord spake unto Moses, say- 
ing* 

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and 
say unto them, When ye be come over Jor- 
dan into the land of Canaan ; 

11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be 
cities of refuge for you ; that the slayer may 
flee thither, which killeth any person at un- 
awares. 

12 And they shall be unto you cities for re- 
fuge from the avenger ; that the manslayer 
die not, until he stand before the congrega- 
tion in judgment. 

13 And of these cities which ye shall give, 
six cities shall ye have for refuge. 

14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jor- 
dan, and three cities shall ye give in the land 
of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. 

15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both 
for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, 
and for the sojourner among them : that 
every one that killeth any person unawares 
may flee thither. 

16 And if he smite him with an instrument 
of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer : the 
murderer shall surely be put to death. 

17 And if he smite him with throwing a 
stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he 
is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be 
put to death. 

18 Or if he smite him with a hand-weapon 
of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, 
he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely 
be put to death. 

19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay 
the murderer: when he meeteth him, he 
shall slay him. 

20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at 
him by laying of wait, that he die ; 

21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, 
that he die : he that smote him shall surely 
be put to death ; for he is a murderer : the 
revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, 
when he meeteth him. 



No satisfaction for murder, 

22 But if he thrust him suddenly without 
enmity, or have cast upon him any thing 

vithout laying of wait, 

23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man 
may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon 
him, that he die, and teas not his enemy, 
neither sought his harm : 

24 Then the congregation shall judge be- 
tween the slayer and the revenger of blood 
according to these judgments : 

25 And the congregation shall deliver the 
slayer out of the hand of the revenger of 
blood, and the congregation shall restore 
him to the city of his refuge, whither he was 
fled : and he shall abide in it unto the death 
of the high priest, which was anointed with 
the holy oil. 

26 But if the slayer shall at any time come 
without the border of the city of his refuge, 
whither he was fled ; 

27 And the revenger of blood find him with- 
out the borders of the city of his refuge, and 
the revenger of blood kill the slayer ; he shall 
not be guilty of blood : 

28 Because he should have remained in the 
city of his refuge until the death of the high 
priest : but after the death of the high priest 
the slayer shall return into the land of his 
possession. 

29 So these things shall be for a statute of 
judgment unto you throughout your genera- 
tions in all your dwellings. 

30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer 
shall be put to death by the mouth of wit- 
nesses : but one witness shall not testify 
against any person to cause him to die. 

31 Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction 
for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of 
death : but he shall be surely put to death. 

32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him 
that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he 
should come again to dwell in the land, until 
the death of the priest. 

33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein 
ye are : for blood it defileth the land : and 
the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that 
is shed therein, but by the blood of him that 
shed it. 

34 Defile not therefore the land which ye 
shall inhabit, wherein I dwell : for I the 
Lord dwell among the children of Israel. 

CHAP. XXXVI. 
1 The inconvenience of the inheritance of daugh- 
ters 5 is remedied by marrying in their own 
tribes, 7 lest the inheritance should be removed 
from the tribe. 10 The daughters of Zelophe- 
had marry their father 11 s brothers' 1 sons. 

AND the chief fathers of the families of 
the children of Gilead, the son of Ma- 
chir the son of Manasseh, of the families of 
the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake 
before Moses, and before the princes, the 
chief fathers of the children of Israel : 

2 And they said, The Lord commanded 
my lord to give the land for an inheritance 
by lot to the children of Israel : and my lord 
was commanded by the Lord to give the in- 
heritance of Zelophehad our brother unto 
his daughters. 

3 And if they be married to any of the sons 

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Inheritance of daughters provided for . DEUTERONOMY. Muses rehearses the story of 
of the other tribes of the children of Israel, 
then shall their inheritance be taken from 
the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be 



put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto 
they are received : so shall it be taken from 
the lot of our inheritance. 

4 And when the jubilee of the children of 
Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be 
put unto the inheritance of the tribe where- 
unto they are received : so shall their in- 
heritance be taken awav from the inheri- 
tance of the tribe of our fathers. 

5 And Moses commanded the children of Is- 
rael according to the word of theLoRD,saying, 
The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. 

6 This is the thing which the Lord doth 
command concerning the daughters of Ze- 
lophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom 
they think best; only to the family of the 
tribe of their father shall they many. 

7 So shall not the inheritance of the chil- 
dren of Israel remove from tribe to tribe : 
for every one of the children of Israel shall 
keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe 
of his fathers. 



8 And every daughter, that possesseth an 
inheritance in any tribe of the children of 
Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of 
the tribe of her father, that the children of 
Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance 
of his fathers. 

9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from 
one tribe to another tribe; but every one o! 
the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep 
himself to his own inheritance. 

10 Tf Even as the Lord commanded Moses, 
so did the daughters of Zelophehad : 

11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and 
Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of* Zelo- 
phehad, were married unto their father's 
brothers' sous : 

12 And they were married into the families 
of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, 
and their inheritance remained in the tribe 
of the family of their father. 

13 These are the commandments and the 
judgments, which the Lord commanded by 
the hand of Moses unto the children of Is- 
rael in the plains of Moab by Jordan neat 
Jericho. 



If Tlie Fifth Book of Moses, 
CHAP. I. 

1 Moses* speech in the end of the fortieth year, 
briefly rehearsing the story 6 of God's pro- 
mise, 13 of giving them officers, 19 of sending 
the spies to search the land, 34 of God's an- 
ger for their incredulity, 41 and disobedience. 
THESE be the words which Moses spake 
unto all Israel on this side Jordan in 
the wilderness, in the plain over against the 
Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and 
Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 

2 ( Thei-e are eleven days' journey from 
Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Ka- 
desh-barnea.) 

3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, 
in the eleventh month, on the first day of the 
month, that Moses spake unto the children 
of Israel, according unto all that the Lord 
had given him in commandment unto them; 

4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the 
Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og 
the kins' of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth 
in Edrei : 

5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, 
began Moses to declare this law, saying, 

6 The Lord our God spake unto us in Ho- 
reb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in 
this mount: 

7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go 
to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all 
the places nisjh thereunto, in the plain, in 
the hills, and in the vale, ,$id in the south, 
and by the sea-side, to the land of the Ca- 
naanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great 
river, the river Euphrates. 

8 Behold, I have set the land before you : 
go in and possess the land which the Lord 
sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, 
and Jacob, to give unto them and to their 
seed after them. 

9 fl" And I spake unto you at that time, say- 
ing, I am not able to bear you myself alone : 

30 The Lord your God hath multiplied 



called DEUTERONOMY. 

you, and behold, ye are this day as the stars 
.of heaven for multitude. 

11 (The Lord God of your fathers make 
you a thousand times so many more as ye 
are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 

12 How can I myself alone bear your curn- 
brance, and your "burden, and your strife ? 

13 Take you wise men, and understanding, 
and known among your tribes, and I will 
make them rulers over you. 

14 And ye answered me, and said, The 
thing which thou hast spoken is good for 
us to do. 

15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise 
men, and known, and made them heads over 
you, captains over thousands, and captains 
over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and 
captains over tens, and officers among your 
tribes. 

16 And I charged your judges at that time, 
saying, Hear the causes between your bre- 
thren, and judge righteously between every 
man and his brother, and the stranger that 
is with him. 

17 Ye shall not respect persons in judg- 
ment; but ye shall hear the small as well as 
the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face 
of man ; for the judgment is God's : and the 
cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto 
me, and I will hear it. 

18 And I commanded you at that time all 
the things which ye should do. 

19 If And when we departed from Horeb, 
we went through all that great and terrible 
wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the 
mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our 
God commanded us ; and we came to Ka- 
deeh-barnea. 

20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto 
the mountain of the Amorites, which the 
Lord our God doth give unto us. 

21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the 
land before thee : go up and possess it, as 

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God's dealing's iciik Israel. CHAP. II. 

the Lord God of thy fathers hath said unto 
thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. 

22 5J" And ye came near unto me every one 
of you, and said, We will send men before 
us, and they shall search us out the land, and 
bring us word again by what way we must 
go up, and into what cities we shall come. 

23 And the saying pleased me well : and I 
took twelve men of you, one of a tribe : 

24 And they turned and went up into the 
mountain, and came unto the valley of Esh- 
col, and searched it out. 

25 And they took of the fruit of the land in 
their hands, and brought it down unto us, 
and brought us word again, and said, It is a 
good land which the Lord our God doth 
give us. 

26 Notwithstanding, ye would not go up, 
but rebelled against the commandment of 
the Lord your God: 

27 And ye murmured in your tents, and 
said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath 
brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to 
deliver us into the hand of the Amontes, to 
destroy us. 

28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren 
have discouraged our heart, saying, The 
people is greater and taller than we; the 
cities are great and wailed up to heaven; 
and moreover, we have seen the sons of the 
Anakims there. 

29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither 
be afraid of them. 

30 The Lord your God which goeth be- 
fore you, he shall fight for you, according to 
all that he did for you in Egypt before your 

31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast 
seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, 
as a man doth bear liis son, in all the way 
that ye went, until ye came into this place. 

32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the 
Lord your God, 

33 Who went in the way before you, to 
search you out a place to pilch your tents in, 
in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye 
should go, and in a cloud by day. 

34 And the Lord heard the voice of }Our 
words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, 

35 Surely there shall not one of these men 
of this evil generation see that good land, 
which I sware to give unto your fathers, 

36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he 
shall see it, and to him will I give the land 
that he hath trodden upon, and to his chil- 
dren, because he hath wholly followed tne 
Lord. 

37 Also the Lord was angry with me, for 
your sakes, saying, Thou also'shalt not go in 
thither. 

38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which stand- 
eth before thee, he shall go in thither. En- 
courage him : for lie shall cause Israel to in- 
herit it. 

39 Moreover, your little ones, which ye said 
should be a prey, and your children, which 
in that day had no knowledge between good 
and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto 
them will 1 give it, and they shall possess it. 

40 But as for you, turn you, and take your 



Edo?n, Moab, and Amman, 
journey into the wilderness by the way of 
the Red sea. 

41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We 
have sinned against the Lord, we will go up 
and fight, according to all that the Lord our 
God commanded us. And when ye had 
girded on every man his weapons of war, ye 
were ready to go up into the hill. 

42 And the Lord said unto me, Say unto 
them, Go not up, neither fight ; for I am not 
among you ; lest ye be smitten before your 
enemies. 

43 So I spake unto you ; and ye would not 
hear, but rebelled against the commandment 
of the Lord, and went presumptuously up 
into the hill. 

44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that 
mountain, came out against you, and chased 
you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, 
even unto Hormah. 

45 And ye returned and wept before the 
Lord ; but the Lord would not hearken to 
your voice, nor give ear unto you. 

46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, ac- 
cording unto the days that ye abode there. 

CHAP. II. 

1 The story is continued, that they were not to 
meddle with the Edomites, 9 nor with the Mo- 
abites, \1 nor with the Ammonites, 24but Si- 
hon the Amorite was subdued by them. 

THEN we turned, and took our journey 
into the wilderness by the way of the 
Red sea, as the Lord snake unto me : and 
we compassed mount Seir many days. 

2 And the Lord spake unto me, saying, 

3 Ye have compassed this mountain long 
enough : turn you northward. 

4 And command thou the people, saying, 
Ye are to pass through the coast of your 
brethren the children of Esau, which dwell 
in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you : take 
ye good heed unto yourselves therefore : ] 

5 Meddle not with them ; for I will not give 
you of their land, no, not so much as a foot- 
breadth ; because I have given mount Seir 
unto Esauybr a possession. 

6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that 
ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of 
them for money, that ye may drink. 

7 For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee 
in all the works of thy hand : he knoweth 
thy walking through this great wilderness: 
these forty years the Lord thy God hath been 
with thee: thou hast lacked nothing. 

8 And when we passed by from our bre- 
thren the children of Esau, which dwelt in 
Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, 
and fromEzion-gaber, we turned and passed 
by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 

b-% And the Lord said unto me, Distress 
not the Moabites, neither contend with them 
in battle : for I will not give thee of their land 
for a possession ; because I have given Ar 
unto the children of hot for a possession. 

10 (The Emims dwelt therein in times past, 
a people great, and many, and tall as the 
Anakims; 

11 Which also were accounted giants, as 
the Anakims; but the Moabites call them 
Emims. 

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Of Og king of Ba sharu < 



12 The Horims also dwelt in Sen* before 
time, but the children of Esau succeeded 
them, when they had destroyed them from 
before them, and dwelt in their stead; as 
Israel did unto the land of his possession, 
which the Lord gave unto them.) 

13 Now rise up, said J, and get you over 
the brook Zered: and we went over the brook 
Zered. 

14 And the space in Avhich we came from 
Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the 
brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; 
until all the generation of the men of war 
were wasted out from among the host, as the 
I ord sware unto them. 

15 For indeed the hand of the Lord was 
against them, to destroy them from among the 
host, until they were consumed. 

16 So it came to pass, when all the men of 
war were consumed and dead from among 
the people, 

17 H That the Lord "spake unto me, saying, 

18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the 
coast of Moab, this day : 

19 And when thou comest nigh over against 
the children of Amnion, distress them not, 
nor meddle with them : for 1 will not give 
thee of the land of the children of Ammon 
any possession ; because I have given it unto 
the children of Lot for a possession. 

20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: 
giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Am- 
monites call them Zamzummims ; 

21 A people great, and many, and tall as 
the Anakims ; but the Lord destroyed them 
before them ; and they succeeded them, and 
dwelt in their stead : 

22 As he did to the children of Esau, which 
dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Ho- 
rims from before them j and they succeeded 
them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this I to battle at Edrei. 



30 But SihoH king of Heshbon would not 
let us pass by him : for the Lord thy God 
hardened his spirit, and made his heart ob 
stinate, that he might deliver him into thy \ 
hand, as appcareth this day. 

31 And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I 
have begun to give Sihon and his land be- 
fore thee : begin to possess, that thou may- 
est inherit his land. 

32 Then Sihon came out against usj he and 
all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 

33 And the Lord our God delivered him 
before us ; and we smote him, and his sons, 
and all his people. 

34 And we took all his cities at that time, 
and utterly destroyed the men, and the wo- 
men, and the little ones of every city ; we 
left none to remain : 

35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto 
ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which 
we took. 

36 From Aroer which is by the brink of the 
iver of Arnon, and from the city that is by 

the river, even unto Gilead, there was not 
one city too strong for us : the Lord our God 
delivered all unto us : 

37 Only unto^ the land of the children of 
Ammon thou earnest not, nor unto any place 
of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in 
the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the Lord 
our God forbade us. 

CHAP. III. 

I The story of the conquest of Og king ofBashan . 
11 The bigness of his bed. 12 The distribution 
of those lands to the two tribes and half. 23 
Moses" 1 prayer to enter into the land. 26 He is 
-permitted to see it. 

THEN we turned, and went up the way 
to Bashan : and Og the king of Bashan 
came out against us, he and ail his people. 



day : 

23 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, 
even unto Azzah, the Caphtorimss, which 
came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, 
and dwelt in their stead.) 

24 ^[ Rise ye up, take your journey, and 
pass over the river Arnon : behold, I have 
given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king 
of Heshbon, and his land : begin to possess 
it, and contend with him in battle. 

25 This day will I begin to put the dread of 
thee and the fear of thee upon the nations 
(hat are under the whole heaven, who shall 
near report of thee, and shall tremble, and 
be in anguish because of thee. 

26 And I sent messengers out of the wilder- 
ness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Hesh- 
bon with words of peace, saying, 

27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go 
along by the highway, I will neither turn 
unto the right hand nor to the left. 

28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that 
I may eat ; and give me water for money, 
that I may drink: only I will pass through on 
my feet; 

29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in 
Seir, arid (he JYIoabites which dwell in Ar, did 
unto me ;) until I shall pass over Jordan into 
the land which the Loud our God giveth us. 



2 And the Lord said unto me, Fear him 
not; for I will deliver him, and all his peo- 
ple, and his land; into thy hand ; and thou 
shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon 
king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Hesh- 
bon. 

3 So the Lord our God delivered into our 
hands Og also the king of Bashan, and all 
his people : and we smote him until none 
was left to him remaining. 

4 And we took all his cities at that time, 
there was not a city which we took not from 
them, threescore cities, all the region of Ar- 
gob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 

5 All these cities were fenced with high 
walls, gates, and bars; besides unwalled 
towns a great many. 

6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did 
unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroy- 
ing the men, women, and children of every 
city. 

7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the ci- 
ties, we took for a prey to ourselves. 

8 And we took at that time out of the hand 
of the two kings of the Amorites the land 
that was on this side Jordan, from the river 
of Arnon unto mount Hermon ; 

9 ( Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion ; i 
and the Amorites call it Shenir;) 

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Moses 1 prayer to enter the land. CHAP. IV. 

10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, 
and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, 
cities of the kingdom of Qg in Bashan. 

11 II For only Og king of Bashan remained 
of the remnant of giants; behold, his bed- 
stead was a bedstead of iron ; is it not in 
Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine 
cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits 
the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. 

12 ^[ And this land, which we possessed at 
that time, from Aroer, which is by the river 
Anion, and half mount Gilead, and the cities 
thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to 
the Gadites. 

13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, 
being- the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the 
half-tribe of Manasseh ; all the region of Ar- 
gon, with all Bashan, which was called the 
land of giants.' 

14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the 
country of Argob, unto the coasts of Geshuri, 
and Maachathi; and called them after his 
own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day. 

15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 

16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the 
Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the 
river Anion, half the valley, and the border, 
even unto the river Jabbok, which is the bor- 
der of the children of Ammon : 

17 The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast 
thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea 
of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdoth- 
pisgah eastward. 

'. 18 And I commanded you at that time, say- 
ing, The Lord your God hath given you this 
land to possess it; ye shall pass over armed 
before your brethren the children of Israel, 
all that are meet for the war. 

19 But your wives, and your little ones, 
find your cattle, {for I know that ye have 
much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which 
I have given you ; 

20 Until the Lord have given rest unto 
your brethren, as well as unto you, and until 
they also possess the land which the Lord 
your God hath given them beyond Jordan : 
and then shall ye return every man unto his 
possession which I have given you. 

21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, 
saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the 
Lord your God hath done unto these two 
kings: so shall the Lord do unto all the 
kingdoms whither thou passest. 

22 Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord 
your God he shall fight for you. 
" 23 fl" And I besought the £ord at that time, 
saying, 

24 O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew 
thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty 
hand: for what God is there in heaven or 
In earth, that can do according to thy works, 
and according to thy might? 

25 I pray thee, let me go over, and see the 
good land that is beyond Jordan, that good- 
ly mountain, and Lebanon. 

26 But the Lord was wroth with me for 
vour sakes, and would not hear me : and the 
Loud said unto me, Let it suffice thee; 
speak no more unto me of this matter. 

27 T[ Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, 



An exhortation to obedience. 
and lift up thine eyes westward, and north- 
ward, and southward, and eastward, and be- 
hold it with thine eyes : for thou shalt not 
go over this Jordan. 

28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, 
and strengthen him : for he shall go over 
before this people, and he shall cause them 
to inherit the land which thou shalt see. 

29 So we abode in the valley over against 
Beth -pe or. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Jin exhortation to obedience. 41 Moses appoint 
etk the three cities of refuge on that side Jor 
dan. 



the statutes and unto the judgments, 
which I teach you, for to do them, that ye 
may live, and go in and possess the land 
which the Lord God of vour fathers giveth 



you. 

2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I 
command you, neither shall ye diminish aught 
from it, that ye may keep the commandments 
of the Lord your God which I command 
you. 

3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did 
because of Baal-peor : for all the men that 
followed Baal-peor, the Lord thy God hath 
destroyed them from among you. 

4 But ye that did cleave unto the Lord 
your God, are alive every one of you this 
day. 

5 Behold, I have taught you statutes, and 
judgments, even as the Lord my God com- 
manded me, that ye should do so in the land 
whither ye go to possess it. 

6 Keep therefore and do them: for this is 
your wisdom and your understanding in the 
sight of the nations, which shall hear all 
these statutes, and say, Surely this great na- 
tion is a wise and understanding people. 

7 For what nation is there so great, who 
hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord 
our God is in all things that we call upon 
him for? 

8 And what nation is there so great, that 
hath statutes and judgments so righteous 
as all this law, which I set before vou this 
day? 

9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy 
soul diligently, lest thou forget the things 
which thine eyes have seen, and lest they 
depart from thy heart all the days of thy life : 
but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons : 

10 Specially the day that thou stoodest be- 
fore the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the 
Lord said unto me, Gather me the people 
together, and I will make them hear my 
words, that they may learn to fear me all the 
days that they shalf live upon the earth, and 
that they may teach their children. 

11 And ye came near and stood under the 
mountain; and the mountain burned with 
fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, 
clouds, and thick darkness. 

12 And the Lord spake unto you out of the 
midst of the fire : ye heard the voice of the 
words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard 
a voice. 

13 And he declared unto vou his covenant, 
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An exhortation to obedience. 
which he commanded you to perform, even 
ten commandments* and he wrote them 
upon two tables of stone. 

14 And the Lord commanded me at that 
time to teach you statutes and judgments, 
that ye might clo them in the land whither 
ye go over to possess it. 

15 Take ye therefore good heed unto your- 
selves ; (for ye saw no manner of similitude 
on the day that the Lord spake unto you in 
Horeb out of the midst of the fire ;) 

16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make 
you a graven image, the similitude of any 
figure, the likeness of male or female, 

17 The likeness of any beast that is on the 
earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that 
flieth in the air, 

18 The likeness of any thing that creepeth 
on the ground, the likeness of any fish that 
is in the waters beneath the earth : 

19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto 
heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and 
the moon, and the stars, even all the host of 
heaven, shouldestbe driven to worship them, 
and serve them, which the Lord thy God 
hath divided unto all nations under the whole 
heaven. 

20 But the Lord hath taken you, and 
brought you forth out of the iron furnace, 
even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people 
of inheritance, as ye are this day. 

21 Furthermore, the Lord was angry with 
me for your sakes, and sware that I should 
not go over Jordan, and that I should not 
go in unto that good land which the Lord 
thy God giveth thee for an inheritance : 

22 But 1 must die in this land, I must not go 
over Jordan : but ye shall go over, and pos- 
sess that good land. 

23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye for- 
get the covenant of the Lord your God, 
which he made with you, and make you a 
graven image, or the likeness of any thing 
which the Lord thy God hath forbidden 
thee. 

24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming 
fire, even ajealous God. 

25 When thou shalt beget children, and 
children's children, and ye shall have re- 
mained long in the land, and shall corrupt 
yourselves, and make a graven image, or 
the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil 
in the sight of the Lord thy God, to pro- 
voke him to anger ; 

26 I call heaven and earth to witness against 
you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish 
from off the land whereunto ye go over Jor- 
dan to possess it : ye shall not prolong your 
days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 

27 And the Lord shall scatter you among 
the nations, and ye shall be left few in num- 
ber among the heathen, whither the Lord 
shall lead you. 

23 And there ye shall serve g6ds, the work 
of men's hands, wood and stone, which nei- 
ther see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 

29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the 
Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou 
seek iiim with all thy heart, and with all thy 
soul. 



DEUTERONOMY. The cities of refuge* 

30 When thou art in tribulation, and all 
these things are come upon thee, even in the 
latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, 
and shall be obedient unto his voice; * 

31 (For the Lord thy God is a merciful 
God ;) he will not forsake thee, neither de- 
stroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy 
fathers, which he sware unto them. 

32 For ask now of the days that are past, 
which were before thee, since the day that 
God created man upon the earth, and ask 
from the one side of heaven unto the other, 
whether there hath been any such thing as 
this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? 

33 Did ever people hear the voice of God 
speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou 
hast heard, and live ? 

34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him 
a nation from the midst of another nation, by 
temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and 
by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a 
stretched-out arm, and by great terrors, ac- 
cording to ail that the Lord your God did 
for you in Egypt before your eyes ? 

35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou 
mightest know that the Lord he is God 
there is none else besides him. 

36 Out of heaven he made thee to he; 
his voice, that he might instruct thee: au< 
upon earth he shewed thee his great fire 
and thou heardest his words out of the midsi 
of the fire. 

37 And because he loved thy fathers, 
therefore he chose their seed after them, 
and brought thee out in his sight with his 
mighty power out of Egypt ; 

38 To drive out nations from before thee, 
greater and mightier than thou art, to bring 
thee in, to give thee their land /<?ran inheri- 
tance, as it is this day. 

39 Know therefore this day, and consider it 
in thy heart, that the Lord he is God in 
heaven above, and upon the earth beneath : 
there is none else. 

40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes 
and his commandments which I command 
thee this day, that it may go well with thee, 
and with thy children after thee, and that 
thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, 
which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for 
ever. 

41 Tf Then Moses severed three cities on 
this side Jordan, toward the sun-rising; 

42 That the slayer might flee thither, which 
should kill his neighbour unawares, and ha- 
ted him not in times past; and that fleeing 
unto one of these cities he might live : 

43 Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the 
plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ra- 
moth in Gilead, of the Gadites ; and Golan 
in Bashan, of the Manassites. 

44 *fl And this is the law which Moses set 
before the children of Israel : 

45 These are the testimonies, and the sta- 
tutes, and the judgments, which Mosesspake 
unto the children of Israel, after they came 
forth out of Egypt, 

46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over 
against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon 
king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Hcshlxm, 

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The ten commandments. CHAP. V, 

whom Muses and the children of Israel smote, 
after they were come forth out of Egypt : 

47 And they possessed his land, and the 
land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the 
Amorites, which were on this side Jordan, 
toward the sun-rising ; 

48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of 
the river Anion, even unto mount Sion, 
which is Hennon, 

40 And all the plain on this side Jordan 
eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, 
under the springs of Pisgah. 
CHAP. V. 
] The covenant in Horeb. 6 The ten command- 
ments. 22j9t the people's request Moses re- 
cciveth the law from God. 
A ND Moses called all Israel, and said 
Jt\- unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes 
and judgments which I speak in your ears 
this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, 
and do them. 

2 The Lord our God made a covenant with 
us in Horeb. 

3 The Lord made not this covenant with 
oar fathers, but with us, even us, who are all 
of as here alive this day. 

4 The Lord talked with you face to face 
in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, 

5 (I stood between the Lord and you at 
that time, to shew you the word of the Lord : 
for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and 
went not up into the mount,) saying, 

6 I am the Lord thy God, which brought 
thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house 
of bondage. 

7 Thou shalt have none other gods before 
me. 

8 Thou shalt not make thee any graven 
image, or any likeness of any thing' that is 
in heaven above, or that is in the earth be- 
neath, or that is in the waters beneath the 
earth : 

9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto 
them, nor serve them : for I the Lord thy 
God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity 
uf the fathers upon the children unto the 
thud and fourth generation of them that 
hate me, 

10 And shewing mercy unto thousands of 
them that love me, and keep my command- 
ments. 

11 Thou shalt not take the name of the 
Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will 
not hold him guiltless that take th his name 
in vain. 

12 Keep the sabbath-day to sanctify it, as 
the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. 

13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy 
work ; 

14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of 
the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do 
any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh- 
ter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-ser- 
vant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass^ nor any of 
thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within "thy 
gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid- 
servant may rest as well as thou. 
< 15 And remember that thou wast a servant 
in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy 
Go;! brought thee out thence through a 



Moses receives the late from God. 
mighty hand and by a stretched-out arm : 
therefore the Lord thy God commanded 
thee to keep the sabbath-day. 

16 ^[ Honour thy father and thy mother, as 
the Lord thy God hath commanded thee ; 
that thy days may be prolonged, and that it 
may go well with thee, in the land which 
the" Lord thy God giveth thee. 

17 Thou shalt not kill. 

18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 

19 Neither shalt thou steal. 

20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness 
against thy neighbour. 

21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's 
wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's 
house, his field, or his man-servant, or his 
maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything 
that is thy neighbour's. 

22 These words the Lord spake unto all 
your assembly in the mount, out of the midst 
of the lire, of the cloud, and of the thick 
darkness, with a great voice; and he added 
no more: and he wrote them in two tables 
of stone, and delivered them unto me. 

23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the 
voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for 
the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye 
came near unto me, even all the heads of 
your tribes, and your ciders; 

24 And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God 
hath shewed us his gloiy, and his greatness, 
and we have heard his voice out of the midst 
of the fire: we have seen this day that God 
doth talk with man, and he liveth. 

25 Now therefore why should we die ? for 
this great fire will consume us : if we hear 
the voice of the Lord our God any more, 
then we shall die. 

26 For who is there of all flesh that hath 
heard the voice of the living God speaking 
out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and 
lived ? 

27 \\ Go thou near, and hear all that the 
Lord our God shall say : and speak thou 
unto us all that the Lord our God shall 
speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and 
do it. 

28 And the Lord heard the voice of your 
\vords, when ye spake unto me; and the 
Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice 
of the words of this people, wliich they have 
spoken unto thee: they have well said all 
that they have spoken. 

29 O that there were such a heart in them, 
that they would fear me, and keep all my 
commandments always, that it might be well 
with them, and with their children for ever! 

30 Go say to them, Get you into your tents 
again. 

31 But as for thee, stand thou here by me, 
and I will speak unto thee all the command- 
ments, and the statutes, and the judgments, 
which thou shalt teach them, that they may 
do iliem in the land which I give them to 
possess it. 

32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the 
Lord your God hath commanded you : ye 
shall not turn aside to the right hand or to 
the left. 

33 Ye shall walk in a' I the ways which the 
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Obedience the end of the laic. 
Lord your God hath commanded you, that 
ye may live, and that it may be well with 
you, and that ye may prolong your days in 
the land which ye shall possess. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 The end of the law is obedience. 3^w exhorta- 
tion thereto. 
NOW these are the commandments, the 
statutes, and the judgments which the 
Lord your God commanded to teach you, 
that ye might do them in the land whither ye 
go to possess it : 

2 That thou mightest fear the Lord thy 
God, to keep all his statutes and his com- 
mandments which I command thee, thou, 
and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of 
thy life ; and that thy days may be prolonged. 

3 ^f Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe 
to do it; that it may be well with thee, and 
that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord 
God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the 
land that floweth with milk and honey. 

4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is 
one Lord : 

5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God 
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and 
with all thy might. 

6 And these words which I command thee 
this day, shall be in thy heart : 

7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto 
thy children, and shalt talk of them when 
thou sittest in thy house, and when thou 
walkest by the way, and when thou liest 
down, and when thou risest up. 

8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon 
thy hand, and they shall be as frontlets be- 
tween thine eyes. 

9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts 
of thy house, and on thy gates. 

10 And it shall be, when the Lord thy God 
shall have brought thee into the land which 
he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to 
Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and 
goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, 

11 And houses full of all good things, which 
thou filledst not, and wells digged, which 
thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive-trees, 
which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt 
have eaten and be full; 

12 Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, 
which brought thee forth out of the land of 
Egypt, from the house of bondage. 

13 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and 
serve him, and shalt swear by his name. 

14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the 
gods of the people which are round about 
you; 

15 (For the Lord thy God is a jealous God 
among you ;) lest the anger of the Lord thy 
God be kindled against thee, and destroy 
thee from off the face of the earth. 

16 Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, 
as ye tempted him in Massah. 

17 Ye shall diligently keep the command- 
ments of the Lord your God, and his testi- 
monies, and his statutes, which he hath com- 
manded thee. 

18 And thou shalt do that ivhich is right 
and good in the sight of the Lord: that it 
may be well with thee, and that thou mayest 



DEUTERONOMY. All communion with the 

go in and possess the good land which the 



Lord sware unto thy fathers, 

19 To cast out all thine enemies from before 
thee, as the Lord hath, spoken. 

20 And when thy son asketh thee in time to 
come, saying, What mean the testimonies, 
and the statutes, and the judgments, which 
the Lord our God hath commanded you? 

21 Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We 
were Pharaoh's bond-men in Egypt; and 
the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a 
mighty hand : 

22 And the Lord shewed signs and won- 
ders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pha- 
raoh, and upon all his household, before our 
eyes : 

23 And he brought us out from thence, that 
he might bring us in, to give us the land 
which he sware unto our fathers. 

24 And the Lord commanded us to do all 
these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for 
our good always, that he might preserve us 
alive, as it is at this day. 

25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we 
observe to do all these commandments be- 
fore the Lord our God, as he hath com- 
manded us. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Jill communion with the nations is forbidden, 
\for fear of idolatry, 6 for the holiness of the 
peojde, 9for the natttre of God in his mercy 
and justice, 17 for the assuredness of victory 
which God will give over them. 

WHEN the Lord thy God shall bring 
thee into the land whither thou goest 
to possess it, and hath cast out many nations 
before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, 
and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and 
the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Je- 
busites, seven nations greater and mightier 
than thou ; 

2 And when the Lord thy God shall deli- 
ver them before thee, thou shalt smite them 
and utterly destroy them, thou shalt make 
no covenant with them, nor shew mercy 
unto them: 

3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with 
them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto 
his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto 
thy son. 

4 If For they will turn away thy son from 
following me, that they may serve other gods : 
so will the anger of the Lord be kindled 
against you, and destroy thee suddenly. 

5 But thus shall ye deal with them ; ye shall 
destroy their altars, and break down their 
images, and cut down their groves, and burn 
their graven images with fire. 

6 II For thou art a holy people unto the 
Lord thy God : the Lord thy God hath 
chosen thee to be a special people unto him- 
self, above all people that are upon the face 
of the earth. 

7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, 
nor choose you, because ye were more in 
number than any people ; for ye were the 
fewest of all people : 

8 But because the Lord loved you, and be- 
cause he would keep the oath which he had 
sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord 

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nations of Canaan is forbidden. CHAP. VIII. 

brought you out with a mighty hand, and re- 
deemed you out of the house of bond-men, 
from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 
9 1T Know therefore that the Lord thy God, 
lie is God, the faithful God, which keepeth 
covenant and mercy with them that love him 
and keep his commandments to a thousand 
generations ; 

10 And repayeth them that hate him to their 
fa.ce, to destroy them : he will not be slack 
to him that hateth him, he will repay him to 
his face. 

11 Thou shalt therefore keep the com- 
mandments, and the statutes, and the judg- 
ments, which I command thee this day, to do 
them. 

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye 
hearken to these judgments, and keep, and 
do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep 
unto thee the covenant and the mercy which 
lie sware unto thy fathers : 

13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, 
and multiply thee : he will also bless the fruit 
of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy 
corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the in- 
crease of thy kine, and the flocks of thy 
sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy 
fathers to give thee. 

14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people : 
there shall not be male or female barren 
among you, or among your cattle. 

15 And the Lord will take away from thee 
all sickness, and will put none of the evil dis- 
eases of Egypt which thou knowest upon 
thee ; but will lay them upon all them that 
hate thee. 

16 And thou shalt consume all the people 
which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; 
thine eye shall have no pity upon them: nei- 
ther shalt thou serve their gods; for that will 
be a snare unto thee. 

17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These 
nations are more than I, how can I dispos- 
sess them? 

18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them : but 
shalt well remember what the Lord thy God 
did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; 

19 The great temptations which thine eyes 
saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the 
mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, 
whereby the Lord thy God brought thee 
out : so shall the Lord thy God do unto all 
the people of whom thou art afraid. 

20 Moreover, the Lord thy God will send 
the hornet among them, until they that are 
left, and hide themselves from thee, be de- 
stroyed. 

21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them : for 
the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty 
God and terrible. 

22 And the Lord thy God will put out 
those nations before thee by little and little: 
thou mayest not consume them at once, lest 
the beasts of the field increase upon thee. 

23 H But the Lord thy God shall deliver 
them unto thee, and shall destroy them with 
a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. 

24 And he shall deliver their kir :*s into thy u 
nand, and thou shalt destroy their name from house of bondage ; 
uaaer heaven : there shall no man be able | 15 Who led thee through that great and ter- 

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Obedience to God's will. 
to stand before thee, until thou have destroy- 
ed them. 

25 The graven images of their gods shall 
ye burn with fire : thou shalt not desire the 
silver or gold that is on them, nor take it 
unto thee, lest thou be snared therein : for it 
is an abomination to the Lord thy God. 

26 Neither shalt thou bring an abomination 
into thy house, lest thou be a cursed thing 
like it : but thou shalt utterly detest it, and 
thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed 
thing. 

CHAP. VIII. 

An exhortation to obedience in regard of God's 

dealing with them. 

ALL the commandments which I com- 
mand thee this day shall ye observe to 
do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in 
and possess the land which the Lord sware 
unto your fathers. 

2 And thou shalt remember all the way 
which the Lord thy God led thee these forty 
years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and 
to prove thee, to know what was in thy 
heart, whether thou wouldest keep his com- 
mandments, or no. 

3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee 
to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which 
thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers 
know; that he might make thee know that 
man doth not live by bread only, but by every 
word that proceedeth out of the mouth of 
the Lord, doth man live. 

4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, 
neither did thy foot swell these forty years. 

5 Thou shalt also consider in thy heart, that 
as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord 
thy God chasteneth thee. 

6 Therefore thou shalt keep the command- 
ments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his 
ways, and to fear him. 

7 For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into 
a good land, a land of brooks of water, of 
fountains, and depths that spring out of val- 
leys and hills ; 

8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, 
and fig-trees, and pomegranates, a land of 
oil-olive, and honey; 

9 A land wherein thou shalt eat bread with- 
out scarceness, thou shalt not lack any iking 
in it • a land whose stones are iron, and out 
of wliose hills thou mayest dig brass. 

10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then 
thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the 
good land which he hath given thee. 

11 Beware that thou forget not the Lord 
thy God, in not keeping his commandments, 
and his judgments, and his statutes, which I 
command thee this day: 

12 Lest when thou hast eaten, and art full, 
and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt 
therein ; 

13 And when thy herds and thy flocks mul- 
tiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, 
and all that thou hast is multiplied ; 

14 Then thy heart be lifted up, and thoy 
forget the Lord thy God, which brought 
thee forth out of the land of Egypt* from the 



The Israelites rebellions DEUTERONOMY, 

rible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, 
and scorpions, and drought, where there was 
no water: who brought thee forth water out 
of the rock of flint ; 

16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with 
manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he 
might humble thee, and that he might prove 
thee, to do thee good at thy latter end : 

17 And thou say in thy heart, My power 
and the might of my hand hath gotten me 
this wealth. 

18 But thou shalt remember the Lord thy 
God : for it is he that giveth thee power to 
get wealth, that he may establish his cove- 
nant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it 
is this day. 

19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget 
the Lord thy God, and walk after other 
gods, and serve them, and worship them, I 
testify against you this day that ye shall sure- 
ly perish. 

20 As the nations which the Lord destroy- 
eth before your face, so shall ye perish ; be- 
cause ye would not be obedient unto the 
voice of the Lord your God. 

CHAP. IX. 
Moses dissuadeth them from the opinion of their 
own righteousness, by rehearsing- their seve- 
ral rebellions. 

HEAR, O Israel : Thou art to pass over 
Jordan this day, to go in to possess na- 1 
tions greater and mightier than thyself, citie; 
great and fenced up to heaven, 

2 A people great and tall, the children of 
the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of 
whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand 
before the children of Anak? 

3 Understand therefore this day, that the 
Lord thy God is he which goeth over before 
thee ; as a consuming fire he shall destroy 
them, and he shall bring them down before 
thy face : so shalt thou drive them out, and 
destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said 
unto thee. 

4 Speak not thou in thy heart, after that the 
Lord thy God hath cast them out from be- 
fore thee, saying, For my righteousness the 
Lord hath brought me in to possess this land : 
but for the wickedness of these nations the 
Lord doth drive them out from before thee. 

5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the up- 
rightness of thy heart dost thou go to possess 
their land : but for the wickedness of these 
nations, the Lord thy God doth drive them 
out from before thee, and that he may per- 
form the word which the Lord sware unto 
thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 

6 Understand therefore, that the Lord thy 
God giveth thee not this good land to possess 
it for thy righteousness ; for thou art a stiff- 
necked people. 

7 Remember, and forget not, how thou pro- 
vokedst the Lord thy God *o wrath in the 
wilderness : from the day that thou didst de- 
part out of the land of Egypt, until ye came 
unto this place, ye have been rebellious 
against the Lord. 

§ Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to 
wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you 
to have destroyed you. 



rehearsed by Moses, 

9 When I was gone up into the mount, to 
receive the tables of stone, even the tables 
of the covenant which the Lord r ide with 
you, then I abode in the mount forty days 
and forty nights, I neither did eat bread, nor 
drink water : 

10 And the Lord delivered unto me two 
tables of stone written with the finger of God ; 
and on them was written according to all the 
words which the Lord spake with you in 
the mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the 
day of the assembly. 

11 And it came to pass at the end of forty 
days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me 
the two tables of stone, even the tables of the 
covenant. 

12 And the Lord said unto me, Arise, get 
thee down quickly from hence ; for thy peo- 
ple which thou hast brought forth out of 
Egypt have corrupted themselves ; they are 
quickly turned aside out of the way which I 
commanded them; they have made them a 
molten image. 

13 Furthermore, the Lord spake unto me, 
saying, I have seen this people, and behold, 
it is a stiff-necked people : 

14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, 
and blot out their name from under heaven : 
and I will make of thee a nation mightier and 
greater than they. 

15 So I turned and came down from the 
mount, and the mount burned with fire : and 
the two tables of the covenant were in my 
two hands. 

16 And I looked, and behold, ye had sinned 
against the Lord your God, and had made 
you a molten calf: ye had turned aside 
quickly out of the way which the Lord had 
commanded you. 

17 And I took the two tables, and cast them 
out of my two hands, and brake them before 
your eyes. 

18 And I fell down before the Lord, as at 
the first, forty days and forty nights : I did 
neither eat bread, nor drink water, because 
of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing 
wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke 
him to anger. 

19 (For I was afraid of the anger and hot 
displeasure wherewith the Lord was wroth 
against you to destroy you.) But the Lord 
hearkened unto me at that time also. 

20 And the Lord was very angry with 
Aaron to have destroyed him : and I prayed 
for Aaron also the same time. 

21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye 
had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamp- 
ed it, and ground it very small, even until it 
was as small as dust: and I cast the dust 
thereof into the brook that descended out of 
the mount. 

22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at 
Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord- 
to wrath. 

23 Likewise when the Lord sen^ou from 
Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess 
the land which I have given you ; then ye 
rebelled against the commandment of the 
Lord your God, and ye believed him not* 
nor hearkened to his voice. 

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The two tables restored. 

24 Ye have been rebellious against the 
Lord from the day that I knew you. 

25 Thus I fell down before the Lord forty- 
days and forty nights, as I fell down at the 

jirst ; because the Lord had said lie would 
destroy you. 

26 I prayed therefore unto the Lord, and 
said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people 
and thine inheritance, which thou hast re- 
deemed through thy greatness, which thou 
hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty 
hand. 

27 Remember tin servants, Abraham, Isaac, 
and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness 
of this people, nor to then' wickedness, nor 
to their sin : 

28 Lest the land whence thou broughtest 
us out, say, Because the Lord was not able 
to bring them into the land which he pro- 
mised them, and because he hated them, he 
hath brought thern out to slay them in the 
wilderness. 

29 Yet they are thy people and thine in- 
heritance which thou broughtest out by thy 
mighty power and by thy stretched out arm. 

CHAP. X. 
1 God's mercy in restoring the two tables, 6i?i 
continuing the priesthood, 8 in separating the 
tribe of Levi, 10 in hearkening unto Closes' 1 
suit for the people. 12An exhortation unto 
obedience. 

AT that time the Lord said unto me, 
Hew thee two tables of stone like unto 
the first, and come up unto me into the 
mount, and make thee an ark of wood. 

2 And I will write on the tobies the words 
that were in the first tables which thou 
brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. 

3 And I made an ark of shittim wood, and 
hewed two tables of stone like unto die first, 
and went up into tl^e mount, having the two 
tables in my hand. 

4 And he wrote on the tables, according 
to the first writing, the ten commandments, 
which the Lord spake unto you in the 
mount, out of the midst of the fire, in the day 
of the assembly : and the Lord gave them 
unto me. 

5 And I turned myself and came down from 
the mount, and put the tables in the ark 
which I had made ; and there they be, as the 
Lord commanded me. 

6 U And the children of Israel took their 
journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaa- 
Kan to Mosera : there Aaron died, and there 
he was buried; and Eleazar his son minis- 
tered in the priest's office in his stead. 

7 From thence they journeyed unto Gud- 
godah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a 
land of rivers of waters. 

8 1f At that time the Lord separated the 
tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the cove- 
nant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord 
to minister unto him, and to bless in his 
name, unto this day. 

3 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheri- 
tance with his brethren; the Lord is his in- 
heritance, according as the Lord thy God 
promised him. 

10 And I staved in the mount, according to 



CHAP. X, XL Exhortations to obedience. 

the first time, forty days and forty nights ; and 
the Lord hearkened unto me at that time 
also, and the Lord would not destroy thee. 

11 And the Lord said unto me, Arise, take 
thy journey before the people, that they may 
go in and possess the land which I swart! 
unto their fathers to give unto them. 

12 5T And now, Israel, what doth the Lord 
thy God require of thee but to fear the Lord 
thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love 
him, and to serve the Lord thy God with 
all thy heart and with all thy soul 

13 To keep the commandments of the Lord, 
and his statutes, which I command thee this 
day for thy good ? 

14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of 
heavens is the Lord's thy God, the earth 
also, with all that therein is. 

15 Only the Lord had a delight in thy fa- 
thers to'love them, and he chose their seed 
after them, even you above all people, as it 
is this day. 

16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your 
heart, and be no more stiff-necked. 

17 For the Lord your God is God of gods, 
and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, 
and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, 
nor taketh reward: 

18 He doth execute the judgment of the 
fatherless and widow, and loveth the stran- 
ger, in giving him food and raiment. 

19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye 
were strangers in the land of Egypt. 

20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him 
shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, 
and swear by his name. 

21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that 
hath done for thee these great and terrible 
things which thine eyes have seen. 

22 Thy fathers went down into Egypt with 
threescore and ten persons; and now the 
Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars 
of heaven for multitude. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 An .'exhortation to obedience, %by their own ex- 
perience of God's great works, c by promise of 
God's great blessings, 16 and by threaten- 
ings. 18.4 careful study is required in God's 
words. 26 The blessing and curse is set before 
them. 

THEREFORE thou shalt love the Lord 
thy God, and keep his charge, and his 
statutes, and his judgments, and his com- 
mandments, always. 

2 If And know ye this day : for i" speak not 
with your children which have not known, 
and which have not seen the chastisement 
of the Lord your God, his greatness, his 
mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, 

3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he 
did in the midst of Egypt, unto Pharaoh the 
king of Egypt, and unto all his land ; 

4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, 
unto their horses, and to their chariots; how 
he made the water of the Red sea to over- 
flow them as they pursued after you, and 
hoic the Lord hath destroyed them unto this 
day • 

5 And what hedid unto you in flie wilder- 
ness, until ye came into this place. 



An exhortation to obedience. DEUTERONOMY. Blessing and curse proposed. 



6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abi- 
" ram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben : 

how the earth opened her mouth, and swal- 
lowed them up, and then* households, and 
their tents, and all the substance that was in 
their possession, in the midst of all Israel : 

7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts 
of the Lord which he did. 

8 If Therefore shall ye keep all the com- 
mandments which I command you this day, 
that ye may be strong, and go in and possess 
the land, whither ye go to possess it; 

9 And that ye may prolong your days in the 
land which the Lord sware unto your fa- 
thers to give unto them, and to their seed, a 
land that floweth with milk and honey. 

10 For the land, whither thou goest in to 
possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from 
whence ye came out, where thou sowedst 
thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a 
garden of herbs : 

11 But the land, whither ye go to possess 
it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh 
water of the rain of heaven : 

12 A land which the Lord thy God careth 
for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are al- 
ways upon it, from the beginning of the year 
even unto the end of the year. 

13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall 
hearken diligently unto my commandments 
which I command you this day, to love the 
Lord your God, and to serve him with all 
your heart and with all your soul, 

14 That I will give you the rain of your 
land in his due season, the first rain and the 
latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy 
corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 

15 And I will send grass in thy fields for 
thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be furl. 

16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart 
be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve 
other gods, and worship them; 

17 ^[ And then the Lord's wrath be kindled 
against you, and he shut up the heaven, that 
there be no rain, and that the land yield not 
her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off 
the good land which the Lord giveth you. 

18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words 
in your heart and in your soul, and bind them 
for a sign upon your hand, that they may be 
as frontlets between your eyes. 

19 And ye sliall teach them your children, 
speaking of them when thou sittest in thy 
house, and when thou walkest by the way, 
when thou liestdown,and when thou risestup. 

20 And thou shalt write them upon the door 
posts of thy house, and upon thy gates: 

21 That your days may be multiplied, and 
the days of your children, in the land which 
the Lord sware unto your fathers to give 
them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. 

2? For if ye shall diligently keep all these 
commandments which I command you, to 
do them, to love the Loud your God, to walk 
in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; 

23 Then will the Lord drive out all these 
nations from before you, and ye shall possess 
greater nk v /ons and mightier than yourselves. 

24 Even" place whereon the soles of your 
feet shaV twead shall be yours : from the wil- 



derness, and Lebanon, from the river, the 
river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea 
shall your coast be. 

25 There shall no man be able to stand 
before you: for the Lord your God shall 
lay the fear of you, and the dread of you 
upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, 
as he hath said unto you. 

26 1[ Behold, I set before you this day a 
blessing and a curse : 

27 A blessing, if ye obey the command- 
ments of the Lord your God which I com- 
mand you this day ; 

28 And a curse, "if ye will not obey the com- 
mandments of the Lord your Gocl, but turn 
aside out of the way which I command you 
this day, to go after other gods which ye have 
not known. 

29 And it shall come to pass when the Lord 
thy God hath brought thee in unto the land 
whither thou goest to possess it, that thou 
shalt pat the blessing upon mount Gerizim, 
and the curse upon mount Ebal. 

30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, 
by the way where the sun goeth down, in 
the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in 
the champaign over against Gilgal, beside 
the plains of Moreh ? 

31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in 
to possess the land which the Lord your 
God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and 
dwell therein. 

32 And ye shall observe to do all the sta- 
tutes and judgments which I set before you 
this dav. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 Monuments of idolatry are to be destroyed. 5 
The plate of God's service is to be kept. 16, 
23 Blood is forbidden. 17, 20, 26 Holy things 
must be eaten in the holy place. 19 The Levite 
is not to be forsaken. 29 Idolatry is not to be 
enquired after. 

THESE are the statutes and judgments 
which ye shall observe to do in the land 
which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth 
thee to possess it, all the days that ye live 
upon the earth. 

2 ^[ Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, 
wherein the nations which ye shall possess 
served their gods, upon the high mountains, 
and upon the hills, and under every green 
tree : 

3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and 
break their pillars, and burn their groves 
with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven 
images of their gods, and destroy the names 
of them out of that place. 

4 Ye shall not do so unto the Lord vour 
God. 

5 If But unto the place which the Lord your 
God shall choose out of all your tribes to 
put his name there, even unto his habitation 
shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come : 

6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt- 
offerings, and your sacrifices, and your j 
tithes, and heave-offerings of your hand, 
and your vows, and your free-will-offftrings, 
and the firsdings of your herds, and of your 
flocks : 

7 And there ve shall eat before the LoRD 

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The Levite not to be forsaken. CHAP. XIII 

your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye 
put your hand unto, ye and your households, 
wherein the Lord "thy God hath blessed 
thee. 

8 Ye shall not do after all the things that 
we do here this day, every man whatsoever 
is right iu his own eyes. 

9 For ye are not as yet come to the rest and 
to the inheritance which the Lord your God 
giveth you. 

10 But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell 
in the land which the Lord your God giveth 
you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest 
from all your enemies round about, so that 
ye dwell in safety: 

11 Then there shall be a place which the 
Lord your God shall choose to cause his 
name to dwell there ; thither shall ye bring 
all that I command you; your burnt-offer- 
ings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the 
heave-offering of your hand, and all your 
choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord : 

12 And ye shall rejoice before the Lord 
your God, ye, and your sons, and your daugh- 
ters, and your men-servants, and your maid- 
servants, and the Levite that is within your 
gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor in- 
heritance with you. 

13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not 
thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou 
seest: • 

14 But in the place which the Lord shall 
choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shaJt 
offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt 
*lo_alt that I command thee. 

15 Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and 
eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy 
soul lusteth after, according to the blessing 
of the Lord thy God which he hath given 
thee: the unclean and the clean may eat 
thereof, as of the roe-buck, and as of the 
hart. 

16 •[Only ye shall not. eat the blood; ye 
shall pour it upon the earth as water. 

17 Thou mayest not eat within thy gates 
the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of 
thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy 
flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vow- 
est, nor thy free-will-offerings, or heave-of- 
ferin? of thy hand : 

18 But thou must eat them before the Lord 
thy God in the place which the Lord thy 
God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy 
daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy 
maid-servant, and the Levite that is within 
thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the 
Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thy 
hands unto. 

19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake 
not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the 
earth. 

20 H When the Lord thy God shall enlarge 
thy border, as he hath promised thee, and 
thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy 
soul longeth to eat flesh, thou mayest eat 
flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 

•21 If the place which the Lord thy God 
hath chosen to put his name tlvere be too far 
from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd 
and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given , 



Idolatry to be avoided. 
thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou 
shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul 
lusteth after. 

22 Even as the roe-buck and the hart is 
eaten, so thou shalt eat them : the unclean 
and the clean shall eat of them alike. 

23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood : 
for the blood is the life ; and thou mayest 
not eat the life with the flesh. 

24 Thou shalt not eat it ; thou shalt poui it 
upon the earth as water. 

25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go 
well with thee, and with thy children after 
thee, when thou shalt do that which is right 
in the sight of the Lord. 

26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, 
and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto 
the place which the Lord shall choose : 

27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, 
the flesh and the blood, upon thealtar of the 
Lord thy God: and the blood of thy sacri- 
fices shall be poured out upon the altar of 
the Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat the 
flesh. 

28 Observe and hear all these words which I 
command thee, that it may go well with thee, 
and with thy children after thee for ever, 
when thou doe.stthat which is good and right 
in the sight of the Lord thv God. 

29 If When the Lord thy "God shall cut off 
the nations from before thee, whither thoir 
goest to possess them, and thou succeedest 
them, and dwellest in their land; 

30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not 
snared by following them, after that they be 
destroyed from before thee ; and that thou 
inquire not after their gods, saying, How did 
these nations serve their gods ? even so will 
I do likewise. 

31 Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy 
God; for every abomination to the Lord 
which he hateth have they done unto their 
gods; for even their sons and their daughters 
they have burnt in the fire to their gods. 

32 What thing soever I command you, ob- 
serve to do it: thou shalt not add "thereto, 
nor diminish from it. 

CHAP. XIII. 
lEnticers to idolatry, Ghoio near soever unto 

thee, 10 are to be stoned to death. 12 Idu'latrous 

cities are not to be spared. 
1~F there arise among you a prophet, or a 
JL dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a 
sign or a wonder, 

2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, 
whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us 
go after other gods, which thou hast hot 
known, and let us serve them; 

3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words 
of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams : 
for the Lord your God proveth you, to know 
whether ye love the Lord your God with all 
your heart and with all your soul. 

4 Ye shall wafk after the Lord your God, 
and fear him, and keep his commandments, 
and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, 
and cleave unto him. 

5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of 
dreams, shall be put to death ; because he 
hath spoken to turn you awav from the 

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idolatrous cities to be destroyed. 
Lord your God, which brought you out of 
the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of 
the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of 
the way which the Lord thy God command- 
ed thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the 
evil away from the midst of thee. 

6 H If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or 
thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy 
bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own 
soul entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go 
and serve other gods, which thou hast not 
known, thou, nor thy fathers; 

7 Namely, of the gods of the people which 
are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far 
off from thee, from the one end of the earth 
even unto the other end of the earth ; 

8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor 
hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye 
pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither 
shalt thou conceal him: 

9 But thou shalt surely kill him ; thy hand 
shall be first upon him to put him to death, 
and afterwards the hand of all the people. 

10 And thou shalt stone him with stones 
that he die ; because he hath sought to thrust 
thee away from the Lord thy God, which 
brought thee out of the land of Egypt from 
ti^e house of bondage. 

11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and 
shall do no more any such wickedness as 
this is, among you. 

12 If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, 
which the Lord thy God hath given* thee to 
dwell there, saying, 

13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are 
gone out from among you, and have with- 
drawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, 
Let us go and serve other gods, which ye 
have not know r n ; 

14 Then shalt thou inquire, and make 
search, and ask diligently; and behold, if it 
be truth, and the thing certain, that such 
abomination is wrought among you ; 

15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants 
of that city with the edge of the sword, de- 
stroying it utterly, and ail that is therein, and 
'the cattle thereof, with the edge of the 

svvord. 

16 And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it 
into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt 
burn with fire the city, and all the spoil 
thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God : 
and it shall be a heap for ever; it shall not 
be built agai». 

17 And there shall cleave nought of the 
cursed thing to thy hand: that the Lord 
mav turn from the fierceness of his anger, 
and shew thee mercy, and have compassion 
upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath 
sworn unto thy fathers; 

13 When thou shalt hearken to the voice of 
the Lord thy God, to keep all his command- 
ments which I command thee this day, to do 
that which is right in the eyes of the Lord 
thy God. 

CHAP. XIV. 

1 God's children are not to disfigure themselves 
in mourning-. 3 JVJiat may, and what may not 
be eaten, 4 of beasts, dof fishes, 11 of fowls. 
21 That which dieth of itself may not be eaten. 



DEUTERONOMY. Beasts clean and unclean. 

22 Tithes of divine service. 23 Tithes and 
firstlings of rejoicing before the Lord. 28 The 
third year's tithe of alms and charity. 

YE are the children of the Lord your 
God : ye shall not cut yourselves," nor 
make any baldness between your eyes for 
the dead. 

2 For thou art a holy people unto the Lord 
thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to 
be a peculiar people unto himself, above ail 
the nations that are upon the earth. 

3 Tf Thou shalt not eat any abominable 
thing. 

4 These are the beasts which ye shall eat: 
The ox, the sheep, and the goat, 

5 The hart, and the roe-buck, and the fal- 
low-deer, and the wild-goat, and the pygarg, 
and the wild-ox, and the chamois. 
"6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, 
and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and 
cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ve 
shall eat. 

7 Nevertheless, these ye shall not eat, of 
them that chew the cud, or of them that di- 
vide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the 
hare, and the coney : for they chew the cud, 
but divide not the iioof; therefore they are 
unclean unto you. 

8 And the swine, because it divideth the 
hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean 
unto you : ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor 
touch their dead carcass. 

9 Tf These ye shall eat, of all that are in 
the waters : all that have fins and scales shall 
ye eat: 

10 And whatsoever hath not fins and scales 
ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you. 

11 If Of all clean birds ye shall eat. 

12 But these are they of which ye shall not 
eat: The eagle, and the ossifrage, and the 
ospray, 

13 And the glede, and the kite, and the vul- 
ture after his kind, 

14 And every raven after his kind, 

15 And the owl, and the night-hawk, and 
the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind; 

16 The little owl, and the great owl, and 
the swan, 

17 And the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and 
the cormorant, 

18 And the stork, and the heron after her 
kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. 

19 And every creeping thing that flieth is 
unclean unto you : they shall not be eaten. 

20 But ofaW clean fowls ye may eat. 

21 *jf Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth 
of itself : thou shalt give it unto the stranger 
that is in thy gates, that he may eat it ; or 
thou mayest sell it unto an alien : for thou 
art a holy people unto the Lord thy God. 
Thou shait not seethe a kid in his mother's 
milk. 

22 *[ Thou slialt truly tithe all the increase 
of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year . 
by year. 

23 If And thou shalt eat before the Lord 
thy God, in the place which he shall choose 
to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn. 
of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first- 
lings of thv herds and of thv flocks : that thou 

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The year of release. CHAP. XV, XVI 

mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God al- 



ways. 

24 And if the way be too long for thee, so 
that thou art not able to carry it ; or if the 
place be too far from thee, which the Lord 
thy God shall choose to set his name there, 
when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee : 

25 Then shalt thou turn it into money, and 
bind up the money in thy hand, and shalt go 
unto the place which the Lord thy God shall 
choose : 

26 And thou shalt bestow that money for 
whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, 
or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, 
or for whatsoever thy soul desireth : and thou 
shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and 
thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thy household. 

27 And the Levite that?!.? within thy gates; 
thou shalt not forsake him: for he hath no 
part nor inheritance with thee. 

28 ^] At the end of three years thou shalt 
bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the 
same year, and shalt lay it tip within thy 
gates : 

29 And the Levite, (because he hath no 
part nor inheritance with thee) and the stran- 
ger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which 
are within thy gates, shall come, and shall 
eat and be satisfied ; that the Lord thy God 
may bless thee in all the work of thy hand 
which thou doest. 

CHAP. XV. 

I The, seventh year a year of release for the poor. 
1 It must be :xo let of lending or giving. 1~2A 
Hebrew servant, 16 except he will not depart, 
must in the seventh year go forth free and 
well furnished. 19 All fir siting males of the 
cattle-are to be sauct/Jied unto the Lord. 

AT the end of every seven years thou 
shalt make a release. 

2 And this is the manner of the release : 
Every creditor that lendeth aught unto his 
neighbour, shall release it; he shall not exact 
it of his neighbour, or of his brother; be- 
cause it is called the Lord's release. 

3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact itagain : 
but that which is thine with thy brother thy 

I I and shall release: 

4 Save when there shall be no poor among 
you ; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in 
"the land which the Lord thy God giveth 
thee far an inheritance to possess it : 

5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the 
voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do 
all these commandments which I command 
thee this day. 

6 For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as 
he promised thee : and thou shalt lend unto 
many nations, but thou shalt not borrow ; and 
thou shalt reign over many nations, but they 
shall not reign over thee. 

7 % If there be among you a poor man of 
one of thy brethren within any of thy gates 
in thy land which die Lord thy God giveth 
thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor 
shut thy hand from thy poor brother : 

8 But thou shalt open thy hand wide unto 
him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for 
his need, in that which he wanteth. 

9 Beware that, there be not a thought in 



Law respecting seixantft, 
thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, 
the year of release, is at hand ; and thine eye 
be evil against thy poor brother, and thou 
givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord 
against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 

10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thy 
heart shall not be grieved when thou givest 
unto him: because that for this thing the 
Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy 
works, and in all that thou puttest thy hand 
unto. 

11 For the poor shall never cease out of the 
land : therefore I command thee, saying, 
Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy bro- 
ther, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy 
land. 

12 il And if thy brother, a Hebrew man, 
or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and 
serve thee six years; then in the seventh year 
thou shah let him go free from thee. 

13 And when thou sendest him out free from 
thee, thou shait not let him go away empty : 

14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of 
thy Hock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy 
wine-press : of thai wherewith the Lord thy 
God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto 
him. 

15 And thou shalt remember that thou wast 
a bondrinan in the land of Egypt, and the 
Lord thy God redeemed thee : therefore I 
command thee this thing to-day. 

16 If And it shall be, if he say unto thee, 1 
will not go away from thee; because he lov- 
etli thee and thy house, because he is well 
with thee ; 

17 Then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust 
it through his ear unto the door, and he shall 
be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy 
maid-servant thou shalt do likewise. 

18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when 
thou sendest him away free from thee: for 
he hath been worth a double hired servant 
to thee, in serving thee six years: and the 
liORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou 
doest. 

19 Tf All the firstling males that come of thy 
herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto 
the Lord thy God : thou shalt do no work 
with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear 
the firstling of thy sheep. 

20 Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy 
God year by year in the place which the 
Lord shall choose, thou and thy household. 

21 And if there be any blemish therein, as 
if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blem- 
ish, thou shait not sacrifice it unto the Lord 
thy God. 

22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates : the 
unclean and the clean person sliall eat it 
alike, as the roe-buck, and as the hart. 

23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood there- 
of; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as 
water. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 The feast of the passooer, 9 of weeks, 13 of ta- 
bernacles. 16 Every male must offer, as he is 
able, at these three feasts. 18 Of judges and 
justice. 21 Gr&ves and images a' e forbidden. 

OBSERVE the month of AbiD. and keep 
the passover unto the Lord thv God: 
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The feast ofthepassover. 

for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God 

brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 

2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the pass- 
over unto the Lord thy God, of the nock 
and the herd, in the place which the Lord 
shall choose to place his name there. 

3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with 
it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened 
bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; 
(for thou earnest forth out of the land of Egypt 
in haste:) that thou mayest remember the 
day when thou earnest forth out of the land 
of Egypt, all the days of thy life. 

4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen 
with thee in all thy coasts seven days ; nei- 
ther shall there any thing of the flesh, which 
tnou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain 
all night until the morning. 

5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover 
within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee : 

6 Butat the place which the Lord thy God 
shall choose to place his name in, there thou 
shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the 
going down of the sun, at the season that 
thou earnest forth out of Egypt. 

7 And thou shalt roast and eat it in the 
place which the Lord thy God shall choose : 
and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go 
unto thy tents. 

8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread : 
and on the seventh day shall be a solemn as- 
sembly to the Lord thy God : thou shalt do 
no work therein. 

9 ^f Seven weeks shalt thou number unto 
thee : begin to number the seven weeks from 
such time as thou, beginnest to put the sickle 
to the corn. 

10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks 
unto the Lord thy God with a tribute of a 
free-will-offering of thy hand, which thou 
shalt give unto the LORD thy God, accord- 
ing as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee : 

11 And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord 
thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daugh- 
ter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-ser- 
vant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, 
and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the 
widow, that are among you, in the place 
which the Lord thy God hath chosen to 
place his name there. 

12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast 
a bond-man in Egypt: and thou shalt ob- 
serve and do these statutes. 

13 H Thou shalt observe the feast of taber- 
nacles seven days, after that thou hast gather- 
ed in thy corn, and thy wine. 

14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, 
and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man- 
servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Le- 
vite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the 
widow, that are within thy gates: 

15 Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn 
feast unto the Lord thy God in the place 
which the Lord shall choose : because the 
Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine 
increase, and in all the works of thy hands, 
Therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. 

16 ^[ Three times in a year shall all thy 
males appear before the Lord thy God in the 



DEUTEROJNOMY. Idolaters must be slain. 

place which he shall choose; in the feast of 
unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, 
and in the feast of tabernacles: and they 
shall not appear before the Lord empty : 

17 Every man shall give as he is able, ac- 
cording to the blessing of the Lord thy God 
which he hath given thee. 

18 *ff Judges and officers shalt thou make 
thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes : ancl 
they shall judge the people with just judg- 
ment. 

19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou 
shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift : 
for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and 
pervert the words of the righteous. 

20 That which is altogether just shalt thou 
follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the 
land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

21 U Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of 
any trees near unto the altar of the Lord 
thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 

22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image ; 
which the Lord thy God hateth. 

CHAP. XVTI. 



1 The things sacrificed must be sound. 2 Idola- 
ters must be slain. 8 Hard controversies are 
to be determined by the priests and judges. 12 
The contemner of that determination must 
die. 14 The election, 16 and duty of a king. 

THOU shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord 
thy God any bullock, or sheep, where- 
in is blemish, or any evil iavouredness : for 
that is an abomination unto die Lord thy 
God. 

2 IT If there be found among you, within any 
of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth 
thee, man or woman that hath wrought wick- 
edness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in 
transgressing his covenant, 

3 And hath gone and served other gods, and 
worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or 
any of the host of heaven, which I have not 
commanded ; 

4 And it be told thee, and thou hast heard 
of it, and inquired diligently, and behold, it 
be true, and the thing certain, that such abo- 
mination is wrought in Israel : 

5 Then shalt thou bring forth that man or 
that woman, which have committed that 
wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man 
or that woman, and shalt stone them with 
stones, till they die. 

6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three 
witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be 
put to death ; but at the mouth of one wit- 
ness he shall not be put to death. 

7 The hands of the witnesses shall be first 
upon him to put him to death, and afterward 
the hands of all the people. So thou shalt 
put the evil away from among you. 

8 Tf If there arise a matter too' hard for thee 
in judgment, between blood and blood, be- 
tween plea and plea, and between stroke 
and stroke, being matters of controversy 
within thy gates : then shalt thou arise, and 
get thee up into the place which the Lord 
thy God shall choose ; 

9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the 
Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in 

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The election and duty of a king. CHAP. 
those days, and inquire ; and they shall shew 
thee the sentence of judgment : 

10 And thou shalt do according to the sen- 
tence, which they of that place which the 
Lord shall choose shall shew thee ; and thou 
shalt observe to do according to all that they 
inform thee : 

11 According to the sentence of the law 
which they shall teach thee, and according 
to the judgment which they shall tell thee, 
thou shalt do : thou shalt not decline from 
the sentence which they shall shew thee, to 
the right hand, nor to the left. 

12 ^f And the man that will do presumptu- 
ously, and will not hearken unto the priest 
that standeth to minister there before the 
Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that 
man shall die : and thou shalt put away the 
evil from Israel. 

13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, 
and do no more presumptuously. 

14 If When thou art come unto the land 
which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and 
shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and 
shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as 
all the nations that are about me ; 

15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over 
thee whom fehe Lord thy God shall choose : 
one from among thy brethren shalt thou set 
king over thee : thou mayest not set a stran- 
ger over thee, which is not thy brother. 

16 But he shall not multiply horses to him- 
self, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, 
to the end that he should multiply'horses : 
forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto yon, 
Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. 

17 Neither shall he multiply wives to him- 
self, that his heart turn not away: neither 
shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and 
gold. 

18 And it shall be when he sitteth upon the 
throne of his kingdom^ that he shall write 
him a copy of this law in a book out of that 
which is before the priests the Levites. 

19 And it shall be with him, and he shall 
read therein all the days of his life : that he 
may learn to fear fhe Lord his God, to keep 
all the words of this law and these statutes, 
to do them : 

20 That his heart be not lifted up above his 
brethren, and that he turn not aside from the 
commandment to the right hand or to the 
left: to the end that he may prolong his days 
in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the 
midst of Israel. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
1 The Lord is the priests'' and Levites' inhe- 
ritance. 3 The priest's due. 6 The Levite's. 
portion. 9 The abominations of the nations 
are to he avoided. 15 Christ the Prophet is to 
be heard. 20 The presumptuous prophet is to 
die. 

THE priests the Levites, and all the tribe 
of Levi, shall have no part nor inheri- 
tance with Israel : they shall eat the offer- 
ings of the Lord made by fire, and his in- 
heritance. 

2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance 
among their brethren : the Lord is their in- 
heritance, as he hath said unto them. 

G* 



XVIII. A new Prophet to arise. 

3 ^[ And this shall be the priest's due from 
the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, 
whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall 
give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two 
cheeks, and the maw. 

4 The first-fruit ateo of thy corn, of thy wine, 
and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of 
thy sheep, shalt thou give him. 

5 For the Lord thy God hath chosen him 
out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in 
the name of the Lord, him and his sons for 
ever. 

6 H And if a Levite come from any of thy 
gates out of ajl Israel, where he sojourned, 
and come with all the desire of his mind 
unto the place which the Lord shall choose ; 

7 Then lie shall minister in the name ot 
the Lord his God, as all his brethren the 
Levites do, which stand there before the 
Lord, 

8 They shall have like portions to eat, be- 
sides that which cometh of the sale of his 
patrimonv. 

9 t" When thou art come into the land 
which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou 
shalt not learn to do after the abominations 
of those nations. 

,10 There shall not be found among you and 
one that maketh his son or his daughter to 
pass through the fire, or that useth divination, 
or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or 
a witch, 

11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar 
spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 

12 For all that do these things are an abo- 
mination unto the Lord : and because of 
these abominations the Lord thy God doth 
drive them out from before thee. 

13 Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy 
God. 

14 For these nations, which thou shalt pos- 
sess, hearkened unto observers of times, and 
unto diviners : but as for thee, the Lord thy 
God hath not suffered thee so to do. 

15 ^ The Lord thy God will raise up unto 
thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy 
brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall 
hearken. 

16 According to all that thou desiredst of 
the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the 
assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the 
voice of the Lord my God, neither let me 
see this great fire anymore, that I die not. 

17 And the Lord said unto me. They have 
well spoken that which they have spoken. 

18 I will raise them up a Prophet from 
among their brethren, like unto thee, and 
will put my words in his mouth; and he 
shall speak unto them all that I shall com- 
mand him. 

19 And it shall come to pass, that whoso- 
ever will not hearken unto my words which 
he shall speak in my name, I will require it of 
him. 

20 But the prophet, which shall presume to 
speak a word in my name, which I have not 
commanded him to speak, or that shall speak 
in the name of other gods, even that prophet 
shall die. 

21 And if thou say in thv heart, How shall 

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The cities of refuge. 

we know the word which the Lord hath not 

spoken 1 

22 When a prophet speak etli in the name 
of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor 
come to pass, that is the thing which the 
Lord hath not spoken, butthe prophet hath 
spoken it presumptuously : thou shalt not be 
afraid of him. 

CHAP. XIX. 
1 lite cities of refuge. 4 The privilege thereof 

for the manslayer. 14 The landmark is not to 

he removed. 15 Two witnesses at the least. 18 
The punishment of a false witness. 



WHEN the Lord thy God hath cut off 
the nations, whose land the Lord thy 
God «riveth thee, and thou succeedest them, 
and dweilest in their cities, and in their 
houses; 

2 Thou shalt separate three cities for thee 
in the midst of thy land which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee to possess it. 

3 Tiiou shalt prepare thee a way, and di- 
vide the coasts of thy land which the Lord 
thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three 
parts, that every slayer may flee thither. 

4 ^T And this is the case of the slayer, which 
shall flee thither, that he may live : Whoso 
killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he 
hated not in time past; 

5 As when a man gbeth into the wood with 
his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand 
fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down 
the tree, <md the head slippeth from the 
helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that 
he die; he shall flee unto one of these cities, 
and live: 

6" Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the 
slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake 
him, because the way is long, and slay him ; 
whereas he was not worthy of death, inas- 
much as he hated him not in time past. 

7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou 
shalt separate three cities for thee. 

3 And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy 
coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and 
give thee all the land which he promised to 
give unto thy fathers; 

9 If thou shalt keep all these command- 
ments to do them, which I command thee 
ihis day, to love the Lord thy God, and to 
walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add 
throe cities more lor thee, besides these 
throe : 

10 That innocent blood be not shed in thy 
land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee 
for an inheritance, and so blood be upon 
thee. 

11 U But if any man hate his neighbour, 
ai>l lie in wait tor him, and rise up against 
him, and smite him mortally that he die, and 
fleeth into one of these cities: 

12 Then the elders of his city shall send and 
fetch him thence, and deliver him into the 
hand of the avenger of blood, that he may 
die. 

13 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou 
shall j>ut away the guilt of innocent blood 
from Israel, that it may go well with thee. 

M Thou shall not remove thy neighbour's 



DEUTERONOMY. Punishment of a false isiitiess. 
in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit 
in the land that the Lord thy God giveth 
thee to possess it. 

15 T[ One witness shall not rise up against 
a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any 
sin that he sinneth ; at the mouth of two wit- 
nesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, 
shall the matter be established. 

16 ^f If a false witness rise up against any 
man to testify against him tJiat which is 
wrong ; 

17 Then both the men between whom the 
controversy is shall stand before the Lord, 
before the priests and the judges, which shall 



be in those* days; 

18 And the judges shall make diligent in- 
quisition : and behold, if the witness be a 
false witness, and hath testified falsely against 
his brother; 

19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had 
thought to have done unto his brother?: so 
shalt thou put the evil away from amongCyou. 

29 And those which remain shall hear, and 
fear, and shall henceforth commit no more 
any such evil among you. 

21 And thine eye shall not pity ; but life 
shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, 
hand tor hand, foot for foot. 

CHAP. XX. 

1 The priest's exhortation to encourage the peo- 
ple to battle. 5 The officers^ proclamation izh<? 
are to be dismissed from the war. 10 How to 
use the cities that accept or refuse the procla- 
mation of peace. 16 What cities must be de- 
voted. 19 Trees of man's meat must not be 
destroyed in the siege. 

HEN thou goest out to balde against 
thine enemies, and seest horses, and 
chariots, and a people more than thou, be 
not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is 
with thee, which brought thee up out of 
the land of Egypt. 

2 And it shall be when ye are come nigh 
unto the battle, that the priest shall approach 
and speak unto the people, 

3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, 
ye approach this day unto battle against your 
enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, 
and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified 
because of them ; 

4 For the Lord your God is he that goeth 
with you, to fight tor you against your ene- 
mies, to save you. 

5 M And the ofiicers shall speak unto the 
people, saying, What man is there that hath 
built a new house, and hath not dedicated 
it? let him go and return unto his house, 
lest he die in the battle, and another man de- 
dicate it. 

6 And what man is he that hath planted a 
vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let 
him also go and return unto his house, lest 
he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. 

7 And what man is there that hath bettoth- 
ed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him 
go and return unto his house, lest he die m 

he battle, and another man take her. 

8 And the officers shall speak further unto 
the people, and they shall say, Whatman is 



mark, which thev of old time have set ! there thai is fearful and faint-hearted ? let 

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What cities to be devoted. CHAP. XXI. 

him go and return unto his house, lest his 
brethren's heart faint as well as his heart. 

9 And it shail be, when the officers have 
made an end of speaking unto the people, 
that they shall make captains of the armies 
to lead the people. 

.10 ^[ When thou coraest nigh unto a city to 
fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. 

Jl And it shall he, if it make thee answer 
of peace, and open unto thee,-then it shall 
he, that all the people that is found therein, 
shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall 
serve thee. 

12 And if it will make no peace with thee, 
but will make war against thee, then thou 
shalt besiege it: 

13 And when the Lord thy God hath deli- 
vered it into thy hands, thou shalt smite 
every male thereof f/ith the edge of the 
sword : 

i 4 But the women, and the little ones, and 
the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all 
the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thy- 
self: and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine 

Demies, which the Lord thy God hath given 
thee. 

15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities 
which are very far off from thee, which are 
not of the cities of these nations. 

16 But of the cities of these people which 
die Lord thy God doth give thee for an in- 
heritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that 
breatheth : 

17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them, 
namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the- 
Oanaanites. and the Perizsit.es, the Hivites, 
and the Jebusites, as the Lord thy God hath 
commanded thee : 

18 That they teach you not to do after all 
their abominations which they have done 
unto their gods, so should ye sm against the 
Lord your God. 

19 *| When thou shalt besiege a city a long 
time in making war against it to take it, thou 
shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing 
an axe against them ; for thou may est eat of 
them : and thou shalt not cut them down 
(for the tree of the field is man's life) to em- 
ploy them in the siege : 

20 Only the trees which thou knowest that 
they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy 
and cut them down ; and thou shalt build bul- 
warks against the city that maketh war with 
thee, until it be subdued. 

CHAP. XXL 
1 The expiation of an uncertain murder. 10 The 
usage of a captive taken to wife. 15 The first- 
born is not to be disinherited upon private af- 
fection. 18./? stubborn son is to be stoned to 
death. 22 The malefactor must not hang all 
night on a tree. 

IF one be found slain in the land which 
the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess 
it, lying in the field, and it be not known who 
hath slain him: 

2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come 
forth, and they shall measure unto the cities 
which are round about him that is slain : 

3 And it shall be thai the city which is next 
unto the slain man, even the elders of that 



Inheritance of the first-born* 
city shall take a heifer which hath not been 
wrought with, and which hath not drawn in 
the yoke ; 

4 And the elders of that city shall bring 
down the heifer unto a rough valley, which 
is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike 
off the heifer's neck there in the valley; 

5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall 
come near, (for them the Lord thy God hath 
chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in 
the name of the Lord,) and by their word 
shall every controversy and every stroke be 
tried ; 

6 And all the elders of that city that are 
next unto the slain man, shall wash their 
hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the 
valley : 

7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands 
have not shed this blood, neither have our 
eyes seen ii. 

8 Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy people Is- 
rael, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not 
innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's 
charge. And the blood shall be forgiven 
them. 

9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of inno- 
cent blood from among you, when thou shalt 
do thaiivhich is right in the sight of the Lord. 

10 ^J" When thou goest forth to war against 
thine enemies^ and the Lord thy God hath 
delivered them into thy lianas, and thou hast 
taken them captive, 

11 And seest among the captives a beautiful 
woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou 
wouldest have her to thy wife: 

12 Then thou shalt bring her*.ome to thy 
house, and she shall shave her head, and 
pare her nails: 

13 And she shall put the raiment of her cap- 
tivity from off her, and shall remain in thy 
house, and bewail her father and her mother 
a full month : and after that, thou shalt go in 
unto her, and be her husband, and she shall 
be thy wife. 

14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight 
in her, then thou shalt let her go whither 
she will ; but thou shalt not sell her at all for 
money; thou shalt not make merchandise of 
her, because thou hast humbled her. 

15 ^[ If a man have two wives, one beloved, 
and another hated, andlhey have borne him 
children, both the beloved and the hated; and 
if the first-born son be hers that was hated : 

16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his 
sons to inherit that which he hath, that he 
may not make the son of the beloved first- 
born, before the son of the iiated, which is 
indeed the first-born : 

17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the 
hated for the first-born, by giving him a dou- 
ble portion of all that he hath : for he is the 
beginning of his strength : the right of the 
first-born is his. 

18 IT If a man have a stubborn and rebel- 
lious son, which will not obey the voice of his 
father, or the voice of his mother, and that, 
when they have chastened him, will not 
hearken unto them : 

19 Then shall his father and his mother lay, 
heVl on him, and bring him out unto the 

1 JJ 



A stubborn son to be stoned. DEUTERONOMY, 

elders of his city, and unto the gate of his 
place ; 

20 And they shall say unto the elders of his 
city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, 
he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, 
and a drunkard. 

21 And all the men of his city shall stone 
him with stones, that he die : so shalt thou 
put evil away from among you, and all Israel 
shall hear, and fear. 

22 If And if a man have committed a sin 
worthy of death, and he be to be put to 
death, apd thou hang him on a tree : 

23 His body shall not remain all night upon 
the tree, but thou shalt in anywise bury him 
that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed 
of God";) that thy land be not defiled, which 
the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inhe- 
ritance. 

CHAP. XXII. 
1 Of humanity toward brethren. 5 The sex is 
to be distinguished by apparel. 6 The dam is 
not to be taken with her young ones. 8 The 
house must have battlements. 9 Confusion is 
to be avoided. 12 Fringes upon the vesture. 
13 The punishment of him that slandereth his 
wife. 20,22 Of adultery, 25 of rape, 28 and 
of fornication. 30 Incest. 

THOU shalt not see thy brother's ox or 
his sheep go astray, and hide thyself 
from them : thou shalt in any case bring 
them again unto thy brother. 

2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, 
or if thou know him not, then thou shalt 
bring it unto thine own house, and it shall 
be with thee until thy brother seek after it, 
and thou shalt restore it to him again. 

3 In like manner shalt thou do with his 
ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; 
and with all lost things of thy brother's, 
which he hath lost, and thou hast found, 
shalt thou do likewise : thou may est not hide 
thyself. 

4 J Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or 
his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself 
from them : thou shalt surely help him to lift 
them up again. 

5 1f The woman shall not wear that which 
pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man 
put on a woman's garment : for all that do so 
are abomination unto the Lord thy God. 

6 H If a bird's nest chance to be before thee 
in the way in any tree, or on the ground, 
whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the 
dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, 
thou shalt not take the dam with the young : 

7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, 
and take the young to thee ; that it may be 
well with thee, and that thou inayest prolong 
thy days. 

8 1f When thou buildest a new house, then 
thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, 
that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if 
any man fall from thence- 

9 If Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with 
divers seeds : lest the fruit of thy seed which 
thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, 
be defiled. 

10 H Thou shalt not plough with an ox and 
an ass together. 

11 1[ Thou shalt not wear a garment of 



Punishment for adultery, 8fC. 

divers sorts, as of woollen and linen toge- 
ther. 

12 1f Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the 
four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou 
coverest thyself. 

13 If If any man take a wife, and go in unto 
her, and bate her, 

14 And give occasions of speech against 
her, and bring up an evil name upon her, 
and say, I took this woman, and when I came 
to her, I found her not a maid : 

15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and 
her mother, take and bring forth the tokens 
of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of 
the city in the gate : 

16 And the damsel's father shall say unto 
the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man 
to wife, and he hateth her, 

17 And lo, he hath given occasions of speech 
against her, saying, I found not thy daughter 
a maid ; and yet these are the tokens of my 
daughter's virginity. And they shall spread 
the cloth before the elders of the city. 

18 And the elders of that city shall take 
that man and chastise him ; 

19 And they shall amerce him in a hundred 
shekels of silver, and give them unto the fa- 
ther of the damsel, because he hath brought 
up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel : and 
she shall be his wife ; he may not put her 
away all his days. 

20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens 
of virginity be not found for the damsel : 

21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to 
the door of her father's house, and the men 
of her city shall stone her with stones that 
she die ; because she hath wrought folly in 
Israel? to play the whore in her father's 
house: so shalt thou put evil away from 
among you. 

22 If If a man be found lying with a woman 
married to a husband, then they shall both of 
them die, both the man that lay with the wo- 
man, and the woman : so shalt thou put 
away evil from Israel. 

23 If If a damsel that is a virgin be betroth- 
ed unto a husband, and a man find her in the 
city, and lie with her ; 

24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto 
the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them 
with stones that they die ; the damsel, be- 
cause she cried not, being in the city ; and 
the man, because he hath humbled his 
neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away 
evil from among you. 

25 If But if a man find a betrothed damsel 
in the field, and the man force her, and lie 
with her; then the man only that lay with 
her shall die : 

26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do no- 
thing ; there is in the damsel no sin worthy 
of death : for as when a man riseth against 
his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is 
this matter : 

27 For he found her in the field, and the 
betrothed damsel cried, and there was none 
to save her. 

28 1f If a man find a damsel that is a vir- 
gin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on 
her, and lie with her, and they be found ; 

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Cncleanness to be avoided. CHAP. XXIII, XXIV. 

29 Then the man that lay with her shall 
give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of 
silver, and she shall be his wife; because he 
hath humbled her, he may not put her away 
all his days. 

30 If A man shall not take his father's wife, 
nor discover his father's skirt. 

CHAP. XXIII. 
1 fVJio may or may not enter Into the congrega- 
tion. 9 Uncleanness to be avoided in the host. 
15 Of the fugitive servant. 17 Of filthincss. 
18 Of abominable sacrifices. 19 Of usury. 
21 Of vows. 24 Of trespasses. 

HE that is wounded in the stones, or hath 
his privy member cut off, shall not en- 
ter into the congregation of the Lord. 

2 A bastard shall not enter into the congre- 
gation of the Lord; even to his tenth gene- 
ration shall he not enter into the congrega- 
tion of the Lord. 

3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter 
into the congregation of the Lord; even to 
their tenth generation shall they not enter 
into the congregation of the Lord for ever: 

4 Because they met you not with bread and 
with water in the way, when ye came forth 
out of Egypt ; and because they hired against 
thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of 
Mesopotamia, .to curse thee. 

5 Nevertheless, the Lord thy God would 
not hearken unto Balaam: but the Lord 
thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto 
thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee. 

6 Thou shalt not seek their peace, nor their 
prosperity all thy days for ever. 

7 % Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for 
he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an 
Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in 
his land. 

8 The children that are begotten of them 
shall enter into the congregation of the Lord 
in their third generation. 

9 1f When the host goeth forth against 
thine enemies, then keep thee from every 
wicked thing. 

10 If If there be among you any man that 
is not clean by reason of uncleanness that 
chanceth him by night, then shall he §jo 
abroad out of the camp, lie shall not come 
within the camp : 

11 But it shall be, when evening cometh on, 
he shall wnshhimself with water : and when 
the sun is down, he shall come into the camp 
again. 

12 If Thou shalt have a place also without 
the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad : 

13 And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy 
weapon : and it shall be when thou wilt ease 
thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and 
shalt turn back, and cover that which cometh 
from thee : 

14 For the Lord thy God walketh in the 
midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to 
give up thine enemies before thee; therefore 
shall thy camp be holy : that he see no un- 
clean thing in thee, and turn away from 
thee. 

15 H Thou shalt not deliver unto his master 
the servant which is escaped from bis master 
unto thee : 



Ofvoics and trespasses 

16 He shall dwell with thee, even among 

you in that place which he shall choose in 

one of thy gates where it liketh him best : 

thou shalt not oppress him. 

17 1f There shall be no whore of the daugh- 
ters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of 
Israel. 

18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, 
or the price of a dog into the house of the 
Lord thy God for any vow : for even both 
these are abomination unto the Lord thy 
God. 

19 1f Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy 
brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, 
usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : 

20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon 
usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not 
lend upon usury : that the Lord thy God 
may bless thee in all that thou settest thy 
hand to in the land whither thou goest to 
possess it. 

21 If When thou shalt vow a vow unto the 
Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it : 
for the Lord thy God will surely require it 
of thee ; and it would be sin in thee. 

22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall 
be no sin in thee. 

23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou 
shalt keep and perform ; even a free-will-of- 
fering, according as thou hast vowed unto 
the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised 
with thy mouth. 

24 If When thou comest into thy neighbour's 
vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill, 
at thine own pleasure ; but thou shalt not put 
any in thy vessel. 

25 When thou comest into the standing- 
corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest 
pluck the ears with thy hand : but thou shalt 
not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's stand- 
ing corn. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
] Of divorce. 5 A new married man goeth not 
to war. 6, 10 Of pledges. 7 Of man- stealers. 
8 Of leprosy. 14 The hire is to be given. 16 
Of justice. 19 Of charity. 

WHEN a man hath taken a wife, and 
r 



married her, and it come to pass that 
she find no favour in his eyes, because he 
hath found some uncleanness in her : then 
let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give 
it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 

2 And when she is departed out of his 
house, she may go and be another man's wife. 

3 And if the latter husband hate her, and 
write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it 
in her hand, and sendeth her out of his 
house ; or if the latter husband die, which 
took her to be his wife ; 

4 Her former husband which sent her 
away, may not take her again to be his wife, 
after that she is defiled; for that is abomina- 
tion before the Lord: and thou shalt not 
cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee far an inheritance. 

5 If When a man hath taken a new wife, he 
shall not go out to war, neither shall he be 
charged with any business : but he shall be 
free at home one year, and shall cheer up 
his wife which he hath taken. 

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Of justice and charily. DEUTERONOMY. 

6 % No man shall take the nether or the 
upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a 
mans life to pledge. 

7 If If a man be found stealing- any of bis 
brethren of the children of Israel, and maketfa 
merchandise of him, or seileth him: then 
that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil 
away from among you. 

8 51 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, 
fJiat thou observe diligently, and do accord- 
ing to all that the priests the Levites shali 
teach you: as I commanded them, so ye 
shall observe to do. 

9 Remember what the Lord thy God did 
unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were 
come forth out of Egypt. 

10 1[ When thou dost lend thy brother any 
thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch 
his pledge : 

11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man 
to whom thou dost lend shah bring out the 
pledge abroad unto thee : 

12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not 
sleep with his pledge : 

13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the 
pledge again when the sun goeth down, that 
he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless 
thee ; and it shall be righteousness unto thee 
before the Lord thy God. 

14 5F Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant 
that is poor and need}', whether lie be of thy 
brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy 
hind within thy gates : 

1-3 At his da} r thou shalt give him his hire, 
neither shall the sun go down upon it, for he 
is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest 
he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be 
sin unto thee. 

io The fathers shall not be put to death for 
the children, neither shall the children be 
put to death for the fathers : every man shall 
be put to death for his own sin. 

17 5f Thou shalt not pervert the judgment 
of the stranger, nor of the fatherless, nor take 
the widow's raiment to pledge : 

18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast 
a bond-man in Egypt, and the Lord thy 
♦ rod redeemed time thence: therefore I 
command thee to do this thing. 

19 TT When thou cuttest down thy harvest 
in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the 
tield,'thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it 
shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, 
and for the widow : that the Lord thy God 
may bless thee in all the work of thy hands. 

20 When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou 
shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall 
be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and 
for the widow. 

21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy 
vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward : 
it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, 
and for the widow. 

22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast 
a bond-man in the land of Egypt: therefore 
f command thee to do this thing. 

CHAP. XXV. 
t Stripes must not exceed forty. 4 The ox is not 
tr> a* muzzled. 5 Of raising seed unto a bro- 
ther. \\ Of the immodest woman- 12 Of unjust 



Sundry laics and ordinances. 

weights. 17 Tlie -memory of Amalek is to be 
blotted out. 



F there be a controversy between men, 
and they come unto judgment, that the 
judges may judge them ; then they shall jus- 
tify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 

2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be 
worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall 
cause him to lie down, and to be beaten be- 
fore his face, according to his fault, by a cer- 
tain number. 

3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not 
exceed : lest if he should exceed, and beat 
him above these with many stripes, then thy 
brother should seem vile unto thee. 

4 % Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he 
treadeth out the corn. 

5 If brethren dwell together, and one of 
them die and have no child, the wife of &e 
dead shali not marry without unto a stran- 
ger : her husband's brother shall go in unto 
her, and take her to him to wife, and perform 
the duty of a husband's brother unto her. 

6 And it shall be, that the first-born which 
she beareth, shall succeed in the name of his 
brother which is dead, that his name be not 
put out of Israel. 

7 And if the man like not to take his bro- 
ther's wife, then let his brother's wife go up 
to the gate unto the elders, and say, My hus- 
band's brother refuseth to raise up unto his 
brother a name in Israel, he will not perform 
the duty of my husband's brother. 

8 Then the elders of his city shall call him. 
and speak unto him : and if he stand (o if. 
and say, I like not to take her, 

9 Then shall his brother's wife come unto 
him in the presence of the elders, and loose 
his shoe from oft his foot, and spit in his face, 
and shall answer and say, So shall it be done 
unto that man that will not build up his bro- 
ther's house. 

10 And his name shall be called in Israel. 
The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. 

11 5} When men strive together one with 
another, and the wife of the one draweth 
near for to deliver her husband out of the 
hand of him that sraiteth him, and putteth 
forth her hand, and taketh him by the se- 
crets : 

12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine 
eye shall not pity her. 

13 t]" Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers 
weights, a great and a small : 

14 Thou shalt not have in thy house divers 
measures, a great aud a small : 

15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just 
weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou 
have ; that thy days may be lengthened in the 
land which the Lord iny God giveth thee. 

16 For all that do such things, and all that 
do unrighteously, are an abomination unto 
the Lord thy God. 

17 5f Remember what Amalek did unto thee 
by the way, when ye were come forth out of 

Egypt; 

13 How he met thee by the way, and smote 
the hindmost of thee, even all thai were fee- 
ble behind thee, when thou tcast faint and 
wearv: <*nd b*» feared not God. 
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Offering of the first-fruits. CHAP. XXVI, XXVII. The covenant wiUt God. 



19 Therefore it shall be, when the Lord 
thy God hath given thee rest from all thine 
enemies round about, in the land which the 
Lord thy God givelh ihee for an inheritance 
to possess it, Hint thou shalt blot out the re- 
membrance of Amalek from under heaven; 
(Jura shalt not forget it. 

CHAP. XXVI. 
1 The confession of him that offer cth the basket 

of first-fruits. 12 The prayer of him that 

giveth his third years tithes. 16 The covenant 

between God and the people. 

AND it shall be, when thou art come in 
unto the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee for an inheritance, and possess- 
est it, and dwellest therein ; 

2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the 
fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of 
thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, 
and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto 
the place which the Lord thy God shall 
choose to place his name there. 

3 And thou shalt go unto the priest that 
shall be in those days, and say unto him, I 
profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that 
i am come unto the country which the Lord 
sware unto our fathers for to give us. 

I And the priest shall take the basket out 
of thy hand, and set it down before the altar 
of the Lord thy God. 

5 And thou shalt speak and say before the 
Lord thy God, A Syrian ready to perish 
was my father; and he went down into Egypt, 
and sojourned there with a few, and became 
there a nation, great, mighty, and populous : 

f> And (he Egyptians evil-entreated us, and 
afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage : 

7 And when we cried unto the Lord God 
of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, 
and looked on our affliction, and our labour, 
and our oppression : 

8 And the Lord brought us forth out of 
Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an out- 
stretched arm, and with great terribleness, 
and with signs, and with wonders: 

9 And he hath brought us into this place, 
and hath given us this land, even a land that 
flovveth with milk and honey. 

10 And now, behold, I have brought the 
first-fruits of the land, which thou, O Lord, 
hast given me: and thou shalt set it before 
the Lord thy God, and worship before the 
Lord thy God : 

II And thou shalt rejoice in every good 
Iking' which the Lord thy God hath given 
unto thee, and unto thy house, thou and the 
Levite, and the stranger that is among you. 

12 H When thou hast made an end of tithing 
all the tithes of thine increase the third year, 
which is the year of tithing, and hast given 
it unto the Levite, the stranger, the father- 
less, and die widow, that they may eat within 
thy gates, and be filled : 

13 Then thou shalt say before the Lord 
thy God, I have brought away the hallowed 
things out of my house, and also have given 
them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, 
to the fatherless, and to the widow, accord- 
ing to all thy commandments which thou hast 
commanded me : I have not transgressed thy 



commandments, neither have I forgotten 
them : 

14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourn- 
ing, neither have I taken away anght thereof 
for any unclean use, nor given aught thereof 
for the dead : but I have hearkened to the 
voice of the Lord my God, and have done 
according to all that thou hast command- 
ed me. 

15 Look down from thy holy habitation, 
from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, 
and the land which thou hast given us, as 
thou swarest unto cur fathers, a land that 
floweth with milk and honey. 

16 If This day the Lord thy God hath 
commanded thee to do these statutes and 
judgments : thou shalt therefore keep and do 
them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. 

17 Thou hast avouched ihe Lord this day 
to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and 
to keep his statutes, and his commandments, 
and his judgments, and to hearken unto his 
voice : 

18 And the Lord hath avouched thee this 
day to be his peculiar people, as he hath 
promised thee, and that thov- shouldestkeep 
ail his commandments; 

19 And to make thee high above all nations 
which he hath made, in praise, and in name, 
and in honour; and that thou mayest be a 
holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he 
hath spoken. 

CHAP, XXVII. 

1 The people are commanded to write the law 
upon stones, 5 and to build an altar of whole 
stones. 11 The tribes divided on Gcrizim and 
Ebal. 14 The curses pronounced on mount 
Ebal. 

\ ND Moses with the elders of Israel com- 



manded the people, saying, Keep all 
the commandments which I command you 
this day. 

2 And it shall be on the day when ye shall 
pass over Jordan unto the land which the 
Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt 
set thee up great stones, and plaster them 
with plaster : 

3 And thou shalt w r rite upon them all the 
words of this law, when thou art passed over, 
that thou mayest go in unto the land which 
the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land that 
floweth with milk and honey; as the Lord 
God of thy fathers hath promised thee. 

4 Therefore it shall be when ye be gone 
over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, 
which I command you this day, in mount 
Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. 

5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto 
the Lord thy God, an altar o{ stones: thou 
shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. 

6 Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord 
thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt of- 
fer burnt-offerings thereon unto the Lord 
thy God : 

i And thou shalt offer peace-offerings, and 
shalt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord 
thy God. 

8 And thou shalt write upon the stones -all 
the words of this law, very plainly. 

9 ^ And Moses and the priests the levites 
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The curses from EbaL DEUTERONOMY. Blessings far obedience, 

spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed and j the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy 
hearken, O Israel, this day thou art become cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flock's 



the people of the Lord thy God. 

10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of 
the Lord thy God, and do his commandments 
and his statutes which I command thee this 
day. 

11 5T And Moses charged the people the 
same day, saying, 

12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim 
to bless the people, when ye are come over 
Jordan ; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and 
Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin : 

13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal 
to curse ; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Ze- 
bulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 

14 If And the Levites shall speak, and say 
unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 

15 Cursed be the man that maketh any 
graven or molten image, an abomination 
unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the 
craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place : 
and all the people shall answer and say, 
Amen. 

16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his fa- 
ther or his mother: and all the people shall 
say, Amen. 

17 Cursed be he that removeth his neigh- 
bour's land-mark : and all the people shall 
say, Amen. 

18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to 
wander out of the way : and all the people 
shall say, Amen. 

19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judg- 
ment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow : 
and all the people shall say, Amen. 

20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's 
wife ; because he uncovereth his father's 
skirt : and all the people shall say, Amen. 

21 Cursed behe that lieth with any manner 
of beast : and all the people shall say, Amen. 

22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, 
the daughter of his father, or the daughter of 
his mother : and all the people shall say, 
Amen. 

23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother- 
in-law : and all the people shall say, Amen. 

24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour 
■secretly : and all the people shall say, Amen. 

25 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay 
an innocent person : and all the people shall 
say, Amen. v 

26 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the 
words of this law to do them: and all the 
people shall say, Amen. 

CHAP. XXVIII. 

1 The blessings for obedience. 15 The curses for 

disobedience. 

AND it shall come to pass, if thou shalt 
hearken diligently unto the voice of the 
Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his 
commandments which I command thee this 
day : that the Lord thy God will set thee on 
high above all nations of the earth : 

2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, 
and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto 
the voice of the Lord thy God. 

3 Blessed shall thou be in the city, and bless- 
ed shalt thou be in the field. 



of thy sheep. 

5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 

6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest 
in, and blessed shall thou be when thou goest 
out. 

7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that 
rise up against thee to be smitten before thy 
face : they shall come out against thee one 
way, and flee before thee seven ways. 

8 The Lord shall command the blessing 
upon thee in thy store-houses, and in all that 
thou settest thy hand unto: and he shall 
bless thee in the land which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee. 

9 The Lord shall establish thee a holy peo- 
ple unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, 
if thou shalt keep the commandments of the 
Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. 

10 And all people of the earth shall see that 
thou art called by the name of the Lord; 
and they shall be afraid of thee. 

11 And the Lord shall make thee plenteous 
in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the 
fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy 
ground, in the land which the Lord sware 
unto thy fathers to give thee. 

12 The Lord shall open unto thee his good 
treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto 
thy land in his season, and to bless all the 
work of thy hand : and thou shalt lend unto 
many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 

13 And the Lord shall make thee the head, 
and not the tail; and thou shalt be above 
only, and thou shalt not be beneath ; if that 
thou hearken unto the commandments of the 
Lord thy God, which I command thee this 
day, to observe and to do them: 

14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of 
the words which I command thee this day, 
to the right hand or to the left, to go after 
other gods to serve them. 

15 % But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt 
not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy 
God, to observe to do all his commandments 
and his statutes which I command thee this 
day : that all these curses shall come upon 
thee, and overtake thee : 

16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and 
cursed shalt thou be in the field. 

17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 

18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, 
and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy 
kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 

19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest 
in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest 
out. 

20 The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, 
vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest 
thy hand unto for to do, until thou be de- 
stroyed, and until thou perish quickly: be- 
cause of the wickedness of thy doings where- 
by thou hast forsaken me. 

21 The Lord shall make the pestilence 
cleave unto thee, until he have consumed 
thee from off the land, whither thou goest to 
possess it. 

22 The Lord shall smite thee with a con- 



4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and sumption, and with a fever, and with an in- 

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Plagues threatened CHAP. XXV] U. 

fiammation, and with an extreme burning, 
and with the sword, and with blasting, and 
with mildew: and they shall pursue thee 
until thou perish. 

23 And thy heaven that is over thy head 
shall be brass, and die earth that is under 
thee shall be iron. 

24 The Lord shall make the rain of thy 
land fAnvder and dust : from heaven shall 
it come down upon thee, until thou be de- 
stroyed. 

25 The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten 
before thine enemies : thou shalt go out one 
way against them, and flee seven ways before 
them; and shalt be removed into all the 
kingdoms of the earth. 

26 And thy carcass shall be meat unto all 
fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the 
earth, and no man shall fray them away. 

27 The Lord will smite thee with the botch 
of Egypt, and with tl*3 emerods, and with 
the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou 
canst not be healed. 

28 The Lord shall smite thee with mad- 
ness, and blindness, and astonishment of 
heart : 

29 And thou shalt grope at noon-day, as the 
blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt 
not prosper in thy ways : and thou shalt be 
only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no 
man shall save thee. 

30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another 
man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a 
house, and thou shalt not dwell therein : thou 
shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather 
the grapes thereof. 

31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, 
and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass 
shall be violently taken away from before thy 
face, and shall not be restored to thee : thy 
sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, ana 1 
thou shalt have none to rescue them. 

32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be 
given unto another people, and thine eyes 
shall look, and fail with longing for them all 
the day long : and there shall be no might in 
thy hand. 

33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, 
shall a nation which thou knowest not eat 
up : and thou shalt be only oppressed and 
crushed always : 

3-4 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of 
thine eyes which thou shalt see. 

35 The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, 
and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot 
be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the 
top of thy head. 

36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king 
which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation 
which neither thou nor thy fathers have 
known; and there shalt thou serve other 
gods, wood and stone. 

37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, 
a proverb, and a by -word, among all nations 
whither the Lord' shall lead thee. 

38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the 
field, and shalt gather but little in : for the 
locust shall consume it. 

39 Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress 
ikem, but shalt neither drink of the wine, 



for disobedience* 

nor gather the grapes : for the worms shall 
eat them. 

40 Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout 
all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thy- 
self with the oil : for thine olive shall cast 
his fruit. 

41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, 
but thou shalt not enjoy them : for they shall 
go into captivity. 

42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall 
the locust consume. 

43 The stranger that is within thee shall 
get up above thee very hi-gh; and thou shalt 
come down very low. 

44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not 
lend to him : he shall be the head, and thou 
shalt be the tail. 

45 Moreover, all these curses shall come 
upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and over- 
take thee, till thou be destroyed : because 
thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the 
Lord thy God, to keep his commandments 
and his statutes which he commanded thee. 

46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign 
and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 

47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy 
God with joyfulness and with gladness of 
heart, for the abundance of all things; 

48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies 
which the Lord shall send against thee, in 
hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and 
in want of all things : and he shall put a 
yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have 
destroyed thee. 

49 The Lord shall bring a nation against 
thee from far, from the end of the earth, as 
swift as the eagle flieth, a nation whose 
tongue thou shalt not understand ; 

50 A nation of fierce countenance, which 
shall not regard the person of the old, nor 
shew favour to the young : 

51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, 
and the fruit of thy land, until thou be de- 
stroyed : which also shall not leave thee 
either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of 
thy kine; or flocks of thy sheep, until he have 
destroyed thee. 

52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, 
until thy high and fenced walls come down, 
wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy 
land : and he shall besiege thee in all thy 
gates throughout all thy land which the Lord 
thy God hath given thee. 

53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own 
body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daugh- 
ters which the Lord thy God hath given 
thee, in the siege and in the straitness where- 
with thine enemies shall distress thee : 

54 So that the man that is tender among 
you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evH 
toward his brother, and toward the wife of 
his bosom, and toward the remnant of his 
children which he shall leave : 

55 So that he will not give to any of them 
of the flesh of his children whom he shall 
eat: because he hath nothing left him in the 
siege and in the straitness wlierewith thine 
enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 

56 The tender and delicate woman among 
you, which would not adventure to set the 

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Curses for disobedience. 
sole of her foot upon the ground for delicate- 
ness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil to- 
ward the husband of her bosom, and toward 
her son, and toward her daughter, 

57 And toward her young one that cometh 
out froiw between her feet, and toward her 
children which she shall bear: for she shall 
eat them for want of all things secretly in 
the siege and straitness wherewith thine ene- 
my shall distress thee in thy gates. 

58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the 
words of this law that are written in this book, 
that thou ma vest fear this glorious and fear- 
ful name THE LORD THY GOD; 

59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues 
wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even 
great plagues, and of long continuance, and 
sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. 

60 Moreover, he will bring upon thee all 
the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid 
of; and they shall cleave unto thee. 

61 Also every sickness, and every plague 
which is not written in the book of this law, 
them will the Lord bring upon thee, until 
thou be destroyed. 

62 And ye shall be left few in number, 
whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for 
multitude; because thou wouldest not obey 
the voice of the Lord thy God. 

63 And it shall come to pass, that as the 
Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and 
to multiply } r ou ; so the Lord will rejoice 
over you to destroy you and to bring you to 
nought ; and ye shall be plucked from off the 
land whither thou goest to possess it. 

64 And the Lord shall scatter thee among 
all people from the one end of the earth even 
unto the other; and there thou shalt serve 
other gods, which neither thou nor thy fa- 
thers have known, even wood and stone. 

65 And among these nations shalt thou find 
no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have 
rest : but the Lord shall give thee there a 
trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sor- 
row of mind. 

66 And thv life shall hang in doubt before 



DEUTERONOMY. Moses exhortetk to obedience, 

of Moab, besidesthe covenant which he made 
with them in Horeb. 

2 IT And Moses called unto all Israel, and 
said unto them, Ye have seen all that the 
Lord did before your eyes in the land of 
Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his ser- 
vants, and unto all his land ; 

3 The great temptations which thine eyes 
have seen, the signs, and those great miracle* : 

4 Y^et the Lord hath not given you a heart 
to perceive, and eyes to see, and ear* to 
hear, unto this day. 

5 And I have led you forty years in the wil- 
derness: your clothes are not waxen old 
upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon 
thy loot. 

6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have 
ye drunk wine or strong drink : that ye might 
know that I am the Lord your God. 

7 And when ye came unto this place, Sihon 
the king of Heshbon^and Og the king of Ba- 
shan, came out against us unto battle, and 
we smote them : 

8 And we took their land, and gave it for 
an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to 
the Gadites, and to the half-tribe ofManasseh. 

9 Keep therefore the words of this cove- 
nant, and do them, that ye may prosper in 
all that ye do. 

10 Tf Ye stand this day all of you before the 
Lord your God ; your captains of your tribes, 
your elders, and your officers, with all the 
men of Israel, 

11 Your iittle ones, your wives, and thy 
stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer 
of thy w r ood, unto the drawer of thy water : 

12 That thou shouldest enter into covenant 
with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, 
which the Lord thy^God maketh with thee 
this day : 

13 That he may establish thee to-day for a 
people unto himself, and thai he may be unto 
thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and 
as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abra- 
ham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 

14 Neither with you only do I make this 



thee : and thou shalt fear day and night, and j covenant and this oath ; 



shalt have none assurance of thy life 
67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would 
God it were even ! and at even thou shalt 
say. Would God it were morning! for the 
fear of thy heart wherewith thou shalt fear, 
and for the sight of thine eyes which thou 
shalt see. 
63 And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt 
again with ships, by the way whereof I spake 
unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: 
nnd there ye shall be sold unto your enemies 
for bond-men and bond-women, and no man 
shall buv you. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
2 Moses exhortetk them to obedience, by the 
memory of the works they had seen. 10 Jill 
are presented before the Lord to enter into his 
covenant. 18 The great wrath on him that 
fiattereth himself in his wickedness. 29 Secret 
things belong unto God. 

fJHHESE are the words of the covenant 

I. which the Lord commanded Moses to 

make with the children of Israel in the land 



15 But with him that standeth here with us 
this day before the Lord our God, and also 
with him that is not here with us this day : 

16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the 
land of Egypt; and how we came through 
the nations which ye passed by; 

17 And ye have seen their abominations, 
and their idols, wood and stone, silver and 
gold, which were among them :) 

18 Lest there should be among you man, or 
woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart tin n- 
eth away this day from the Lord our God. 
to go a/id serve the gods of these nations ; 
lest there should be among you a root that 
beareth gall and wormwood ; 

19 And it come to pass, when he heareth 
the words of this curse, that he bless himself 
in his he ait, saying, I shall have peace, though 
I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add 
drunkenness to thirst : 

20 The Lord will not spare him, but then 
the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall 
smoke against that man, and all the curses 

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hlercg promised the repentant. CHAP. XXX, XXXI. Life and death set before them. 



that are written in this book shall lie upon 
him, and the Lord shall blot out his name 
from under heaven. 

21 And the Lord shall separate him unto 
evil out of ail the tribes of Israel according 
to all the curses of the covenant that are 
written in this book of the law : 

22 So that the generation to come of your 
children that shall rise up after you, and the 
stranger that shall come from afar land, shall 
say, when they see the plagues of that land, 
and the sicknesses which the Lord hath 
laid upon it; 

08 And tliat the whole land thereof is brim- 
stone, and salt, and burning, that it is not 
sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth 
therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and 
Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the 
Lord overthrew in his anger and in his wrath: 

24 Even all nations shall say, Wherefore 
hath the Lord done thus unto this land ? 
what meaneth the heat of this great anger ? 

25 Then men shall say, Because they have 
forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of 
their fathers, which he made with them when 
he brought them forth out of the land of 
Egypt: 

2<5 For they went and served other gods, 
and worshipped them, gods whom they knew 
not, and whom he had not given unto them : 

27 And the anger of the Lord was kindled 
against this land, to bring upon it all the 
curses that are written in this book : 

28 And the Lord rooted them out of their 
tand in anger and in wrath, and in great in- 
dignation, and cast them into another land, 
as it is this day. 

29 The secret things belong- unto the Lord 
our God : but those tilings which are reveal- 
ed belong unto us, and to our children for 
ever, that we mav do all the words of this 
law. 

CHAP. XXX. 
1 Oreat mercies promised unto the repentant. 
11 Tlie commandment is manifest. 3.5 Life 
and death are set before them. 

4 ND it shall come to pass, when all these 

A things are come upon thee, the blessing 
and the curse, which I have set before thee, 
and thou shalt call than to mind among all 
the nations whither the Lord thy God hath 
driven thee, 

2 And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, 
and shalt obey his voice according to all that 
I command thee this day, thou and thy chil- 
dren, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul ; 

3 That then the Lord thy God will turn thy 
captivity, and have compassion upon thee, 
and will return and gather thee from all the 
nations whither the Lord thy God hath scat- 
tered thee. 

4 If any of thine be driven out unto the 
utmost parts of heaven, from thence will the 
Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence 
will he fetch thee : 

5 And the Lord thy God will, bring thee 
into the land which thy fathers possessed, 
and thou shalt possess it: and he will do thee 
good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. 

6 And the Lord thy God will circumcise 



thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love 
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and 
with ail thy soul, that thou mayest live. 

7 And the Lord thy God will put all these 
curses upon thine enemies, and on them that 
hate thee, which persecuted thee. 

8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice 
of the Lord, and do all his commandments 
which I command thee this day. 

9 And the Lord thy God will make thee 
plenteous in every work of thy hand, in the 
fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, 
and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the 
Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, 
as he rejoiced over thy fathers: 

10 If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of 
the Lord thy God, to keep his command- 
ments and his statutes which are written in 
this book of the law, and if thou turn unto 
the Lord thy God with ail thy heart and 
with all thy soul. 

11 Tf For this commandment which I com- 
mand thee this day, it is not hidden from* 
thee, neither is it far off. 

12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest 
say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and 
bring it unto us, that we mav hear it, and do 
it ? 

13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou 
shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for 
us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, 
and do it ? 

14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy 
mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. 

15 *jf See, I have set before thee this day 
life and good, and death and evil ; 

16 In that I command thee this day to love 
the Lord thy God, to. walk in his ways, and 
to keep his commandments, and his statutes, 
and his judgments, that thou mayest live and 
multiply: and the Lord thy Goid shall bless 
thee in the land whither thou goest to pos- 
sess it. 

17 But if thy heart turn away, so that thou 
wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and 
worship other gods, and serve them; 

18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye 
shall surely perish, and that ye shall not 
prolong your days upon the land, whither 
thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. 

19 I call heaven and earth to record this day 
against you, that I have set before you life 
and death, blessing and cursing: therefore 
choose life, that both thou and thy seed may 
live : 

20 That thou mayest love the Lord thy 
God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, 
and that thou maye3t cleave unto him (for he 
is thy life, and the length of thy days) that 
thou mayest dwell in the land which the 
Lord swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, 
to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. 

CHAP. XXXI. 

1 Moses encourageth the people. 7 He enr.au 
rageth Joshua. 9 He delivereth the law unto 

* the priests to read it in the seventh year fa 
the people. 14 Oodgiveth a charge to Joshua 
19 and a song to testify against the people. 
24 Moses delivereth the book of the law to ths 
Levites to keep. 28 He -maketh a. protestation 
to the elders. 

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Moses encourageth the people. 

AND Moses went and spake these words 
unto all Israel. 

2 And he said unto them, I am a hundred 
and twenty years old this day; I can no more 
go out and come in : also the Lord hath said 
unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 

3 The Lord thy God, he will go over be- 
fore thee, and he will destroy these nations 
from before thee, and thou shalt possess 
them: and Joshua he shall go over before 
thoe as the Lord hath said. 

4 And the Lord shall do unto them as he 
did to Sihon, and to Og, kings of the Amo- 
rites, and unto the land of them, whom he 
destroyed. 

5 And the Lord shall give them up before 
your face, that ye may do unto them accord- 
ing unto all the commandments which I have 
commanded you. 

6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, 
nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy 
God, he it is that doth go with thee, he will 
not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 

7 1[ And Moses called unto Joshua, and 
said unto him in the, sight of all Israel, Be 
strong and of a good courage : for thou must 
go with this people unto the land which the 
Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give 
them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 

8 And the Lord, he it is that doth go be- 
fore thee; he will be with thee, he will not 
fail thee, neither forsake thee : fear not, nei- 
ther be dismayed. 

9 ^[ And Moses wrote this law, and deliver- 
ed it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which 
bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, 
and unto all the elders of Israel. 

10 And Moses commanded them, saying, 
At the end of every seven years, in the so- 
lemnity of the year of release, in the feast of 
tabernacles, 

11 When all Israel is come to appear be- 
fore the Lord thy God in the place which 
he shall choose, thou shalt read this law be- 
fore all Israel in their hearing. 

12 Gather the people together, men, and 
women, and children, and thy stranger that 
is within thy gates, that they may hear, and 
that they may learn, and fear the Lord your 
God, and observe to do all the words of* this 
law : 

13 And that their children which have not 
known anything; may hear, and learn to fear 
•he Lord your God, as long as ye live in 
the land whither ye go over Jordan to pos- 
sess it. 

14 ^J And the Lord said unto Moses, Be- 
hold, thy days approach that thou must die: 
call Joshua, and present yourselves in the 
tabernacle of the congregation, that I may 
give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua 
went and presented themselves in the taber- 
nacle of the congregation. 

15 And the Lord appeared in the taberna- 
cle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of 
the cloud stood over the door of the taber- 
nacle. 

16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, 



DEUTERONOMY. His charge to Joshua, 

the gods of the strangers of the land, whi- 
ther they go to be among them, and will for- 
sake me, and break my covenant which I 
have made with them. 

17 Then my anger shall be kindled against 
them in that day, and I will forsake them, 
and I will hide my face from them, and they 
shall be devoured, and many evils and trou- 
bles shall befall them, so that they will say 
in that day, Are not these evils come upon 
us, because our God is not among us? 

18 And I will surely hide lay face in that 
day for all the evils which they shall have 
wrought, in that they are turned unto other 
gods. 

19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, 
and teach it the children of Israel: put it in 
their mouths, that this song maybe a witness 
for me against the children of Israel. 

20 For when I shall have brought them 
into the land which I sware unto their fa- 
thers, that floweth with milk and honey; and 
they shall have eaten and filled themselves, 
and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other 
gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and 
break my covenant. 

21 And it shall come to pass, when many 
evils and troubles are befallen them, that 
this song shall testify against them as a wit- 
ness: for it shall not be forgotten out of the 
mouths of their seed : for I know their ima- 
gination which they go about, even now, be- 
fore I have brought them into the land which 
1 sware. 

22 ^1 Moses therefore wrote this song the 
same day, and taught it the children of Is- 
rael. 

23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a 
charge, and said, Be strong and of a good 
courage: for thou shalt bring the children of 
Israel into the land which I sware unto them : 
and I will be with thee. 

24 ^1 And it came to pass, when Moses had 
made an end of writing the words of this law 
in a book, until they were finished, 

25 That Moses xommanded the Levites 
which bare the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord, saying, 

26 Take this book of the law, and put it in 
the side of the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord your God, that it may be there for a 
witness against thee. 

27 For 1 know thy rebellion, and thy stiff' 
neck : behold, while I am yet alive with you 
this day, ye have been rebellious against the 
Lord ; and how much more after my death ? 

28 Gather unto me all the elders of your 
tribes, and your officers, that I may speak 
these words in their ears, and call heaven 
and earth to record against them. 

29 For I know that after my death ye will 
utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside 
from the way which I have commanded you ; 
and evil will befall you in the latter days ; 
because ye will do evil in the sight of the 
Lord, to provoke him to anger through the 
work of your hands. 

30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the 



thou shalt sleep with thy fadiers, and this congregation of Israel the words of this song 
people will rise up, and go a whoring after I until tliev were ended. 

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Moses song of God's 

CHAP. XXXII. 

J Muses' 1 song, which settcth forth God's mercy 
and vengeance. 46 He exhorteth them to set 
their hearts upon it. 48 God sendeth him up 
to mount Nebo, to see the land, and die. 

(~*i I VE ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak: 
X and hear, O earth, the words of my 
mouth. 

2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my 
speech shall distil as the dew, as the small 
rain upon the lender herb, and as the show- 
ers upon the grass : 

3 Because I will publish the name of the 
Lord : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 

4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for 
all his ways are judgment: a God of truth 
and without iniquity, just and right is he. 

5 They have corrupted themselves, their 
spot is not the spot of his children: they are 
a perverse and crooked generation. 

6 Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish 
people and unwise ? is not he thy father that 
hath bought thee ? hath he not made thee, 
and established thee ? 

7 II Remember the days of old, consider 
the years of many generations : ask thy fa- 
ther, and he will shew thee ; thy elders, and 
they will tell thee. 

8 When the Most High divided to the na- 
tions their inheritance, when he separated 
the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the 
people according to the number of the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

9 For the Lord's portion is his people; 
Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 

10 He found him in a desert land, and in 
the waste howling wilderness; he led him 
about, he instructed him, he kept him as the 
apple of his eye. 

11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, flutter- 
eth over her young, spreadeth abroad her 
wings, taketh them, beareth them on her 
wings ; 

12 So the Lord alone did lead him, and 
there was no strange god with him. 

13 He made him ride on the high places of 
the earth, that he might eat the increase of 
the fields; and he made him to suck honey 
out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock ; 

14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with 
fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Ba- 
shan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of 
wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood 
of the grape. 

15 TI But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked : 
thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, 
thou art covered with fatness ; then he for- 
sook God which made him, and lightly es- 
teemed the Rock of his salvation. 

16 They provoked him to jealousy with 
strange gods, with abominations provoked 
they him to anger. 

17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; 
to gods whom they knew not, to new gods' 
that came newly up, whom your fathers 
feared not. 

18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art 
unmindful, and hast forgotten God that form- 
ed thee. 

19 And when the Lord saw it he abhorred 



CHAP. XXXII. mercy and judgment 

them, because of the provoking of his sons, 
and of his daughters. 

20 And he said, I will hide my face from 
them, I will see what their end shall he : for 
they are a very froward generation, children 
in whom is no faith. 

21 They have moved me to jealousy with 
that which is not God ; they have provoked 
me to anger with their vanities : and I will 
move them to jealousy with those which are 
not a people ; I will provoke them to anger 
with a foolish nation. 

22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and 
shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall 
consume the earth with her increase, and 
set on fire the foundations of the mountains, 

23 I will heap mischiefs upon them ; I will 
spend mine arrows upon them. 

24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and 
devoured with burning heat, and with bitter 
destruction : I will also send the teeth of 
beasts upon them, with the poison of ser- 
pents of the dust. 

25 The sword without, and terror within, 
shall destroy both the young man and the 
virgin, the suckling also with the man of 
gray hairs. 

26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, 
I would make the remembrance of them to 
cease from among men ; 

27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of 
the enemy, lest their adversaries should be- 
have themselves strangely, and lest they 
should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord 
hath not done all this. 

28 For they are a nation void of counsel, 
neither is there any understanding in them. 

29 Oh that they were wise, that they un- 
derstood this, that they would consider their 
latter end ! 

30 How should one chase a thousand, and 
two put ten thousand to flight, except their 
Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut 
tli em up ? 

31 For their rock is not as our Rock, evea 
our enemies themselves being judges : 

32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, 
and of the fields of Gomorrah : their grapes 
are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter : 

33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, 
and the cruel venom of asps. 

34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and 
sealed up among my treasures ? 

35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recom- 
pence ; their foot shall slide in due time : for 
the day of their calamity is at hand, and the 
things that shall come upon them make 
haste. 

36 For the Lord shall judge his people, 
and repent himself for his servants ; when 
he seeth that their power is gone, and there 
is none shut up, or left. 

37 And he shall say, Where are their gods? 
their rock in whom they trusted, 

38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, 
and drank the wine of their drink-offerings ; 
let them rise up and help you, and be your 
protection. 

39 See now that I, even I am he, and there 
is no god with me : I kill, and I make alive, 

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Moses ordered to Nebo to die. DEUTERONOMY, 

1 wound, and I heal: neither is there any 
that can deliver out of my hand. 

40 For i lift up my hand to heaven, and 
say, I live for ever. 

41 If I whet my glittering sword, and my 
hand take hold on judgment; I will render 
vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward 
them that hate me. 

42 I will make mine arrows drunk with 
blood, and my sword shall devour flesh ; arid 
that with the blood of the slain and of the 
captives from the beginning of revenges upon 
the enemy. 

43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people : 
for he will avenge the blood of his servants, 
and will render vengeance to his adversaries, 
and will be merciful unto his land, and to his 
people. 

44 ^f And Moses came and spake all the 
words of this song in the ears of the people, 
he and Hoshea the son of Nun. 

45 And Moses made an end of speaking all 
these v^ords to all Israel : 

46 Ana he said unto them, Set your hearts 
unto all the words which I testify among you 
this day, which ye shall command your chil- 
dren to observe to do, all the words of this 
law. 

47 For it is not a vain thing for you : be- 
cause it is your life ; and through this thing 
ye shall prolong your days in the land whither 
ye go over Jordan to possess it. 

48 And the Lord spake unto Moses that 
self-same day, saying, 

49 Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, 
unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of 
Moab, that is over against Jericho ; and be- 
hold the land of Canaan which I give unto 
the children of Israel for a possession : 

50 And die in the mount whither thou goest 
up, and be gathered unto thy people; as 
Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and 
was gathered unto his people : 

51 Because ye trespassed against me among 
the children of Israel at the waters of Meri- 
hah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; be- 
cause ye sanctified me not in the midst of the 
children of Israel. 

52 Yet thou shalt see the land before thee, 
but thou shalt not go thither unto the land 
which I give the children of Israel. 

CHAP. XXXIII. 

I The majesty of God. 6 The blessings of the 

twelve tribes. 26 The excellency of Israel. 

AND this is the blessing wherewith Mo- 
ses the man of God blessed the chil- 
dren of Israel before his death. 

2 And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, 
and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined 
forth from mount Paran, and he came with 
ten thousands of saints: from his right hand 
went a fiery law for them. 

3 Yea, he loved the people ; all his saints 
are in thy hand : and they sat down at thy 
feet; every one shall receive of thy words. 

4 Moses commanded us a law ; even the 
inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. 

5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the 
heads of the people and the tribes of Israel 
were gathered together. 



The twelve tribes blessed. 

6 Tf Let Reuben live, and not die; and let 
not his men be few. 

7 f\ And this is the blessing of Judah : and 
he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and 
bring him unto his people : let his hands be 
sufficient for him, and be thou a help to hiyn 
from his enemies. 

8 T[ And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim 
and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom 
thou didst prove at Massah, and tvith Whom 
thou didst strive at the waters of Merihah ; 

9 Who said unto his father and to his mo- 
ther, I have not seen him, neither did he 
acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own 
children : for they have observed thy word, 
and kept thy covenant. 

10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, 
and Israel thy law ; they shall put incense 
before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon 
thine altar. 

11 Bless, Lord, his substance, and accept 
the work of his hands: smite through the 
loins of them that rise against him, and oi 
them that hate'him, that they rise notagai 

12 % And' of Benjamin he said, The be- 
loved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by 
him ; and the LORD shall cover him all the 
day long, and he shall dwell between his 
shoulders. 

13 If And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the 
Lord be his land, for the precious things of 
heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that 
coucheth beneath, 

14 And for the precious fruits brought forth 
by the sun, and for the precious things put 
forth by the moon, 

15 And for the chief things of the ancient 
mountains, and for the precious things of the 
lasting hills, 

16 And for the precious things of the earth 
and fulness theieof, and for the good will of 
him that dwelt in the bush : let the blessing 
come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the 
top of the head of him that was separated 
from his brethren. 

17 His glory is dike the firstling of his bul- 
lock, and his horns are like the horns of 
unicorns: with them he shall push the peo- 

n?p tncrpthpr in thp pnda nf thp purth • nnrJ 






pie together to the ends of the earth: and 
they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and 
they are the thousands of Manasseh. 

18 1f And of Zebuiun he said, Rejoice v 
Zebulun, in thy going out; and Issachar, in 
thy tents. 

19 They shall call the people unto the 
mountain ; there they shall offer sacrifices of 
righteousness: for they shall suck of the 
abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid 
in the sand. 

20 If And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that 
enlargeth Gad : he dweileth as a lion, and 
teareth the arm with the crown of the head. 

21 And he provided the first part for him- 
self, because there, in a portion of the law- 
giver, was he seated : and he came with the 
heads of the people, he executed the justice 
of the Lord, and his judgments with Israel. 

22 If And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's 
whelp : he shall leap from Bashan. 

23 1f And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, 
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Moses vieic:> the land CHAP. 

satisfied with favour, and full with the bless- 
ing of the Lord, possess thou the west aud 
the south. 

24 % And of Asher he said, Let Asher be 
blessed with children; let him be acceptable 
m his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. 

25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass ; and 
a< thy days, so shall thy strength be. 

26 If There is none like unto the God of 
Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy 
help, and in his excellency on the sky. 

27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and un- 
derneath are the everlasting arms: and he 
shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; 
and shall say, Destroy them. 

28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone ; 
the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land 
of corn and wine, also his heavens shall drop 
down dew. 

2U Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like 
unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the 
shield of thy help, and who is the sword of 
ihv excellency! and thine enemies shall be 
found bars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread 
uj>on their high places. 

CHAP. XXXIV. 
1 Moses from mount J\"cbo vieweih the land. 5 
He dieth there. 6 His burial. 1 His age. 8 
Thirty days' mourning for him. 9 Joshua suc- 
r.ccdetk him. 10 The praise of Moses. 
A NI) Moses went up from the plains of 
J.jL Moab, unto the mountain of Nebo, to 
the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jeri- 
cho: and the Lord shewed him all the land 
o( Gilead, unto Dan, 

2 And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, 
and Mauasseh, and all the land of Judah, 
unto the utmost sea, 



XXXIV. from Pisgah, and dies. 

3 And the south, and the plain of the val- 
ley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, unto 
Zoar. 

4 And the Lord said unto him, This is the 
land which I sware unto Abraham, unto 
Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it 
unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it 
with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over 
thither. 

5 % So Moses the servant of the Lord died 
there in the land of Moab, according to the 
word of the Lord. 

6 ^1 And he buried him in a valley in the 
land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but 
no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this 
day. 

7 % And Moses was a hundred and twenty 
years old when he died : his eye was not dim, 
nor his natural force abated. 

8 % And the children of Israel wept for Mo- 
ses in the plains of Moab thirty days : so the 
days of weeping and mourning for Moses 
were ended. 

9 ^[ And Joshua the son of Nun was full of 
the spirit of wisdom ; for Moses had laid his 
hands upon him : and the children of Israel 
hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

10 1f And there arose not a prophet since 
in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord 
knew face to face, 

11 In all the signs and the wonders which the 
Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to 
Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all 
his land ; 

12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all 
the great terror which Moses shewed in the 
sight of all Israel. 



CHAP. I. 



U The Book 



l The Lord appoi?iteth Joshua to succeed Mo- 
ses. 3 The borders of the promised land. 5, 9 
God promiseth to assist Joshua. 8 He givcth 
him instructions. 10 He prepareth the people 
to pass over Jordan. 12 Joshua putteth the two 
tribes and half in mind of their promise to 
Moses. 16 They promise him fealty. 

NOW after the death of Moses, the ser- 
vant of the Lord, it came to pass, that 
the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, 
Moses' minister, saying, 

2 Moses my servant is dead; now therefore 
arise, go over this Jordan, thou and all this 
people, unto the land which I do give to 
them, even to the children of Israel. ' 

3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall 
tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I 
said unto Moses. 

4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon 
even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, 
all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great 
sea toward the going down of the sun, shall 
be your coast. 

5 There shall not any man be able to stand 
before thee all the days of thy life : as I was 
with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will 
not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 

6 Be strong and of a good courage : for unto 
this people shalt thou divide for an inheri- 



of JOSHUA. 
tance the land which I sware unto their fa- 
thers to give them. 

7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, 
that thou mayest observe to do according to 
all the law which Moses my servant com- 
manded thee : turn not from it to the right 
hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper 
whithersoever thou goest. 

8 This book of the law shall not depart out 
of thy mouth ; but thou shalt meditate there- 
in day and night, that thou mayest observe 
to do according to all that is written therein: 
for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, 
and then thou shalt have good success. 

9 Have not I commanded thee ? Be strong 
and of a good courage ; be not afraid, nei- 
ther be thou dismayed : for the Lord thy 
God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. 

10 % Then Joshua commanded the officers 
of the people, saying, 

11 Pass through the host and command the 
people, saying, Prepare you victuals; foi 
within three days ye shall pass over this 
Jordan, to go in to possess the land which 
the Lord your Godgiveth you to possess it. 

12 H And to the Reubenites, and to the 
Gadites, and to half the tribe of Mauasseh, 
spake Joshua, saying, 

13 Remember the word which Moses the 
servant of the Lord commanded you, say- 

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Rahab concealeth the spies. 

ing, The Lord your God hath given you rest, 

and hath given you this land. 

14 Your wives, your little ones, and your 
cattle shall remain in the land which Moses 
gave you on this side Jordan ; but ye shall 
pass before your brethren armed, all the 
mighty men of valour, and help them ; 

15 Until the Lord have given your bre- 
thren rest, as he hath given you, and they 
also have possessed the land which the Lord 
your God giveth them : then ye shall return 
unto the land of your possession, and enjoy 
it, which Moses the Lord's servant gave you 
on this side Jordan toward the sun-rising. 

16 H And they answered Joshua saying, All 
that thou commandest us, we will do, and 
whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. 

17 According as we hearkened unto Moses 
in all things, so will we hearken unto thee : 
only the Lord thy God be with thee, as*he 
was with Moses. 

18 Whosoever he he that doth rebel against 
thy commandment, and will not hearken 
unto thy words in all that thou commandest 
him, he shall be put to death : only be strong 
and of a good courage. 

CHAP. II. 

1 Rahab receiveth and concealeth the two spies 
sent from Shittim. 8 The covenant between 
her and them. 23 Their return and relation. 

AND Joshua the son of Nun sent out of 
Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, 
Go view the land, even Jericho. And they 
went, and came into a harlot's house, named 
Rahab, and lodged there. 

2 And it was told the king of Jericho, say- 
ing, Behold, there came men in hither to- 
night of the children of Israel, to search out 
the country. 

3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, 
saying, Bring forth the men that are come 
to thee, which are entered into thy house : 
for they be come to search out all the country. 

4 And the woman took the two men, and 
hid them, and said thus, There came men 
unto me, but I wist not whence they tvere : 

5 And it came to pass about the time of 
shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that 
the men went out : whither the men went, I 
wot not : pursue after them quickly ; for ye 
shall overtake them. 

6 But she had brought them up to the roof 
of the house, and hid them with the stalks of 
flax, which she had laid in order upon the 
roof. 

7 And the men pursued after them the way 
to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as 
they which pursued after them were gone 
out, they shut the gate. 

8 H And before they were lain down, she 
came up unto them upon the roof: 

9 And she said unto the men, 1 know that 
the Lord hath given you the land, and that 
your terror is fallen upon us, and that all 
the inhabitants of the land faint because of 
you. 

10 For we have heard how the Lord dried 
up the water of the Red sea for you, when 
ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto 
the two kings ottne Amorites that were on 



JOSHUA. Their covenant with her, 

the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom 
ye utterly destroyed. 

11 And as soon as we had heard these 
things, our hearts did melt, neither did there 
remain any more courage in any man, be- 
cause of you : for the Lord your God, he is 
God in heaven above, and in" earth beneath. 

12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto 
me by the Lord, since I have shewed you 
kindness, that ye will also shew kindness 
unto my father's house, and give me a true 
token : 

13 And that ye will save alive my father, 
and my mother, and my brethren, and my 
sisters, and all that they have, and deliver 
our lives from death. 

14 And the men answered her, Our life for 
yours, if ye utter not this our business. And 
it shall be, when the Lord hath given us the 
land, that we will deal kindly and truly with 
thee. 

15 Then she let them down by a cord 
through the window: for her house ?cas 
upon the town-wall, and she dwelt upon the 
wall. 

16 And she said unto them, Get you to the 
mountain, lest the pursuers meet you* and 
hide yourselves there three days, until the 
pursuers be returned : and afterward may ye 
go your way. 

17 And the men said unto her, We will be 
blameless of this thine oath which thou hast 
made us swear. 

18 Behold, when we come into the land, 
thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in 
the window which thou didst let us down by : 
and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy 
mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's 
household home unto thee. 

19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go 
out of the doors of thy house into the street, 
his blood shall be upon his head, and we 
will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be 
with thee in the house, his blood shall be on 
our head, if any hand be upon him. 

20 And if thou utter this our business, then 
we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast 
made us to swear. 

21 And she said, According unto your words, 
so be it. And she sent them away, and they 
dep&rted: and she bound the scarlet line in 
the window. 

22 And they went, and came unto the moun- 
tain, and abode there three days, until the 
pursuers were returned : and the pursuers 
sought them throughout all the way, but found 
them not. 

23 1[ So the two men returned, and de- 
scended from the mountain, and passed over, 
and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told 
him all things that befel them : 

24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the 
Lord hath delivered into our hands all the 
land; for even all the inhabitants of the 
country do faint because of us. 

CHAP. III. 

1 Joshua cometh to Jordan. 2 The officers instruct 

the people for the passage. 7 The Lord en- 

courageth Joshua. 9 Joshua encourageth the 

people. 14 The waters of Jordan are divided. 

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Joshua cometh to Jordan. 

AND Joshua rose early in the morning ; 
and they removed from Shittim, and 
came to Jordan, he and aU the children of 
Israel, and lodged there before they passed 



2 And it came to pass after three days, that 
the officers went through the host; 

3 And diey commanded the people, saying, 
When ye see the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord your God, and the priests the Levites 
hearing it, then ye shall remove from your 
place, and go after it. 

4 Yet there shall be a space between you 
and it, about two thousand cubits by mea- 
sure: come not near unto it T that ye may 
know the way by which ye must go ; for ye 
have not passed this way heretofore. 

5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify 
yourselves : for to-morrow the Lord will do 
wonders among you. 

6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, say- 
ing, Take up the ark of the covenant, and 
pass over before the people. And they took 
up the ark of the covenant, and went before 
the people. 

7 1f And the Lord said unto Joshua, This 
day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight 
of all Israel, that they mav know that as I 
was with Moses, so I will Tbe with thee. 

8 And thou shah command the priests that 
bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When 
ye are come to the brink of the water of 
Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. 

9 ^[ And Joshua said unto the children of 
Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of 
the Lord your God. 

10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know 
that the living God is among you, and that 
lie will without fail drive out from before you 
the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hi- 
vites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgash- 
ites, and the Amorites, and die Jebusites. 

11 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord of all the earth passeth over before 
you into Jordan. 

" 12 Now therefore take you twelve men out 
of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. 

13 And it shall come to pass, as soon ae the 
soles of the feet of the priests that bear the 
ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, 
shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the 
waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the 
waters that come down from above ; and they 
shall stand upon a heap. 

14 H And it came to pass, when the people 
removed from their tents to pass over Jordan, 
and the priests bearing the ark of the cove- 
nant before the people ; 

15 And as they that bare the ark were come 
unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that 
bare the ark were dipped in the brim of die 
water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks 
ail the time of harvest,) 

16 That the waters which came down from 
above stood and rose up upon a heap very far 
from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan ; 
and those that came down toward the sea of 
the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and we're 
cut off: and the people passed over right 
against Jericho. 

8 H 



CHAP. Ill, IV. T?ie people pass over 

17 And the priests that bare the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground 
in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites 
passed over on dry ground, until all the peo- 
ple were passed clean over Jordan. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stones 
for a memorial out of Jordan. 9 Twelve other 
stones are set up in the midst of Jordan. 10, 
19 The people pass over. 14 God magnifitth. 
Joshua. 20 The twelve stones are pitched tn 
Gilgal. 



AND it came to pass, when all the peo- 
ple were clean passed over Jordan, that 
the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, 

2 Take you twelve men out of the people, 
out of every tribe a man, 

3 And command ye them, saying, Take you 
hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the 
place where die priests' feet stood firm, twelve 
stones, and ye shall carry them over with 
you, and leave them in the lodging-place- 
where ye shall lodge diis night. 

4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom 
he had prepared of the children of Israel, 
out of every tribe a man : 

5 And Josliua said unto them, Pass over be- 
fore the arK of the Lord your God into the 
midst of Jordan, and take you up every man 
of you a stone upon his shoulder, according 
unto the number of the tribes of die children 
of Israel : 

6 That this may be a sign among you, that 
when your children ask their fathers in time 
to come, saying, What mean ye by these 
stones ? 

7 Then ye shall answer diem, That the wa- 
ters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of 
the covenant of the Lord ; when it passed 
over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut 
off: and these stones shall be for a memorial 
unto the children of Israel for ever. 

8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua 
commanded, and took up twelve stones out 
of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake 
unto Joshua, according to the number of the 
tribes of the children of Israel, and carried 
them over with them unto the place where 
they lodged, and laid diem down diere. 

9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in die 
midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet 
of the priests which bare the ark of the cove- 
nant stood : and they are there unto this day. 

10 If For the priests which bare the ark 
stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing 
was finished that the Lord commanded Jo- 
shua to speak unto the people, according to 
all that Moses commanded Joshua : and die 
people hasted and passed over. 

11 And it came to pass, when all the peo- 
ple were clean passed over, diat the afik of 
the Lord passed over, and the priests in the 
presence of the people. 

12 And the children of Reuben, and the chil- 
dren of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh. 
passed over armed before the children of 
Israel, as Moses spake unto them : 

13 About forty thousand prepared for war, 
passed over before the Lord unto battle, to 
the plains of Jericho. 

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Tlie twelve stones pitched in Gil gal. JOSHUA, 
14 1[ On that day the Lord magnified Jo- 
ehua hi the sight of all Israel, and they feared 
Itim as they teared Moses, ail the days of his 
life. 

15" And the Lord spake unto Joshua, say- 
ing, 

16 Command the priests that bear the ark 
of the testimony, that they come up out of 
Jordan. 

17 Joshua therefore commanded the priests, 
saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. 

13 And it came to pass, when the priests 
that bare the ark of the covenantofthe Lord 
were come up out of the midst of Jordan, 
and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted 
up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jor- 
dan returned unto their place, and flowed 
over all his banks, as they did before. 

19 H And the people came up out of Jordan 
on the tenth day of tiie first month, and en- 
camped in Gilgal, in the east border of Je- 
richo. 

20 If And those twelve stones which they 
took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 

21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, 
saying, When your children shall ask their 
fathers in time to come, saying, What mean 
these stones? 

22 Then ye shall let your children know, 
saving, Israel came over this Jordan on dry 
hind. 

23 For the Lord your God dried up the 
waters of Jordan from before you, until ye 
were parsed over, as the Lord your God did 
to the Red sea, which he dried up from be- 
fore us, until we were gone over: 

24 That all the people of the earth might 
know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty : 
that ye might fear the Lord your God for 
ever. 

CHAP. V. 
1 TJie Canaanites are afraid. 2 Joshua renew eth 
circumcision. 30 The passoveris kept at Gil- 
gal. 12 Manna ceascth. 13 An Angel appear- 
cth to Joshua. 

AND it came to pass, when all the kings 
of the Amorites which were on the side 
of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the 
Canaanites which were by the sea, heard 
i hat the Lord had dried up the waters of 
Jordan from before the children of Israel, 
until we were passed over, that their heart 
melted; neither was there spirit in them any 
ni»>re, because of the children of Israel. 
2 1f At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, 
Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again 
the children of Israel the second time. 

3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and 
circumcised the children of Israel at the hill 
of the foreskins. 

4 And this is the cause why Joshua dicretr- 
eumcise : All the people that came out of 
Egypt, that were males, even all the men of 
war died in the wilderness by the way, after 
they came out of Egypt. 

5 Now all the people that came out were 
circumcised; but all the people that were 
born in the wilderness by the way as they 
came forth out of j£gypt, them they had not 
circumcised. 



An angel appeareth to Joshua, 

6 For the children of Israel walked forty 
years in the wilderness, till all the people that 
were men of war which came out of Egypt 
were consumed, because they obeyed not the 
voice of the Lord : unto whom the Lord 
s ware that he would not shew them the land 
which the Lord sware unto their fathers 
that he would give us, a land that floweth 
with milk and honey. 

7 And their children, whom he raised up in 
their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for 
they were uncircumcised, because they had 
not circumcised them by the way. 

8 And it came to pass when they had done 
circumcising all the people, that they abode 
in their places in the camp, till they were 
whole. 

9 And the Lord said unto Joshua, This d?rr 
have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt 
from off you : Wherefore the name of the 
place is called Gilgal unto this day. 

10 If And the children of Israel encamped 
in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the four 
teenth day of the month at even, in the plains 
of Jericho. 

11 And they did eat of the old corn of the 
land on the morrow after the passover, un- 
leavened cakes and parched earn in the self- 
same day. 

12 If And the manna ceased on the morrow 
after they had eaten of the old com of the 
land; neither had the children of Israel 
manna any more ; but they did eat of the 
fruit of the land of Canaan that year. 

13 1f And it came to pass when Joshua was 
by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and 
looked, and behold, there stood a man over 
against him with his sword drawn in his 
hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said 
unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adver- 
saries ? 

14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the 
host of the Lord am I now come. And 
Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did 
worship, and said unto him, What saith my 
lord unto his servant ? 

15 And the captain of the Lord's host said 
unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot, 
for the place whereon thou standest is holy : 
and Joshua did so. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 Jericho is shut up. 2 God instructeth Joshua 
hoio to besiege it. 11 The city is compassed. 
17 It must be accursed. 20 The walls fall 
dozen. 22Rahab is saved. 26 The builder of 
Jericho is cursed. 

NOW Jericho was straitly shut up, because* 
of the children of Israel : none went 
out, and none came in. 

2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I 
have given into thy hand Jericho, and the 
king thereof, and the mighty men of valour. 

3 And ye shall compass the city, all ye men 
of war, and go round about the city once: 
thus shalt thou do six days. 

4 And seven priests shall bear before the 
ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the 
seventh day ye shall compass the city seven 
times, and "the priests shall blow with the 
trumpets. 

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Jericho is besieged. 

5 And it shall come to pass, that when they 
make a long Mast with the ram's horn, and 
when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all 
the people shall shout with a great shout : 
and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, 
and the people shall ascend up every man 
straight before him. 

6 *f[ And Joshua the son of Nun called the 
priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark 
of the covenant, and let seven priests bear 
seven trumpets of rams' iiorns before the ark 
of the Lord. 

7 And he said unto the people, Pass on, and 
compass the city, and let him that is armed 
pass on before the ark of the Lord. 

3 5f And it came to pass, when Joshua had 
spoken unto the people, that the seven priests 
bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns 
passed on before the Lord, and blew with 
the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant 
of the Lord followed them. 

9 ^[ And the armed men went before the 
priests that blew with the trumpets, and the 
rere-ward came after the ark, the priests 
goin<£ on, and blowing with the trumpets. 

10 And Joshua had commanded the people, 
saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any 
noise with your voice, neither shall any word 

Croceed out of your mouth, until the day I 
id you shout, then shall ye shout. 

11 So the ark of the Lord compassed the 
city, going about it once : and they came 
into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 

12 ^[ And Joshua rose early in the morn- 
ing, and the priests took up the ark of the 
Lord. 

13 And seven priests bearing seven trum- 
pets of rams' horns before the ark of the 
Lord went on continually, and blew with 
the trumpets: and the armed men went be- 
fore them; but the rere-ward came after the 
ark of the Lord, the priests going on, and 
blowing with the trumpets. 

14 And the second day they compassed the 
city once, and returned into the camp. So 
they did six days. 

15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, 
that they rose early about the dawning of tlie 
day, and compassed the city after the same 
manner seven times : only on that day they 
compassed the city seven times. 

16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, 
when the priests blew with the trumpets, 
Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the 
Lord hath given you the city. 

17 H And the city shall be accursed, even it, 
and all that arc therein, to the Lord : only 
Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that 
are with her in the house, because she hid 
the messengers that we sent. 

18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves 
from the accursed thing, lest ye make your- 
selves accursed, when ye take of the accur- 
sed thing, and make the camp of Israel a 
curse, and trouble it. 

19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels 
of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the 
Lord: they shall come into the treasury of 
the Lord. 

20 So the people shouted when {he priests 



CHAP. VII. Rahab is saved. 

blew with the trumpets : and it came to pass, 
when the people heard the sound of the 
trumpet, and the people shouted with a great 
shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that 
the people went up into the city, every man 
straight before him, and they took the city. 

21 And they utterly destroyed all that was 
in the city, both man and woman, young and 
old, and "ox, and sheep, and ass, with the 
ec\^e of the sword. 

22 But Joshua had said unto the two men 
that had spied out the country, Go into the 
harlot's house, and bring out thence the wo- 
man, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto 
her. 

23 And the young men that were spies 
went in, and brought out Rahab, and her 
father, and her mother, and her brethren, 
and all that she had ; and they brought out 
all her kindred, and left them without the 
camp of Israel. 

24 And they burnt the city with fire, andi 
all that was therein : only the silver, and the 
gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, 
they put into the treasury of the house of the 
Lord. 

25 And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot 
alive, and her father's household, and all 
that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel 
even unto this day; because she hid the 
messengers which Joshua sent to spy but Je- 
richo. 

26 % And Joshua adjured them at that time, 
saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, 
that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho : 
he shall lay the foundation thereof in his first- 
born, and in his youngest son shall he set up 
the gates of it. 

27 So the Lord was with Joshua ; and his 
fame was noised throughout all the country. 

CHAP. VII. 
5 The Israelites are smitten at Ai. § Joshua's 
complaint. 10 God instructeth him what to do. 
lGAchan is taken by the lot. 19 His confes- 
sion. 22 /7e and all he had are destroyed in 
the valley of Jichor. 

BUT the children of Israel committed a 
trespass in the accursed thing : for 
Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, 
the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took 
of the accursed thing : and the anger of the 
Lord was kindled against the children of 
Israel. 

2 And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, 
which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side 
of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go 
up and view the country. And the men 
went up and viewed Ai. 

3 And they returned to Joshua, and said 
unto him, Let not all >he people go up, but 
let about two or three thousand men go up 
and smite Ai : and make not all the people 
to labour thither; for they are but few. 

4 So there went up thither of the people 
about three thousand men : and they fled be- 
fore the men of Ai. 

5 And the men of Ai smote of them about 
thirty and six men : for they chased them 
from before the gate even unto Shebarim 
and smote- them in the going down : where, 

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God instructeth Joshua. JOSHUA. 

fore the hearts of the people melted, and be- 
came as water. 

6 U And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell 
to tlie earth upon his face before the ark of 
i lie Lord until the even-tide, he and the el- 
ders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 

7 And Joshua said, Alas! O Lord God, 
wherefore hast thou at all brought this peo- 
ple over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand 
of the Amorites, to destroy us ? would to God 
we had been content, and dwelt on the 
other side Jordan ! 

8 O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel 
turncth their backs before their enemies! 

9 For the Canaanites, and all the inhabi- 
tants of the land shall hear of it, and shall 
environ us round, and cut off our name from 
the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy 
great name? 

10 If And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get 
thee up ; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy 
face? 

11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also 
transgressed my covenant which I command- 
ed them : for they have even taken of the 
accursed thing, and have also stolen, and 
dissembled also, and they have put it even 
among their own stuff. 

12 Therefore the children of Israel could 
not stand before their enemies, but turned 
their backs before their enemies, because 
they were accursed: neither will I be with 
you any more, except ye destroy the accur- 
sed from among you. 

13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanc- 
tify yourselves against to-morrow : for thus 
saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an 
accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel : 
thou canst not stand before thine enemies, 
until ye take away the accursed thing from 
among you. 

. 14 In the morning therefore ye shall be 
brought according to your tribes: and it 
shall be, that the tribe which the Lord 
taketh shall come according to the families 
thereof; and the family which the Lord 
shall take shall come by households; and 
the household which the Lord shall take 
shall come man by man. 

15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with 
tlie accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, 
he and all that he hath : because he hath 
transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and 
because he hath wrought folly in Israel. 

16 H So Joshua rose up early in the morn- 
ing, and brought Israel by their tribes; and 
the tribe of Judah was taken : 

17 And he brought the family of Judah ; 
and he took the family of the Zarhites: and 
lie brought the family of the Zarhites man by 
man ; and Zabdi was taken : 

13 And he brought his household man by 
man ; and Achan the son of Carmi, the son 
of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of 
Judah, was taken. 

19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My sop, 
give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of 
Israel, and make confession unto him ; and 



Achan is stoned. 

20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said, 
Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God 
of Israel, and thus and thus have I done. 

21 When I saw among the spoils a goodly 
Babylonish garment, and two hundred she- 
kels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty 
shekels weight, then I coveted them, and 
took them, and behold, they are hid in the 
earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver 
under it. 

22 IT So Joshua sent messengers, and they 
ran unto the tent, and behold, it was hid in 
his tent, and the silver under it. j 

23 And they took them out of the midst of 
the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and 
unto all the children of Israel, and laid them 
out before the Lord. 

24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, 
took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, 
and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and 
his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, 
and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, 
and all that he had : and they brought them 
unto the valley of Achor. 

25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou trou- 
bled us?, the Lord shall trouble thee this 
day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, 
and burned them with fire, after they had 
stoned them with stones. 

26 And they raised over him a great heap 
of stones unto this day. So the Lord turn- 
ed from the fierceness of his anger: where- 
fore the name of that place was called, The 
valley of Achor, unto this day. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 God encourageth Joshua. 3 The stratagem 
whereby ~3i was taken. 2977Je king thereof is 
hanged. 30 Joshua buildeth an altar, 32 wrt- 
teth the law on stones, 3i prop oundeth bless- 
ings and cursings. 

AND the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear 
not, neither be thou dismayed :. take all 
the people of war with thee, and arise, go 
up to Ai : see, I have given into thy hand 
the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, 
and his land : 

2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king 
thou didst unto Jericho and her king : only 
the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall 
ye take for a prey unto yourselves : lay thee 
an ambush for the city behind it. 

3 ^ So Joshua arose, and all the people of 
war, to go up against Ai : and Joshua chose 
out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, 
and sent them away by night. 

4 And he commanded them, saying, Be- 
hold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even 
behind the city : go not very far from the city, 
but be ye all ready : 

5 And* I, and all the people that, are with 
me, will approach unto the city: and it shall 
come to pass when they come out against us, 
as at the first, that we will flee before them, 

6 (For they will come out after us) till we 
have drawn them from the city; for they will 
say, They flee before us, as at the first: 
therefore we will flee before them. 

7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, 



tell me now what thou hast done, hide it not and seize upon the city : for the Lord your 
from me. ' God will deliver it into vour hand, 

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Ai taken by stratagem, 



CHAP. IX. 



and destroyed. 



8 And it shall be when ye have taken the 
city, that ye shall set the city on fire: ac- 
cording to the commandment of the Lord 
shall ve do. See, I have commanded you. 

9 II Joshua therefore sent them forth ; and 
they went to lie in ambush, and abode be- 
tween Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of 
Ai : but Joshua lodged that night among the 
people. 

10 And Joshua rose up early in the morn- 
ing, and numbered the people, and went up, 
he and the elders of Israel, before the peo- 
ple to Ai. 

> 11 And all the people, even the people of 
Avar that were with him, went up, and drew 
nigh, and came before the city, and pitched 
on the north side of Ai : now there was a val- 
ley between them and Ai. 

12 And he took about five thousand men, 
and set them to lie in ambush between Beth- 
el and Ai, on the west side of the city. 

13 And when they had set the people, even 
all the host that was on the north oi the city, 
and their liers in wait on the west of the city, 
Joshua went that night into the midst of the 
valley. 

14 If And it came to pass when the king of 
Ai siwv it, that they hasted and rose up early, 
and the men of the city went out against Is- 
rael to battle, he and all his people, at a time 
appointed, before the plain : but he wist not 
that there were liers in ambush against him 
behind the city. 

15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if 
they were beaten before them, and fled by 
the way of the wilderness. 

16 And all the people that were'm Ai were 
called together to pursue after them: and 
they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn 
away from the city. 

17 And there was not a man left in Ai,or Beth- 
el, that went not out after Israel: and they left 
the city open, and pursued after Israel. 

18 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch 
out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai ; 
for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua 
stretched out the spear that he had in his 
hand towaixl the city. 

19 And the ambush arose quickly out of 
their place, and they ran as soon as he had 
stretched out his hand: and they entered 
into the city, and took it, and hasted, and set 
the city on fire. 

20 And when the men of Ai looked behind 
them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of 
the city ascended up to heaven, and they had 
no power to flee this way or that way : and 
the people that fled to the wilderness turned 
back upon the pursuers. 

21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that 
the ambush had taken the city, and that the 
smoke of the city ascended, then they turned 
again, and slew the men of Ai. 

22 And the other issued out of the city 
against them; so they were in the midst of Is- 
rael, some on this side, and some on that side : 
and they smote them, so that they let none of 
them remain or escape. 

23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and 
brought him to Joshua. 



24 And it came to pass when Israel had 
made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of 
Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein 
they chased them, and when they were all 
fallen on the edge of the sword, until they 
were consumed, that all the Israelites re- 
turned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge 
of the sword. 

25 And so it was, that all that fell that day, 
both of men and women, were twelve thou- 
sand, even all the men of Ai. 

26 For Joshua drew not his hand back 
wherewith he stretched out the spear, until 
he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants 
ofAi. 

27 Only the cattle and the spoil of that city 
Israel took for a prey unto themselves, ac- 
cording unto the word of the Lord which he 
commanded Joshua. 

28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a 
heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day. 

29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree 
until even-tide : and as soon as the sun was 
down, Joshua commanded that they should 
take his carcass down from the tree, and cast 
it at the entering of the gate of the city, and 
raise thereon a great heap of stones, that 
remaineth unto this day\ 

30 K Then Joshua built an altar unto the 
Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal, 

31 As Moses the servant of the Lord com- 
manded the children of Israel, as it is written 
in the book of the law of Moses, An altar of 
whole stones^ over which no man hath lifted 
up any iron : and they offered thereon burnt- 
offerings unto the *Lord, and sacrificed 
peace-offerings. 

32 And he wrote there upon the stones a 
copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in 
the presence of the children of Israel. 

33 And all Israel, and their elders, and 
officers, and their judges, stood on this side 
the ark and on that side before the priests 
the Levites, which bare the ark of the cove- 
nant of the Lord, as well the stranger, as 
he that was born among them; half of them 
over against mount Gerizim, and half of 
them over against mount Ebal ; as Moses the 
servant of the Lord had commanded before, 
that they should bless the people of Israel. 

34 And afterward lie read all tlie words of 
the law, the blessings and cursings, accord- 
ing to all that is written in the book of the 
law. 

35 There was not a word of all that Moses 
commanded, which Joshua read not before 
all the congregation of Israel, with tne w< - 
men, and the little ones, and the strangers 
that were conversant among them. 

CHAP. IX. 

1 The kings combine against Israel. 3 The Oi- 
bronites by craft obtain a league. 22 For which 
they are condemned to perpetual bondage. 

AND it came to pass, when all the kings 
which were on this side Jordan, in the 
hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts 
of the great sea over against Lebanon, the 
Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the 
Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite heard 
thereof: 

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The Gibeonites obtain a league, JOSHUA They are reduced to servitude. 

20 This we will do to them ; we will even 



2 That they gathered themselves together, 
to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with 
one accord. 

3 H And when the inhabitants of Gibeon 
heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho 
and to Ai, 

4 They did work wilily, and went and made 
as if they had been ambassadors, and took 
old sacks upon their asses, and wine-botdes, 
old, and rent, and bound up ; 

5 And old shoes and clouted upon their 
feet, and old garments upon them; and all 
the bread of their provision was diy and 
mouldy. 

6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp 
at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men 
of Israel, We be come from a far country : 
now therefore make ye a league with us. 

7 And the men of Israel said unto the Hi- 
vites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and 
how shall we make a league with you ? 

8 And they said imto Joshua, We are thy 
eervants. And Joshua said unto them, Who 
are ye l and from whence come ye ? 

9 And they said unto him, From a very far 
country thy servants are come, because of 
the name of the Lord thy God : for we have 
heard the fame of him, and all that he did in 
Egypt, 

10 And all that he did to the two kings of 
the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to 
Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of 
Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. 

11 Wherefore our elders, and all the inha- 
bitants of our country spake to us, saying, 
Take victuals with you for the jouruev, and 
go to meet them, and say unto them, We are 
vour servants: therefore now make ye a 
league with us : 

12 This our bread we took hoi for our pro- 
vision out of our houses on the day we came 
forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is 
dry, and it is mouldy: 

13 And these bottles of wine which we fill- 
ed, were new, and behold they be rent : and 
these our garments and our shoes are become 
old by reason of the very long journey. 

14 And the men took of their victuals, and 
usked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord. 

15 And Joshua made peace with them, and 
made a league with them, to let them live : 
and the princes of the congregation sware 
unto them. 

16 And it came to pass at the endef three 
days after they had made a league with them, 
iiiit they heard that they were their neigh- 
bours, and that they dwelt among them. 

17 And the children of Israel journeyed, 
mid came unto their cities on the third day. 
Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephi- 
rah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim. 

18 And the children of Israel smote them 
not, because the princes of the congregation 
had sworn unto them by the Lord God of 
Israel. And all the congregation murmured 
against the princes. 

19 But all the princes said unto all the con- 

fregation, We have sworn unto them by the 
X)RD God of Israel : now therefore we may 
uot touch them. 



let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because 
of the oath which we sware unto them. 

21 And the princes said unto them, Let 
them live; but let them be hewers of wood, 
and drawers of water unto all the congrega- 
tion; as the princes had promised them. 

22 ^[ And Joshua called for them, and he 
spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have 
-ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from 
you ; when ye dwell among as ? 

23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there 
shall none of you be freed from being bond- 
men, and hewers of wood and drawers of 
water for the house of my God. 

24 And they answered Joshua, and said, 
Because it was certainly told thy servants, 
how that the Lord thy God commanded his 
servant Moses to give you all the land, and to 
destroy all the inhabitants of the land from 
before you, therefore we were sore afraid of 
our lives because of you, and have done this 
thing. 

25 And now, behold, we are in thy hand: 
as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do 
unto us, do. 

26 And so did he unto tfiem, and delivered 
them out of the hand of the children of Is- 
rael, that they slew them not. 

27 And Joshua made them that day hewers 
of wood and drawers of water for the con- 
gregation and for the altar of the Lord, even 
unto this day, in the place which he should 
choose. 

CHAP. X. 
1 Five kings tear against Gibeon. 6 Joshua res- 
cucth it. 11 God Jighteth against them. with, 
hailstones. 12 The sun and moon stand still 
at the word of Joshua. 16 The Jive kings are 
mured in a cave. 23 They are brought forth, 
24 scornfully used, 26 and hanged. 28 Seven 
kings more are countered. 43 Jpshua return- 
eth to Gilgal. 

NOW it came to pass, when Adom-zedek 
king of Jerusalem had heard how Jo- 
shua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed 
it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, 
so he had done to Ai and her king; and how 
the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace 
with Israel, and were among them; 

2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon 
was a great city, as one of the royal cities, 
and because it was greater than Ai, and all 
the men thereof were mighty. 

3 Wherefore Adoni-zedekking of Jerusa- 
lem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and 
unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Ja- 
phia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king 



of Eglon, saying 

4 Com 



Come up unto me, and help me, that we 
may smite Gibeon : for it hath made peace 
with Joshua and with the children of Israel. 

5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, 
the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, 
the king of Jarmuth, the king of Laehish, 
the king of Eglon, gathered themselves to- 
gether, and went up, they and all their hosts, 
and encamped before Gibeon, and made war 
against it. 

6 % And the men of Gibeon sent unto Jo- 
shua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not 

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The sun and moon stand still. 



CHAP. X. 



Five kings arc hang*. 



thy hand from thy servants; come up to us 
quickly, find save us, and help us : for all the 
kings of the Amorites that dwell in the 
mountains are gathered together against us. 

7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and 
all the people of war with him, and all the 
mighty men of valour. 

8 *fl And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear 
them not: for I have delivered them into 
thy hand ; there shall not a man of them 
stand before thee. 

D Joshua therefore came unto them sudden- 
y, and went up from Gilgal all night. 

10 And the Lord discomfited them before 
Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter 
at Gibcon, and chased them along the way 
that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote 
them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. 

11 And it came to pass as they fled from 
before Israel, and were in the going down to 
Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great 
stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, 
and they died: they were more which died 
with hailstones than they whom the children 
of Israel slew with the sword. 

12 If Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the 
day wVen the Lord delivered up the Amo- 
rites before the children of Israel, and he 
said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou 
stilt upon Gibeon, and thou Moon, in the 
valley of Ajalon. 

13 And the sun stood still, and the moon 
6tayed, until the people had avenged them- 
selves upon their enemies. Is not this writ- 
ten in the book of Jasher ? So the sun stood 
still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not 
to go down about a whole day. 

14 And there was no day like that before it 
or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto 
the voice of a man : for the Lord fought 
for Israel. 

15 Tf And Joshua returned, and all Israel 
with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. 

16 But these five kin^s fled, and hid them- 
selves in a cave at Makkedah. 

17 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five 
kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. 

18 And Joshua eaid, Roll great stones upon 
the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for 
to keep them : 

19 And stay ye not, but pursue after your 
enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; 
suffer them not to enter into their cities : for 
the Lord your God hath delivered them into 
your hand. 

20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and 
the children of Israel had made an end of 
slaying them with a very great slaughter, till 
they were consumed, that the rest which re- 
mained of them entered into fenced cities. 

21 And all the people returned to the camp 
to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none 
moved his tongue against any of the children 
of Israel. 

22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of 
the cave, and bring out those five kings unto 
me out of the cave. 

23 And they did so, and brought forth those 
five kings unto him out of the cave, the king 
of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king 



of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the 
king of Eglon. 

24 And it came to pass, when they brought 
out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua 
called for all the men of Israel, and said unto 
the captains of the men of war which went 
with him, Come near, put your feet upon 
the necks of these kings. And they came 
near, and put their feet upon the necks of 
them. 

25 And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, 
nor be dismayed, be strong and of good cou- 
rage : for thus shall' the Lord do to all your 
enemies against whom ye fight. 

26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and 
slew them, and hanged them on five trees: 
and they were hanging upon the trees until 
the evening. 

27 And it came to pass at the time of the 
going down of the sun, that Joshua com- 
manded, and they took them down off the 
trees, and cast them into the cave wherein 
they had been hid, and laid great stones in 
the cave's mouth, which remain until this 
verv day. 

28 <[[ And that day Joshua took Makkedah, 
and smote it with the edge of the sword, and 
the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, 
and all the souls that were therein ; he let 
none remain : and he did to the king of Mak- 
kedah as he did unto the king of Jericho, 

29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, 
and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and 
fought against Libnah : - 

30 And the Lord delivered it also, and the 
king thereof, into the hand of Israel : and 
he smote it with the edge of the sword, and 
all the souls that were therein; he let none 
remain in it; but did unto the king thereof 
as he did unto the king of Jericho. 

31 % And Joshua passed from Libnah, and 
all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and en- 
camped against it, and fought against it : 

32 And the Lord delivered Lachish into 
the hand of Israel, which took it on the se- 
cond day, and smote it with the edge of the 
sword, and all the souls that were therein, 
according to all that he had done to Libnah. 

33 H Then Ho ram king of Gezer came up 
to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and 
his people, until he had left him none re- 
maining. 

34 5f And from Lachish Joshua passed unto 
Eglon, and all Israel with him : and they 
encamped against it, and fought against it : 

35 And thej 7 took it on that day, and smote 
it with the edge of the sword, and all the 
souls that were 'therein he utterly destroyed 
that day, according to all that he had done 
to Lachish. 

36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and 
all Israel with him, unto Hebron ; and they 
fought against it : 

37 And they took it, and smote it with the 
edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and 
all the cities thereof, and all the souls that 
were therein ; he left none remaining (ac- 
cording to all that he had done to Eglon) 
but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls dial 
were therein. 

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JHvers kings and countries JOSHUA. 

38 ^ And Joshua returned, and all Israel 
with him, to Debir; and fought against it: 

39 And he took it, and tlie king thereof, and 
all the cities thereof, and they smote them 
with the edge of the sword, and utterly de- 
stroyed all the souls that ttere therein; he 
left none remaining : as he had done to He- 
bron, so he did to Debir, and to the king 
thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and 
to lier king. 

40 If So Joshua smote all the country of 
the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, 
and of the springs, and all their kings: he 
left none remaining, but utterly destroyed 
all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel 
commanded. 

41 And Joshua smote them from Kadesh- 
barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country 
of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. 

42 And all these kings and their lanuVdid 
Joshua take atone time; because the Lord 
God of Israel fought for Israel. 

43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with 
him, unto the camp to Gilgal. 

CHAP. Xl. 

3,8 Divers kings overcome at the waters of Me- 

rom. 10 Hazor is taken and burnt. 16 All the 

country taken by Joshua. 21 The Anakims 

cut off. 

AND it came to pass, when Jabin king of 
Hazor had heard those things, that he 
sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king 
of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 

2 And to the kings that were on the north of 
the mountains, and of the plains south of 
Cinneroth, and in the valley, and in the bor- 
ders of Dor on the west, 

3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on 
the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, 
and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the 
mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon 
in the land of Mizpeh. 

4 And they went out, they and all their 
hosts with them, mueh people, even as the 
sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, 
with horses and chariots very many. 

. 5 And when all these kings were met toge- 
ther, they came and pitched together at the 
waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. 

6 If And the Lord said unto Joshua, Be 
not afraid because of them : for to-morrow 
about this time will I deliver them up all slain 
before Israel : thou shalt hough their horses, 
and burn their chariots with fire. 

7 So Joshua came, and all the people of 
war with him, against them by the waters of 
Merom suddenly, and they fell upon them. 

3 And the Lord delivered them into the 
hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased 
them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth- 
maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh east- 
ward; and they smote them, until they left 
them none remaining. 

9 And Joshua did unto them as the Lord 
bade him: he houghed their horses, and 
burnt their chariots with fire. 

10 H And Joshua at that time turned back, 
and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof 



overcome by Joshua., 

11 And they smote all the souls that icere 
therein with the edge of the sword, utterly 
destroying them : there was not any left to 
breathe : and he burnt Hazor with fire. 

12 And all the cities of those kings, and all 
the kings of them, did Joshua take, and 
smote them with the edge of the swortf, and 
he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the ser- 
vant of the Lord commanded. 

1 3 But as for the cities that stood still in 
their strength, Israel burned none of them, 
save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. 

14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the 
cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey 
unto themselves: but every man they smote 
with the edge of the sword, until they had 
destroyed them, neither left they any to 
breathe. 

15 IT As the Lord commanded Moses his 
servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and 
so did Joshua : he left nothing undone of all 
that the Lord commanded Moses. 

16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, 
and all the south country, and all the land of 
Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and 
the mountain of Israel,' and the valley of the 

ame ; 

17 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth 
up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad, in the valley 
of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all 
their kings he took, and smote them, and slew 
them. 

18 Joshua made war a long time with all 
those kings. 

19 There was not a city that made rjeace 
with the children of Israel t save the Hivites 
the inhabitants of Gibeon : all other they 
took in battle. 

20 For it was of the Lord to harden their 
hearts, that they should come against Israel 
in battle, that lie might destroy them utterly, 
and that they might have no favour, but that 
he might destroy them, as the Lord com- 
manded Moses. 

21 U And at that time came Joshua and cut 
off the Anakims from the mountains, from 
Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from 
all the mountains of Judah, and from all the 
mountains of Israel : Joshua destroyed them 
utterly with their cities. 

22 There was none of the Anakims left in 
the land of the children of Israel: only in 
Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there re- 
mained. 

23 So Joshua took the whole land, accord- 
ing to all that the Lord said unto Moses, 
and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto 
Israel according to their divisions by their 
tribes. And the land rested from war. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 The two kings whose countries Moses took and 
disposed of. 7 The one and thirty kings on the 
other side Jordan which Joshua smote. 

NOW these are the kings of the land, 
which the children of Israel smote, and 
possessed their land on the other side Jor- 
dan toward the rising of the sun, from the 
river Arnon, unto mount Hermon, and all 



with the sword: for Hazor befo retime was the plain on the east: 
the head of all those kingdoms. 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in 

17G 



r I\c one and thirty kings smitten. C ! 1 AP. 
Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is 
upon the bank of the river Anion, and from 
the middle of the river, and from half Gi- 
lead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is 
the border of the children of Amnion; 

3 And from the plain to the scaof Cinneroth 
on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, 
even the salt sea on the east-, the way to Beth- 
jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ash- 
doth-pisgah : 

4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, 
which was of the remnant of the giants, that 
dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 

5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in, 
Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border 
of the Geshurites, and the Maachathites, 
and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king 
ot' Heshbon. 

ft Them did Moses the servant of the Lord, 
and the children of Israel smite : and Moses 
the servant of the Lord gave it far a pos- 
session unto the Reubenites, and the Gad- 
ites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 

7 i{ And these are the kings of the country 
which Joshua and the children of Israel 
smote on this side Jordan on the west, from 
Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon, even 
unto the mount Halak "that goeth up to Seir : 
which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel 
for a possession according to their divisions; 

8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and 
in the plains, and in the springs, and in the 
wilderness, and in the south country; the 
Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, 
the Perizzit.es, the Hivites, and the Jebusites :* 

9 % The king of Jericho, one ; the king of 
Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one ; 

10 The king ol Jerusalem, one; the kin: 
of Hebron, one: 

11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of 
Lachish, one ; 

12 The king of Eglon, one; the king of 
Gezer, one ; 

13 The king of Debir, one , the king of 
Geder, one ; 

14 The king of Hormah, one ; the king of 
A rad, one ; 

15 The king of Libnali, one; the king of 
Adullam, one ; 

16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king 
of Beth-el, one ; 

17 The king of Tappuah, one ; the king of 
Hepher, one; 

18 The king of Aphek, one ; the king of 
Lasharon, one; 

19 The king of Madon, one* r the king of 
Hazor, one ; 

20 The king of Shimron-meron, one ; the 
king of Achshaph, one; 

'21 The king of Taanach, one ; the king of 
Megiddo, one ; 

22 The king of Kedesh, one ; the king of 
Jokneam of Carmel, one; 

23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, 
one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one ; 

24 The king of Tirzah, one : all the kings 
thirty and one. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 The bounds of the land not yet conquered. 8 
The inheritance of the two tribes and half. 14, 
II * 



XIII. Bounds of the uticonqucred land. 

33 The J.ord and his sacrifices are the inhcri- 
Aancc of Jjevi. 15 The bounds of the inheri- 
tance of Reuben. 22 Balaam slain. 24 The 
bounds of the inheritance of Gad, 2d and the 
half-tribe of Jilanasseh. 

WOW Joshua was old and stricken in 
1 i years; and the Lord said unto him, 
Thou art old and stricken in years, and 
there remaineth yet very much land to be 
possessed. 

2 This is the land that yet remaineth : all the 
borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, 

3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even 
unto the borders of Ekron northward, which 
is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the 
Philistines; the Gaz at bites, and the Ashdoth- 
ites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the 
Ekronites ; also the Avites : 

4 From the south all the land of the Ca- 
naanites, and Mearah that is beside the Si- 
do uians, unto Aphek to the borders of the 
Amorites : 

5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Le- 
banon toward the sun-rising, from Baal-gad 
under mount Hcniion unto the entering into 
Hamath. 

6 All the inhabitants of the hill-country from 
Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and, all the 
Sidonians, them will I drive out from before 
the children of Israel : only divide thou it 
by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, 
as I have commanded thee. 

7 Now therefore divide this land for an in 
heritance unto the nine tribes, and the haif- 
tribe of Manasseh, «* 

8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gad- 
ites have received their inheritance, Which 
Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, 
even as Moses the servant of the Lord gave 
them ; 

9 From Aroer that is uponthe bank of the 
river Arnon r and the city that is in the m'dst 
of the river, and all the plain of Medeba 
unto Dibon ; 

10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the 
Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto 
the border of the children of Ammon ; 

11 And Gilead, and the border of the Ge- 
shurites and Maachathites, and all mount 
Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah ; 

12 All the kingdom of O^ in Bashan, which 
reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who re- 
mained of the remnant of the giants. For 
these did Moses smite, and cast them out. 

13 Nevertheless, the children of Israel ex- 
pelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maa- 
chathites: but the Geshurites and the Maa- 
chathites dwell among the Israelites until 
this dav. 

14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none 
inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God 
of Israel made by fire are then- inheritance, 
as he said unto them. 

15 % And Moses gave unto the tribe of the 
children of Reuben inlieritance according 
to their families. 

16 And their coast was from Aroer that is 
on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city 
that is in the midst of the river, and ail the 
plain bv Medeba : 

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Balaam ts s.avi. 

17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in 
lhe plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and 
Beth-baal-meon, 

18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Me- 
phaath, 

19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Za- 
reth-shahar in die mount of the valley, 

20 And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and 
Beth-jeshimoth, 

21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the 
kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites 
which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses 
smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and 
Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Rebn, which 
were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. 

22 ^" Balaam also the son of Beor, the sooth- 
sayer, did the children of Israel slay with the 
sword, among them that were slain by them. 

23 And the border of the children of Reuben 
was Jordan, and the border thereof. This 
was the inheritance of the children of Reu- 
ben, after their families, the cities and the 
villages thereof. 

24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the 
tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad 
according to their families. 

25 And their coast was Jazer, and ail the 
cities of Gilead, and half the land of the chil- 
dren of Amnion, unto Aroer that is before 
Rabbah ; 

26 And from Heshbon unto Ramath-miz- 
peh, and Betonim ; and fromMahanaini unto 
the border of Debir ; 

27 And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth- 
nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest 
of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, 
Jordan and his border, even unto the edge 
of the sea of Cinneroth, on the other side 
Jordan eastward. 

28 This is the inheritance of the children 
of Gad after their families, the cities, and their 
villages. 

29.* And Moses gave inheritance unto the 
lia'.f-tribe of Manasseh : and this was the pos- 
session of the half-tribe of the children of 
Manasseh by their families. 

30 And their coast was from Mahanairn, all 
Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Ba- 
shan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in 
Bashan, threescore cities : 

31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and 
Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, 
were pertaining unto the children of Machir 
the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of 
the children of Machir by their families. 

32 These are the countries which Moses did 
distribute for inheritance in the plains of 
Moab, on the other side Jordan by Jericho 
eastward. 

33 But unto the tribe of Levi, Moses gave 
not any inheritance : the Lord God of Israel 
was their inheritance, as he said unto them. 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 The nine tribes and half are to have their in- 
heritance by lot. 6 Caleb by -privilege obtain- 
eth Hebron. 

AND these are the countries which the 
children of Israel inherited in the land 
of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and 
Jophuathe son of Nun, and the heads of the 



JOSHUA. Caleb obtainefli Hebron. 

fathers of the fcribes of the children of Israel 
distributed for inheritance to them. 

2 By lot icas their inheritance, as the Lord 
commanded by the hand of Moses, for the 
nine tribes, and for the half-tribe. 

3 For Moses had given the inheritance of 
two tribes and a half-tribe on the other side 
Jordan : but unto the Levites he gave none 
inheritance among them. 

4 For the children of Joseph were two tribes, 
Manasseh andEphraim: therefore they gave 
no part unto the Levites in the land* save 
cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their 
^cattle, and for their substance. 

5 As the Lord commanded Moses, so the 
children of Israel did, and thev divided the 
land. 

G ^[ Then the children of Judah came unto 
Joshua in Gilgal : and Caleb the son of Je~ 
phunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou 
knowest tiie thing that the Lord said unto 
Moses the man of God concerning me and 
thee in Kadesh-barnea. 

7 Forty years old was I when Moses the 
servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh- 
barnea to espy out the land ; and 1 brought 
him word again as it was in my heart. 

8 Nevertheless, my brethren that went up 
with me made the heart of the people melt: 
but J wholly followed the Lord my God. 

9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, 
Surely the land whereon thy feet have trod- 
den shall be thine inheritance, and thy chil- 
dren's for ever; because thou hast wholly 
followed the Lord my God. 

10 And now, behold, the Lord hath kept 
me alive, as he said, these forty and five 
years, even since the Lord spake this word 
unto Moses, while the children of 'Israel wan- 
dered in the wilderness : and now, io, I am 
this day fourscore and five years old. 

11 As yet I am as strong this day, as I was 
in the day that Moses sent me : as my strength 
was then, even so is my strength now, for 
war, both to go out, and to come in. 

12 Now therefore give me this mountain, 
whereof the Lord spake in that day- for 
thou heardest in that day how the Anakims 



were there, and that the cities were great 
and fenced : if so be the Lord will be with 
me, then I shall be able to drive them out, 
as the Lord said. 

13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto 
Caleb the son of Jephunneh, Hebron for aa 
inheritance. 

14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance 
of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite 
unto this day ; because that he wholly follow- 
ed the Lord God of Israel. 

15 And the name of Hebron before was Kir- 
jath-arba ; which Arba was a great man among 
the Anakims. And the land had rest from 
war. 

CHAP, XV. 

1 Theborders of the lot of Judah. 13 Caleb's por- 
tion and conquest. 16 Othniel for his valovr 
hath Achsah Caleb's daughter to wife. \%She 
obtaineth a blessing of her father. 21 The 
cities of Judah. 63 The Jcbusites not con- 
quered. 

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Borders of the lot qfJudak. 

THIS then was the lot of the tribe of the 
children of Judali by their families; even 
to the border of Edom, the wilderness of Zin 
southward icas the uttermost part of the south 
coast. 

2 And their south border was from the shore 
of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh 
southward : 

3 And it went out to the south side to Maaleh- 
aerabbim, and passed along to Zin, and as- 
cended up on the south side unto Kadesh- 
oarnca, and passed along; to Hezron, and 
went lip to Adar, and fetched a compass to 
Karkaa :• 

4 From thence it passed toward Azmon, and 
went out unto the river of Egypt; and the 
goings out of that coast were at the sea : this 
shall be your south coast. 

5 And the east border icas the salt sea, even 
unto the end of Jordan : and their border in 
the north quarter icas from the bay of the 
sea, at the uttermost part of Jordan : 

6 And the border went up to Beth-hogla, 
and passed along by the north of Beth-ara- 
bah ; and the border went up to the stone of 
Bohan the son of Reuben : 

7 And the border went up toward Debir 
from the valley of Achor, and so northward 
looking to ward Gilgal, that is before the going 
up to Adummim, which is on the south side 
of the river: and the border passed toward 
the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings 
out thereof were at En-rogel : 

8 And the border went up by the valley of 
the son of Hinnom, unto the south side of 
the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem : and 
the border went up to the ton of the moun- 
tain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom 
westward, which is at the end of the valley 
of the giants northward : 

9 And the border was drawn from the top 
of the hill unto the fountain of the water of 
Nephtoah, and wentoutto the cities of mount 
Ephron ; and the border was drawn to Baalah, 
which is Kirjath-jearim : 

10 And the border compassed from Baalah 
westward unto mount Seir, and passed along 
unto the side of mount Jearim (which is 
Chesalon) on the north side, and went down 
to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: 

11 And the border went out unto the side 
of Ekron northward : and the border was 
drawn to Shimon, and passed along to mount 
Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel ; and the 
goings out of the border were at the sea. 

12 And the west border, tea* to the great 
sea, and the coast thereof: this is the coast 
of the children of Judah round about, accord- 
ing to their families. 

13 ^[ And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh 
he gave a part among the children of Judah, 
according to the commandment of the Lord 
to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father 
of Anak, which city is Hebron. 

14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons 
of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, 
the children of Anak. 

15 And he went up thence to the inhabi- 
tants of Debir : and the name of Debir be- 
fore icas Kirjath-sepher. 



CHAP. XV. TJie cities of Judah. 

16 1T And Caleb said, He that smi'sth Kir- 
jath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give 
Achsah my daughter to wife. 

17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the bro- 
ther of Caleb, took it: and he gave him 
Achsah his daughter to wife. 

18 And it came to pass, as she came vnto 
him, that she moved him to ask of her father 
a field. And she lighted off her ass; and 
Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? 

19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for 
thou hast given me a south land, give me also 
springs of water. And he gave her the upper 
springs, and the nether springs. 

20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the 
children of Judah according to their families. 

21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of 
the children of Judah toward the coast of 
Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, 
and Jagur, 

22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadab, 

23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 

24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 

25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and 
Hezron, which is Hazor, 

26 Amain, and Shema, and Moladah, 

27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and 
Beth-palet, 

28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and 
Bizjothjah, 

29 Baalah, and Inn," and Azem, 

30 And Eitolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, 

31 AndZiklag, and Madmannah, and San- 
sannah, 

32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and 
Rimmon : all the cities are twenty and nine, 
with their villages: 

33 And in the valle}', Eshtaol, and Zorcah, 
and Ashnah, 

34 And Zap.oah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, 
and Enam, 

35 Jarmuth, and Aduliam, Socoh, and Aze- 
kah, 

36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gede- 
rah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with 
their villages : 

37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, 

38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 

39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 

40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kith- 
lish, 

41 And Gederoth, Bcth-dagon, and Naa- 
mah, and Makkedah ; sixteen cities with 
their villages : 

42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 

43 And Jiplitah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 

44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah ; 
nine cities with their villages : 

45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages : 

46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that 
lay near Ashdod, with their villages : 

47 Ashdod, with hertowns and her villages* 
Gaza, with' her towns and her villages, unto 
the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and 
the border thereof: 

48 Tf And in the mountains, Shamir, and 
Jattir, and Socoh, 

49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, whk (\ 
is Debir, 

50 And Anab, and Eshtemob, and Anmn 
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The lot of the sons of Joseph. JOSHUA. 

51 AnJ Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; 
eleven cities with their villages: 

52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 

53 And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and 
Aphekah, 

54 And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba (which 
is Hebron) and Zior; nine cities with tlieir 
villages : 

55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, 

56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, 

57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah ; ten cities 
with tlieir villages : 

58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, 

59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and El- 
tekon ; six cities with their villages : 

GO Kirjath-baal (which is Kirjath-jearim) 
and Rabbah ; two cities with their villages : 

61 IT In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Mid- 
din, and Secacah, 

62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and 
En-gedi ; six cities with their villages. 

63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not 
drive them out : but the Jebusites dwell with 
the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this 
da v. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 The general borders of the sons of Joseph. 5 
The border of the inheritance of Ephraim. 10 
The Canaanites not conquered. 

AND the lot of the children of Joseph fell 
from Jordan by Jericho, unto the wa- 
ter of Jericho, on the east, to the wilderness 
that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount 
Beth-el, 

2 And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and 
passeth along unto the borders of Archi to 
Ataroth, 

3 And goeth down westward to the coast of 
Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-boron the 
nether, and toGezer: and the goings out 
thereof are at the sea. 

4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and 
Ephraim, took their inheritance. 

5 ^[ And the border of the children of 
Ephraim according to their families was 
thus : even the border of their inheritance 
on the east side was Atarotii-adar, unto Beth- 
Jioron the upper ; 

6 And the border went out toward the sea 
to Michmethah on the north side ; and the 
border went about eastward unto Taanath- 
shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Ja- 
il oh ah ; ] 

7 And it went down from Janohah to Ata- 
roth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, 
and went out at Jordan. 

8 The border went out from Tappuah west- 
ward unto the river Kanah ; and the goings 
out thereof were at the sea. This is the in- 
heritance of the tribe of the children of 
Ephraim by their families, 



The lot of Manasseh, 
CHAP. XVII. 

I The lot of Manasseh. 7 His coast. 12 The Ca- 
naanites not driven out. 14 Thechildrcn of Jo- 
seph obtain another lot. 

THERE was also a lot for the tribe of 
Manasseh; for he teas the first-born 
of Joseph ; to wit, for Maclur the first-born 
of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because 
he was a man of war, therefore he had Gi- 
lead and Bashau. 

2 There was also a lot for the rest of the 
children of Manasseh by their families; for 
the children of Abiezer, and for the chil- 
dren of Helek, and for the children of Asrie!. 
and for the children of Shechem, and for 
the children of Hepher, and for the children 
of Shemida: these were the male children 
of Manasseh the son of Joseph by tlieir 
families. 

3 ^[ But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher. 
the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the 
son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daugh- 
ters: and these are the names of his daugh- 
ters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, 
ail Tirzah. 

4 And they came near before Eleazar tlie 
priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and 
l3efore the princes, saying, The Lord com- 
manded Moses to give us an inheritance 
among our brethren : therefore according 
to the commandment of the Lord he gave 
them an inheritance among the brethren of 
their father. 

5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, 
besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which 
were on the other side Jordan ; 

6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had 
an inheritance among his sons : and the rest 
of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. 

7 ^[ And the coast of Manasseh was from 
Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before She- 
chem; and the border went along on the 
right hand unto the inhabitants of En-iap- 
puah. 

8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah : 
but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh be- 
longed to the children of Ephraim : 

9 And the coast descended unto the river 
Kanah, southward of the river. These cities 
of Ephraim are among the cities of Manas- 
seh : the coast of Manasseh also was on the 
north side of the river, and the out-goings of 
it were at the sea : 

10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and north- 
ward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is hi* 
border; and they met together in Asher on 
the north, and in Issacharon the east. 

II And Manasseh had in Issachar and in 
Asher, Beth-shean and her towns, and 
Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants 
of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants 
of En-dor and her towns, and the inhabitants 



9 And the separate cities for the children of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabi- 
of Ephraim were among the inheritance of tants of Megiddo and her towns, even three 
the children of Manasseh, all the cities with I countries. 



their villages. 

10 And they drave not out the Canaanites 
that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites 
dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, 
and serve under tribute. 



12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not 
drive out the inhabitants of those cities ; but 
the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 

13 Yet it came to pass, when the children 
of Israel were waxen strong, that they put 

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77*e tabernacle set up. CHAP, 

the Canaanites to tribute ; but did not utterly 
drive them out. 

11 And the children of Joseph spake unto 
Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but 
one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I 
dm a great people, forasmuch as the Lord 
hath blessed me hitherto ? 

15 And Joshua answered them, If thou be 
a great people, then get thee up to the wood- 
couutry, and cut down for thyself there in 
1 tie land of the Perizzites and of the giants, 
if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. 

Hi And the children of Joseph said, The 
hid is not enough for us: and all the Ca- 
naanites that dwell in the land of tSie valley 
have chariots of iron, both they who are of 
Beth-shean and her towns, and they who 
are of the valley of Jczreel. 

17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Jo 
seph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh 
saying, Thou art a great people, and hast 
great power: thou shalt not Jiave one lot only : 

18 But the mountain shall be thine ; for it 
is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down : and 
the out-goiHgs of it shall be thine: for thou 
frhalt drive out the Canaanites, though they 
have iron chariots, and though they ^cstrong. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
1 The tabernacle is set vp at Shiloh. 2 The re- 
mainder of the land is described, and divided 
into seven parts. I0,7oshua dinideth it by lot. 
li TJtc lot and border of Benjamin. 21 Their 
cities. 

AND the whole congregation of the chil- 
dren of Israel assembled together at 
Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation there : and the land was subdued 
before them. 

2 And there remained among the children 
(<( Israel seven tribes, which had not yet re- 
reived their inheritance. 

3 And Joshua said unto the children of Is- 
rael, How long are ye slack to go to possess 
i he land which the Eord God of your fathers 
bath given you 1 

4 Give out from among you three men for 
each tribe : and I will send them, and they 
shall rise, and go through the land, and de- 
scribe it according to^the inheritance of 
ihem, and they shall come again to me. 

5 And they shall divide it into seven parts : 
Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, 
and the house of Joseph shall abide in their 
coast on the north. 

6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into 
5 even parts, and bring the description hither 
to me, that I may cast lots for you here.be- 
fore the Lord our God. 

7 But the Levites have no part among you : 
f >r the priesthood of the Lord is their in- 
heritance. And Gad, and Reuben, and half 
the tribe of Manasseh, have received their 
inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which 
Moses the servant of the Lord gave them. 

8 U And the men arose, and went away : 
and Joshuv. charged them that went to de- 
scribe the land, saying, Go, and walk through 
the land, and describe it, and come again to 
me, that I may here casts lots for vou before 
the Lord in Shiloh. 



XVIII. The cities of Benjamin. 

9 And the men went and passed through 
the land, and described it by cities into seven 
parts in a book, and came again to Joshua 
to the host at Shiloh. 

10 *ft And Joshua cast lots for them in Shi* 
loh before the Lord : and there Joanna divi- 
ded the land unto the children of Israel ac- 
cording to their divisions. 

11 % And the lot of the tribe of the children 
of Benjamin came up according to their fa- 
milies: and the coast of their lot came forth 
between the children of Judah and the chil- 
dren of Joseph. 

12 And their border on the north side was 
from Jordan ; and the border went up to the 
side of Jericho on the north side, and went 
up through the mountains westward; and 
the goings out thereof were at the wilder- 
ness of Beth-aven. 

13 And the border went over from thence 
toward Luz, to the side of Luz (which is 
Beth-el) southward; and the border de- 
scended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill that 
lieth on the south side of the nether Belh- 
horon. 

14 And the border was drawn tJience, and 
compassed the corner of the sea southward, 
from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon 
southward; and the goings out thereof were 
at Kirjath-baal (which is Kirjath-jearim) a 
city of the children of Judah. This teas the 
west quarter. 

15 And the soufli quarter was from the end 
of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out 
on the west, and went out to the well of 
waters of Nephtoah : 

16 And the border came down to the end of 
the mountain that lieth before the valley of 
the son of Hinnom, and which is in the val- 
ley of the giants on the north, and descend- 
ed to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of 
Jebusi on the south, and descended to En- 
rogel, 

17 And was drawn from the north, and went 
forth to'En-shemesh, and went forth toward 
Geliloth, which is over against the going up 
of Adummim, and descended to the stone of 
Bohan the son of Reuben, 

18 And passed along toward the side over 
against Arabah northward, and went down 
unto Arabah : 

19 And the border 'passed along to the side 
of 13eth-hoglah northward : and the out- 
goings of the border were at the north bay 
of the salt-sea at the south end of Jordan. 
This was the south coast. 

20 And Jordan was the border of it on the 
east side. This was the inheritance of the 
children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof 
round about, according to their families. 

21 Now the cities of the tribe of the chil- 
dren of Benjamin according to theirfamiiies, 
were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the val- 
ley of Keziz, 

£2 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and 
Beth-el, 

23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 

24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophnu 
and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: 

25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,, 

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Thelots of Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, JOSHUA. 



26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 

27 And Rekem, and Irpee), and Taralah, 

28 And Zclah, Eieph, and Jebusi, (which 
is Jerusalem) Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen 
cities with their villages. This is the inhe- 
ritance of the children of Benjamin accord- 
ing to their families. 

CHAP. XIX. 

I The lot of Simeon, Wof Zebulun, 17 of fssa- 
char, ZAof Asher, 32 o/ Naphtali, AOofDan. 
49 The children of Israel give an inheritance 
to Joshua. 

AND the second lot came forth to Simeon, 
even for the tribe of the children of Si- 
meon according to their families: and their 
inheritance was within the inheritance of 
the children of Judah. 

2 And they had in their inheritance, Bcer- 
sheba, and Sheba, and Moiadah, 

3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem, 

4 And Eltolad, and Bethiil, and Hormah, 

5 And Ziklag, and Beth-mareaboth, and 
TIazar-susah, 

6 Anil Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen ; thir- 
teen cities and their villages : 

7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan ; 
four cities and their villages : 

8 And all the villages that were round about 
these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramath of the 
south. This is the inheritance of the tribe 
of the children of Simeon according to their 
families. 

9 Out of the portion of the children of Ju- 
dah was the inheritance of the children of 
Simeon : for the part of the children of Judah 
was too much for them: therefore the chil- 
dren of Simeon had their inheritance within 
the inheritance of them. 

10 ^f And the third lot came up for the chil- 
dren of Zebulun according to their families : 
and the border of their inheritance was unt/> 
Sarid : 

II And their border went up toward the 
sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabba- 
sheth, and reached to the river that is before 
Jo kn earn, 

12 And turned from Sarid eastward, toward 
the sun-rising, unto the border of Chisloth- 
tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and 
goeth up to Japhia, 

13 And from thence passeth on along on the 
east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and 
goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah ; 

14 And the border compasseth it on the 
north side to Hannathon : and the out-goings 
thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el : 

15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, 
and Idalah, and Beth-lehem; twelve cities 
with their villages. 

16 This is the inheritance of the children of 
Zebulun according to their families, these 
cities with their villages. 

17 U And the fourth lot came out to Issa- 
char, for the children of Issachar according 
to their families. 

18 And their border was toward Jezreel, 
and Chesulloth, and Shunem, 

19 And Hapharaim, and Shihon, and Ana- 
harath, 

20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, 



Asher, Naphtali, and Dan, 



2>J And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En- 
haddah, and Beth-pazzez ; 

22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and 
Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the 
out-goings of their border were at Jordan: 
sixteen cities with their villages. 

23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of 
the children of Issachar according to their 
families, tli£ cities and their villages. 

24 T\ And the fifth lot came out for the tribe 
of the children of Asher according to their 
families. 

25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, 
and Beten, and Achshaph, 

26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Mi- 
sheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, 
and to Shihor-libnalh; 

27 And turneth toward the sun-rising to 
Beth-dagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and 
to the valley of Jiphthah-el toward the north 
side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, and goeth out 
to Cabul on the left hand, 

28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, 
and Kanah, even unto great Zidon ; 

29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, 
and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast 
turneth to Hosah : and the out-goings there- 
of are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: 

30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: 
twenty and two cities with their villages. 

31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of 
the children of Asher according to their 
families, these cities with their villages. 

32 ^[ The sixth lot came out to the children 
of Naphtali, even for the children of Naph- 
tali according to their families. 

33 And their coast was from Heleph, from 
Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, 
and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the out-goings 
thereof were at Jordan : 

34 And then the coast turneth westward to 
Aznoth -tabor, and goeth out from thence to 
Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the 
south side, and reacheth to Asher on the 
west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward 
the sun-rising. 

35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, 
and Hammath, Rakkath, and Cinneroth, 

36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 

37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor, 

38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and 
Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen 
cities with their villages. 

39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the 
children of Naphtali according to their fami- 
lies, the cities and their villages. 

40 ^[ And the seventh lot came out for the 
tribe of the children of Dan according to 
their families. 

41 And the coast of their inheritance was 
Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, 

42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jeth- 
lah, 

43 AndElon, and Thimnathah, andEkron, 

44 And Elteke'h, and Gibbethon, and Baa- 
lath, 

45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath- 
rimmon, 

46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the 
border before Japho. 

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Joshua's inheritance. 



47 And the coast of the children of Dan, 
went out too Utile for them : therefore the 
children of Dan went up to fight against Le- 
shem, and took it, and smote it with the edge 
of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt 
therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the 
name of Dan dieir father. 

48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the 
children of Dan according to their families, 
these cities with their villages. 

49 1[ When they had made an end of di- 
viding the land for inheritance by their 
roasts, the children of Israel gave an inheri- 
tance to Joshua the son of Nun among them: 

50 According to the word of (he Lord they 
gave him the city which he asked, cven'lim- 
nath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built 
the city, and dwelt therein. 

." 51 These are the inheritances which. Elea- 
zar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, 
and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of 
the children of Israel, divided for an inheri- 
tance by lot in Sliiloh before the Lord, at 
the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion. So they made an end of dividing the 
eountrv. 

CHAP. XX. 

x 1 God commandcth, 7 and the children of Israel 

appoint the six cities of refuge. 

THE Lord also spake unto Joshua, say- 

2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 
Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof 
I spake unto you by the hand of Moses : 

3 That the slayer that killeth any person 
unawares and unwittingly, may flee thither: 
and they shall be your refuge from the aven- 
ger of blood. 

'4 And when he that doth flee unto one of 
those cities shall stand at the entering of the 
gate of the city, and shall declare his cause 
in the ears of the elders of that city, they 
shall take him into the city unto them, and 
give him a place, that he may dwell among 
them. 

5 And if the avenger of blood pursue after 
him, then they shall not deliver the slayer 
up into his hand; because he smote his 
neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not 
beforetime. 

ft And he shall dwell in that city, until he 
stand before the congregation for judgment, 
and until the death of the high priest that 
shall be in those days: then shall the slayer 
return, and come unto his own city, and unto 
his own house, unto the city from whence 
he fled. 
1 7 Tf And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee 
in mount Naphtah, and Shechem in mount 
Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, (which is He- 
bron) in the mountain of Judah. 

o And on the other side Jordan by Jericho 
eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilder- 
ness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reu- 
ben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe 
of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe 
of Manasseh. 

These were the cities appointed for all 
the children of Israel, and for the stranger 
that sojourncth among them, that whosoever 



CHAP. XX, XXI. Tlic cities assigned to the Levites. 



killeth any person at unawares might flee 
thither, and not die by the hand of the aven- 
ger of blood, until he stood before the con- 
gregation. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 Eight and forty cities given by lot, out of the 
other tinbes, unto the Levites. 43 God gave 
the land, and rest to the Israelites, according 
to his promise. 
Fin HEN came near the heads of the fathers 
J- of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, 
and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto 
the heads of the fathers of he tribes of the 
children of Israel; 

2 And they spake unto them at Shiloh in 
the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord com- 
manded by the hand of Moses to give ns cities 
to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our 
cattle. 

3 And the children of Israel gave unto the 
Levites out of their inheritance, at the com- 
mandment of the Lord, these cities and 
their suburbs. 

4 And the lot came out for the families of 
the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron 
the priest, which were of the Levites, had 
by lot out. of the tribe of Judah, and out of 
the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of 
Benjamin, thirteen cities. 

5 And the rest of the children of Kohath 
had by lot out of the families of the tribe ot 
Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and 
out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. 

G And the children of Gershon had by lot 
out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, 
and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the 
tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe 
of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 

7 The children of Merari by their families 
had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of 
the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Ze- 
bulun, twelve cities. 

8 And the children of Israel gave by lot 
unto the Levites these cities with their su- 
burbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand 
of Moses. 

9 \\ And they gave out of the tribe of the 
children of Jiulah, and out of the tribe of the 
children of Simeon, these cities which are 
here mentioned by name, 

10 Which the children of Aaron, being of 
the families of the Kohathites, who were of 
the children of Levi, had : for theirs was the 
first lot. 

11 And they gave them the city of Arba 
the father of Anak (which city is Hebron) 
in the hill-country of Judah, with the su- 
burbs thereof round about it. 

12 But the fields of the city, and the villages 
thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Je- 
phunneh for his possession. 

13 1[ Thus they gave to the children of 
Aaron the priest, Hebron with her suburbs, 
to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and 
Libnah with her suburbs, 

14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Esh- 
temoa with her suburbs, 

15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir 
with her suburbs, 

16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah 

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7'he cities of the Levites. JOSHUA. Tiie two and a half tribes sent home. 

with her suburbs, a/uZBeth-shemesh with her 
suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. 

17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibe- 



• 



on with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, 

18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almou 
with her suburbs; four cities. 

19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, 
the priests, were thirteen cities with their 
suburbs. 

20 ^f And the families of the children of 
Kohath, the Levltes which remained of the 
children of Kohath, even they had the cities 
of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 

21 For they gave them Shechem with her 
suburbs in mount Ephraim. to he a city of 
refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her 
suburbs, 

22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and 
Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities. 

23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with 
her suburbs, Gibbcthon with her suburbs, 

24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rimmon 
with her suburbs; four cities. 

25 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, 
Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rim- 
mon, with her suburbs; two cities. 

26 All the cities ivere ten with their su- 
burbs, for the families of the .children of Ko- 
hath that remained. 

27 % And unto the children of Gershon, of 
the families of the Levifes, out of the other 
half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in 
Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of re- 
fuge for the slayer, and Beesh-terah wills 
Iter suburbs; two cities. 

28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon 
with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, 

29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim 
^vith her suburbs; four cities. 

30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal 
with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, 

31 Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob 
with her suburbs; four cities. 

32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh 
in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of 
refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with 
her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; 
three cities. 

33 All the cities of the Gershonites, accord- 
ing; to their families, were thirteen cities with 
their suburbs. 

34 *[ And. unto the families of the children 
of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the 
tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her su- 
burbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, 

35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with 
her suburbs ; four cities. 

3G And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer 
with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her su- 
burbs, 

37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Me- 
phaath with her suburbs; four cities. 

38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in 
Crilead with her suburbs, to be a city of re- 
fuse for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her 
suburbs, 

39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with 
her suburbs; four cities in all. 

40 So all the cities for the children of Me- 
rari by their families, which were remaining 



of the families of the Levites, were by tin 
lot twelve cities. 

41 All the cities of the Levites within the 
possession of the children of Israel were 
forty and eight cities with their suburbs. 

42 These cities were every one with their 
suburbs round about them. Thus were all 
these cities. 

43 ^ And the Lord gave unto Israel ail the 
land which he sware to give unto their fa- 
thers : and they possessed it, and dwelt 
therein. 

41 And the Lord gave them rest round 
about, according to all that he sware unto 
their fathers : and there stood not a man of 
all their enemies before them; the Lord 
delivered all their enemies into their hand. 
45 There faiied not aught of any good thing 
which the Lord had spoken unto the house 
of Israel; all came to pass. 

CHAP. XXII. 
1 The t?co tribes and half with a blessing are 
sent home. 10 They build the altar of testimo- 
ny, in their journey. 11 The Israelites are 
offended thereat. 21 They give them good 
satisfaction. 

THEN Joshua called the Reubenites, 
and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of 
Manasseh, 

2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all 
that Moses the servant of the Lord com- 
manded you, and have obeyed my voice in 
all that I commanded you : 

3 Ye have not left your brethren these 
many days unto this day, but have kept the 
charge of the commandment of the Lord 
your God. 

4 And now the Lord your God hath given 
rest unto your brethren, as he promised 
them : therefore now return ye, and get you 
unto your tents, and unto the land of your 
possession, which Moses the servant of die 
Lord gave you on the other side Jordan. 

5 But take diligent heed to do the com- 
mandment and the law, which Moses the 
servant of the Lord charged you, to love 
the Lord your God, and to walk in all his 
ways, and to keep his commandments, and 
to cleave unto him, and to serve him with 
all your heart, and with all your soul. 

6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them 
away; and they went unto their tents. 

7 f t Now to the one half of the tribe of Ma- 
nasseh, Moses had given possession in Ba- 
shan : but unto the other half thereof gave 
Joshua among their brethren on this side 
Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent 
them away also unto their tents, then he 
blessed them, 

8 And he spake unto them, saying, Return 
with much riches unto your tents, and with 
very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, 
and with brass, and with iron, and with very 
much raiment : divide the spoil of your ene- 
mies with your brethren. 

9 ^[ And the children of Reuben, and the 
children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manas- 
seh returned, and departed from the children 
of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land 
of Canaan, to go unto the countrv of Gilead, 

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They build an altar of testimony, CHAP. 
to the land of their possession, whereof they 
were possessed, according to tie word of the 
Lord by the hand of Moses. 

10 H And when they came unto the borders 
of Jordan, that arc in the land of Canaan, 
the children of Reuben, and the children of 
Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built 
there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to 
see to. 

11 If And the children of Israel heard say, 
Behold, the children of Reuben, and the 
children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Ma- 
nasseh, have built an altar over against the 
hind of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at 
the passage of the children of Israel. 

12 And when the children of Israel heard 
of it, the whple congregation of the children 
of Israel gathered themselves together at 
Shiloh, to go up to war against them. 

13 And the children of Israel sent unto the 
children of Reuben, and to the children of 
Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh into 
the laud of Gilead, Phinehas the son of 
Eleazar the priest, 

14 And with him ten princes, of each chief 
house a prince throughout all the tribes of 
Israel; and each one was a head of the 
house of their fathers among the thousands 
of Israel. 

15 And they came unto the children of Reu- 
ben, and to the children of Gad, and to the 
half-tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gi- 
lead, and they spake with them, saying, 

16 Thus saith the whole congregation of 
the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have 
committed against the God of Israel, to turn 
away this day from following the Lord, in 
that ye have builded you an altar, that ye 
might rebel this day against the Lord ? 

17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, 
from which we are not cleansed until this 
day, although there was a plague in the 
congregation of the Lord, 

18 But that ye must turn away this day from 
following the Lord ? and it will be, seeing 
ye rebel to-day against the Lord, that to- 
morrow he will be wroth with the whole 
congregation of Israel. 

19 Notwithstanding, if the land of your pos- 
session be unclean, then pass ye over unto 
the land of the possession of the Lord, 
wherein the Lord's tabernacle dwelleth, 
and take possession among us : but rebel not 
against the Lord, nor rebel against us, in 
building you an altar besides the altar of the 
Lord our God. 

20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah com- 
mit a trespass in the accursed thing, and 
wrath fell on all the' congregation of Israel ? 
and that man perished not alone in his ini- 
quity. 

21 Tf Then the children of Reuben, and the 
children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Ma- 
nasseh answered, and said unto the heads of 
the thousands of Israel, 

22 The Lord God of gods, the Lord God 
of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall 
know ; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgres- 
sion against the Lord, (save us not thisdav,) 

23 That we have built us an altar to turn 



XXIII. The people satisfied ahovt it. 

ft-om following the Lord, or if to offer there- 
on burnt-offering, or meat-offering, or if to 
offer peace-offerings thereon, let the Lord 
himself require it; 

24 And if we have not rather done it for 
fear of this thing, saying. In time to come 
your children might speak unto our children, 
saving, What have ye to do with the Lord 
God of Israel ? 

25 For the Lord hath made Jordan a bor- 
der between us and you, ye children of Reu- 
ben and children of Gad ; ye have no part 
in the Lord. So shall your children make 
our children cease from fearing the Lord. 

26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare 
to build us an altar, not for burnt-offering, 
nor for sacrifice : 

27 But that it may be a witness between us, 
and you, and our generations after us, that 
we might do the service of the Lord before 
him with our burnt-offerings, and with our 
sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that 
your children may not say to our children in 
time to come, Ye have no part in the Lord. 

28 Therefore said we, that it shall be, when 
they should so say to us or to our genera- 
tions in time to come, that we may say again. 
Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, 
which our fathers made, not for burnt-offer- 
ings, nor for sacrifices ; but it is a witness be- 
tween us and you. 

29 God forbid that we should rebel against 
the Lord, and turn this day from following, 
the Lord, tc build an altar for burnt-offer- 
ings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, be- 
sides the altar of the Lord our God that is 
before his tabernacle. 

30 ^f And when Phinehas the priest, and 
the princes of the congregation, and heads 
of the thousands of Israel which were with 
him, heard the words that the children ot 
Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the 
children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them. 

31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the 
priest said unto the children of Reuben, and 
to the children of Gad, and to the children 
of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the 
Lord is among us, because ye have not 
committed this trespass against the Lord : 
now ye have delivered the children of Israel 
out of the hand of the Lord. 

32 % And Phinehas the son «f Eleazar the 
priest, and the princes, returned from the 
children of Reuben, and from the children 
of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the 
land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, 
and brought them word again. 

33 And the thing pleased the children of Is- 
rael ; and the children of Israel blessed God, 
and did not intend to go up against them m 
battle, to destroy the land wherein the chil- 
dren of Reuben and Gad dwelt. 

34 And the children of Reuben and the. 
children of Gad called the altar Ed : for it 
shall be a witness between us that the Lord 
is God. 

CHAP. XXIII. 
lJoshu(is exhortation before his death, 'My for 
mer benefits, 5 by promises, 11 and by threat 
enings. 

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Joshua's exhortation to ike people. 

A ND it came to pass, a long time after that 
jMl the Lord had given rest unto Israel 
from all their enemies round about, that Jo- 
shua waxed old and stricken in age. 

2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for 
their elders, and for their heads, and for 
their judges, and for their officers, and said 
unto tli em, I am old and stricken in age: 

3 And ye have seen all that the Lord your 
God hath done unto ail these nations" be- 
cause of you ; for the Lord your God is he 
that hath fought for you. 

4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot 
these nations that remain, to be an inheri- 
tance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all 
the nations that I have cutoff, even unto the 
great sea westward. 

5 And the Lord your God, he shall expel 
them from before you, and drive them from 
out of your sight ; and ye shall possess their 
land, as the Lord your God hath promised 
unto you. 

6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep 
- and to do all that is written in the book of 

the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside 
therefrom to the right hand or to the left; 

7 That ye come not among these nations, 
these that remain among you ; neither make 
mention of the name of their gods, nor cause 
to swear by them, neither serve thein, nor 
bow yourselves unto them: 

8 But cleave unto the Lord your God, as 
ye have done unto this day. 

9 For the Lord hath driven out from before 
you great nations and strong: but as for 
you, no man hath been able to stand before 
you unto this day. 

10 One man of you shall chase a thousand : 
for the Lord your God, he it is thatfighteth 
for you, as he hath promised you. 

11 Take good heed therefore unto your- 
selves, that ye love the Lord your God. 

12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and 
cleave unto the remnant of these nations, 
even these that remain among you, and shall 
make marriages with them, and go in unto 
them, and they to you : 

13 Know for a certainty that the Lord your 
God will no more drive out any of these na- 
tions from before you: but they shall be 
snares and traps unto you, and scourges in 
your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye 

Eerish from off this good land which the 
,ord your God hath given you. 

14 And behold, this day I am going the way 
of all the earth; and ye know in all your 
hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing 
hath failed of all the good things which the 
Lord your God spake concerning you ; all 
are come to pass unto you, and not one thing 
hath failed thereof. 

15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as 
all good things are come upon you, which 
the Lord your God promised you ; so shall 
the Lord bring upon you all evil things, un- 
til he have destroyed you from off this good 
land which the Lord your God hath given 
you. 

'16 When ye have transgressed the cove- 
nant of the Lord your God, which he com- 



JOSHUA. He relateth GocVs benefits. 

mandedyou, and have gone and served other 
gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then 
shall the anger of the Lord be kindled 
against you, and ye shall perish quickly from 
off thegoodjand which lie hath given unto 
vou. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
1 Joskua assembleth the tribes at Shechem. 2-i 
brief history of God's benefits from Terah. 
14 He rcnewctha covenant between them and 
God. 26.3 stone the witness of the covenant. 
29 Joshua's age, death, and burial. 32 Joseph's 
bones are buried. 33 Eleazar- diet/i. 

A ND Joslma gathered all the tribes of Is- 



rael to Shechem, and called for the el- 
ders of Israel, and for their heads and for 
their judges, and for their officers; and they 
presented themselves before God. 

2 And Joshua said unto all the people, 
Thus saidi the Lord God of Israel, Your 
fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood 
in old lime, even Terah, the father of Abra- 
ham, and the father of Nachor: and they 
served other gods. 

3 And I took your father Abraham from the 
other side of the flood, and led him through- 
out all the land of Canaan, and multiplied 
his seed, and gave him Isaac. 

4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau : 
and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess 
it; but Jacob and his children went dowu 
into Egypt. 

5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I 
plagued Egypt, according to that which I 
did among them : and afterward I brought 
you out. 

6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt : 
and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyp- 
tians pursued after your fathers with chariots 
and horsemen unto the Red sea. 

7 And when they cried unto the Lord, he 
put darkness between you and the Egyp- 
tians, and brought the sea upon them, and 
covered them ; and your eyes have seen 
what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in 
the wilderness a long season. 

8 And I brought you into the land of the 
Amorites, which dwelt on the other side 
Jordan ; and they fought with you : and I 
gave them into your hand, that ye might 
possess their land; and I destroyed them 
from before you. 

9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of 
Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and 
sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to 
curse you : 

10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam, 
therefore he blessed you still : so I delivered 
you out of his hand. 

11 And ye went over Jordan, and came 
unto Jericho : and the men of Jericho fought 
against you, the Amorites, and thePerizzites, 
and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the 
Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, 
and I delivered them into your hand. 

12 And I sent the hornet before you, which 
drave them out from before you, even the two 
kings of the Amorites: but not with thy 
sword, nor with thy bow. 

13 And I have given vou a land for which 
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Israel's covenant renewed. CHAP 

ye did not labour, and cities which ye built 
not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards 
and olive-yards which ye planted not do ye eat. 

14 H Now therefore fear the Lord, and 
serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put 
away the gods which your fathers served on 
the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and 
serve ye the Lord. 

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the 
Lord, choose you this day whom ye will 
serve, whether the gods which your fatiicrs 
served that were on the other" side of the 
flood, or the gods of the Amorites in whose 
land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, 
we will serve the Lord. 

16 And the people answered, and said, God 
forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to 
serve other gods ; 

17 For the Lord our God, he it is that 
brought us up, and our fathers, out of the 
land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, 
and which did those great signs in our sight, 
and preserved us in all the way wherein we 
went, and among all the people through 
whom we passed : 

18 And the Lord drave out from before us 
all the people, even the Amorites which 
dwelt in the land: therefore will we also 
serve the Lord ; for he is our God. 

19 Arid Joshua said unto the people, Ye 
cannot serve the Lord': for he is a holy 
God: he is a jealous God; he will not for- 
give your transgressions, nor your sins. 

20 If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange 
gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and 
consume you, after that he hath done you 
good. 

21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay ; 
but we will serve the Lord. 

22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are 
witnesses against yourselves that ye Tiave 
chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And 
they said, We are witnesses. 

23 Now therefore put away {said he) the J 



XXtV. Joshua's age, death, and burial. 
strange gods which are among you, and in- 
cline your heart Unto the Lord God of Israel. 

24 And the people said unto Joshua, The 
Lord our God will we serve, and his voice 
will we obey. 

25 So Joshua made a covenant with (he 
people that day, and s"et them a statute and 
an ordinance in Shechem. 

26 U And Joshua wrote these words in the 
book of the law of God, and took a great 
stone, and set it up there under an oak that 
was by the sanctuary of the Lord. 

27 ^[ And Joshua said unto all the people, 
Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us , 
for it hath heard all the words of the Lord 
which he spake unto us : it shall be there- 
fore a witness unto you, lest ve deny your 
God. ' ' 

28 So Joshua let the people depart, every 
man unto his inheritance. 

29 And it came to pass after these things, 
that Joshua the son of Nun the servant of 
the Lord died, being- a hundred and ten 
years old. 

30 And they buried him in the border of his 
inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is io 
mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill 
of Gaash. 

31 And Israel served the Lord all the days 
of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that 
overlived Joshua, and which had known ali 
the works of the Lord that lie had done for 
Israel. 

32 And the bones of Joseph, which the chil- 
dren of Israel brought upoutof Egypt, buried 
they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which 
Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the fa- 
ther of Shechem for a hundred pieces of sil- 
ver ; and it became the inheritance of the 
children of Joseph. 

33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and 
they buried him in a hill that pertained to 
Phinehas his son^ which was given him in 
mount Ephraim. 



If The Book of JUDGES. 



CHAP. I. 

1 The acts of Judah and Simeon. A Adoni-bezek 
justly requited. 8 Jerusalem taken. 10 Hebron 
taken. 11 Othniel hath Achsah to wife for ta- 
lcing of Debir. 16 The Kenites dwell in Judah. 
17 Hormahy Gaza, Askelon and Ekron taken. 
21 The acts of Benjamin. 22 "Of the house of 
Joseph, who take Beth-el. 30 Of Zebulun. 31 
OfAsher. 33 Of JVaphtali. 34 Of Dan. 

NOW after the death of Joshua it came to 
pass, that the children of Israel asked 
the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us 
against the Canaanites first to fight against 
them ? 

2 And the Lord said, Judah shall go up : 
behold, I have delivered the land into his 
hand. 

. 3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, 
Come up with me into my lot, that we may 
fi^ht against the Canaanites ; and I likewise 
will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon 
went with him. 

4 And Judah went up, and the Lord deliv- 
ered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into 



their hand : and they slew of them in Bezek 
ten thousand men. 

5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek : 
and they -fought against him, and they slew 
the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 

6 But Adoni-bezek fled ; and they pursued 
after him, and caught him, and cut off his 
thumbs and his great toes. 

7 And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and 
ten kings, having their thumbs and their great 
toes cut off, gathered their meat under my 
table ; as I have done, so God hath requited 
me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, 
and there he died. 

8 (Now the children of Judah had fought 
against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and 
smitten it with the edge of the sword, and 
set the city on fire.) 

9 ^1 And afterward the children of Judah 
went down to fight against the Canaanites 
that dwelt in the mountain, and in the soutli, 
and in the valley. 

10 And Judah went against the Canaanites 
that dwelt in Hebron : (now the name of 

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Hebron taken. JUDGES. 

Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they 
slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. 

11 And from thence he went against the in- 
habitants of Debir : and the name of Debir 
before was Kirjath-sepher: 

12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath- 
sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Ach- 
sah my daughter to wife. 

13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's 
younger brother, took it : and he gave him 
!Achsah his daughter to wife. 

14 And it came to pass, when she came to 
him, that she moved him to ask of her father 
a field : and she lighted from off her ass ; and 
Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? 

15 And she said unto him, Give me a bless- 
ing: for thou hast given me a south land; 
give me also springs of water. And Caleb 
gave her the upper springs, and the nether 
springs. 

16 ^[ And the children of the Kenite, jVIoses' 
father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm- 
trees with the children of Judah into the wil- 
derness of Judah, which lieth in the south of 
Arad; and they went and dwelt among the 
people. 

17 And Judah went with Simeon his bro- 
ther, and they slew the Canaanites that in- 
habited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. 
And the name of the city was called Hormah. 

18 A.so Judah took Gaza with the coast 
thereof, and AsUelon with the coast thereof, 
and Ekron with the coast thereof. 

19 And the Lord was with Judah ; and he 
drave out the inJmbitants of the mountain ; 
but could not drive out the inhabitants of the 
valley, because they had chariots of iron. 

20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as 
Moses said : and he expelled thence the three 
sonsofAnak. 

21 And the children of Benjamin did not 
drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jeru- 
salem ; but the Jebusites dwell with the chil- 
dren of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. 

22 1T And the house of Joseph, they also 
went up against Beth-el : and the Lord was 
with them. 

23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry 
Beth-el. Now the name of the city before 
was Luz. 

24 And the spies saw a man come forth out 
of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, 
we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and 
we will shew thee mercy. 

25 And when he shewed them the entrance 
into the city, they smote the city with the 
edge of the sword : but they let go the man 
and all his family. 

26 And the man went into the land of the 
Hittites, and built a city, and called the name 
thereof Luz : which is the name thereof unto 
this day. 

27 ^J Neither did Manasseh drive out the in- 
habitants o/*Beth-shean and her towns, nor 
Taanachand her towns, nor the inhabitants 
of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of 
lbleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of 
Megiddo and her towns; but the Canaanites 
would dwell in that land. 

28 And it came to pass when Israel was 



The people rebuked at Bochim. 
strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, 
and did not utterly drive them out. 

29 ^ Neither did Ephraim drive out the 
Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the 
Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among 'them. 

30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the in- 
habitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of 
Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among 
them, and became tributaries. 

31 Tf Neither did Asher drive out the in- 
habitants of Acclio, nor the inhabitants of 
Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of 
Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: 

32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Ca- 
naanites, the inhabitants of the land : for they 
did not drive them out. 

33^1 Neither did Naphtali drive out the in- 
habitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabi- 
tants of Beth-anath ; but he dwelt among the 
Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: 
nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-she- 
mesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries 
unto them. 

34 And the Amorites forced the children ot 
Dan into the mountain : for they would not 
suffer them to come down to the valley : 

35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount 
Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the 
hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that 
they became tributaries. 

36 And the coast of the Amorites teas from 
the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and 
upward. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Jin angel rebuketh the people at Bochim. 6 The 
wickedness of thenew generation after Joshua. 
14 God's anger and pity toward them. 20 The 
Canaanites are left to prove Israel. 



AND an angel of the Lord came up from 
Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you 
to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you 
unto the land which I sware unto your fa- 
thers; and I said, I will never break my cove- 
nant with you. 

2 And ye shall make no league with the in- 
habitants of this land; ye shall throw down 
their altars : but ye have not obeyed nr 
voice : why have ye done this? 

3 Wherefore I also said, I will not driv 
them out from before you ; but they shall 
as thorns in your sides, and their gods sha! 
be a snare unto you. 

4 And it came to pass, when the angel 
the Lord spake these words unto all tli 
children of Israel, that the people lifted u 
their voice, and wept. 

5 And they called the name of that plac 
Bochim : and they sacrificed there unto tli 
Lord. 

6 If And when Joshua had let the people 
go, the children of Israel went every mai 
unto his inheritance to possess the land. 

7 And the people served the Lord all th 
days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders 
that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the 
great works of the Lord, that he did for 
Israel. 

8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant 
of the Lord, died, being a hundred and ten 
vears old. 

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Wickedness of the Israelites. CHAP. 

9 And they buried him in the border of his 
inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the mount 

of Ephraim, on tlie north side of the hill 
Gaash. 

10 And also all that generation were gather- 
ed unto their fathers : and there arose ano- 
ther generation after them, which knew not 
the Lord, nor yet the works which he had 
done for Israel. 

11 % And the children of Israel did evil in 
the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim : 

12 And they forsook the Lord God of their 
fathers, which brought them out of the land 
of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the 
gods of the people that were round about 
them, and bowed themselves unto them, and 
provoked the Lord to anger. 

13 And they forsook the Lord, and served 
Baal and Ashtaroth. 

14 51 And the anger of the Lord was hot 
against Israel, and he delivered them into 
the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and 
he sold them into the hands of their enemies 
round about, so that they could not any 
longer stand before their enemies. 

15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand 
of the Lord was against them for evil, as the 
Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn 
unto them : and they were greatly distressed. 

16 ^1 Nevertheless the Lord raised up 
judges, which delivered them out of the hand 
of those that spoiled them. 

17 And yet they would not hearken unto 
their judges, but they went a whoring after 
other gods, and bowed themselves unto 
them : they turned quickly out of the way 
which their fathers walked in, obeying the 
commandments of the Lord ; but they did 
riot so. 

18 And when the Lord raised them up 
judges, then the Lord was with the judge, 
and delivered them out of the hand of their 
enemies all the days of the judge : (for it re- 
pented the Lord because of their groanings 
by reason of them that oppressed them and 
vexed them.) 

19 And it came to pass, when the judge was 
dead, that they returned, and corrupted 
themselves more than their fathers, in fol- 
lowing other gods to serve them, and to bow 
down unto them ; they ceased not from their 
own doings, nor from their stubborn way. 

20 H And the anger of the Lord was hot 
against Israel ; and lie said, Because that this 
people hath transgressed my covenant which 
I commanded their fathers, and have not 
hearkened unto my voice ; 

21 I also will not'henceforth drive out any 
from before them of the nations which Jo- 
shua 'eft when he died : 

22 That through them I may prove Israel, 
whether they will keep the way of the Lord 

. to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, 
or not. 

23 Therefore the Lord left those nations, 
vyithout driving them out hastily, neither de- 
livered he them into the hand of Joshua. 

CHAP. III. 

The nations rol-lch were left to prove Israel. 5 
By communion with them they commit idola- 



fTi 



III. Othniel, Ehud, and Sliamgar, 

try. 8 Othniel deliver eth them from Chushan- 
rishathaim. 12 Ehud from Eglon. 21 Sham- 
gar from the Philistines. 

NOW these are the nations which the 
Lord left, to prove Israel by them, 
{even as many of Israel as had not known 
all the wars of Canaan ; 

2 Only that the generations of the children 
of Israel might know to teach them war, at 
the least such as before knew nothing there- 
of;) 

3 Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and 
all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and 
the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, 
from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering 
in of Hamath. 

4 And they were to prove Israel by them, 
to know whether they would hearken unto 
the commandments of the Lord, which he 
commanded their fathers by the hand of 
Moses. 

5 II And the children of Israel dwelt among 
the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and 
Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites : 

6 And they took their daughters to be their 
wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, 
and served their gods. 

7 And the children of Israel did evil in the 
sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their 
God, and served Baalim, and the groves. 

8 ^T Therefore the anger of the Lord was 
hot against Israel, and he sold them into the 
hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Meso- 
potamia : and the children of Israel served 
Chushan-rishathaim eight years. 

9 And when the children of Israel cried 
unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliv- 
erer to the children of Israel, who delivered 
them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Ca- 
leb's younger brother. 

10 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon 
him, and he judged Israel, and went out to 
war: and the Lord delivered Chushan- 
rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his 
hand ; and his hand prevailed against Chu- 
shan-rishathaim. 

11 And the land had rest forty years: and 
Othniel the son of Kenaz died. 

12 ^1 And the children of Israel did evil 
again in the sight of the Lord : and the 
Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab 
against Israel, because they had done evil in 
the sight of the Lord. 

13 And he gathered unto him the children 
of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote 
Israel, and possessed the city of palm-trees. 

14 So the children of Israel served Eglon 
the king of Moab eighteen years. 

15 But when the children of Israel cried 
unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a 
deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benja- 
mite, a man left-banded : and by him the 
children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon 
the king of Moab. 

16 But Ehud made him a dagger which had 
two edges, of a cubit lengths and he did gird 
it under his raiment upon his right thigh. 

17 And he brought the present unto Eglon 
king of Moab : and Eglow ucas'A very fat 
man. 

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Ehud slayeth Eglon, JUDGES, 

18 And when he had made an end to offer 
the present, he sent away tiie people that 
bare the present. 

19 But he himself turned again from the 
quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have 
a secret errand unto thee, O king : who said, 
Keep silence. And all tiiat stood by him 
went out from him. 

20 And Ehud came unto him; and lie was 
sitting in a summer-parlour, which he had 
for himself alone: and Ehud said, I have a 
message from God unto thee. And he arose 
©ut of his seat. 

21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and 
took the dagger from his right thigh, and 
thrust it into his belly: 

22 And the haft also went in after the blade : 
and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he 
could not draw the dagger out of his belly; 
and the dirt came out. 

23 Then Ehud went forth through the 
porch, and shut the doors of the parlour 
upon him, and locked them. 

&4 When he was gone out, his servants 
came; and when they saw that, behold, the 
doors of the parlour were locked, they said, 
Surelv he covereth his feet in his summer- 
chamber. 

25 And they tarried till they were ashamed : 
and behold, he opened not the doors of the 
parlour, therefore they took a key and open- 
ed them : and behold, their lord was fallen 
down dead on the earth. 

26 And Ehud escaped while they tarried * 
and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped 
unto Seirath. 

27 And it came to pass when he was come, 
that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of 
Ephraim, and the children of Israel went 
down with him from the mount, and he be- 
fore them. 

28 And he said unto them, Follow after me : 
for the Lord hath delivered your enemies the 
Moabites into your hand. And they went 
down after him, and took the fords of Jor- 
dan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to 
pass over. 



Deborah and Barak deliver Israeh 
iron ; and twenty years he mightily oppress- 
ed the children of Israel. 

4 % And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of 
Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. 

5 And she dwelt under the paim-tree of De- 
borah, between Ramah and Beth-el in mount 
Ephraim : and the children of Israel came 
up to her for judgment. 

6 And she sent and called Barak the son of 
Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said 
unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel 
commanded, saying, Go, and draw toward 
mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thou- 
sand men of the children of Naphtali, and of 
the children of Zebulun ; 

7 And I will draw unto thee, to the river 
Kishon, Sisera the captain of Jabin's army, 
with his chariots and his multitude; and" I 
will deliver him into thy hand ? 

8 And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go 
with me, then I will go : but if thou wilt not 
go with me, then I will not go. 

9 And she said, I will surely go with thee : 
notwithstanding the journey that thmi takest 
shall not be for thine honour; for the Lord 
shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. 
And Deborah arose, and went with Barak 
to Kedesh.- 

1Q H And Barak called Zebulun and Napli 
tali to Kedesh ; and he went up with ten 
thousand men at his feet : and Deborah 
went up with him. 

11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of 
the children of Hobab the father-in-law of 
Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, 
and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaa 
naim, which is by Kedesh. 

12 And they shewed Sisera that Barak 
the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount 
Tabor. 

13 And Sisera gathered together all his 
chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, 
and all the people that were with him, from 
Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of 
Kishon. 

14 And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for 
tiiis is tile day in which the Lord hath de- 



29 1f And they slew of Moab at that time , livered Sisera into thy hand:. is not the Lord 



about ten thousand men, all lusty, and ail 
men of valour: and there escaped not a 
man. 

30 So Moab was subdued that day under 
the hand of Israel : and the land had rest 
fourscore years. 

31 U And after him was Shamgar the son 
of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six 
hundred men with an ox-goad; and he also 
delivered Israel. 

CHAP. IV. 

1 Deborah and Barak deliver tit em from Jab in 

and Sisera. 18 Jael killeth Sisera. 

AND the children of Israel again did evil 
in the sight of the LorD when Ehud 
wa3 dead. 

2 And the Lord sold them into the hand of 
Jabin king of Canaan that reigned in Hazor, 
the captain of whose ho«t was Sisera, which 
dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. 

3 And the children of Israel cried unto the 
Lord; for he had nine hundred chariots of 



gone out before thee ? So Barak went down 
from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men 
after him. 

15 And the Lord discomfited Sisera, and 
all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge 
of the sword before Barak ; so that Sisera 
lighted down off his chariot, and fled away 
on his feet. j 

16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, 
and after the host, unto Harosheth of the 
Gentiles : and all the host of Sisera fell upon 
the edge of the sword ; and there was not a 
man left. 

17 Howbeit, Sisera frfcd away on his feet to 
the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite : 
for there was peace between Jabin the king 
of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. 

18 If And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and 
said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to 
me; fear not. And when he had turned in 
unto her into the tent, she covered him with 
a mantle. 

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Jazl hilleth Sisera. 



CHAP. V. 



Song of Deborah and Barak* 



19 And he said unto her, Give me, I pray | dominion over the nobles among the people: 



thee, a little water to drink ; for 1 am thirsty. 
And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave 
him drink, and covered him. 

20 Again he said unto her, Stand in the 
door of the tent, and it shall be, when any 
man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, 
Is there anv man here? that thou shalt sav, 
No. 

21 Then Jael Hcber's wife took a nail of 
the tent, and took a hammer in her hand, 
and went softly unto him, and smote the nail 
into his temples, and fastened it into the 
ground : for he was fast asleep, and weary. 
So he died. 

22 And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, 
Jael came out to meet him, and said unto 
him, Come, and I will shew thee the man 
whom thou seekest. And when he came 
into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and 
the nail was in his temples. 

23 So God subdued on that day Jabin the 
king of Canaan before the children of Israel. 

24 And the hand of the children of Israel 
prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the 
king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Ja- 
bin king of Canaan. 

CHAP. V. 

The song of Deborah and Barak. 

THEN sang Deborah and Barak the son 
of Abinoam on that day, saving, 

2 Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of 
Israel, when the people willingly offered 
themselves. 

3 Hear, Oye kings; give ear, O ye princes; 
I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will 
sing praise to the Lord God of Israel. 

4 Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, 
when thou marchedst out of the field of 
Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens 
dropped, the clouds also dropped water. 

5 The mountains melted from before the 
Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord 
God of Israel. 

6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, 
in the days of Jael, the highways were unoc- 
cupied, and the travellers walked through 
by-ways. 

7 Hie inhabitants of the villages ceased, 
they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah 
arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. 

8 They chose new gods; then wax war in 
the gates: was there a shield or spear seen 
among forty thousand in Israel ? 

9 My heart is toward the governors of Is- 
rael that offered themselves willingly among 
the people : Bless ye the Lord. 

10 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye 
that sit in judgment, and walk by the way". 

11 They tfmi are delivered from the noise 
of archers in the places of drawing water, 
there shall they rehearsathe righteous acts 
of the Lord, even the righteous acts tmcard 
Vie inhabitants of his villages in Israel : then 
shall the people of the Lord go down to the 
gates. 

12 A wake, awake, Deborah ; awake, awake, 
utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy cap- 
tivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. 

13 Then he made him that remaineth have 









the Lord made me have dominion over the 
mighty. 

14 Out of Ephraim was there a root of thera 
against Amalek ; afterthee, Benjamin, among 
thy people : out of Machir came down gover 
nors, and out of Zebulun they that handle 
the pen of the writer. 

15 And the princes of Issachar were with 
Deborah ; even Issachar, and also Barak : 
he was sent on foot into the valley. For the 
divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts 
of heart. 

16 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, 
to hear the bleatings of the flocks ? For the 
divisions of Reuben there were great search- 
ings of heart. 

17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why 
did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued 
on the sea-shore, and abode in his breaches, 

18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people 
that jeoparded their lives unto the death in 
the high places of the field. 

19 The kings came and fought, then fought 
the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the 
waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of 
money. 

20 They fought from heaven; the stars in 
their courses fought against Sisera. 

21 The river of Kishon swept them away 
that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my 
soul, thou hast trodden down strength. 

22 Then were the horse-hoofs broken by 
the means of the prancings, the prancings oi 
their mighty ones. 

23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the 
Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants there- 
of; because they came not to the help of tli8 
Lord, to the help of the Lord against the 
mighty. 

24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife 
of Heberthe Kenite be, blessed shall she be 
above women in the tent. 

25 He asked water, and she gave him milk ; 
she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. 

26 She put her hand to the nail, and her 
right hand to the workmen's hammer; and 
with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote 
off his head, when she had pierced and 
stricken through his temples. 

27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay 
down : at her feet he bowed, he fell : where 
he bowed, there he fell down dead. 

28 The mother of Sisera looked out at a 
window, and cried through the lattice, Why 
is his chariot so long in coming ? why tarry 
the wheels of his chariots ? 

29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she 
returned answer to herseif, 

30 Have they not sped ? have they not 
divided the prey; to every man a damsel 
or two ; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, 
a prey of divers colours of needle-work, of 
divers colours of needle-work or. both sides, 
meet for the necks of them that take the 
spoil ? 

31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord : 
but let them that love him be as the sun when 
he goeth forth in his might. And the land 
had rest fortv vears. 

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Israel oppressed by Midian^ 

CHAP. VI. 

1 The Israelites for their sin are oppressed by 
jtfidian. 8j1 prophet rebuketh them. 11 Jin 
angel sendeth Gideon for their deliverance. 
11 Gideon's present is consumed with fire. 25 
Gideon destroy eth Baal's altar, and offereth a 
sacrifice upon the altar Jehovah- shalom. 28 
Jo ash defendeth his son, and .calleth him Je- 
rubbaal. 33 Gideon's army. 3QGideon , s signs. 

AND the children of Israel did evil in the 
sight of the Lord : and the Lord de- 
livered them into the hand of Midiau seven 
years, 

2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against 
Israel: and because of the Midianites the 
< hildren of Israel made them the dens which 
are in the mountains, and caves, and strong 
holds. 

3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, 
that the Midianites came up, and the Aina- 
lekites, and the children of the east, even 
they came up against them: 

4 And they encamped against them, and 
destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou 
come unto Gaza; and left no sustenance for 
Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 

5 For they came up with their cattle and 
their teats, and they came as grasshoppers 
for multitude ; for both they and their camels 
were without number : and they entered 
into the land to destroy it. 

6 And Israel was greatly impoverished be- 
cause of the Midianites; and the children of 
Israel cried unto the Lord. 

7 ^ And it came to pass, when the children 
of Isi-ael cried unto the Lord because of the 
Midianites, 

8 "That the Lord sent a prophet unto the 
children of Israel, which said unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought 
you up from Egypt, and brought you forth 
out of the house of bondage ; 

9 And I delivered you out of the hand of 
the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that 
oppressed you, and drave them out from be- 
fore you, and gave you their land ; 

10 And I said unto you, I am the Lord 
your God ; fear not the gods of the Amorites, 
in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not 
obeyed my voice. 

11 H And there came an angel of the Lord, 
and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, 
that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: 
and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the 
wine-press, to hide it from the Midianites. 

12 And the angel of the Lord appeared 
unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is 
with thee, thou mighty man of valour. 

13 And Gideon said unto him, O my Lord, 
if the Lord be with us, why then is all this 
befallen us? and where be all his miracles 
which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not 
the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now 
the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered 
us into the hands of the Midianites. 

14 And the Lord looked upon him, and 
said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt 
save Israel from the hand of the Midianites : 
have not I sent thee ? 

15 A nd he said unto him, O my Lord, where- 
with shall I save Israel ? behold, my family 



JUDGES. Gideon destroy eth Baal's altar, 

is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in 
my father's house. 

16 And the Lord said unto him, Surely I 
will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the 
Midianites as one man. 

17 And he said unto him, If now I have 
found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign 
that thou talkest with me. 

18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I 
come unto thee, and bring forth my present, 
and set it before thee. And he said, I will 
tarry until thou come again. 

19 And Gideon went in, and made ready a 
kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of 
flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he 
put the broth in a pot, and brought it out 
unto him under the oak, and presented it. 

20 And the angel of God said unto him, 
Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, 
and lay them upon this rock, and pour out 
the brotdi. And he did so. 

21 H Then tiie angel of the Lord put forth 
the end of the staff' that was in his hand, and 
touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; 
and there rose up fire out of the rock, and 
consumed the flesh and the unleavened 
cakes. Then the angel of the Lord de- 
parted out of his sight. ( 

22 And when Gideon perceived that he«?«s 
an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O 
Lord God! for because I have seen an angel 
of the Lord face to face. 

23 And the Lord said unto him, Peace be 
unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. 

24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto 
the Lord, and called it Jehovah-shalom : 
unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi- 
ezrites. 

25 1f And it came to pass the same night, 
that the Lord said unto him, Take thy fa- 
ther's young bullock, even the second bul- 
lock of seven years old, and throw down the 
altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut 
down the grove that is by it: 

26 And build an altar unto the Lord thy 
God upon the top of this rock, in the ordereo 1 
place, and take the second bullock, and offer 
a burnt-sacrifice with the wood of the grove 
which thou shalt cut down. 

27 Then Gideon took ten men of his ser- 
vants, and did as the Lord had said unto 
him: and so it was, because he feared his 
father's household, and the men of the city, 
that he could not do it by day, that he did it 
by night. 

28 ^f And when the men of the city arose 
early in the morning, behold, the altar of 
Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut 
down that was by it, and the second bullock 
was offered upon the altar that was built. 

29 And they said one to another, Who hath 
done this thing ? And when they inquired 
and asked, they said, Gideon the son of 
Joash hath done this thing. 

30 Then the men of the city said unto 
Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die : 
because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, 
and because he hath cut down the grove that 
was by it. 

31 And Joash said unto all that stood against 
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Gideon's signs, and army. 
him, Will ye plead for Baal ? will ye save 
him? he that will plead for him, let him be 
put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he 
be a god, let him plead for himself, because 
one hath cast down his altar. 

32 Therefore on that day he called him 
Jerubbaal, saving, Let Baal plead against 
him, because he hath thrown down his altar. 

33 Then all the Midianites, and the Ama- 
lekites, and the children of the east were 
gathered together, and went over, and pitch- 
ed in the valley of Jezreel. 

34 But the Spirit of the Lord came upon 
Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abi- 
ezer was gathered after him. 

35 And he sent messengers throughout all 
Manasseh ; who also was gathered alter him : 
and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto 
Zebulun, and unto Naphtali ; and they came 
up to meet them. 

36 H And Gideon said unto God, If thou 
wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said, 

37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in 
the floor : and if the dew be on the fleece 
only, and it be dry upon all the earth besides, 
then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel 
by my hand, as thou hast said. 

38 And it was so : for he rose up early on 
the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, 
and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a 
bowl-full of water. 

39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not 
thine anger be hot against me, and I will 
speak but this once : Let me prove, I prav 
thee, but this once with the fleece ; let it 
now be diy only upon the fleece, and upon 
all the ground let there be dew. 

40 And God did so that night: for it was 
dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew 
on all the ground. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Gideon's army of two and thirty thousand is 
brought to three hundred. 9 He is encouraged 
by the dream and interpretation of the barley 
cake. 16 His stratagem of trumpets and lamps 
in pitchers. 24 The Ephraimites take Oreb 
and, Zeeb. 

THEN Jerubbaal (who is Gideon) and 
all the people that were with him, rose 
up early and pitched beside the well of Ha- 
rod : so that the host of the Midianites were 
on the north side of them by the hill of Mo- 
reh, in the valley. 

2 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The 
people that are with thee are too many for 
me to give the Midianites into their hands, 
lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, say- 
ing, Mine own hand hath saved me. 

3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears 
of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful 
and afraid, let him return and depart eaily'. 
from mount Gilead. And there returned of 
the people twenty and two thousand; and 
there remained ten thousand. 

4 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The 
people are yet too many* bring them down 
unto the water, and I will try them for thee 
there; and it shall be that of whom I say 
unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same 
shall go with thee ; and of whomsoever I say 

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CHAP. VII. He is encouraged by a dream. 

unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the 
same shall not go. 

5 So he brought down the people unto the 
water: and the Lord said unto Gideon; 
Every one that lappeth of the water with 
his tongue as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou 
set by himself; likewise eveiy one that bow- 
eth down upon his knees to drink. 

6 And the number of them that lapped, 
putting their hand to their mouth, were 
three hundred men : but all the rest of the 
people bowed down upon their knees to 
drink water. 

7 And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the 
three hundred men that lapped will I save 
you, and deliver the Midianites into thy 
hand : and let all the other people go eveiy 
man unto his place. 

8 So the people took victuals in their hand, 
and their trumpets : and he sent all the rest 
o/* Israel every man unto his tent, and retain- 
ed those three hundred men. And the host 
of Midian was beneath him in the valley. 

9 *|f And it came to pass the same night, 
that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee 
down unto the host; for I have delivered it 
into thy hand. 

10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou 
with Phurah thy servant down to the host : 

11 And thou shalt hear what they say ; and 
afterward shall thy hands be strengthened to 
go down unto the host. Then went he down 
with Phurah his servant unto the outside of 
the armed men that were in the host. 

12 And the Midianites, and the Amalekites, 
and all the children of the east, lay along in 
the valley like grasshoppers for multitude ; 
and their camels were without number, as 
the sand by the sea-side for multitude. 

13 And when Gideon was come, behold, 
there was a man that told a dream unto his 
fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, 
and lo, a cake of barley-bread tumbled into 
the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, 
and smote it that it fell, and overturned it 
that the tent lay along. 

14 And his fellow answered, and said, This 
is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the 
son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his 
hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the 
host. 

15 H And it was so, when Gideon heard 
the telling of the dream, and the interpreta- 
tion thereof, that he worshipped, and return- 
ed into the host of Israel, and said, Arise, 
for the Lord hath delivered into your hand 
the host of Midian. 

16 And he divided the three hundred men 
into three companies, and he put a trumpet 
in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, 
and lamps within the pitchers. 

17 And he said unto them, Look on me, 
and do likewise : and behold, when I come 
to the outside of the camp, it shall be thai as 
I do, so shall ye do. 

18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all 
that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets 
also on every side of all the "camp, and say, 
The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. 

19 If So Gideon, and the hundred men that 
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Gvleotis victory* JUDGES. 

were with him, came unto the outside of the 
c;imp in the beginning of the middle watch: 
and they had but newly set the watch : and 
they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitch- 
ers that were in their hands. 

20 And the three companies blew the trum- 
pets, and brake the pitchers, and held the 
tamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in 
their rkjht hands to blow withal : and they 
cried, The sword of the Lord, andof Gideon. 

21 And they stood every man in his place 
round about the camp; and all the host ran, 
-and cried, and fled. 

22 And the three hundred blew the trum- 
j>ets, and the Lord set even* man's sword 
against his fellow, even throughout all the 
host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in 
Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meho- 
laii, unto Tabbath. 

23 And the men of Israel gathered them- 
selves together out of Naphtali, and out of 
Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued 
after the Midianites. 

24 % And Gideon sent messengers through- 
out all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down 
against the Midianites, aud take before them 
the waters unto Beth-bnrah and Jordan. 
Then all the men of Ephraim gathered 
themselves together, and took the waters 
unto Petb-barah and Jordan. 

25 And they took two princes of the Midi- 
anites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb 
upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at 
the wine-press of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, 
and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to 
Gideon on the other side Jordan. 

CHAP. VIII. 

1 Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimit.r*. A Succoth 
and Penuel refuse to relieve Gideon's army. 
10 Zebah and Zalmunna are taken. 13 Succoth 
and Penuel are destroyed. 18 Gideon reven- 
geth his brcth:eri > s death on Zebah and Zal- 
munna. 22 He refuseth government. 24 His 
ephod cause of idolatry. SB Midian subdued. 
29 Gideon s children and death. 33 The Israel- 
ites" idolatry and ingratitude. 

AND the men of Ephraim said unto him, 
Why hast thou served us thus, that 
thou calledst us not when thou wentest to 
fi^ht with the Midianites ? and they did chide 
with him sharply. 

2 And he said unto them, What have I done 
now in comparison of you ? Is not the glean- 
ing of the grapes of Ephraim better than the 
vintage of Abi-ezer ? 

3 God hath delivered into your hands the 
princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb : and 
what was I able to do in comparison of you ? 
Then their anger was abated toward him, 
when he had said that. 

4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed 
ever, he, and the three hundred men that 
were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. 

5 Ai:d he said unto the men of Succoth, 
Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the 
-*eople that follow me : for they be faint, 

and I am purcuin? after Zebah and Zal- 
munna, kings of Midian. 

6 *f And the princes of Succoth said, Are 
the hank of Zebah and Zalmunna now in 



Zebah and Zalmunna slain. 
thy hand, that we should give bread unto 
thine army? 

7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the 
Lord hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna 
into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with 
the thorns of the wilderness and with briers, 

3 And he went up thence to Penuel, and 
spake unto them likewise : and the men of 
Penuel answered him as the men of Succolh 
had answered kirn. 

9 And he spake also unto the men of Pe- 
nuel, saying, When I come again in peace, 
I wiJl break down this tower. 

10 % Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in 
Karkor, and their hosts with them, about 
fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all 
the hosts of the children of the east: for 
there fell a hundred and twenty thousand 
men that drew sword. 

11 1[ And Gideon went up by the way of 
them that dwelt in tents on the east of No- 
bah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for 
the host was secure. 

12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, 
he pursued after them, and took the two 
kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and 
discomfited all the host. 

13 ^[ And Gideon the son of Joash returned 
from battle before the sun teas up, 

14 And caught a young man of the men of 
Succoth, and inquired of him: and he de- 
scribed unto him the princes of Succoth, 
and the elders thereof, even threescore and 
seventeen men. 

15 And he came unto the men of Succoth. 
and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with 
whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the 
hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy 
hand, that we should give bread unto thy 
men that are weary ? 

16 And he took the elders of the city, and 
thorns of the wilderness, and briers, and 
with them he taught the men of Succoth. 

17 And he beat down the tower of Penuel. 
and slew the men of the city. 

18 ^[ Then said he unto Zebah and Zal- 
munna, What manner of men were they 
whom ye slew at Tabor ? And they answer- 
ed, As thou art, so were they; each one re- 
sembled the children of a king. 

19 And he said, They were my brethren, 
eteit the sons of my mother : #s the Lord 
liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would 
not slay you. 

20 And he said unto Jether iiis first-born, 
Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not 
his sword : for he feared, because he was 
yet a youth. 

21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise 
thou, and fall upon us : for as the man is, so 
is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew 
Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the 
ornaments that were on their camels' necks. 

22 if Then the men of Israel said unto Gi- 
deon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and tin- 
son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast 
delivered us" from the hand of Midian. 

23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not 
rule over you, neither shall my son rule over 
von : the Lord shall rule over you. 

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CHAP. IX. 



E 



24 Aod Gideon said unto them, I would de- 
sire a request of you, that you would give me 
every man the ear-rings of his prey. (For 
they had golden ear-rings, because they were 
Ishmaelites.) 

25 And they answered, We will willingly 
give them. And they spread a garment, and 
did cast therein every man the ear-rings of 
his prey. 

26 And the weight of the golden ear-rings 
that he requested, was a thousand and seven 
hundred shekels of gold ; besides ornaments, 
and collars, and purple raiment that teas on 
the kings of Midian, and besides the chains 
that ?rere about their camels' necks. 

27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and 
mt it in his city, even in Ophrah : and all 
srael went thither a whoring after it : which 

thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to 
his house. 

28 *ft Thus was Midian subdued before the 
children of Israel, so that they lifted up their 
heads no more. And the country was in 
quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. 

29 1f And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went 
and dwelt in his own house. 

30 And Gideon had threescore and ten 
sons of his body begotten : for he had many 
wives. 

31 And his concubine that teas in Shechem, 
she also bare him a son, whose name he 
called Abimelech. 

32 1J And Gideon the son of Joosh died in a 
good old age, and was buried in the sepul- 
chre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the 
Abi-ezrites. 

33 And it came to pass as soon as Gideon 
was dead, that the children of Israel turned 
again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and 
made Baal-berith their god. 

34 And the children of Israel remembered 
not the Lord their God, who had delivered 
them out of the hands of all their enemies on 
every* side : 

35 Neither shewed they kindness to the 
house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, accord- 
ing to all the goodness which he had shewed 
unto Israel. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 Abimelechby conspiracy with the Shechemitcs, 
and murder of his brethren, is made king. 7 
Jotham by a parable rebuketh them., andfore- 
tellcth their ruin. 22 Gaal conspireth with 
the Shechemites against him. 30 Zebul reveal- 
eth it. 34 Abimelech overcometh them, and 
soweth the city with salt. 46 He burneth the 
hold of the god Berith. 5QAt Thebez he is 
slain by a piece of a millstone. 56 Jotham' s 
curse is fulfilled. 

AND Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal 
went to Shechem unto his mother's 
brethren, and communed with them, and 
with all the family of the house of his mo- 
ther's father, saying, 

2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the 
men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, 
either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which 
are threescore and ten persons, reign over 
you, or that one reign over you ? remember 
also that I cww your bone and your flesh. 



JoOvanCs parable of die tret*. 



in the ears of all the men of Shechem ah 
these words: and their hearts inclined to 
follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our 
brother. 

4 And they gave him threescore and ten 
pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-be- 
rith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and 
light persons, which followed him. 

5 And he went unto his father's house ar 
Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of 
Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, 
upon one stone : notwithstanding, yet Jo- 
tham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was 
left; for he hid himself. 

6 And all the men of Shechem gathered 
together, and all the house of Millo, and 
went and made Abimelech king, by the plain 
of the pillar that teas in Shechem. 

7 *ft And when they told it to Jotham, he 
went and stood in the top of mount Ge- 
rizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and 
said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men 
of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 

3 The trees went forth on a time to anoint 
a king over them ; and they said unto the 
olive-tree. Reign thou over us. 

9 But the olive-tree said unto them, Should 
I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they 
honour God and man, and go to be promoted 
over the trees ? 

10 And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come 
thou, and reign over us. 

11 But the fig-tree said unto them, Should 
I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, 
and go to be promoted over the trees ? 

12 Then said the trees unto the vine. Come 
thou, and reign over us. 

13 And the vine said unto them, Should I 
leave my wiue, which cheereth God and man, 
and go to be promoted over the trees ? 

14 Then said all the trees unto the bramble. 
Come thou, and reign over us. 

15 And the bramble said unto the trees, It 
in truth ye anoint me king over you, then 
come ana put your trust in my shadow : and 
if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and 
devour the cedars of Lebanon. 

16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly 
and sincerely, in that ye have made Abime- 
lech king, and if ye have dealt well with Je- 
rubbaal and his house, and have done unto 
him according to the deserving of his hand? : 

17 (For my father fought for you, and ad- 
ventured his life far, and delivered you out 
of the hand of Midian : 

18 And ye are risen up against my father's 
house this day, and have slain his sons, three- 
score and ten persons, upon one stone, and 
have made Abimelech, the son of his maid- 
servant, king over the men of Shechem, be- 
cause he is your brother :) 

19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely 
with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, 
then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him 
also rejoice in you : 

20 But if not, let fire come out from Abime- 
lech, and devour the men of Shechem, and 
the house of Millo : and let fire come out 
from the men ot Shechem, and from ?he 



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The Shechemiies revolt from Abimelech. JUDGES. 

21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and 
•vent to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of 
Abimelech his brother. 

22 % When Abimelech had reigned three 
years over Israel, 

* 23 Then God sent an evil spirit between 
Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and 
the men of Shechem dealt treacherously 
with Abimelech : 

24 That the cruelty done to the threescore 
and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and 
their blood be laid upon Abimelech their bro- 
ther which slew them, and upon the men of 
Shechem which aided him in the killing of 
his brethren. 

25 And the men of Shechem set liers in 
wait for him in the top of the mountains, and 
they robbed all that came along that way by 
them: aud it was told Abimelech. 

26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his 
brethren, and went over to Shechem: and 
the men of Shechem put their confidence in 
him. 

27 And they went out into the fields, and 
gathered their vineyards, and trode the 
grapes, and made merry, and went into the 
house of their god, and did eat and drink, 
and cursed Abimelech. 

28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is 
Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we 
should serve him ? is not he the son of Je- 
rubbaal ? and Zebul his officer ? Serve the 
men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for 
why should we serve him 1 

29 And would to God this people were un- 
der my hand! then would I remove Abime- 
lech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase 
thine army, and come out. 

30 ^T And when Zebul the ruler of the city- 
heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his 
anger was kindled. 

31 And he sent messengers unto Abime- 
lech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of 
Ebed, and his brethren, be come to She- 
chem; and behold, they fortify the city 
against thee. 

32 Now therefore up by night, thou, and 
the people that is with thee, and lie in wait 
in the field : 

33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as 
soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, 
and set upon the city: and behold, when he 
and the people that is with him come out 
against thee, then mayestthoudo to them as 
thou shalt find occasion. 

34 U" And Abimelech rose up, and all the 
people that were with him, by night, and 
they laid wait against Shechem in four com- 
panies. 

35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and 
stood in the entering of the gate of the city : 
and Abimelech rose up, and die people that 
were with him, from lying in wait. 

36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said 
to Zebul, Behold, there come people down 
from the lop of the mountains. And Zebul 
said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the 
mountains as if they were men. 

37 And Gaal spake again, and said, See, 
there come people down by the middle of 



Abimelech overcomes them. 
the land, and another company come along 
bv the plain of Meonenim. 
58 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is 
now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who 
is Abimelech, that we should serve him ? is 
not this the people that thou hast despised ? 
go out, I pray now, and fight with them. 

39 And Gaal went out before the men of 
Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. 

40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled 
before him, and many were overthrown and 
wounded, even unto the entering of the 
gate. 

41 And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah : and 
Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that 
they should not dwell in Shechem. 

42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that 
the people went out into the field; and they 
told Abimelech. 

43 And he took the people, and divided 
them into three companies, and laid wait in 
the field, and looked, and behold, the peo- 
ple we're come forth out of the city; and he 
rose up against them, and smote them. 

44 And Abimelech, and the company that 
was with him, rushed forward, and stood in 
the entering of the gate of the city : and the 
two other companies ran upon all the people 
that were in the fields, and slew them. 

45 And Abimelech fought against the city 
all that day; and he took the city, and slew 
the people that was therein, and beat down 
the city, and sowed it with salt. 

46 Tf And when all the men of the tower 
of Shechem heard that, they entered into a 
hold of the house of the god Berith. 

47 And it was told Abimelech, that all the 
men of the tower of Shechem were gather- 
ed together. 

48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount 
Zalmon, he and all the people that were with 
him ; and Abimelech took an axe in his 
hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, 
and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and 
said unto the people that were with him, 
What ye have seen me do, make haste, and 
do as I have done. 

49 And all the people likewise cut down 
every man his bough, and followed Abime- 
lech," and put them to the hold, and set the 
hold on fire upon them : so that ail the men 
of the tower of Shechem died also, about a 
thousand men and women. 

50 ^[ Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and 
encamped against Thebez, and took it. 

51 But there was a strong tower within the 
city, and thither fled all the men and wo- 
men, and all they of the city, and shut it to 
them, and gat them up to the top of the 
tower. 

52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, 
and fought against it, and went hard unto 
the door of die tower to burn it with fire. 

53 And a certain woman cast a piece of a 
millstone upon Abimelech' s head, and all 
to break his skull. 

54 Then he called hastily unto the young 
man his armour-bearer, and said unto him, 
Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say 
not of me, A woman slew him. And his 

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voting man thrust him through, and he died. 
* 55 And when the men of Israel saw that 
Abimelech was dead, they departed ever}' 
man unto his place. 

56 H Thus God rendered the wickedness of 
Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in 
slaying his seventy brethren : 

57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem 
did God render upon their heads : and upon 
them came the curse of Jotham the son of 
Jerubbaal. 

CHAP. X. 

1 Tola judgeth Israel in Shamir. 3 Jair, whose 
thirty sons had thirty cities. 6 The Philistines 
and Ammonites oppress Israel. 10 In their 
misery God sendeth them to their false gods. 
15 Upon their repentance, he pitieth them. 

AND after Abimelech there arose to de- 
fend Israel, Tola the son of Puah, the 
son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he 
dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. 
2 And he judged Israel twenty and three 
years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. 
" 3 ^[ And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, 
and judged Israel twenty and two years. 

4 And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty 
ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which 
are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which 
are in the land of Gilead. 

5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. 

6 And the children of Israel did evil again 
in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, 
and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and 
the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, 
and the gods of the children of Ammon, and 
the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the 
Lord, and served not him. 

7 IT And the anger of the Lord was hot 
against Israel, and he sold them into the 
hands of the Philistines, and into the hands 
of the children of Ammon. 

8 And that year they vexed and oppressed 
the children of Israel eighteen years, all the 
children of Israel that were on the other side 
Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is 
in Gilead. 

9 Moreover, the children of Ammon passed 
over Jordan, to fight also against Judah, and 
against Benjamin, and against the house of 
Ephraim : so that Israel was sore distressed. 

10 Tf And the children of Israel cried unto 
the Lord, saving, We have sinned against 
thee, both because we have forsaken our 
God, and also served Baalim. 

11 And the Lord said unto the children of 
Israel, Did not / deliver you from the Egyp- 
tians, and from the Amorites, from the chil- 
dren of Ammon, and from the Philistines ? 

12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalek- 
ites, and the Maonites did oppress you; and 
ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of 
their hand. 

13 Yet ve have forsaken me, and served 
other gods : wherefore I will deliver you no 
more. 

14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have 
chosen ; let them deliver you in the tune of 
your tribulation. 

J 5 1J And the children of Israel said unto 
the Lord, We have sinned : do thou unto 



Jephtkah s covenant. 
us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee ; de- 
liver us only, we pray thee, this day. 

16 And they put away the strange gods from 
among them, and served the Lord : and his 
soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. 

17 Then the children of Ammon were ga- 
thered together, and encamped in Gilead. 
And the children of Israel assembled them- 
selves together, and encamped in Mizpeh. 

18 And the people and princes of Gilead 
said one to another, What man is he that 
will begiu to fight against the children of 
Ammon? he shall be head over all the in- 
habitants of Gilead. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 The covenant between Jephtkah and the Gilead- 
ites, that, he should be their head. 12 The treaty 
of peace between him and the Ammonites is in 
vain. 29 Jephtkah' 's vow. 32 His conquest of 
the Ammonites. 34 He performeth kis vow on 
his daughter. 

NOW Jephthah the Gileadite was a migh- 
ty man of valour, and he was the son of 
a harlot : and Gilead begat Jephthah. 

2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons ; and his 
wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out 
Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt 
not inherit in our father's house ; for thou 
art the son of a strange woman. 

3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren* 
and dwelt in the land of Tpb : and there were 
gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went 
out with him. 

4 If And it came to pass in process of time, 
that the children of Ammon made war against 
Israel. 

5 And it was so, that when the children of 
Ammon made war against Israel, the elders 
of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of tlie 
landofTob: 

6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and 
be our captain, that we may fight with tlie 
children of Ammon. 

7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gi- 
lead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out 
of my father's house ? and why are ye come 
unto me now when ye are in distress ? 

8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jeph- 
thah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, 
that thou mayest go with us, and fight against 
the children of Ammon, and be our head 
over all the inhabitants of Gilead. 

9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gi- 
lead, If ye brin<* me home again to fight 
against the children of Ammon, and the 
Lord deliver them before me, shall I be 
your head? 

10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jeph- 
thah, The Lord be witness between us, if 
we do not so according to thy words. 

11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of 
Gilead, and the people made him head and 
captain over them : and Jephthah uttered all 
his words before the Lord in Mizpeh. 

12 IT And Jephthah sent messengers unto 
the king of the children of Ammon, say- 
ing, What hast thou to do with me, that 
thou ait come against me to fight in my land? 

13 And the king of the children of Ammon 
answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, 

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JeprdhaJi's message to flie Ammonites. JUDGES 
Because Israel took away my land, when 
they came up out of Egypt, from Anion 
even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan : now 
therefore restore those lands again peace- 
ably. 

14 And Jephthah sent messengers again 
unto the king of the children of Ammon : 

15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, 
Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor 
the land of the children of Ammon : 

16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, 
and walked through the wilderness unto the 
Red sea, and came toKadesh; 

17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the 
ki:i£ of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, 
pass through thy land : but the king of Edom 
would not hearken thereto. And in like 
manner they sent unto the king of Moab ; 
but lie would not consent. And Israel abode 
m Kadesh. 

18 Then they went along through the wil- 
derness, and compassed the land of Edom, 
and the land of Moab, and came by the east 
aide of the land of Moab, and pitched on 
the other side of Arnon, but came not within 
the border of Moab : for Arnon was the 
border of Moab. 

19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon 
king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; 
and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we 
pray thee, through thy laud unto my place. 

20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass 
through his coast: but Sihon gathered all 
his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, 
and fought against Israel. 
. 21 And the Lord God of Israel delivered 
Sihon and all his people into the hand of Is- 
rael, and they smote them: so Israel possess- 
ed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabi- 
tants of that country. 

22 And they possessed all the coasts of the 
Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, 
and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. 

23 So now the Lord God of Israel hath dis- 
possessed the Amorites from before his peo- 
ple Israel, and shouldest thou possess it ? 

24 Wilt not thou possess that which Che- 
mosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So 
whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive 
out from before us, them will we possess. 

25 And now art thou any thing better than 
Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab ? did 
he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever 
fight against them, 

26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbe&i and her 
towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in 
all the cities that be along by the coasts of 
Anion, three hundred years ? why therefore 
did ye not recover them within that time ? 

27 Wherefore I have not sinned against 
thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against 
me : the Lord the Judge be iudge this day 
l>etween the children of Israel and the chil- 
dren of Ammon. 

28 Howbeit, the king of the children of 
Amnion hearkened not unto the words of 
Jephthah which he sent him. 

29 If Then the Spirit of the Lord came 
upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, 
and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of 



He executes Ins ras/i vote. 
Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed 
over unto the children of Ammon. 

30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the 
Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail 
deliver the children of Ammon into my hands, 

31 Tiien it shall be, that whatsoever cometh 
forth of the doors of my house to meet me, 
when I return in peace from the children of 
Amnion, shall surely be the Lord's, and I 
will offer it up for aburnt-offering. 

32 If So Jephthah passed over unto the chil- 
dren of Ammon to fight against them : and 
the Lord delivered them into his hands. 

33 And he smote them from Aroer even till 
thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, 
and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a 
very great slaughter. Thus the children of 
Ammon were subdued before the children 
of Israel. 

34 1f And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto 
his house, and behold, his daughter came out 
to meet him with timbrels and with dances: 
and she was his only child ; besides her he 
had neither son nor daughter. 

35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, 
that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my 
daughter i thou hast brought me very low, 
and thou art one of them that trouble me : 
for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, 
and I cannot go back. 

36 And she said unto him, My father, if thoxi 
hast opened thy mouth unto* the Lord, do 
to me according to that which hath proceed- 
ed out of thy mouth ; forasmuch as the Lord 
hath taken vengeance for thee of thine ene- 
mies, even of the children of Ammon. 

37 And she said unto her father, Let this 
thing be done for me : Let me alone two 
months, that I may go up and down upon the 
mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and 
my fellows. 

38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away 
for two months : and she went with her com- 
panions, and bewailed her virginity ujion the 
mountains. 

39 And it came to pass at the end of two 
months, that she returned unto her father, 
who did with her according to his vow which 
he had vowed: and she knew no man. And 
it was a custom in Israel, 

40 That the daughters of Israel went year- 
ly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the 
(jileadite four days in a year. 

CHAP. XII, 
1 The Ephrai mites, quarrelling with Jephthah, 
and discerned by Shibboleth, are slain by the 
Gileaditcs. 7 Jephthah dieth. 8 fbzan, who had 
thirty sons, andthirty daughters, 11 and Eton, 
13 and Abdon who had forty sons and thirty 
nephews, judge Israel. 

AND the men of Ephraim gathered them- 
selves together, and went northward, 
and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst 
thou over to fight against the children of 
Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee ? 
we will burn thy house upon thee with fire. 
2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my 
people were at great strife with the children 
of Ammon ; and when I called you, ye deliv 
ered me not out of their hands. 
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'Eke Ephraimites slain. 

3 And when I saw that ye delivered me not, 
J put my life in my hands, and passed over 
against the children of Amnion, and the Lord 
delivered them into my hand: wherefore 
then are ye come up unto me this day, to 
fight against me ? 

4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the 
men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim : 
and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, be- 
cause they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives 
of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and 
among the Manassites. 

5 And the Gileadites took the passages of 
Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was 
so, that when those Ephraimites which were 
escaped, said, Let me go over ; that the men 
of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraim- 
ite ? If he said, Nay ; 

I) Then said they unto him, Say now Shib- 
boleth : and he said Sibboleth : for he could 
not frame to pronounce it right. Then they 
took him and slew him at the passages of 
Jordan. And there fell at that time of the 
Ephraimites forty and two thousand. 

7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years: 
then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was 
buried in one of the cities of Gilead. 

8 If And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem 
judged Israel. 

9 And he had thirty sons and thirty daugh- 
ters whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty 
daughters from abroad for his sons : and lie 
judged Israel seven years. 

10 Then died Ibzan, and was buried at 
Beth-lehem. 

. 11 IT And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, 
judged Israel, and he judged Israel ten years. 

12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was 
buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. 

13 If And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, 
a Pirathonite, judged Israel. 

14 And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, 
that rode on threescore and ten ass colts : 
and he judged Israel eight years. 

15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pira- 
thonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in 
die land of Ephraim, in the mount of the 
Amalekites. 

CHAP. XIII. 

1 Israel is in the hand of the Philistines. 2^w 
angel appeareth to Manoah's zcife. 8 The art- 
gel appeareth to Manoah. 15 Manoah 1 s sacri- 
fice, whereby the angel is discovered. 24 Sam- 
son is born. 

A ND tiie children of Israel did evil again 
jT*_ in the sight of the Loud ; and the Lord 
delivered them into the hand of the Philis- 
tines forty years. 

2 If And there was a certain man of Zorah, 
of the family of the Danites, whose name 
was Manoah ; and his wife teas barren, and 
bare not. 

3 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto 
the woman, and said unto her, Behold, now, 
thou art barren, and beareat not: but thou 
shalt conceive, and bear a son. 

4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and 
drink not wine, nor strong drink, and eat 
not any unclean thing: 

5 For lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a 



CHAP. XIII. An angel appeared to Manoah. 
son ; and no razor shall come on his head : 
for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God 
from the womb : and he shall begin to deliver 
Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. 

6 H Then the woman came and told her 
husband, saying, A man of God came unto 
me, and his countenance was like the coun- 
tenance of an angel of God, very terrible ; 
but I asked him not whence he was, neither 
told he me his name : 

7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt 
conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no 
wine nor strong drink, neither eat any un- 
clean thing : for the child shall be a Naza- 
rite to God from the womb to the day of his 
death. 

8 If Then Manoah entreated the Lord, and 
said, O my Lord, let the man of God which 
thou didst send come again unto us, and teach 
us what we shall do unto the child that shall 
be born. 

9 And God hearkened to the voice of Ma- 
noah ; and the angel, of God came again unto 
the woman as she sat in the field : but Ma- 
noah her husband was not with her. 

10 And the woman made haste, and ran, 
and shewed her husband, and said unto him, 
Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, 
that came unto me the other day. 

11 And Manoah arose, and went after his 
wife, and came to the man, and said unto 
him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the 
woman ? And he said, I am. 

12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words 
come to pass. How shall we order the child, 
and how shall we do unto him? 

13 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman, 
let her beware. 

14 She may not eat of any tMng that cometb 
of the vine, neither let her drink wine or 
strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: al! 
that I commanded her let her observe. 

15 ^f And Manoah said unto the angel of 
the Lord, I pray thee, let us detain thee, 
until we shall have made ready a kid for 
thee. 

16 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not 
eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a 
burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto the 
Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was 
an angel of the Lord. 

17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the 
Lord, What is thy name, that when thy say- 
ings come to pass, we may do thee honour ? 

18 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
him, Why askest thou thus after my name, 
seeing it is secret? 

19 So Manoah took a kid, with a meat-of- 
fering, and offered it upon a rock unto ihe 
Lord ; and the angel did wondrously, and 
Manoah and his wife looked on. 

20 For it came to pass, when the flame went 
up toward heaven from off the altar, that the 
angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of 
the altar, and Manoah and his wife looked 
on it, and fell on their faces to the ground. 

21 But the angel of the Lord did no mor*» 
appear to Manoah and to hi3 wife. Then 

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Manoah knew tliat he wm an angel of the 
Lord. 

22 And Manoah said Unto his wife, We 
shall^surely die, because we have seen God. 

23 But his wife said unto him, If the Lord 
were pleased to kill us, he would not have 
received a burnt-offering and a meat-offering 
at our hands, neither would he have shewed 
us all these things, nor would as at this time 
have told us such things as these. 

24 H And the woman bare a son, and called 
his name Samson. And the child grew, and 
the Lord blessed him. 

25 And the Spirit of the Lord began to move 
him at times in the camp of Dan, between 
Zorah and Eshtaol. 

CHAP. XIV. 

1 Samson desireth a wife of the Philistines. 5 In 
his journey he killelh a lion. 8 In a second 
journey he findeth honey in the carcass. 10 
Samson's marriage feast. 12 His riddle by his 
wife is made known. 19 He spoileth thirty Phi- 
listines. 20 His wife is married to another. 
AND Samson went down to Timnath, 
and saw a woman in Timnath of the 
daughters of the Philistines. 

2 And he came up, and told his father and 
his mother, and said, I have seen a woman 
in Timnath of the daughters of the Philis- 
tines : now therefore get her for me to wife. 

3 Then his father and his mother said unto 
him, Is there never a woman among the 
daughters of thy brethren, or among all my 
people, that thou goest to take a wife of the 
uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson 
said unto his father, Get her for me j for she 
pleaseth me well. 

4 But his father and his mother knew not 
that it was of the Lord, that he sought an 
occasion against the Philistines : for at that 
time the Philistines had dominion over Israel. 

5 Then went Samson down, and his father 
and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the 
vineyards of Timnath : and behold, a young 
lion roared against him. 

6 And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily 
upon him, and he rent him as he would have 
rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand : 
but he told not his father or his mother what 
he had done. 

7 And he went down, and talked with the 
woman ; and she pleased Samson well. 

8 If And after a time he returned to take 
her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of 
the lion : and behold, there teas a swarm of 
bees and honey in the carcass of the lion. 

9 And he took thereof in his hands, and 
went on eating, and came to his father and 
mother, and he gave them, and they did eat : 
but he told not them that he had taken the 
honey out of the carcass of the lion. 

10 IT So his father went down unto the wo- 
man : and Samson made there a feast; for 
so used the young men to do. 

11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, 
that they brought thirty companions to be 
with him. 

12 H And Samson said unto them, I will 
now put forth a riddle unto you : if ye can 
certainly declare it me within the seven days 



JUDGES. His riddle made known by his icife. 
of the feast, and find it out, then I will give 
you thirty sheets and thirty change of gar 
ments : 

13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then 
shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty 
change of garments. And they said unto 
him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. 

14 And" he said unto them, Out of the eater 
came forth meat, and out of the strong came 
forth sweetness. And they could not in three 
days expound the riddle. 

15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, 
that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy 
husband, that he may declare unto us the 
riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's 
house with fire : have ye called us to take 
that we have ? is it not so ? 

16 And Samson's wife wept before him and 
said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me 
not : thou hast put forth a riddle unto the 
children of my people, and hast not told it 
me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have 
not told it my father nor my mother, and shall 
I tell it thee ? 

17 And she wept before him the seven days, 
while their feast lasted : and it came to pass 
on the seventh day, that he told her, because 
she lay sore upon him : and she told the rid- 
dle t j the children of her people. 

18 And the men of the city said unto him 
on the seventh day before the sun went 
down, What is sweeter than honey? anol 
what is stranger than a lion ? And he said 
unto them, If ye had not ploughed with my 
heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. 

19 IT And the Spirit of the Lord came upon 
him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and 
slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, 
and gave change of garments unto them 
which expounded the riddle. And his an- 
ger was kindled, and he went up to his fa- 
ther's house. 

20 But Samson's wife was given to his com 
pan ion, whom he had used as his friend. 

CHAP. XV. 
1 Samson is denied his wife. 3 He burneth the 
Philistines' corn with foxes and fire-brands. 
6 His wife and her father are burnt by the 
Philistines. 7 Samson smiteth them hip and 
thigh. 9 He is bound by the men of Judah^ and 
delivered to the Philistines. 14 He killeth them 
with a jaw-bone. 18 God maketh the fountain 
En-hahkorefor him in Lehi. 



BUT it came to pass within a while after, 
in the time of wheat-harvest, that Sam- 
son visited his wife with a kid ; and he said, 
I will go in to my wife into the chamber. 
But her father would not suffer him to go in. 

2 And her father said, I verily thought that 
thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I 
gave her to thy companion : is not her young- 
er sister fairer than she ? take her, I pray 
thee, instead of her. 

3 H And Samson said concerning them, 
Now shall I be more blameless than the 
Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. 

4 And Samson went and caught three hun- 
dred foxes, and took fire-brands, and turned 
tail to tail, and put a fire-brand in the midst 
between two tails. 

5 And when he had set the brands on fire, 

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Samson slayeik the Philistines. CHAP. XVI. 

he letihem go into the standing corn of the 
Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, 
and also the standing corn, with the vine- 
yards and olives. 

6 1f Then the Philistines said, Who hath 
done this ? And they answered, Samson, the 
son-in-law of the Timnite, because he had 
taken his wife, and given her to his com- 
panion. And the Philistines came up, and 
burnt her and her father with fire. 

7 7\ And Samson said unto them, Though 
ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of 
you, and after that I will cease. 

8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a 
great slaughter. And he went down and 
dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. 

9 ^[ Then the Philistines went up, and 
pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in 
Lehi. 

10 And the men of Judah said, Why are 
ve come up against us ? And they answered, 
To bind Samson are we come up, to do to 
him as he hath done to us. 

11 Then three thousand men of Judah went 
to the top of the rock Etam, and said to 
Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philis- 
tines are rulers over us? what is this tfiat 
thou hast done unto us ? And he said unto 
them, As they did unto me, so have I done 
unto them. 

12 And they said unto him, We are come 
down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee 
into the hand of the Philistines. And Sam- 
son said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye 
will not fall upon me yourselves. 

13 And they spake unto him, snying, No ; 
but we will bind thee fast, and deliver 
thee into their hand : but surely we will not 
kill thee. And they bound him with two 
new cords, and brought him up from the 
rock. 

14 ^[ And when he came unto Lehi, the 
Philistines shouted against him : and the 
Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, 
and the cords that were upon his arms be- 
came as flax that was burnt with fire, and 
his bands loosed from off his hands. 

15 And he found a new jaw-bone of an ass, 
and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew 
a thousand men therewith. 

16 And Samson said, With the jaw-bone of 
an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an 
ass have I slain a thousand men. 

17 And it came to pass when he had made 
an end of speaking, that he cast away tiie 
jaw-bone out of his hand, and called that 
place Ramath-lehi. 

18 U And he was sore athirst, and called on 
the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this 
great deliverance into the hand of thy ser- 
vant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall 
into the hand of the uncircumcised ? 

19 But God clave a hollow place that was 
in the jaw, and there came water thereout; 
and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, 
and he revived. Wherefore he called the 
name thereof £n-hakkore, which is in Lehi 
unto this day. 

20 And he judged Israel in the days of the 
Philistines twenty years. 



He is enticed by Delilah. 
CHAP. XVI, 

I Samson at Gaza escapeth, and carrieth away 
the gates of the city. A Delilah corrupted by 
the Philistines, enticeth Samson. 6 Thrice she 
is deceived. 15. At last she ovcrcometh him. 
21 The Philistines take him, and put out his 
eyes. 22 His strength renewing, he pulleth 
down the houseupon the Philistines, anddieth. 

THEN went Samson to Gaza, and saw 
there a harlot, and went in unto her. 

2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Sam- 
son is come hither. And they compassed 
him in, and laid wait for him all night in the 
gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, 
saying, In the morning when it is day we 
shall kill him. 

3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose 
at midnight, and took the doors of the gate 
of the city, and the two posts, and went away 
with them, bar and all, and put them upon 
his shoulders, and carried them up to the top 
of a hill that is before Hebron. 

4 ]\ And it came to pass afterward, that he 
loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose 
name was Delilah. 

5 And the lords of the Philistines came up 
unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and 
see wherein his great strength UeQi^ and by 
what means we may prevail against him, that 
we may bind him to afflict him : and we will 
give thee every one of us eleven hundred 
pieces of silver. 

6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I 
pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, 
and wherewith thou nnghtest be bound to 
afflict thee. 

7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind 
me with seven green withs, that were never 
dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another 
man. 

8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought 
up to her seven green withs, which had not 
been dried, and she bound him with them. 

9 (Now there were men lying in wait, abiding 
with her in the chamber.) And she said unto 
him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. 
And he brake the withs as a thread of tow 
is broken when it toucheth the fire. So Ins 
strength was not known. 

10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, 
thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now 
tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou might* 
est be bound. 

II And he said unto her, If they bind me 
fast with new ropes that never were occu- 
pied, then shall I be weak, and be as another 
man. 

12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and 
bound him therewith, and said unto him, The 
Philistines be upon thee, Snmson. (And 
there were liers in wait abiding in the cham- 
ber.) And he brake them from ofi'his arms 
like a thread. 

13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto 
thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell 
me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And 
he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven 
locks of my head with the web. 

14 And she fastened it with the pin, and 
said unto him, The Pnilistines be upon thee, 

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Samson's eyes put out JUDGE 

Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, 
and went away with the pin of the beam, and 
with the web. 

15 ^f And she said unto him, How canst 
thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is 
not with me ? Thou hast mocked me these 
three times, and hast not told me wherein thy 
great strength lieth. 

16 And it came to pass when she pressed 
him daily with her words, and urged him, so 
that his soul was vexed unto death ; 

i7 That he told her all his heart, and said 
(into her, There hath not come a razor upon 
my head ; for I have been a Nazarite unto 
God from my mother's womb : if I be shaven, 
then my strength will go from me, and I shall 
become weak, and be like any other man. 

18 And when Delilah saw that he had told 
her all his heart, she sent and called for the 
lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this 
once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. 
Then the lords of the Philistines came up 
unto her, and brought money in their hand. 

19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; 
and she called for a man, and she caused 
him to shave off the seven locks of his head; 
and she began to afflict him, and his strength 
went from him. 

20 And she said, The Philistines be upon 
thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his 
sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times 
oefore, and shake myself. And he wist not 
that the Lord was departed from him. 

21 ^T But the Philistines took him, and put 
out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, 
and bound him with fetters of brass; and he 
did grind in the prison-house. 

22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to 
grow again after he was shaven. 

23 Then the lords of the Philistines gather- 
ed them together, for to offer a great sacri- 
fice Unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice : 
for they said, Our god hath delivered Sam- 
son our enemy into our hand. 

24 And when the people saw him, they 
praised their god: for they said, Our god hath 
delivered into our hands our enemy, and the 
destroyer of our country; which slew many 
of us. 

25 And it came to pass, when their hearts 
were merry, that they said, Call for Samson 
that he may make us sport. And they called 
for Samson out of the prison-house; and he 
made them sport: and they set him between 
the pillars. 

26 And Samson said unto the lad that held 
him by the hand, Suffer me that 1 may feel 
the pillars whereupon the house standeth, 
that I may lean upon them. 

27 Now the house was full of men and wo- 
men: and all the lords of the Philistines were 



there: and there were uj>on the roof about 
three thousand men and women, tiiat beheld 
while Samson made sport. 

28 And Samson caHed unto the Lord, and 
said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray 
thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only 
this once, O God, that I may be at once 
avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. 

23 And Samson took hold of the two mid- 



His revenge and death. 
die pillars upon which the house stood, 
and on which it was borne up, of the one 
with his right hand, and of the other with his 
left. 

30 And Samson said, Let me die with the 
Philistines. And he bowed himself with 
all his might; and the house fell upon the 
lords, and upon all the people that were 
therein. So the dead which he slew at his 
death were more than they which he slew in 
his life. 

31 Then his brethren and all the house of 
his father came down, and took him, and 
brought him up, and buried him between 
Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of 
Manoah his father. And he judged Israel 
twenty years. 

CHAP. XVII. 



1 Of the money that Micah first stole, then re- 
stored, his mother maketh images, 5a?id he 
ornaments for them. 7 He hireth a Levite to 
be his priest. 

AND there was a man of mount Ephraim, 
whose name was Micah. 

2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven 
hundred shekels of silver that were taken 
from thee, about which thou cursedst, and 
spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the sil- 
ver is with me ; I took it. And his mother 
said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son. 

3 And when he had restored the eleven 
hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his 
mother said, I had wholly dedicated the sil- 
ver unto the Lord from my hand for my son, 
to make a graven image and a molten image : 
now therefore I will restore it unto thee. 

4 Yet he restored the money unto his mo- 
ther; and his mother took two hundred she- 
kels of silver, and gave them to the founder, 
who made thereof a graven image and a 
molten image : and they were in the house 
of Micah. 

5 And the man Micah had a house of gods, 
and made an ephod, and teraphim, and con- 
secrated one of his sons, who became his 
priest. 

6 In those days there icas no king in Israel, 
biit every man did thai ichich was right in 
bis own eyes. 

7 ^T And" there was a young man out of 
Beth-tehem^judah of the family of Judah, 
who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. 

8 And the man departed out of the city from 
Beth-lehein-judah, to sojourn where he 
could find a place: and he came to mount 
Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he jour- 
neyed. 

9 And Micah said unto him, Whence comest 
thou ? And he said unto him, I am a Levite 
of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn 
where I may find a place. 

10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell with 
me, and be unto me a father and a priest, 
and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by 
the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy vic- 
tuals. So the Levite went in. 

11 And the Levite was content to dwell 
with the man- and the young man was unto 
him as one of his sons. 

12 And Micah consecrated the Levite ; and 

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TJie Danites seek an inheritance. CHAP. 
the young man became his priest, and wan 
in the house of Micah. 
13 Then said Micah, Now know I that the 
Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Le- 
\ ite to my priest. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
I The Danites send five men to seek out an in- 
heritance. IM the house of Micah they con- 
sult with Jonathan, and are encouraged in 
their way. 7 They search Laisk, and bring 
back news of good hope. 11 Six hundred men 
are sent to surprise it. 14 In the way they 
rob Micah of his priest and his consecrated 
things. 27 They win Laish, and call it Dan. 
30 They set up idolatry, wherein Jonathan in- 
herited the priesthood. 

IN those days there was no king in Israel: 
and in those days the tribe of the Dan- 
ites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; 
for unto that day all their inheritance had 
not fallen unto them among the tribes of Is- 
rael. 

'2 And the children of Dan sent of their fa- 
mily five men from their coasts, men of va- 
lour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy 
out the land, and to search it;, and they said 
unto them, Go, search the land : who when 
they came to mount Ephraim, to the house 
of Micah, they lodged there. 

3 When they were by the house of Micah, 
they knew the voice of the young man the 
Levite: and they turned in thither, and said 
unto him, Who brought thee hither? and 
what makest thou in this place? and what 
hast thou here ? 

4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus 
dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, 
and I am his priest. 

5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we 
pray thee, of God, that we may know whe- 
ther our way which we go shall be prosper- 
ous. 

6 And the priest said unto them, Go in 
peace: before the Lord is your way where- 
in ye go. 

7"% Then the five men departed, and came 
to Laisb, and saw the people that were there- 
in, how they dwelt careless, after the man- 
ner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and 
there was no magistrate in the land, that 
might put them to shame in any thing ; and 
they were far from the Zidonians, and had 
no business with any man. 

8 And thev came unto their brethren to Zo- 
rah and Efshtaol: and their brethren said 
unto them, What say ye? 

9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up 
against them : for we have seen the land, 

? and behold, it is very good : and are ye still ? 
be not slothful to go* and to enter to possess 
the land. 

10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a peo- 

f)le secure,' and to a large land : for God 
lath given it into your hands; a place where 
there is no want "of any thing that is in the 
earth. 

11 IT And there went from thence of the 
family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out 
of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with 
weapons of war. 

12 And they went up, and pitched in Kir- 



XV III. They go to Laish, 

| jath-jearim, in Judith : wherefore they call- 
ed that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day : 
behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim. 

13 And they passed thence unto mount 
Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. 

14 If Then answered the five men that went 
to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto 
their brethren, Do ye know that there ia 
in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and 
a graven image, and a molten image ? now 
therefore consider what ye have to do. 

15 And they turned thitherward, and came to 
the house of the young man the Levite, even 
unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. 

16 And the six hundred men appointed 
with their weapons of war, which were of 
the children of Dan, stood by the entering 
of the gate. 

17 And the five men that went to spy out 
the land went up, and came in thither, and 
took the graven image, and the ephod, and 
the terapnim, and the molten image : and 
the priest stood in the entering of the gate 
with the six hundred men that were appoint- 
ed with weapons of war. 

18 And these went into Micah's house, and 
fetched the carved image, the ephod, and 
the teraphim, and the molten image. Then 
said the priest unto them, What do ye ? 

19 And thev said unto him, Hold thy peace, 
lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with 
us, and be to us a father and a priest : Is it 
better for thee to be a priest unto the house 
of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a 
tribe and a family in Israel ? 

20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he 
took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the 
graven image, and went in the midst of the 
people. 

21 So they turned and departed, and put 
the little ones, and the cattle, and the car- 
riage before them. 

22 ^1 And when they were a good way from 
the house of Micah, the men that were in 
the houses near to Micah's house were ga- 
thered together, and overtook the children 
of Dan. 

23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. 
And they turned their faces, and said unto 
Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest 
with such a company ? 

24 And he said, Ye have taken away my 
gods which I made, and the priest, and 
ye are gone away : and what have I more ? 
and what is this that ye say unto me, What 
aileth thee ? 

25 And the children of Dan said unto him, 
Let not thy \oice be heard among us, lesi 
ancrry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose 
thy life, with the lives of thy household. 

2(5 And the children of Dan went their way ; 
and when Micah paw that they were too 
strong for him, he turned and went back* 
unto his house. 

27 And they took the things which Micah 
had made, and the priest which he had, and 
came unto Laish, unto a people that were at 
quiet and secure : and they smote them with 
the edge of the sword, and burnt the city 
with fire. 

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The Levite and his concubine. 



JUDGES. 



He is entertained at Gibeah. 



28 And there, was no deliverer, because it 
was far from Zidon, and they had no busi- 
ness with any man ; and it was in the valley 
that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built a 
city, and dwelt therein. 

29 And they called the name of the city 
Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who 
was born unto Israel : howbeit the name of 
the city was Laish at the first. 

30 H And the children of Dan set up the 
graven image: and Jonathan, the son of 
Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his 
sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until 
the day of the captivity of the land. 

31 And they set them up Micah's graven 
image which he made, all the time that the 
house of God was in Shiloh. 

CHAP. XIX. 
1 A Lcvite goeth to Beth-lehem to fetch home his 
wife. 16 An old man entcrtaineth him at Gi- 
beah. 22 TJte Benjamites abuse his concubine 
to death. 29 He divideth her into twelve pieces 
to send them to the twelve tribes. 

AND ft came to pass in those days, when 
there was no king in Israel, that there 
was a certain Levite sojourning on the side 
of mount Ephraim, who took to hiin a con- 
cubine out of Beth-lehem-judah. 

2 And his concubine played the whore 
against him, and went away from him unto 
her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and 
was there four whole months. 

3 And her husband arose, and went after 
her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring 
her again, having his servant with him, and 
a couple of asses : and she brought him into 
her father's house : and when the lather of 
the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 

4 And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, 
retained him; and he abode With him three 
days : so they did eat and drink, and lodged 
there. 

5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, 
when they arose early in the morning, that 
he rose up to depart : and the damsel's fa- 
ther said unto his son-in-law, Comfort thy 
heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward 
go your way. 

6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink 
both of them together : for the damsel's fa- 
ther had said unto the man, Be content, I 
pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thy 
heart be merry. 

7 And when the'man rose up to depart, his 
father-in-law urged him : therefore he lodged 
there again. 

8 And he arose early in the morning on the 
fifth day to depart : and the damsel's father 
said, Comfort thy heart, I pray thee. And 
they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat 
both of them. 

9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, 
and his concubine, and his servant, his fa- 
ther-in-law, the damsel's father, said unto 
him, Behold, now the day draweth toward 
evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, 
the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that 
thy heart may be merry ; and to-morrow get 
vou early on your way, that thou mayest go 
home. 



10 But the man would not tarry that night, 
but he rose up and departed, and came over 
against Jebus, which is Jerusalem: and 
there were with him two asses saddled, his 
concubine also was with him. 

11 And when they were by Jebus, the day 
was far spent; and the servant said unto his 
master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in 
unto this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. 

12 And his master said unto him, We will 
not turn aside hither into the city of a stran- 
ger, that is not of the children of Israel ; we 
will pass over to Gibeah. 

13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and 
let us draw near to one of these places to 
lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. 

14 And they passed on and went their way ; 
and the sun went down upon them when they 
were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Ben- 
jamin. 

15 And they turned aside thither, to go in 
and to lodge in Gibeah : and when he went 
in, he sat him down in a street of the city : 
for there was no man that took them into his 
house to lodging. 

16 % And behold, there came an old man 
from his work out of the field at even, which 
was also of mount Ephraim ; and he sojourn- 
ed in Gibeah ; but the men of the place were 
Benjamites. 

1? And when he had lifted up his eyes, he 
saw a wayfaring man in the street of the 
city : and the old man said, Whither goest 
thou ? and whence comest thou 1 

18 And he said unto him, We are passing 
from Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of 
mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I 
went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I am who 
going to the house of the Lord ; and there 
is no man that receiveth me to house. 

19 Yet there is both straw and provender 
for our asses ; and there is bread and Avine 
also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for 
the young man which is with thy servants : 
there is no want of any thing. 

20 And the old man said, Peace be with 
thee ; howsoever, let all thy wants lie upon 
me ; only lodge not in the street. 

21 So he brought him into his house, and 
gave provender unto the asses: and they 
washed their feet, and did eat and drink. 

22 TT Now as they were making their hearts 
merry, behold, the men of the city, certain 
sons of Belial, beset the house round about, 
and beat at the door, and spake to the mas- 
ter of the house, the old man, saying, Bring 
forth the man that came into thy house, that 
we may know him. 

23 And the man, the master of the house, 
went out unto them, and said unto them, 
Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not 
so wickedly; seeing that this man is come 
into my house, do not this folly. 

24 Behold, here is my daughter, a maiden, 
and his concubine; them I will bring out 
now, and humble ye them, and do with them 
what seemeth good unto you : but unto this 
man do not so vile a thing. 

25 But the men would not hearken to him : 
so the man took his concubine, and brought 

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Tke Benjamites abuse his concubine. CHAP, 
her forth unto them ; and they knew her, 
and abused her all the night until the morn- 
ing : and when the day began to spring, they 
let her go. 

26 Then came the woman in the dawning 
of the day, and fell down at the door of the 
mail's house where her lord was, till it was 
light. 

27 And her lord rose up in the morning, 
and opened the doors of the house, and went 
out to go his way: and behold, the woman 
his concubine was fallen down at the door 
of the house, and her hands were upon the 
threshold. 

28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be 
going. But none answered. Then the man 
took her up upon an ass, and the man rose 
up, and gat him unto his place. 

29 Tf And when he was come into his house, 
he took a knife, and laid hold on his concu- 
bine, and divided her, together with her 
bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into 
all the coasts of Israel. 

30 And it was so, that all that saw it, syiid, 
There was no such deed done nor seen trom 
the day that the children of Israel came up 
out of the land of Egypt unto this day : con- 
sider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. 

CHAP. XX. 
I The Levite in a general assembly declareth his 
wrong. 8 The decree of the assembly. 12 The 
Benjamites being cited., make head against the 
Israelites. 18 The Israelites in two battles 
lose forty thousand. 26 They destroy by a 
stratagem all the Benjamites except six hun- 
dred. 

THEN all the children of Israel went out, 
and the congregation was gathered to- 
gether as one man, from Dan even to Beer- 
sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the 
Lord in Mizpeh. 

2 And the chief of all the people, even of 
all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves 
in the assembly of the people of God, four 
hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. 

3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard 
that the children of Israel were gone up to 
Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, 
Tell us, how was this wickedness? 

4 And the Levite, the husband of die woman 
that was slain, answered and said, I came 
into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I 
and my concubine, to lodge. 

5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, 
and beset the house round about upon me by 
night, and thought to have slain me : and my 
concubine have they forced, that she is dead. 

6 And I took my.concubine, and cut her in 
pieces, and sent her throughout all the coun- 
try of the inheritance of Israel : for they have 
committed lewdness and folly in Israel. 

7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel ; give 
here your advice and counsel. 

8 % And all the people arose as one man, 
saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, 
neither will we any of us turn into his house : 

9 But now this shall be the thing which we 
will do to Gibeah: we will go up by lot 
against it; 

10 And we will take ten men of a hundred 



. XX. Israel dectarcfJi war with Benjamin. 
throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hun- 
dred of a thousand, and a thousand out of 
ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, 
that they may do, when they come to Gibeah 
of Benjamin, according to all the folly that 
they have wrought in Israel. 

11 So all the men of Israel were gathered 
against the city, knit together as one man. 

12 T[ And the tribes of Israel sent men 
through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, 
What wickedness is this that is done among 
you? 

13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the 
children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that 
we may put them to death, and put away 
evil from Israel. But the children of Ben- 
jamin would not hearken to the voice of their 
brethren the children of Israel: 

14 But the children of Benjamin gathered 
themselves together out of the cities unto 
Gibeah, to go out to battle against the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

15 And the children of Benjamin were num- 
bered at that time out of the cities twenty and 
six thousand men that drew sword, besides 
the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were num- 
bered seven hundred chosen men. 

16 Among all this people there were seven 
hundred chosen men left-handed ; everyone 
could sling stones at a imw-breadih, and not 
miss. 

17 And the men of Israel, besides Benja- 
min, were numbered four hundred thousand 
men that drew sword : all these were men 
of war. 

18 *f[ And the children of Israel arose, and 
went up to the house of God, and asked 
counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall 
go up first to the battle against the children 
of Benjamin ? And the Lord said, Judali 
shall go up first. 

19 And the children of Israel rose up in the 
morning, and encamped against Gibeah. 

20 And the men of Israel went out to bat- 
tle against Benjamin ; and the men of Israel 
put themselves in array to fight against them 
at Gibeah. 

21 And the children of Benjamin came forth 
out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the 
ground of the Israelites that day twenty and 
two thousand men. 

22 And the people,the men of Israel,encou- 
raged themselves, and set their battle again 
in array in the place where they put them- 
selves in array the first day. 

23 (And the children of Israel went up and 
wept before the Lord until even, and asked 
counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go no 
again to battle against the children of Ben- 
jamin my brother? And the Lord said, go 
up against him.) 

24 And the children of Israel came near 
against the children of Benjamin the second 
day. 

25 And Benjamin went forth against them 
out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed 
down to the ground of the children of Israel 
again eighteen thousand men; all these drew 
the sword. 

26 H Then all the children of Israel, and. 

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The Benjamites smitten. JUDGES. 

all the people, went up, and came unto the 
house of God, and wept, aud sat there before 
the Lord, and fasted that day until even, and 
offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings 
before the Lord. 

27 And the children of Israel inquired of 
the Lord, (for the ark of the covenant of 
God was there in those days, 

28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the 
son of Aaron, stood before it in those days.) 
saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle 
against the children of Benjamin my brother, 
or shall I cease? And the Lord said, Go 
up; for to-morrow I will deliver them into 
thy hand. 

29 And Israel set liers in wait round about 
Gibeah. 

30 And the children of Israel went up against 
the children of Benjamin on the third day, 
and put themselves in array against Gibeah, 
as at other times. 

31 And the children of Benjamin went out 
against the people, and were drawn away 
from the city ; and they began to smite of the 
people, and kill, as at other times, in the 
highways, of which one goeth up to the house 
of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, 
about thirty men of Israel. 

32 And the children of Benjamin said, They 
are smitten down before us, as at the first. 
But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, 
and draw them from the city unto the high- 
ways. 

33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of 
their place, and put themselves in array at 
Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel 
came forth out of their places, even out of 
the meadows of Gibeah. 

34 And there came against Gibeah ten thou- 
sand chosen men out of all Israel, and the bat- 
tle was sore : but they knew not that evil was 
near them. 

35 And the Lord smote Benjamin before 
Israel : and the children of Israel destroyed 
of the Benjamites that day twenty and five 
thousand and a hundred men : all these drew 
the sword. 

36 So the children of Benjamin saw that 
they were smitten : for the men of Israel gave 
place to the Benjamites, because they trusted 
unto the liers in wait which they had set be- 
side Gibeah. 

37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed 
upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew 
themselves along, and smote all the city with 
the edge of the sword. 

38 Now there was an appointed sign be- 
tween the men of Israel and the liers in wait, 
that they should make a great flame with 
smoke to rise up out of the city. 

39 And when the men of Israel retired in 
the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill 
of the men of Israel about thirty persons : for 
they said, Surely they are smitten down be- 
fore, us, as in the first battle. 

40 But when the flame began to arise up 
out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the 
Benjamites looked behind them, and be- 
hold, the flame of the city ascended up to 
heaven. 



Desolation of Benjamin, 

41 And when the men of Israel turned again, 
the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they 
saw that evil was come upon them. 

42 Therefore they turned their backs be- 
fore the men of Israel unto the way of the 
wilderness; but the battle overtook them, 
and them which came out of the cities they 
destroyed in the midst of them. 

43 Thus they enclosed the Benjamites round 
about, and chased them, and trode them 
down with ease over against Gibeah toward 
the sun-rising. 

44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thou- 
sand men ; all these were men of valour. 

45 And they turned and fled toward the 
wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon : and 
they gleaned of them in the highways five 
thousand men ; and pursued hard after them 
unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of 
them. 

46 So that ail which fell that day of Benja- 
min were twenty and five thousand men that 
drew the sword; all these were men of valour. 

47 But six hundred men turned and fled to 
the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and 
abode in the rock Rimmon four months. 

48 And the men of Israel turned again upon 
the children of Benjamin, and smote them 
with the edge of the sword, as well the men 
of every city, as the beast, and all that came 
to hand: also they set on fire all the cities 
that they came to. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 The people bewail the desolation of Benjamin. 
8 By the destruction of Jahesh-gilcad they pro- 
vide them four hundred icives. lt» They advise 
them to surprise the virgins that danced at 
Shiloh. 

NOW the men of Israel had sworn in Miz- 
peh, saying, There shall not any of us 
give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. 

2 And the people came to the house of God. 
and abode there till even before God, and 
lifted up their voices, and wept sore; 

3 And said, O Lord God of Israel, why is 
this come to pass in Israel, that there should 
be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel ? 

4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that 
the people rose early, and built there an al- 
tar, and offered burnt-offerings, and peace- 
offerings. 

5 And the children of Israel said, Who is 
there among all the tribes of Israel that came 
not up with the congregation unto the Lord ? 
For they had made a great oath concerning 
him that came not. up to the Lord to Mizpeh, 
saying, He shall surely be put to death. 

6 And the children of Israel repented them 
for Benjamin their brother, and said, There 
is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. 

7 How shall we do for wives for them that 
remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord, 
that we will not give them of our daughters 
to wives ? 

8 If And they said, Whatone is there of the 
tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh 
to the Lord? and behold, there came none 
to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the as- 
sembly. 

9 For the people were numbered, and be- 
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The destruction of Jabesh-gilead. CHAP, 
hold there were none of the inhabitants of 
Jabesh-gilead there. 

10 Ancfthe congregation sent thither twelve 
thousand men of the valiantest, and com- 
manded them, saying, Go and smite the in- 
habitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of 

he sword, with the women and the children. 

11 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye 
shall utterly destroy every male, and every 
woman that hath Iain by man. 

12 And they found among the inhabitants 
of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins 
that had known no man by lying with any 
male : and they brought them unto the camp 
to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. 

13 And the whole congregation sent some 
to speak to the children of Benjamin that 
were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peace- 
ably unto them. 

14 And Benjamin came again at that time* 
and they gave them wives which they had 
saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: 
and yet so they sufficed them not. 

15 And the people repented them for Ben- 
jamin, because that the Lord had made a 
breach in the tribes of Israel. 

16 Then the elders of the congregation said, 
How shall we do for wives for them that re- 
main, seeing the women are destroyed out 
of Benjamin? 

17 And they said, There must be an inheri- 
tance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, 
that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. 

18 Howbeit, we may not give them wives 
of our daughters : for the children of Israel 



XXI. The virgins of Shiloh surprised, 
have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth 
a wife to Benjamin. 

19 Then they said, Behold, there is a feast 
of the Lord in Shiloh yearly inaptace which 
is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east 
side of the highway that goeth up from Beth- 
el to Shechein, and on the south of Lebonah. 

20 Therefore they commanded the children 
of Benjamin, saying, Go, and lie in wait in 
the vineyards ; 

21 And see, and behold, if the daughters of 
Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then 
coine ye out of the vineyards, and catch you 
every man his wife of the daughters of Shi- 
loh, and go to the land of Benjamin. 

22 And it shall be, when their fathers or 
their brethren come unto us to complain, that 
we will say unto them, Be favourable unto 
them for our sakes: because we reserved 
not to each man his wife in the war: for ye 
did not give unto them at this time, thai ye 
should be guilty. 

23 And the children of Benjamin did so, 
and took them wives, according to their num- 
ber, of them thatdanced, whom they caught: 
and they went and returned unto their in- 
heritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt 
in them. 

24 And the children of Israel departed thence 
at that time, every man to his tribe and to 
his family, and they went out from thence 
every man to his inheritance. 

25 In those days there was no king in Israel : 
every man did that which was right in his 
own eyes. 



CHAP. I 

1 Elimelech driven by famine into Moab, dieth 
there. 4 Mahlon and Chilion, having married 
wives of Moab, die also. 6 Naomi returning 
homeward, 8 dissuadcth her tic o daughters-in- 
law from going with her. 14 Orpah leaveth 
her, but Ruth with great constancy accom- 



IT The Book of RUTH. 

Moab how that the Lord had visited his 
people in giving them bread. 

7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place 
where she was, and her two daughters-in- 
law with her; and they went on the way to 
return unto the land of Judah. 

8 And Naomi said unto her two dauglilers- 



panieth her. 19 Theij two come to Eeth-lehem, - mA Q t h to her motlier >, 

inhere ihp.it arp. trl.ttiU.it fpf.pif\ptl.. , ' , 7 _ 111*11 •• 

house : the Lord deal kindly with you, as 



where they are gladly received. 

NOW it came to pass in the days when 
the jiulges ruled, that there was a fa- 
mine in the land. And a certain man of 
Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the 
country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two 
sons. 

2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, 
and the name of his wife Naomi, and the 
name of his two sons Mahlon and Chi. ion, 
Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they 
came into the country of Moab, and continued 
there. 

3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died ; 
and she was left, and her two sons. 

4 And they took them wives of the women 
of Moab ; the name of the one was Orpah, 
and the name of the other Ruth : and they 
dwelled there about ten years. 

5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both 
of them ; and the woman was left of her two 
sons and her husband. 

6 *[T Then she arose with her daughters-in- 
law, that she might return from the country 
of Moab : for she had heard in the country of 



ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. 

9 The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, 
each of you in the house of her husband. 
Then she kissed them; and they lifted up 
their voice, and wept. 

10 And they said unto her, Surely we will 
return with tliee unto thy people. 

11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daugh 
ters : why will ye go with me 1 are there yet 
any more sons in my womb, that they may 
be your husbands ? 

12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way ; 
for I am too old to have a husband. If I 
should say, I have hope, if I should have a 
husband also to-night, and should also bear 
sons ; 

13 Would ye tarry for them till they were 
grown ? would ye stay for them from ha vim* 
husbands? nay, my daughters; for itgrieveth 
me much for your sakes, that the hand of the 
Lord is gone out against me. 

14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept 
again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in- 
law ; but Ruth cJave unto her* 

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RnllCs constancy to Naomi. RU 

15 And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law 
is gone back imto her people, and unto her 
gods: return thou after thy sister-in-law. 

16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave 
thee, or to return from following after thee: 
for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where 
thou lodgcst, I will lodge : thy people shall 
be my people, and thy God my God : 

17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there 
v\-ili I be buried : the Lord do so to me, and 
more also, if aught but death part thee and 
me. 

IS When she saw that she was steadfastly 
minded to go with her, then she left speaking 
unto her. 

19 ^[ So they two went until they came to 
Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when 
they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the 
city was moved about them, and they said, 
Is this Naomi ? 

20 And she said unto them, Call me not 
Naomi, call me Mara : for the Almighty hath 
dealt very bitterly with me. 

21 I went out'full, and the Lord hath 
brought me home again empty: why then 
call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath tes- 
tified against me, and the Almighty hath af- 
flicted me ? 

22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moab- 
itess her daughter-in-law with her, which 
returned out of the country of Moab: and 
they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of 
barley-harvest. 

CHAP. II. 

1 Ruth gleaneth in the fields of Boat. 4 Boaz 

taking knowledge of her, Bsheicet.lt her great 

favour. 18 That which she got, she carrieth to 

Naomi. 

AND Naomi had a kinsman of her hus- 
band's, a mighty man of wealth, of the 
family of Elimelech ; and his name was Boaz. 

2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, 
Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of 
corn after him in whose sight I shall find 
grace. And she said unto her, Go, my 
daughter. 

3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in 
the field after the reapers : and her hap was 
to light on a part of the field belonging unto 
Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. 

4 And behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, 
and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with 
vou. And they answered him, The Lord 
bless thee. 

o Then said Boaz unto his servant that 
was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is 
this ? 

6 And the servant that was set over the 
reapers answered and said, It is the 3Ioab- 
itish damsel that came bac'.; with Naomi out 
of the country of Moab : 

7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and 
gather after the reapers among the sheaves: 
so she came, and hath coutinued even from 
the morning until now, that she tarried a lit- 
tle in the house. 

8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou 
not, my daughter ? Go not to glean in ano- 
ther field, neither go from hence, but abide 
kere fast bv my maidens : 



TH. The kindness of Boaz to Ruth. 

9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they 
do reap, and go thou after thein : have I not 
charged the young men that they shall not 
touch thee ? and when thou art athirst, go 
unto the vessels, and drink of that which the 
young men have drawn. 

10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed 
herself to the ground, and said unto him, 
Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that 
thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing 
I am a stranger ? 

11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, 
It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou 
hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the 
death of thy husband : and how thou hast 
left thy father and thy mother, and the land 
of thy nativity, and art come unto a people 
which thou knewest not heretofore. 

12 The Lord recompense thy work, and a 
full reward be given thee of the Lord God 
of Israel, under whose wings thou art come 
to trust. 

I 13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy 
sight, my lord ; for that thou hast comforted 
me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly 
untorthy handmaid, though I be not like unto 
one of thy handmaidens. 

14 And Boaz said unto her, At meal-time 
come thou hither, and eat of.tlie bread, and 
dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat 
beside the reapers: and he reached her 
parched corn, and she did eat, and was suf- 
ficed, and left. 

15 And when she was risen up to glean, 
Boaz commanded his young men, saying, 
Let her glean even among the sheaves," and 
reproach her not : 

16 And let fall also some of the handfuls of 
purpose for her, and leave them, that she 
may glean them, and rebuke her not. 

17 So she gleaned in the field until even, 
and beat out that she had gleaned : and it 
was about an ephah of barle} r . 

18 ^[ And she took** up, and went into the 
city : and her mother-in-law saw what she 
had gleaned : and she brought forth, and 
gave to her that she had reserved after she 
was sufficed. 

19 And her mother-in-law said unto her, 
Where hast thou gleaned to-day ? and where 
wroughtestthou ? blessed be he that did take 
knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mo- 
ther-in-law with whom she had wrought, 
and said, The man's name with whom I 
wrought to-day is Boaz. 

20 And Naomi said unto her daughter-in- 
law, Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath 
not left off his kindness to the living and to 
the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The 
man is near of kin unto us, one of our next 
kinsmen. 

21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said 
unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my 
young men, until they have ended all my 
harvest. 

22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daugh- 
ter-in-law, It is good, my daughter, that 
thou go out with his maidens, that they meet 
thee not in any other field. 

23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz 



Boaz acknowledgeth CHAP. 

to glean unto the end of barley-harvest and 
of wheat-harvest ; and dwelt with her mo- 
ther-in-law. 

CHAP. III. 

1 By Naomi her instruction, 5 Ruth litth at 

Boat's feet. 8 Boaz acknowledgeth the right 

of a kinsman. 14 He sendeth her away with 

six measures of barley. 

I^HEN Naomi her mother-in-law said 
unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek 
rest for thee, that it may be well with thee ? 

2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, 
with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he 
winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing 
floor. 

3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, 
and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee 
down to the floor : but make not thyself 
known unto the man, until he shall have 
done eating and drinking. 

4 And it shall be when he lieth down, that 
thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, 
and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, 
and lay thee down ; and he will tell thee what 
thou shalt do. 

5 And she said unto her, All that thou say- 
est. unto me I will do. 

6 5T And she went down unto the floor, and 
did according to all that her mother-in-law 
bade her. 

7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, 
and his heart was merry, he went to lie down 
at the end of the heap of corn : and she came 
softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her 
down. 

8 1T And it came to pass at midnight, that 
the man was afraid, and turned himself: and 
behold, a woman lay at his feet. 

9 And he said, Who art thou ? And she 
answered, I am Ruth thy handmaid : spread 
therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid ; for 
thou art a near kinsman. 

10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, 
my daughter : for thou hast shewed more 
kindness in the latter end than at the begin- 
ning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young 
men, whether poor or rich. 

11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will 
do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the 
city of my people doth know that thou art a 
virtuous woman. 

12 And now it is true that I am thy near 
kinsman : howbeit there is a kinsman nearer 
than I. 

13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the 
morning, that if he will perform unto thee 
the part of a kinsman, well ; let him do the 
kinsman's part : but if he will not d* the 
part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the 
part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liv- 
eth : lie down until the morning. 

14 And she lay at his feet until the morn- 
ing : and she rose up before one could know 
another. And he said, Let it not be known 
that a woman came into the floor. 

15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou 
hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she 
held it, he measured six measures of barley, 
and laid it on her: and she went into the 
city, 



III, IV. therightofaJcinsman* 

16 And when she came to her mother-in- 
law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? 
And she told her all that the man had done 
to her. 

17 And she said, These six measures of 
barley gave he me ; for he said to me, Go not 
empty unto thy mother-in-law. 

18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, 
until thou know how the matter will fall : for 
the man will not be in rest, until he have 
finished the thing this day. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Boaz calleth into judgment the next kinsman. 
6 He refuseth the redemption according to the 
manner in Israel. 9 Boaz buyeth the inheri- 
tance. 10 He marrieth Ruth. 13 She beareth 
Obed the grandfather of David. 18 The gene- 
ration of Pharcz. 

THEN went Boaz up to the sate, and sat 
him down there: and behold, the kins- 
man of whom Boaz spake came by; unto 
whom he said, Ho, such a one ! turn aside, 
sit down here. And he turned aside, and 
sat down. 

2 And he took ten men of the elders of the 
city, and said, Sit ye down here. Ami they 
sat down. 

3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, 
that is come again out of the country of 
Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was 
our brother Elimelech's : 

4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, 
Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the 
elders of my people. If thou wik redeem it, 
redeem it : but if thou wilt not redeem it, 
(ken tell me, that I may know : for there is 
none to redeem it besides thee \ and I am 
after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. 

5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest 
the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy 
it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the 
dead, to raise up the name of the dead upott 
his inheritance. 

6 % And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem 
it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheri- 
tance : redeem thou my right to thyself; for 
1 cannot redeem it. 

7 Now this was the manner in former time 
in Israel concerning redeeming and concern- 
ing changing, for to confirm all things ; a man 
plucked off his shoe, and ^ave it to his neigh- 
bour: and this was a testimony in Israel. 

8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, 
Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. 

9 H And Boaz said unto the elders, and 
unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this 
day, that I have bought all that was Elime- 
lech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mali- 
Ion's, of the hand of Naomi. 

10 Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife 
of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, 
to raise up the name of the dead upon his 
inheritance, that the name of the dead be not 
cut off from among his brethren, and from 
the gate of his place : ye are witnesses this 
day. 

li And all the people thattrere in the gate 

and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The 

Lord make the woman that is come into thy 

house like Rachel and like Leah, which two 

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Boaz marries Ruth, I. SAMUEL. The birth of Samuel. 

did build the house of Israel : and do thou I which is better to thee than seven sons, hath 
worthily in Ephratah and be famous in Beth- 1 borne him. 



lehem: 

12 Aud let thy house be like the house of 
Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of 
the seed which the Lord shall give thee of 
this young woman. 

13 *ft So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his 
wife : and when he went in unto her, the 
Lord gave her conception, aud she bare a 
eon. 

14 And the women said unto Naomi, Bless- 
ed be the Lord, which hath not left thee 
this day without a kinsman, that his name 
may be famous in Israel. 

15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of 
thy life, and a uourisher of thine old age : 
for thy daughter-in-law, which loveth thee, 



16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in 
her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 

17 And the women her neighbours gave it 
a name, saying, There is a son bom to 
Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he 
is, the father of Jesse, the father of David. 

13 % Now these are the generations of 
Pharez : Pharez begat Hezron, 

19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat 
Amminadab, 

20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and 
Nahshon begat Salmon, 

21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz be- 
gat Obed, 

22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat 
David. 



H The First Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called, The First Booh of the KINGS. 



CHAP. I. 

I Elkanah a Levite having two wives, worship- 
ped yearly at Shilok. 4 He cherisheth Han- 
nah, though barren, and provoked by Penin- 
nah. 9 Hannah in grief prayeth fur a child. 

' 12 Eli first rebuking her, afterwards blesseth 
her. 19 Hannah having borne Samuel, stayeth 
at home till he be weaned. 24 She presenteth 
him, according to her vow, to the LORD. 

JVrOYV there was a certain man of Rama- 

I I thaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and 
his oametM» Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, 
the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son 
of Zuph, an Ephrathite : 

2 And he had two wives; the name of the 
one was Hannah, and the name of the other 
Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but 
Hannah had no children. 

3 And this man went up out of his city year- 
ly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord 
of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, 
Hophai and Phinehas, the priests of the 
Lord, were there. 

4 IT And when the time was that Elkanah 
offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and 
to all her sous and her daughters, portions : 

5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy por- 
tion ; for he loved Hannah ; but the Lord 
had shut up her womb. 

6 And her adversary also provoked her 
«ore, for to make her fret, because the Lord 
had shut up her womb. 

7 And as he did so year by year, when she 
went up to the house of the Lord, so sIkj 
provoked her; therefore she wept, and did 
not eat. 

8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, ■ 
Hannah, why weepest thou? and whyeatest 
thou not? and why is thy heart grieved ? am 
not I better to thee than ten sons? 

9 If So Hannah rose up after they had eaten 
in Shiloh, and after they had drunk: (now 
Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the 
temple of the Lord:) 

10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and 
jtt-iiyed unto the Lord, and wept sore. 

J 1 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord 
of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the af- 
fliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, 
and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give 
unto thy handmaid a man child, then I will 



give him unto the Lord all the days of his 
Fife, and there shall no razor come upon his 
head. 

12 And it came to pass, as she continued 
praying before the Lord, that Eii marked 
her mouth. 

13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; 
only her lips moved, but her voice was not 
heard : therefore Eli thought she had been 
drunken. 

14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou 
be drunken ? put away thy wine. from thee. 

15 And Hannah answered and said, No, 
my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spi- 
rit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong 
drink, but have poured out my soul before 
the Lord. 

16 Count not thy handmaid for a daughter 
of Belial : for out of the abundance of my 
complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. 

17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in 
peace : and the God of Israel grant thee thy 
petition that thou hast asked of him. 

18 And she said, Let thy handmaid find 
grace in thy sight. So the woman went her 
way, and did eat, and her countenance was 
no more sad. 

19 If And they rose up in the morning early, 
and worshipped before the Lord, and re- 
turned, and came to their house to Ramah : 
and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; aud 
the Lord remembered her. 

20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the 
time was come about after Hannah had con- 
ceived, that she bare a son, and called his 
name Samuel, saying, Because I have ask- 
ed him of the Lord. 

21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, 
went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly 
sacrifice, and his vow. 

22 But Hannah went not up; for she said 
unto her husband, / will not go up until the 
child be weaned, and then I will bring him, 
that he may appear before the Lord, and 
there abide for ever. 

23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, 
Do what seemeth thee good; tarty until thou 
have weaned him; only the Lord establish 
his word. So the woman abode, and gave 
her son suck until she weaned him. 

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Hannah's song of thanksgiving. CHAP. II 

24 1f And when she had weaned him, she 
look him up witli her, with three bullocks, 
and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, 
and brought him unto the house of the Lord 
in Shiloh : and the child was youmj. 

25 And they slew a bullock, and brought 
the child to Eli. 

2(5 And she said, O my lord, as thy soul 
liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood 
by thee here, praying unto the Lord. 

27 For this child I prayed ; and the Lord 
hath given me my petition whicli I asked of 
h im : 

28 Therefore also I have lent him to the 
Lord ; as long as he liveth he shall be lent 
to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord 
there. 

CHAP. II. 

I Hannah's song in thankfulness. 12 The sin of 

Eli's sons. 18 Samuel's ministry. 20 By Eli's 
blessings Hannah is more fruitful. 22 Eli re- 
proveth his sons. 27 Jl prophecy against Eli's 
house. 

AND Hannah prayed, and said, My heart 
rejoiceth in the Lord, my horn is ex- 
alted in the Lord; my mouth is enlarged 
over mine enemies ; because I rejoice in thy 
salvation. 

2 Tltere is none holy as the Lord: for 
tliere is none besides thee : neither is iliere 
any rock like our God. 

3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let 
not arrogancy come out of your mouth : for 
the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him 
actions are weighed. 

A The bows of the mighty men are broken, 
and they that stumbled are girded with 
strength. 

.5 They that were full have hired out them- 
selves for bread ; and they that were hungry 
ceased : so that the barren hath borne se- 
ven; and she that hath "many children is 
waxed feeble. 

6 The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he 
bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. 

7 The Lord maketh poor, and maketh 
rich : he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 

8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, 
and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, 
to sat them among princes, and to make them 
inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of 
the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set 
the world upon them. 

9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and 
the wicked shall be silent in darkness ; for by 
strength shall no man prevail. 

10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be 
broken to pieces ; out of heaven shall he 
thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge 
the ends of the earth ; and he shall give 
strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of 
his Anointed. 

II And Elkanah went to Ramah to his 
house. And the child did minister unto the 
Lord before Eli the priest. 

12 If Now the sons of Eli were sons of Be- 
lial ; they knew not the Lord. 

13 And the priest's custom with the people 
ttv*s, that) when any man offered sacrifice, 
the priest's servant came, while the flesh 



SamueVs ministry* 
was in seething, with a flesh-hook of three 
teeth in his hand : 

14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, 
or caldron, or potj all that the fle*h-hook 
brought up the priest took for himself. So 
they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that 
came thither. 

15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's 
servant came, and said to the man that sa- 
crificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest , 
for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, 
but raw. 

16 And if any man said unto him, Let them 
not fail to burn the fat presently, and then 
take as much as thy soul desireth; then he 
would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt 
give it me now : and if not, I will take it by 
force. 

17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was 
very great before the Lord : for men abhor- 
red the offering of the Lord. 

13 ^f But Samuel ministered before the 
Lord, being a child, girded with a linen 
ephod. 

19 Moreover his mother made him a little 
coat, and brought it to him from year to 
year, when she came up with her husband, 
to offer the yearly sacrifice. 

20 1F And Eli blessed Elkanah and his 
wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of 
this woman for the loan which is lent to the 
Lord. And they went unto their own home. 

21 And the Lord visited Hannah, so that 
she conceived, and bare three sons and two 
daughters. And the child Samuel grew be- 
fore the Lord. 

22 Tf Now Eli was very old, and heard all 
that his sons did unto all Israel ; and how 
they lay with the women that assembled at 
the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion. 

23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such 
tilings? fori hear of your evil dealings by 
all this people. 

24 Nay, my sons ; for it is no good report 
that I hear: ye make the Lord's people to 
transgress. 

25 If one man sin against another, the 
judge shall judge him : but if a man sin 
against the Lord, who shall entreat for him ? 
Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto 
the voice of their father, because the Lord 
would slay them. 

26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was 
in favour both with the Lord, and also with 



27 if And there came a man of God unto 
Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, 
Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy 
father, when they were in Egypt in Pha; 
raoh's house ? 

28 And did I choose him out of all the 
tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon 
mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod 
before me ? and did I give unto the house of 
thy father all the offerings made by fire of the 
children of Israel? 

29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and 
at mine offering, which 1 have commanded 
in my habitation ; and honourest thy sons 

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A prophecy against Eli's housd 
above me, to make yourselves fat with the 
chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my peo- 
ple? 

30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, 
I said indeed thai thy house, and the house 
of thy father, should walk before me for 
ever : but now the Lord saidi, Be it far from 
me ; for them that honour me I will honour, 
and they that despise me shall be lightly 
esteemed!. 

31 Behold, the days come, that 1 will cut 
oft' thine arm, and the arm of thy father's 
house, that there shall not be an old man in 
thy house. 

32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my ha- 
bitation, in all the wealth which God shall 
give Israel : and there shall not be an old 
man in thy house for ever. 

33 And the man of thine, wham I shall not 
cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume 
thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart : and all 
the increase of thy house shall die in the 
flower of their age. 

34 And this. shall be a sign unto thee, that 
shall come upon thy two sons, on Honhni 
and Phinehas : in one day they shall die both 
of them. 

35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, 
fliat shall do according to that which is in 
my heart and in my mind: and I will build 
him a sure house ; and he shall walk before 
mine Anointed for ever. 

36 And it shaU come to pass, that every one 
that is left in thy house, shall come and 
crouch to him for a piece of silver and a 
morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I 
pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, 
that I may eat a piece of bread. 

CHAP. III. 

1 How the word of the Lord was first revealed 
to Samuel. 11 God telleth Samuel the destruc- 
tion of Eli's house. 15 Samuel, though loth, 
telleth EU the vision. 19 Samuel groweth in 

• credit. 

AND the child Samuel ministered unto 
the Lord before Eli. And the word 
of the Lord was precious in those days; 
there was no open vision. 

2 And it came to pass at that time, when 
Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes 
began to wax dim, that he could not see ; 

3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the 
temple of the Lord, where the ark of God 
was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep ; 

4 That the Lord called Samuel: and he 
answered, Here am I. 

5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am 
I ; for thou calledst me. And lie said, I 
called not; lie down again. And he went 
and lay down. 

And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. 
And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, 
Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he 
answered, I called not, my son; lie down 
again. 

7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, 
neither was the word of the Lord yet re- 
vealed unto him, 

. 8 And the Lord called Samuel again the 
third time. And he arose and went to Eli, 



I. SAMUEL. Samuel telleth his vision* 

and said, Here am I ; for thou didst call me. 



And Eli perceived that the Lord had called 
the child. 

9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie 
down : and it shall be, if he call thee, that 
thou shalt say, Speak, Lord ; for thy ser- 
vant heareth. So Samuel went and lay 
down in his place. 

10 And the Lord came, and stood and call- 
ed as at other limes, Samuel, Samuel. Then 
Samuel answered, Speak ; for thy servant 
hearedi. 

11 % And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, 
I will do a thing in Israel, at which both 
the ears of every one that heareth it shall 
tingle. 

12 In that day I will perform against Eli 
all things which I have spoken concerning 
his house : when I begin, I will also make 
an end. 

13 For I have told him, that I will judge his 
house for ever, for the iniquity which he 
knoweth : because his sons made themselves 
vile, and he restrained them not. 

14 And therefore I have sworn unto the 
house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house 
shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offer- 
ing for ever. 

15 T[ And Samuel lay until the morning, 
and opened the doors of the house of the 
Lord : and Samuel feared to shew Eli the 
vision. 

16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Sa- 
muel, my son. And he answered, Here am I. 

17 And' he said, What is the thing that the 
LORD hath said unto thee ? I pray thee 
hide it not from me : God do so to thee, and 
more also, if thou hide any thing from me, 
of all the things that he said unto thee. 

1 8 And Samuel told him every whit, and 
hid nothing from him. And he said, It. is 
the Lord : let him do what seemeth him 
good. 

19 H And Samuel grew, and the Lord was 
with him, and did let none of his words fall 
to the ground. 

20 And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer- 
sheba, knew that Samuel was established to 
be a prophet of the Lord. 

21 And the Lord appeared again in Shi- 
loh : for the Lord revealed himself to Sa- 
muel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 The Israelites are overcome by the Philistines 
at Eben-ezer. 3 They fetch the ark to the ter- 
ror of the Philistines. 10 They are smitten 
again, the ark taken, Hophni and Phinehas 
are slain. VZEli, at the news, falling back- 
ward, breaketh his neck. 19 Phinehas' wife, 
discouraged in her travail withl-chabod, dicth. 

AND the word of Samuel came to all Is- 
rael. Now Israel went out against the 
Philistines to battle, and pitched beside 
Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in 
Aphek. 

2 And the Philistines put themselves in ar- 
ray against Israel : and when they joined 
battle, Israel was smitten before the Philis- 
tines : and they slew of the army in the field 
about four thousand men. 
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Israel overcome, and the ark taken. 

3 If And when the people were come into 
the camp, the elders of Israel said, Where- 
fore hath the Lord smitten us to-day before 
the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, 
that when it cometh among us, it may save 
us out of the hand of our enemies. 

4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they 
might bring from thence the ark of the co- 
venant of the Lord of hosts, which dvvell- 
eth between the cherubims: and the two 
sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were 
there with the ark of the covenant of God. 

5 And when the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted 
with a great shout, so that the earth rang 
again. 

6 And when the Philistines heard the noise 
of the shout, they said, What meaneth the 
noise of this great shout in the camp of the 
Hebrews ? And they understood that the ark 
of the Lord was come into the camp. 

7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they 
said, God is come into the camp. And they 
said, Wo unto us ! for there hath not been 
such a thing heretofore. 

8 Wo unto us ! Who shall deliver us out of 
the hand of these mighty Gods 1 these are 
the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all 
the plagues in the wilderness. 

9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, 
Oye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto 
the Hebrews, asthey have been to you : quit 
yourselves like men, and fight. 

10 1f A»d the Philistines fought, and Israel 
was smitten, and they fled every man into 
his tent : and there was a very great slaugh- 
ter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand 
footmen. 

11 And the ark of God was taken ; and the 
two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were 
slain. 

12 ^[ And there ran a man of Benjamin out 
of the army, and came to Shiloh the same 
day with his clothes rent, and with earth 
upon his head. 

13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a 
seat by the way-side watching : for his heart 
trembled for the ark of God. And when 
the man came into the city and told it all the 
city cried out. 

14 And when Eli heard the noise of the 
crying, he said, What meanetii the noise of 
this tumult ? And the man came in hastilv, 
and told Eli. 

15 Now Eli was ninety and eight vears old ; 
and his eyes were dim," that he could not see. 

16 And the man said unto Eli, f am he that 
came out of the army, and I fled to-day out 
of the army. And lie said, What is there 
done, my son ? 

17 And the messenger answered and said, 
Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there 
hath been also a great slaughter among the 
people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and 
Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is 
taken. 

18 And it came to pass, when he made 
mention of the ark of G^d, that he fell from 
oft" the seat backward by the side of the gate, 



CHAP. V. Dagon falls before the ark. 

and his neck brake, and he died : for he was 
an old man, and heavy. And he had judged 
Israel forty years. 

19 H And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' 
wife, was with child near to be delivered : 
and when she heard the tidings that the ark 
of God was taken, and that her father-in-law 
and her husband were dead, she bowed her- 
self, and travailed ; for her pains came upon 
her. 

20 And about the time of her death, the 
women that stood by her said unto her, Fear 
not; for thou hast borne a son. But she 
answered not, neither did she regard it. 

21 And she named the child I-chabod, say- 
ing, The glory is departed from Israel. (Be- 
cause the ark of God was taken, and because 
of her father-in-law and her husband.) 

22 And she said, The glory is departed from 
Israel : for the ark of God is taken. 

CHAP. V. 

1 The Philistines having brought the ark into 
Ashdod, set it in the house of Dagon. 3 Dagon 
is smitten down and cut in pieces, and they of 
A shdod smitten with emerods. 8 So God deal- 
eth with them of Gath, when it was brought 
thither : 10 and so with them of Ekron when 
it was brought thither. 

AND the Philistines took the ark of God, 
and brought it from Eben-ezer unto 
A shdod. 

2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, 
they brought it into the house of Dagon, and 
set it by Dagon. 

3 % And when they of Ashdod arose early 
on the morrow, behold, Dagon teas fallen 
upon his face to the earth before the ark of 
the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set 
him in his place again. 

4 And when they arose early on the mor- 
row morning, behold, Dagon teas fallen upon 
his face to the ground before the ark of the 
Lord : and the head of Dagon, and both 
the palms of his hands were cutoff upon the 
threshold; only the stump of Dagon was 
left to him. 

5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, 
nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread 
on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto 
this day. 

6 But the hand of the Lord was heavy 
upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed 
them, and smote them with emerods, even 
Ashdod, and the coasts thereof. 

7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it 
was so, they said, The ark of the God of Is- 
rael shall not abide with us : for his hand is 
sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 

8 They sent therefore, and gathered all the 
lords ol the Philistines unto them, and said, 
What shall we do with the ark of the God of 
Israel ? And they answered, Let the ark of 
the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. 
And thoy carried the ark of the God of Israel 
about thither. 

9 And it was so, that after they had carried 
it about, the hand of the Lord was against 
the citv with a very great destruction : and he 
smote i he men of the city both small and great, 
and thev had emerods in their secret parts. 

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God smiteih the Philistines. I. SAMUEL. 

10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to 
Ekron. And it came to pass as the ark of 
God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried 
out, saying, They have brought about the 
ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and 
our people. 

11 So they sent and gathered together all 
the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send 
away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it 
go again to his own place, that it slay us not, 
and our people : for there was a deadly de- 
struction throughout all the city; the hand 
of God was very heavy there. 

12 And the men that died not, were smitten 
with the emerods: and the cry of the city 
went up to heaven. 

CHAP. VI. 



1 After seven months the Philistines take coun- 
sel, how to send back the ark. 10 They bring 
it on a new cart with an offering unto Beth 
shemesh. 19 The people are smitten for look- 
ing into the ark. 21 They send to them of Kir- 
jath-jearim to fetch it. 

AND the ark of the Lord was in the coun- 
try of the Philistines seven months. 

2 And the Philistines called for the priests 
and the diviners, saying, What shall we do 
to the ark of the Lord ? tell us wherewith 
we shall send it to his place. 

3 And they said, If ye send away the ark 
of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but 
in any wise return him a trespa=s-offering: 
then ye shall be healed, and it shall be 
known to you why his hand is not removed 
from you. 

4 Then said they, What shall be the tres- 
pass-offering which we shall return to him ? 
They answered, Five golden emerods, and 



They send hack the ark. 
the cart, and the coffer with die mice of gold 
and the images of their emerods. 

12 And the kine took the straight way to the 
way of Beth-shemesh, and went alo'n? the 
highway, lowing as they went, and turned 
not aside to the right hand or to the left . and 
the lords of the Philistines went after them 
unto the border of Beth-shemesh. 

13 And 2foy<?/* Beth-shemesh were reaping 
their wheat harvest in the valley : and they 
lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and 
rejoiced to see it. 

14 And the cart came into the field of Jo- 
shua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where 
there teas a great stone : and they clave the 
wood of the cart, and offered the kine a 
burnt-offering unto the Lord. 

15 And the Levites took down the ark r.f 
the Lord, and the coffer that was with iu 
wherein the jewels of gold were, and put 
them on the great stone : and the men' of 
Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and 
sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the 
Lord. 

16 And when the five lords of the Philis- 
tines had seen it, they returned to Ekron 
the same day. 

17 And these are the golden emerods which 
the Philistines returned for a trespass-offer- 
ing unto the Lord; for Ashdoa one, for 
Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, 
for Ekron one ; 

IS And the golden mice, according to the 
number of all the cities of the Philistines be- 
longing to the five lords, both of fenced 
cities, and of country' villages, even unto the 
great stone of Abel, whereon they set down 
the ark of the Lord : which stone remaineth 



Cwe golden mice, according to the number j unto this day in the field of Joshua the Betl 



of the lords of the Philistines : for one plague 
was on you all, and on your lords. 

5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your 
emerods, and images of your mice that mar 
the land ; and ye shall give glory unto the 
God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten 
his hand from off you, and from off your 
gods, and from off your land. 

6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, 
as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their 
hearts ? when he had wrought wonderfully 
among them, did they not let the people go, 
and they departed ? 

7 Now therefore make a new cart, and take 
two milch-kine on which there ham come 
no yoke, and -tic the kine to the cart, and 
bring their calves home from them : 

8 And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it 
upon the cart: and put the jewels of gold 
which ye return him for a trespass-offering, 
in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it 
away, that it may go. 

9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his 
own coast to Beth-shemesh, then fie hath 
done us this great evil : but if not, then we 
shall know that it is not his hand thai smote 
us; it was a chance that happened to us. 

10 H And the men did so ; and took two 
milch-kine, and tied them to the cart, and 
ahut up their calves at home : 

11 And they laid the ark of the Lord upon 



shernite. 

19 ^j And he smote the men of Beth-she- 
mesh, because they had looked into the ark 
of the Lord, even he smote of the people 
fifty thousand and threescore and ten men : 
and the people lamented, because the Lord 
had smitten many of the people with a great 
slaughter. 

20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who 
is able to stand before this holy Lord God ? 
and to whom shall he go up from us? 

21 f\ And they sent messengers to the in- 
habitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Phi- 
listines have brought again the ark of the 
Lord; come ve down, and fetch it up to vou. 

" CHAP. VII. 
1 They of Kirjath-jearim bring the ark into th 
house of Abinadab, andisanctify Eleazarhis 
son to keep it. 2 After twenty years, 3 the Is- 
raelites, by Samuel's means, solemnly repent 
at Mizpeh. 9 IVhile Samuel prayeth and sa- 
crificed, the J,ord discomjiteth the Philistines 
by thunder, at Eben-czer. 13 The Philistines 
are subdued. 15 Samuel peaceably and reli- 
giously judgeth Israel. 

AND the men of Kirjath-jearim came, 
and fetched up the ark of the Lord, 
and brought it into the house of Abinadab in 
the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to 
keep the ark of the Lord. 
2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode 
in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long, 
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The Philistines discomfited. CHAP. VIII 

for it was twenty years : and all the house of 
Israel lamented after the Lord. 

3 ^| And Samuel spake unto all the house 
of Israel, saying, If ve do return unto the 
Lord with all your hearts, 1hen put away 
the strange gods", and Ashtaroth, from among 
you, and 'prepare your hearts unto the Lord, 
and serve him only: and he will deliver you 
out of the hand of the Philistines. 

4 Then the children of Israel did put away 
Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord 
only. 

5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to 
Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the 
Lord. 

6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, 
and drew water, and poured it out before 
the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said 
there, We have sinned against the Lord. 
And Samuel judged the children of Israel in 
Mizpeli. 

7 And when the Philistines heard that the 
children of Israel were gathered together to 
Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up 
against Israel. And when the children of 
Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Phi- 
listines. 

8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, 
Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for 
us, that he will save us out of the hand of 
the Philistines. 

9 1j And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and 
offered it for a burnt-offering wholly unto 
the Lord : and Samuel cried unto the Lord 
for Israel ; and the Lord heard him. 

JO And as Samuel was offering up the burnt- 
offering, the Philistines drew near to battle 
against Israel: but the Lord thundered 
with a great thunder on that day upon the 
Philistines, and discomfited them ; and they 
were smitten before Israel. 

II And the men of Israel went out of Miz- 
peh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote 
•hem, until they came under Beth-car. 
42 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it 
between Mizpeli and Shen, and called the 
name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath 
the Lord helped us. 

13 So the Philistines were subdued, arx! 
they came no more into the coast of Israel : 
and the hand of the Lord was against the 
Philistines all the days of Samuel. 

14 And the cities which the Philistines had 
taken from Israel were restored to Israel, 
from Ekron even unto Gath ; and the coasts 
thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of 
the Philistines : and there was peace between 
Israel and the Amorites. 

15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of 
his life. 

16 And he went from year to vear in cir- 
cuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal. and Mizpeh, and 
judged Israel in all those places. 

17 And his return tens to Ramah ; for there 
icas his house ; and there he judged Israel • 
and there he built an altar unto the Lord. ' 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 By occasion of the ill government of SamueVs 
sons, Vie Israelites ask a king. GSomvel 
-praying in grief is comforted by" God. 10 He 



The Israelites desire a king, 
telleth the manner of a Icing. 19 God willetk 
SamuH to yield unto the importunity of the 
people. 

AND it came to pass, when Samuel was 
old, that he made his sons judges over 
Israel. 

2 Now the name of his first-born was Joe! : 
and the name of his second, Abiah : they 
were judges in Beer-sheba. 

3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but 
turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and 
perverted judgment. 

4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered 
themselves together, and came to Samuel 
unto Ramah, 

5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old. 
and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now 
make us a king to judge us like all the 
nations. 

6^[ But the thing displeased Samuel, when 
they said, Give us a kin^ to judge us : and 
Samuel prayed unto the Lord. 

7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, Heark- 
en unto the voice of the people in all that 
they say unto thee : for they have not re- 
jected thee, but they have rejected me, that 
I should not reign over them. 

8 According to all fhe works which they 
have done since the day that I brought them 
up out of Egypt even unto this day, where- 
with they have forsaken me, and served other 
gods, so do they also unto thee. 

9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice: 
howbeit, yet protest solemnly unto them, and 
shew them the manner of the kmg that shall 
reign over them. 

10 *fF And Samuel told all the words of the 
Lord unto the people that asked of him a 
king. 

11 And he said. This will be the manner of 
the king that shall reign over you : He will 
take your sons, and appoint them for himself, 
for his chariots, and to ftehis horsemen; and 
some shall run before his chariots. 

12 And he will appoint him captains over 
thousands, and captains over fifties ; and trill 
set them to ear his ground, and to reap his 
harvest, and to make his instruments of war, 
and instruments of his chariots. 

13 And he will take your daughters 1o he 
confectionaries, and to he cooks, and to be 
bakers. 

14 And he will take your fields, and your 
vineyards, and your olive-yards, even the 
best of them, and give them to his servants. 

15 And he will take the tenth of yourseed r 
and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, 
and to his servants. 

16 And he will take your men-servants, 
and your maid-servants, and your goodliesi 
young men, and your asses, and put them 
to his work. 

17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: 
and ye shall be his servants. 

18 And ye shall cry out in that day because 
of your king which ye shall have chosen you ; 
and the Lord will not hear you in that day. 

19 ^[ Nevertheless, the people refused fo 
obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, 
Nav ; but we will have a king over us; 

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Saul seekeih hisfatiier's asses. I. SAMUEL. 

20 That we also may be like all the nations ; 
and that our king may judge us, and go out 
before us, and fight our batdes. 

21 And Samuel heard all the words of the 
people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of 
tiie Lord. 

22 And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken 
unto their voice, and make them a king. 
And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go 
ye ever}' man unto his city. 

CHAP. IX. 

1 Saul despairing- to find his father" 1 s asses, 6 
by the counsel of his servant, 11 and direction 
of young maidens, 15 according to God's re- 
velation, 18 cometh to Samuel. 19 Samuel en- 
tertaineth Saul at the feast. 25 Samuel after 
secret communication, bringeth Saul on his 
to ay. 

NOW there was a man of Benjamin, 
whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, 
the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the 
son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man 
of power. 

2 And he had a son, whose nmne was Saul, 
a choice young man, and a goodly: and 
there was not among the children of Israel a 
goodlier person than he : from his shoulders 
and upward he was higher dian any of the 
people. 

3 And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were 
lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take 
now one of the servants with thee, and arise, 
go seek the asses. 

4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, 
and passed through the land of Shalisha, but 
they found them not: then they passed 
through the land of Shalim, and there they 
were not : and he passed through the land 
of the Bcnjamites, but they found them not. 

5 And when they were come to the land of 
Zuph, Saul said to his servant that teas with 
him, Come, and let us return ; lest my father 
leave caring; for the asses, and take thought 
for us, 

6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there 
is in this city a man of God, and he is an 
honourable man; all that he saith cometh 
surely to pass: now let us go thither ; perad- 
venture lie can shew us our way that we 
should go. 

7 Then said Saul to his servant, But behold, 
if we go, what shall we bring the man? for 
the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is 
not a present to bring to the man of God : 
what have we? 

8 And the servant answered Saul again, 
and said, Behold, I have here at hand the 
fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I 
give to the man of God, to tell us our way. 

9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went 
to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and 
let us go to the seer: for he that is now called 
a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) 

10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; 
come, let us go : so they went unto the city 
where the man of God was. 

11 H And as they went up the hill to the city, 
they found young maidens going out to draw 
water, and said unto them, Is the seer here" 



12 And they answered them, and said, He I and Samuel, abroad. 



He is entertained by Samuel. 
is ; behold, he is before you : make haste 
now, for he came to-day to the city ; for there 
is a sacrifice of the people to-day in the high 
place: 

13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye 
shall straightway find him, before he go up 
to the high place to eat : for the people will 
not eat until he come, because he doth bless 
the sacrifice; and afterwaids they eat that 
be bidden. Now therefore get you up : for 
about this time ye shall find him! 

14 And they went up into the city: and 
when they were come into the city, behold, 
Samuel came out against them, for to go lip 
to the high place. 

15 Tf Now the Lord had told Samuel in his 
ear a day before Saul came, saying, 

16 To-morrow about this time I will send 
thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and 
thou shalt anoint h\mto be captain over my 
people Israel, that he may save my people 
out of the hand of the Philistines : for I 
have looked upon my people, because their 
cry is come unto me. 

17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord 
said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake 
to thee of! this same shall reign over my 
people. 

18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the 
gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where 
the seer's house is. 

19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I 
am the seer: go up before me unto the high 
place ; for ye shall eat with me to-day, and 
to-morrow I will let thee go, and will tell 
thee all that is in thy heart. 

20 And as for thine asses that were lost 
three days ago, set not thy mind on them ; 
for they are found. And on whom is all the 
desire of Israel ? Is it not on thee, and on 
all thy father's house ? 

21 And Saul answered and said, Am not I 
a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of 
Israel? and my family the least of all the fa- 
milies of the tribe of Benjamin ? wherefore 
then speakest thou so to me ? 

22 And Samuel took Saul, and his servant, 
and brought them into the parlour, and 
made them sit in the chiefest place among 
them that were bidden, which were about 
thirty persons. 

23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring 
the portion which I gave thee, of which I 
said unto thee. Set it by thee. 

24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and 
that which was upon it, and set it before 
Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which 
is left! set it before thee, and eat; for unto 
this time hath it been kept for thee since I 
said, I have invited the people. So Saul 
did eat with Samuel that day. 

25 ^1 And when they were come down from 
the high place into the city, Samuel com- 
muned with Saul upon the top of the house. 

26 And tliey arose early : and it came to 
pass about the spring of the day that Samuel 
called Saul to the top of the house, saving, 
Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul 
arose, and they went out both of them, he 



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Saul prophesies. CHAP. 

27 And as they were going down to the 
end of the city* Samuel said to Saul, Bid 
the servant pass on before us, (and lie pass- 
ed on,) but stand thou still a whiie, that I 
wav shew thee the word of God. 

CHAP. X. 
' Samuel anointeth Saul. 2 He confirmeth him 
by prediction of three signs. 9 Saul's heart is 
changed, and he propkesiith. 14 He concealeth 
the matter of the kingdom front his uncle. 17 
Saul is chosen at. Jifizpeh by lot. 20 The diffe- 
rent affections of his subjects. 

fJTHEN Samuel took a vial of oil, and 
JL poured it upon his head, and kissed 
him, and said, Is it not because the Lord 
hath anointed thee to he captain over his 
inheritance ? 

2 When thou art departed from me to-day, 
then thou shah find two men by Rachel's se- 
pulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zel- 
zah; and they will say unto thee, The asses 
which thou wentest to seek are found: and 

. !o, thy father hath left the care of the asses, 
and soiroweth for you, saying, What shall T 
do for my son ? 

3 Then shalt thou go on forward from 
thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of 
Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men 
going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying 
three kids, and another carrying three loaves 
ofbread.and another carrying a bottle of wine: 

4 And they will salute thee, and give thee 
two loaves of bread ; which thou shalt re- 
ceive of their hands. 

5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of 
God, where is the garrison of the Philistines : 
and it shall come to pass, when thou art come 
thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a 
company of prophets coming down from the 
high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and 
a pipe, and a harp before them; and they 
shall prophesy : 

6 And the Spirit of the Lord will come 
upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with 
them, and shalt be turned into another man. 

7 Anil let it be, when these signs are come 
unto thee, that thou do as occasion shall 
serve thee; for Goo! is with thee. 

8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gil- 
gal ; and behold, I will come down unto thee, 
to offer burnt-offerings, and to sacrifice sa- 
crifices of peace-offerings: seven days shalt 
thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee 
wiiat thou shalt do. 

9^1 And it was so, that when he had turned 
his back to go from Samuel, God gave him 
another heart : and all those signs came to 
puss that day. 

10 And when they came thither to the hill, 
behold, a company of prophets met him; 
zn<] the Spirit of 6od came upon him, and 
he prophesied among them. 

11 And it came to pass when all that knew 
him beforetime, saw, that, behold, he pro- 
phesied among the prophets, then the peo- 
ple said one to another, What is this that is 
come unto the son of Kish ? Is Saul also 
among the prophets ? 

12 And one of the same place answered 
and said, But who is their father ? There- 

tO K 



. X, XI. He is chosen king 

fore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among 
the prophets ? 

13 And when he had made an end of pro- 
phesying, he came to the high place. 

14 i[ And Saul's uncle said unto him and 
to his servant, Whither went ye? And he 
said, To seek the asses : and when we saw 
that they were no where, we came to Samuel. 

15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray 
thee, what Samuel said unto you. 

16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us 
plainly that the asses were found. But of 
the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel 
spake, he told him not. 

17 ^T And Samuel called the people toge- 
ther unto the Lord to Mizpeh ; 

18 And said unto the children of Israel, 
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought 
up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out 
of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the 
hand of all kingdoms, and of them that op- 
pressed you : 

19 And ye have this day rejected your God, 
who himself saved you out of all your ad- 
versities, and your tribulations; and ye have 
said unto him, Nay, but set a King over us. 
Now therefore present yourselves before the 
Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands. 

20 And when Samuel had caused all the 
tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of 
Benjamin was taken. 

21 When he had caused the tribe of Ben- 
jamin to come near by their families, the fa- 
mily of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of 
Kish was taken :. and when they soughthim, 
he could not beTound. 

22 Therefore they inquired of the Lord 
further, if the man should yet ccrue thither. 
And the Lord answered, Behold, he hath 
hid himself among the stuff. 

23 And they ran and fetched him thence : 
and when he stood among the people, he was 
higher than any of the people from his shoul- 
ders and upward. 

24 And Samuel said to all the people, See 
ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that 
there is none like him among all the people ? 
And all the people shouted, and said, God 
save the king. 

25 Then Samuel told the people the manner 
of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and 
laid#up rjefore the Lord. And Samuel sent 
all the people away, every man to his house. 

26 TJ" And Saul afso w ent home to Gibeah ; 
and there went with him a band of men, 
whose hearts God had touched. 

27 But the children of Belial said, How 
shall this man save us? And they despised 
him, and brought him no presents. But he 
held his peace. 

CHAP. XI. 
lS\"ahash offcrcth them of Jabesh-gilead a re- 
proachful condition. 4 They send messengers 
and are delivered by Saul. J 2 Saul thereby is 
confirmed, and his kingdom renewed. 

THEN Nahash the Ammonite came up, 
and encamped against Jabesh-gilead : 
and all the men of Jnbesh said unto Nahash, 
Make a covenant with us, and we will serve 
thee. 

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Saul deliver eth Jabesh-gHead. I. SAMUEL. 

2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered 
them, On this condition will I make a cove- 
nant with you, that I may thrust out all your 
right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all 
Israel. 

3 And the elders of Jahesh said unto him, 
Give us seven days respite, that we may send 
messengers unto all the coasts of Israel : 
and then, if there be no man to save us, we 
will come out to thee. 

4 ^j Then came the messengers to Gibeah 
of Said, and told the tidings in the ears of 
the people: and all the people lifted up their 
voices, and wept. 

5 And behold, Saul came after the herd 
out of the field; and Saul said, What aileih 
the people that they weep ? And they told 
him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. 

6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul 
when he heard those tidings, and his anger 
was kindled greatly. 

7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed 
them in pieces, and sent them throughout all 
the coasts of Israel by the hands of messen- 
gers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth 
after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be 
done unto his oxen. And the fear of the 
Lord fell on the people, and they came out 
with one consent. 

8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, 
the children of Israel were three hundred 
thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thou- 
sand. 

9 And they said unto the messengers that 
came, tints shall ye say unto the men of Ja- 
besh-gilead, To-morrow, by that time the 
sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the 
messengers came and shewed it to the men 
of Jabesh ; and they were glad. 

10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To- 
morrow we will come out unto you, and ye 
shall do with us all that seemeth good unto 
you. 

11 And it was soon the morrow, that Saul 
put the people in three companies ; and they 
came into the midst of the host in the morn- 
ing-watch, and slew the Ammonites until the 
heat of the day : and it came to pass, that 
they which remained were scattered, so that 
two of them were not left together. 

12 ^| And the people said unto Samuel. Who 
is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring 
the men, that we may put them to death. 

13 And Saul said, There shall not a man 
be put to death this day : for to-day the Lord 
hath wrought salvation in Israel. 

14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, 
and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the king- 
dom there. 

15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and 
there they made Saul king before the Lord 
in Gilgal": and there they sacrificed sacri- 
fices of peace-offerings before the Lord ; 
and there Saul and all the men of Israel re- 
joiced greatly. 

CHAP. XII. 



i Samuel test.ifi.eth his integrity. 6 He reproveth 
rhr. people of ingratitude. 1G He terrifieth them 
vith thunder in harvest time. 20 Hccomfortcth 
them, in God's mercy. 



Samuel reproveth the people. 

AND Samuel said unto all Israel. Behold, 
I have hearkened unto your voice iu 
all that ye said unto ine, and have made k 
king over you. 

2 And now, behold, the king walketh be- 
fore you : and I am old and gray-headed ; 
and behold, my sons are with you : and 1 
have walked before you from my childhood 
unto this day. 

3 Behold, here I am : witness against me 
•before the Lord, and before his anointed ; 
whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have 
I taken ? or whom have I defrauded ? whom 
have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have 1 
received any bribe to blind mine eyes there- 
with ? and I will restore it you. 

4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded 
us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken 
aught of any man's hand. 

5 And he said unto them, The Lord ?« 
witness against you, and his anointed is wit- 
ness this day, that ve have not found aught 
in my hand. And they answered, He is 
witness. 

6 1[ And Samuel said unto the people, It is 
the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron, 
and that brought your fathers up out of the 
land of Egypt. 

7 Now therefore stand still, that I may rea- 
son with you before the Lord of all tire right 
eous acts of the Lord, which he did to yon 
and to your fathers. 

8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and 
your fathers cried unto the Lord, then the 
Lord sent Moses and Aaron, which brought 
forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made 
them dwell in this place. 

9 And when they forgat the Lord their 
God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, 
captain of the host of Hazor, and into the 
hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of 
the king of Moab, and they fought against 
them. 

10 And they cried unto the Lord, and said, 
We have sinned, because we have forsaken 
the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ash- 
taroth : but now deliver us out of the hand 
of our enemies, and we will serve thee. 

11 And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and Bo- 
dan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and d li- 
vered you out of the hand of your enemies 
on every side, and ye dwelled safe. 

12 And when ye saw that Nahash the kins 
of the children of Ainmon came against you, 
ye said unto me, Nay ; but a king shall reign 
over us : when the Lord your God waj your 
king. 

13 Now therefore, behold the king whom 
ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired 
and behold, the Lord hath "set a king over 
vou. 

* 14 If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, 
and obey his voice, and not rebel against the 
commandment of the Lord, then shall both 
ye, end also the king that reigneth over you, 
continue following the Lord your God. 

15 But if ye will not obey the voice of the 

Lord, but "rebel against the commandment 

of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord 

be against you, as it icns against vour fathers,, 

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He eomforteth them in God's mercy. CI I A P, 
16 Tf Now therefore stand and see this 
great thing, which the Lord will do before 
your eves. 

' 17 Is' it not wheat-harvest to-day? I will 
call unto the Lord, and he shall send thun- 
der and rain : that ye may perceive and see 
that your wickedness z* great, which ve have 
dune in the sight of the Lord, in asking you 
a kin". 

18 So Samuel called unto the Lord; and 
the Lord sent thunder and rain that day : 
and all the people greatly feared the Lord 
and Samuel. 

19 And ail the people said unto Samuel, 
Pray for thy servants unto the Lord thy God, 
that we die not : for we have added unto all 
our sins this evil, to ask us a king. 

'20 ^| Ami Samuel said unto the people, 
Fear not : ye have done all this wickedness : 
vet turn not aside from following the Lord, 
but serve the Lord with all your heart ; 

21 And turn ye not aside : for then should 
ye sro after vain things, which cannot pro fit 
nor deliver; for they are vain. 

22 For the Lord will not forsake his peo- 
ple for his great name's sake : because it hath 
pleased the Lord to make you his people. 

23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I 
should sin against the Lord in ceasing to 
pray for you: but I will teach you the good 
and the right way : 

24 Only fear the Lord, and serve him in 
truth with all your heart : for consider how 
great things he hath done for you. 

25 But ijfye shall still do wickedly, ye shall 
be consumed, both ve and your king. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 SauVs selected band. 3 He calleth the Hebrew? 
to Gilgal against the Philistines, xchose gar- 
rison Jonathan had smitten. 5 The Philis- 
tines' 1 great host. 6 The distress of the Israel- 
ites. 8 Saul weary of staying fur Samuel, sa- 
cri.fi.ccth. 11 Samuel reproveth him. 17 The 
three spoiling bands of the Philistines. 19 
The policy of the Philistines, to suffer no 
smith in Israel. 

8AUL reigned one year; and when he had 
reigned two years over Israel, 

2 Saul chose him three thousand men of 
Israel ; whereof two thousand were with Saul 
in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a 
thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of 
Benjamin : and the rest of the people he 
sent every man to his tent. 

3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the 
Philistines thnt icas in Geba- and the Philis- 
tines heard of it. And Saul blew the trum- 
pet throughout all the land, saying, Let the 
Hebrews hear. 

4 And all Israel heard say thai Saul had 
smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and tliat 
Israel also was had in abomination with the 
Philistines: and the people were called to- 
gether after Saul to Gilgal. 

5 ^f And the Philistines gathered themselves 
together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand 
chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and 
people as the sand which is on the sea-shore 
in multitude : and they came up, and pitched 
in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven. 

6 When the men of Israel saw that they 



XIII. Saul reproved by Samud. 

were in a strait (for the people were distress- 
ed) then the people did hide themselves in 
caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in 
high places, and in pits. 

7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jor- 
dan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for 
Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the peo- 
ple followed him trembling. 

8 ^f And he tarried seven days, according 
to the set time that Samuel had appointed: 
but Samuel came not to Gilgal ; and the peo- 
ple were scattered from him. 

9 And Saul said, Biing hither a burnt-of- 
fering to me, and peace-offerings. And he 
offered the burnt-offering. 

10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he 
had made an end of offering the burnt-offer 
ing, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went 
out to meet him, that he might salute him. 

11 ^f And Samuel said, What hast thon 
done ? And Saul said, Because I saw that 
the people were scattered from me, and ilial 
thou earnest not within the days appointed, 
and that the Philistines gathered themselves 
together at Michmash ; 

12 Therefore said I, The Philistines will 
come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I 
have not made supplication unto the Lord : 
I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt- 
offering. 

13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done 
foolishly : thou hast not kept the command- 
ment of the Lord thy God, which he com- 
manded thee : for now would the Lord have 
established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. 

14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue : 
the Lord hath" sought him a man after his 
own heart, and the Lord hath commanded 
him to he captain over his people, because 
thou hast not kept that which the Lord com- 
manded thee. 

15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from 
Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul 
numbered the people that were present with 
him, about six hundred men. 

16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the 
people that were present with them, abode 
in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines 
encamped in Michmash. 

17 9 t \ And the spoilers came out of the camp ^ 
of the Philistines in three companies : one 
company turned unto the way that leadetk 
to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual : 

18 And another company turned the way 
to Beth-horon : and another company turner! 
to the way of the border that looketh to the 
vallev of Zeboim toward the wilderness. 

191[ Now there was no smith found through* 
out all the land of Israel : (for the Philistines 
said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords 
or spears:) 

20 But all the Israelites went down to the 
Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, 
and his coulter, and his axe,"and his mattock. 

21 Yet they hac 7 a file for the mattocks, and 
for the coulters, and for the forks, and fof 
the axes, and tc sharpen the goads. 

22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, 
that there was neither sword nor spear found 
iu the hand of any of the people that were 



Jonathan smiteth the Philistines. 

with Saul and Jonathan : bat with Saul and 

with Jonathan his son was there found. 
113 And the garrison of the Philistines went 

out to the passage of Michmash. 
CHAP. XIV. 

1 Jonathan, unwitting to his father, the priest, 
or the people, goeth and miraculously smiteth 
the Philistines'' garrison, lb A divine terror 
maketh them beat themselves. 17 Saul not stay- 
ing the priest's answer, setteth on them. 21 
The captivated Hebrews, and the hidden Isra- 

' elites, join against them. 24 Saul's unadvised 
adjuration hinder eth the victory. 33 He re- 
siraineth the people from eating blood. 35 He 
huildeth an altar. 36 Jonathan, taken by lot, 
is saved by the people. 4? Saul's strength and 
family. 

NOW it came to pass upon a day, that 
Jonathan the son of Saul saidjmto the 
young man that bare his armour, Come, and 
let us go over to the Philistines' garrison 
that is on the other side. But he told not 
his father. 

2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of 
Gibeah under a pomegranate-tree which is in 
Migron : and the people that were with him 
were about six hundred men ; 

3 And Ahiah,the son of Ahitub, I-chabod's 
brother, the son ofPhinehas, the son of Eli, 
the Lord's priest in Shiloh, wearing an 
ephod. And the people knew not that Jona- 
than was gone. 

4 Tf And between the passages by which 
Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philis- 
tines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on 
the one side, and a sharp rock on the other 
side : and the name of the one was Bozez, 
and the name of the' other Seneh. 

5 The forefront of the one was situate north- 
ward over against Michmash, and the other 
southward over against Gibeah. 

6 And Jonathan said to the young man that 
bare his armour, Come, and let us ^o over 
unto the garrison of these uncircumcised : it 
may be that the Lord will work for us: for 
there is no restraint to the Lord to save by 
many or by few. 

7 And his armour-bearer said unto him, Do 
all that is in thy heart : turn thee; behold, 
I am with thee according to thy heart. 

8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass 
over unto these men, and we will discover 
ourselves unto them. 

9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry .until we 
come to you; then we will stand still in our 
place, and will not go up unto them. 

10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; 
then we will go up: for the Lord hath de- 
livered them into our hand; and this shall be 
a sign unto us. 

li And both of them discovered themselves 
unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the 
Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come 
forth out of the holes where they had bid 
themselves. 

12 And the men of the garrison answered 
Jonathan and his armour-bearer, and said, 
Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. 
And Jonathan said unto his armour-bearer, 
Come up after me: for the Lord hath deli- 
veved them into the hand of Israel. 



I. SAMUEL. Saufs u?iadvised adjuration. 

13And Jonathan climbed tip upon his hands 

and upon his (cet, and his armour-bearer 

after him: and they fell before Jonathan; 

and his armour-bearer slew after him. 

14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan 
and his armour-bearer made, wasabout twen- 
ty men, within as it were a half-acre of land, 
which a yoke of oxen might plough. 

15 And there was trembling in the host, m 
the field, and among all the people : the gar- 
rison, and the spoilers, they also trembled. 
and the earth quaked : so it was a very great 
trembling. 

16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of 
Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude 
melted away, and they went on beating down 
one another. 

17 Then said Saul unto the people that 
were with him, Number now, and see who is 
gone from us. And when they had number- 
ed, behold, Jonathan and his armour-bearer 
were not there. 

18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hirher 
the ark of God. For the ark of God was at 
that time with the children of Israel. 

19 ^f And it came to pass while Saul talked 
unto the priest, that the noise that was'in the 
host of the Philistines went on, and increased: 
and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thy 
hand. 

20 And Saul and all the people that were 
with him assembled themselves, and they 
came to the battle : and behold, every man's 
sword was against his follow, and there icas 
a very great discomfiture. 

21 Moreover, the Hebrews that were whh 
the Philistines before that time, which went 
up with them into the camp from the coun- 
try round about, even they also turned to be 
with the Israelites that were with Saul and 
Jonathan. 

22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had 
hid themselves in mount Ephraiin, when they 
heard that the Philistines fled, even they also 
followed hard after them in the battle. 

23 So the Lord saved Israel that day : and 
the battle passed over unto Beth-aven. 

24 TJ And the men of Israel were distressed 
that day : for Saul had adjured the people, 
saying, Cursed he the man that eaieth any 
food until evening, that I may be avenged on 
mine enemies. So none of the people tasted 
any food. 

25 And all they of\\\e, land came to a wood ; 
and there was honey upon the ground. 

26 And when the people were come into 
the wood, behold, the honey dropped : but 
no man put his hand to his mouth ; for the 
people feared the oath. 

27 But Jonathan heard not when his father 
charged the people with the oath : where- 
fore he put forth the end of the rod that was 
in his hand, and dipped it in a honey-comb, 
and put his hand to his mouth ; and his eyes 
were enlightened. 

28 Then answered one of the people, and 
said, Thy father straitly charged the people 
with an oath, saying, Cursed he the man that 
eateth any food this day. And the»people 
were faint. 

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Jonathan'* trespass discovered. CHAP, 

29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath 
troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine 
eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted 
a little of this honey. 

30 How much more, if haply the people had 
eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their ene- 
mies which they found 1 for had there not 
been now a much greater slaughter among 
the Philistines? 

31 And they smote the Philistines that day 
from Michmash to Aijalon : and the people 
were very faint. 

32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and 
took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew 
them on the ground : and the people did eat 
them witii the blood. 

33 U Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, 
the people sin against the Lord, in that they 
eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have 
transgressed : roll a great stone unto me this 
day. 

34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves 
among the people, and say unto them, Bring 
me hither every man his ox, and every man 
his sheep, and slay them, here, and eat; and 
sin not against the Lord in eating with the 
blood. And all the people brought every 
mau his ox with him that night, and slew 
them there. 

35 And Saul built an altar unto the Lord : 
the same was the first altar that he built unto 
the Lord: 

36 And Said said, Let us go down after the 
Philistines by night, and spoil them until the 
morning light, and let us not leave a man of 
them. And they said, Do whatsoever seem- 
eth good unto thee. Then said the priest, 
Let us draw near hither unto God. 

37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I 
go down after the Philistines? wilt thou de- 
liver them into the hand of Israel ? But he 
answered him not that day. 

38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither all 
the chief of the people: and know and see 
wherein this sin hath been this day. 

39 For as the Loud liveth, which saveth 
Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he 
shall surely die. But there was not a man 
among all the people that answered him. 

40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on 
one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be 
on the other side. And the people said unto 
Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. 

41 Therefore Saul said unto the Lord God 
of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and 
Jonathan were taken: but the people es- 
caped. 

42 And Saul said, Cast Jots between me and 
Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. 

43 Then Said said to Jonathan, Tell me 
what thou liust done. And Jonathan told 
him, and said, I did but taste a little hooey 
with the i}\\<\ of the rod that wasiu my hand, 
and lo, I must die. 

44 And Saul answered, God do so, and 
more also : for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. 

4~) And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jo- 
nathan die, who hath wrought this great sal- 
vation in Israel? God forbid: as the Lord 
iiveth, there shall not one hair of Ids head 



, XV. ISar/Ps strength and famiiy. 

fall to the ground ; for he hath wrought with 
God this day. So the people rescued Jona- 
than, that he died not. 

46 Then Saul went up from following the 
Philistines: and the Philistines went to their 
own place. 

47 if So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, 
and fought against all his enemies on every 
side, against Moab, and against the children 
of Amnion, and against Edom, and against 
the kings of Zobah, and against the Philis- 
tines: and whithersoever he turned himself, 
he vexed them. 

43 And he gathered a host, and smote the 
xAmalekitcs, and delivered Israel out of tiie 
hands of them that spoiled them. 

49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, 
and Ishui, ami Melchi-shua: and the names 
of Ins two daughters were these; the name 
of the first-born Merab, and the name of the 
younger Michal : 

50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahi- 
noam, the daughter of Ahimaaz : and the 
name of the captain of his host was Abaer f 
the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. 

51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and 
Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abie i . 

52 And there was sore war against the Phi- 
listines all the days of Saul : and when Saul 
saw any strong man, or any valiant man, lie 
took him unto him. 

CHAP. XV. 
I Samuel snuhlh Saul to destroy Jim \alek. 6 Saul 
favoureth the Kenites. 8 Hlsparett Jlgag and 
the best of the spoil. 10 Samuel denounccth im • 
to Saul commending and excusing hims(lj\ 
God's rejection of him for his disobedience. 
21 SauVs humiliation. 32 Samuel killcth Jigeg. 
34 Samuel and Saul part. 
£< AMUEL also said unto Saul, The Lord 
£3 sent me to anoint thee to be king over 
his people, over Israel : now therefore heark- 
en thou unto the voice of the words of the 
Lord. 

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remem- 
ber that which Amalek did to Israel, how 
he laid wait for him in the way, when he 
came up from Egypt. 

3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly 
destroy all that they have, and spare them 
not; but slay both man and woman, infant 
and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 

4 And Saul gathered the people together, 
and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred 
thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of 
Judah. 

5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and 
laid wait in the valley. 

6 *jj And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, 
depart, get you down from among the Ama- 
iekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye 
shewed kindness to all the children of Israel 
when they came up out of Egypt. So the Ke- 
nites departed from among the Amaiekites. 

7 And Saul smote the Amaiekites from Ha* 
vilah, until thou comesl to Shur, that is over 
against Egypt. 

S And he took Agag the king of the Ama- 
iekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the 
people with the ed?e of the sword. 
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Saul rejected for disobedience. I. SAMUEL. Samuel kiUeth Agag, 

9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, l 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not 
and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, return with thee: for thou hast rejected the 
and of the fadings, and the lambs, and all word of the Lord, and the Lord hath re- 
that teas good, and would not utterly destroy I jected thee from being king over Israel. 

27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, 
he hud hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and 
it rent. 

23 And Samuel said unto him, The Lord 
hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee 
this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of 
thine that is better than thou. 

29 And also the Strength of Israel will no* 
lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that lie 
should repent. 

30 Then he said, I have sinned : yet ho- 
nour me now, I pray thee, before the elders 
of my people, and before Israel, ami turn 
again with me, that I mav worship the Lord 
thy God. 

31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and 
Saul worshipped the Lord. 

32 *[ Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to 
me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And 
Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag 
said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. 

33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath 
made women childless, so shall thy mother 
be childless among women. And Samuel 
hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord Lu 
Gilgal. 

34 Tf Then Samuel went to Raraah ; and 
Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of SauL 

35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul 
until the day of his death: nevertheless Sa- 
muel mourned for Saul : and the Lord 
repented that he had made Saul king over 
Israel. 

CHAP. XVI. 

1 Samuel sent by God, under pretence of a sa- 
crifice., cometh to Bethlehem. 6 His human 
judgment is reproved. 13 He anointeth David. 
19 Saul &endeth for David to quiet hie evil 

' spirit. 



ihem: but every thing that was vile and re- 
fuse, that they destroyed utterly. 

10 *f Then came the word of the Lord unto 
Samuel, saying, 

11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul 
to be king : for he is turned back from fol- 
lowing me, and hath not performed my com- 
tnandments. And it grieved Samuel; and 

- he cried unto the Lord all night. 

12 And when Samuel rose early to meet 
Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, 
saving, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he 
set him up a place, and is gone about, and 
passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 

13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul 
said unto him, Blessed bexhow of the Lord: 
I have performed the commandment of the 
Lord. 

14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then 
this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and 
the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 

15 And Saul said, They have brought them 
from the Amalekites : for the people spared 
the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sa- 
crifice unto the Lord thy God ; and the rest 
we have utterly destroyed. 

16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and 
I will tell thee what the Lord hath said to 
u\e this night. And he said unto him, Say on. 

17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little 
in thine own sight, wast thou not made the 
head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord 
anointed thee king over Israel? 

18 And the Lord sent thee on a journey, 
und said, Go, and utterly destroy the sinners 
the Amalekites, and fight against them until 
i hey be consumed. 

19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the 
voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, 
and didst evil in the sight of the Lord ? 

20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have 
6beyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone 
die way which the Lord sent me, and have 
brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have 
ntterly destroyed the Amalekites. 

21 But the people^took of the spoil, sheep 
and oxen, the chief of the things, which 
should have been utterly destroyed, to sacri- 
fice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal. 

22 And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as 
great delight in burnt-offerings and sacri- 
fices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? 
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and 
lo hearken than the fat of rams. 

23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, 
and stubbornness is as inkyiity and idolatry. 
Because thou hast rejected the word of the 
Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being 
king. 

24 *I And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sin- 
ned : for I have transgressed the command- 
ment of the Lord, and thy words: because 
I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 

25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my 
sin, and turn again with me, that I may wor- 
ship the Lord. 



AND the Lord said unto Samuel, How 
long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing 
I have rejected him from reigning over Is- 
rael ? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will 
send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemue : for I 
have provided me a king among his sons. 

2 And Samuel said, How can I go ? if Saul 
heart/, he will kill me. And the Lord said, 
Take a heifer with thee, and say, I am come 
to sacrifice to the Lord. 

3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and 1 will 
shew thee what thou shalt do : and thou shnlt 
anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee, 

4 And Samuel did that which the Lord 
spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the 
elders of the town trembled at his coming, 
and said, Comest thou peaceably ? 

5 And he said, Peaceably: lam come te 
sacrifice unto the Lord: sanctify yourselves, 
and come with me to the sacrifice. And he 
sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called 
them to the sacrifice. 

6 % And it came to pass when they were 
come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, 
Surely the Lord's anointed is before him. 

7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look 
not on his countenance, or on the height of 



Samuel anointedi David. CHAP, 

his stature; because I have refused him : for 
the LORD seeth not as man seeth ; for > ami 
looketh on the outward appearance, but the 
Lord looketh on the heart. 

8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made 
him pass before Samuel. And he said, Nei- 
ther hath the Lord chosen this. 

9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. 
And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen 
this. 

10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to 
pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto 
Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these. 

11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here 
ail thy children ? And he said, There re- 
maiueth yet the youngest, and behold, he 
keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto 
Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not 
sit down till lie come hither. 

12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now 
he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful coun- 
tenance, and goodly to look to. And the 
Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. 

13 Then Samuel took tlie horn of oil, and 
anointed him in the midst of his Brethren : 
and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David 
from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, 
and went to Ramah. 

14 % But the Spirit of the Lord departed 
from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord 
troubled him. 

15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Be- 
hold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth 
ihee. 

16 Let our lord now command thy servants, 
which are before thee, to seek out a man 
who is a cunning player on a harp: and it 
shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from 
God is upon thee, that he shall play with his 
hand, and thou slialt be well. 

17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide 
roe now a man that can play well, and bring 
him to me. 

13 Then answered one of the servants, and 
said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the 
Belh-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, 
■And a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, 
and prudent in matters, and a comely per- 
son, and the Lord is with him. 

19 •[ Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto 
Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, 
which is with the sheep. 

20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, 
and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sentthem 
by David his son unto Saul. 

21 And David came to Saul, and stood be- 
fore him : and he loved him greatly ; and lie 
became his armour-bearer. 

22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let Da- 
vid, I pray thee, stand before me ; for he 
hath found favour in my sight. 

23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit 
from God was upon Saul, that David took a 
harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was 
re fieshed, and was well, and the evil spirit 
departed from him. 

CHAP. XVII. 
2 The armies of the Israelites and Philistines 
bring ready to battle, 4 Goliath Cometh proud- 
It/ forth, to challenge a combat. 12 David, 



xvir. 



Goliath's proud clidiltnge* 



sent by his father to visit his brethren, iakeih 
the challenge. 28 Eliab chidcth him. 'SO He is 
brought to Saul. 32 He sheweth the reason of 
Uis confidence. 38 Without armour, n-rnted by 
faith, he slayeth the giant. 53 Saul taktih no- 
tice of David. 

NOW the Philistines gathered together 
their armies to battle, and were gather- 
ed together at Shochoh, which belongethto 
Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and 
Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. 

2 And Saul and the men of Israel were ga- 
thered together, and pitched by the valley of 
Elah, and set the batde in array against the 
Philistines. 

3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain 
on the one side, and Israel stood on a moun- 
tain on the other side: and Hiere was a val- 
ley between them. 

4 ^f And there went out a champion out of 
the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, 
of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a 
span. 

5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his 
head, and he was armed with a coat of mail ; 
and the weight of the coat was five thousand 
shekels of brass. 

G And he had greaves of brass upon his leg?., 
and a target of brass between his shoulders, 

7 And the staff of his spear teas like a wea- 
ver's beam; and his spears head weighed 
six hundred shekels of iron : and one bear- 
ing a shield went before him. 

8 And he stood and cried unto th<j armies of 
Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye 
come out to set your battle in array ? am not 
I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? 
choose you a man for you, and let him come 
down to me. 

9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill 
me, then will we be your servants : but if I 
prevail against him, and kill him, then shail 
ye be our servants, and serve us. 

10 And the Philistine said, I defy the ar- 
mies of Israel this day ; give me a man, tha-t 
we may fight together. 

11 When Saul and all Israel heard those 
words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, 
and greatly afraid. 

12 *f Now David was the son of that Ephra- 
t.liite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name wan 
Jesse; and he had eight sons : and the man 
went among men for an old man in the days 
of Saul. 

13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse wont 
and followed Saul to the battle : and the 
names of his three son? that went to the bat- 
tle were Eliab the first-born, and next unto 
him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 

14 And David was the youngest: and the 
three eldest followed Saul. 

15 But David went and returned from Saul 
to feed his father's sheen at Belh-lehem. 

16 And the Philistine drew near morning 
and evening, and presented himself forty- 
da vs. 

17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take 
now for thy brethren an epha-h ofthis parched 
corn, and these ten loa\es, aud run to tj*e 
camp to thy brethren : 

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David accept* tl\ the challenge, I. SAMUEL. 

18 And carry -se ten cheeses unto the 
captain of 'their tl.msand^and look how thy 
brethren fare, and take their pledge. 

19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of 
Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting 
with the Philistines. 

20 ^f And David rose up early in the morn- 
ing, and left the sheep with a keeper, and 
Took, and went, as Jesse had commanded 
him; and he came to the trench, as the host 
was going forth to the fight, and shouted for 
the battle, 

21 For Israel and the. Philistines had put 
the battle in array, army against army. 

22 And David left his carriage in the hand 
of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into 
the army, and came and saluted his brethren. 

23 Anci as he miked with them, behold, 
there came up the champion, the Philistine 
of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies 
of the Philistines, and spake according to the 
same words: and David heard them. 



24 And all the men of Israel, when they 
saw the man, fled from him, and were sore 
afraid. 

25 And the men ef Israel said, Have ye seen 
this man that is come up? surely to defy Is- 
rael is he come up : and it shaji be, that the 
man who killeth him, the king will enrich 
him with great riches, and will give him his 
daughter, and make his father's house free in 
Israel. 

26 And David spake to the men that stood 
by him, spying, What shall be done to the 
nian that killeth this Philistine, and takcth 
away the reproach from Israel ? for who is 
this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should 
defy the armies of the living God ? 

27 And the people answered him after this 
manner, saying, So shall it be done to the 
man that killeth him. 

28 IT And Eliab his eldest brother heard 
when he spake unto the men; and Eiiab's 
anger was kindled against David, and he 
said, Why earnest thou down hither ? and 
with whom hast thou left those few sheep in 
the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the 
naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come 
down that thou mightest see the battle. 

29 And David said, What have I now done 1 
Is there not a cause? 

30 % And he turned from him toward ano- 
ther, and spake after, the same manner : and 
the people answered him again after the 
former manner. 

31 And when the words were heard which 
David spake, they rehearsed them before 
Saul : and he sent for him. 

32 TI And David said to Saul, Let no man's 
heart fail because of him; thy servant will 
go and fight with this Philistine. 

33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not 
able to go against this Philistine to fight with 
him : for thou art but a youth, and he a man 
of war from his youth. 

34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant 
kept his father's sheep, and there came a 
lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the 
flock : 

35 And I went out after him and smote hiro, 



and kiUeih Goliath 
and delivered it out of his mouth: and when 
lie arose against me, I caught him by his 
beard, and smote him, and slew him. 

36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the 
bear: and th is uncircumcised Philistine shall 
be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the 
armies of the living God. 

37 David said moreover, The Loed that 
delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and 
out of die paw of the bear, he will deliver me 
oiit of the hand of tins Philistine. And Saul 
said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with 
thee. 

33 *| And Saul armed David with his ar- 
mour, arid he put a helmet of brass upon 
his head ; also he armed him with a coat of 
mail. 

39 And David girded his sword upon his ar- 
mour, and he assayed to go ; for he had not 
proved it. And David said unto Saul, I 
cannot go with these, for I have not proved 
them. And David put them off him. 



40 And he took his staff in his hand, and 
chose him five smooth stones out of the brook 
and put 'Jiem in a shepherd's bag which he 
had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his 
hand : and he drew near to the Philistine. 

41 And the Philistine came on, and drew 
near unto David; and the man that bare the 
shield went before him. 

42 And when the Philistine looked about, 
and saw David, he disdained him: for he 
was bid a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair 
countenance. 

43 And the Plnlistine said unto Davids/a 
I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? 
and the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 

44 And the Philistine said to David, Come 
to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls 
of the air, and to the beasts of the field. 

45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou 
comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, 
and with a shield: but I come to thee in the 
name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the 
armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 

46 This day will the Lord deliver thee into 
my hand; and I will smite thee, and take 
thy. head from thee ; and I will give the car- 
casses of the host of the Philistines this day 
unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild 
beasts of the earth : that all the earth may 
know that there is a God in Israel. 

47 And all this assembly shall know that 
the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: 
for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give 
you into our hands. 

48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine 
arose, and came and drew nigh to meet Da- 
vid, that David hasted, and ran toward the 
army to meet the Philistine. 

49 And David put his hand in his bag, and 
took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote 
the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone 
sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his 
face to the earth. 

50 So David prevailed over the Philistine 
with a sling and with a stone, and smote the 
Philistine and slew him; hutjhere teas no 
sword in the hand of David. 

51 Therefore David ran and stood upon the 

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Jonaikan lovclh David. CHAP. 

Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it 
out of the .-heath thereof, and slew him, and 
cnt oft' his head therewith. And when the 
Philistines saw their champion was dead, 
they fled. 

52' And the men of Israel and of Jitdnli arose, 
and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, un- 
til thou come to the valley, and to the gates 
of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philis- 
tines foil down by the way to Shaaraim, even 
uufo Gath, and unto Ekron. 

53 And the children of Israel returned from 
chasing after the Philistines, and they spoil- 
ed their tents. 

54 And David took the head of the Philis- 
tine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he 
put his armour in his tent. 

55 ^f And when Saul saw David go forth 
against the Philistine, he said unto Aimer 
the captain of the host, Aimer, whose son is 
this youth ? And Abner said, As thy soul 
liveth, O king, I cannot tell. 

56 And the king said, Impure thou whose 
son the stripling is. 

67 And as David returned from the slaugh- 
ter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and 
brought him before Saul with the head of 
the Philistine in his hand. 
58 And Said said to him, Whose son art 
thou, thou young man ? And David answer- 
ed, / am tiie son of thy servant Jesse the 
Beth-lehemite. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
)' Jonathan loveth David. 5 Soul envirth his 
praise, 10 seeketh to kill him in his fury. 32 
feareth him for his good success, 17 offer cth 
him his daughters for a snare. 22 Dav:vl per- 
suaded to be the king's son-in-law, giveth tico 
hundred foreskins of the Philistines for Mi- 
ch aVs dowry. 28 Saul's hatred, and David's 
glory increaseth. 

,4 ND it came to pass, when he had made 
J.\. an end of speaking unto Saul, that the 
soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of Da- 
v id, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 
% And Saul took him that day, and would 
let him go no more home to his father's house. 

3 Then Jonathan and David made a cove- 
nant, because he loved him as his own soul. 

4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the 
robe that was upon him, and gave it to Da- 
vid, and his garments, even to his sword, 
and to his bow, and to his girdle. 

5 ^[ And David went out whithersoever Saul 
sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and 
Saul set him over the men of war, and he 
was accepted in the sight of all the people, 
and also in the sight of Saul's servants. 

6 And it came to pass as they came, when 
David was returned from the slaughter of the 
Philistine, that the women came out of all 
the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to 
meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and 
with instruments of music. 

7 And the women answered one another as 
they played, and said, Saul hath slain his 
thousands, and David his ten thousands. 

3 And Said was very wroth, and the saying 
displeased him; and he said, They have 
ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to 
me they have ascribed but thousands: and 



XVIII. Saul offci'Qih David Us dmtglter. 
what can he have more but the kingdom ? 

9 And Saul eyed David from that day and 
forward. 

10 *[ And it came to pass on the morrow, 
that the evil spirit from God came upon Saui, 
and he prophesied m tne midst of the house : 
and David played with his hand, as at other 
times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. 

11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, 
I will smite David even to the wall with it. 
And David avoided outof his presence twice. 

12 H And Saul was afraid of David, becaus-e 
the Lord was with him, and was departed 
from Saul. 

13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, 
and made him his captain over a thousand; 
and he went out and came in before the 
people. 

14 And David behaved himself wisely in all 
his ways; and the Lord was with him. 

15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he be- 
haved himself very wisely, he was afraid of 
him. 

16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, be- 
cause he went out and came in before them. 

17 If And Saul said to David, Behold, my 
elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee 
to wife : only be thou valiant for me, and 
fight the Lord's battles. For Saul said, Let 
not my hand be upon him, but let the hand 
of the Philistines be upon him. 

18 x\nd David said unto Said, Who am I ? 
and what is my life, or my father's family in 
Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king ? 

19 But it came to pass at the time when 
JYIerab, Saul's daughter, should have been 
given to David, that she was given unto 
Adriel the Meholathite to wife. 

20 And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved Da- 
vid : and they told Saul, and the thing pleased 
him. 

21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that 
she may be a snare to him, and that the hand 
of the Philistines may be against him. Where- 
fore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day 
be my son-in-law, in the one of the twain. 

22 ^f And Saul commanded his servants, 
saying, Commune with David secretly, and 
say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, 
and all his servants love thee : now therefore 
be the king's son-in-law. 

23 And Saul's servants spake those words 
in the ears of David. And David said, Seem- 
eth it to you a light thing to be a king's son- 
in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and 
lightly esteemed? 

24 And the servants of Saul told him, say- 
ing, On this manner spake David. 

25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to Da- 
vid, the king desireth not any dowry, but a 
hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be 
avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul 
thought to make David fall by the hand of 
the Philistines. 

26 And when his servants told David these 
words, it pleased David well to be the king's 
son-in-law : and the days were not expired. 

27 Wherefore David arose and went, he 
and his men, and slew of the Philistines two 
hundred men ; and David brought their fore- 



Jonathan's friendship for David. 

.skins, and they gave them in fiilT tale to the 

king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. 

And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to 

wife. 

28 ^f And Saul saw and knew that the Lord 
was with David, and that Michal, Saul's 
daughter, loved him. 

29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of 
David; and Saul became David's enemy 
continually. 

30 Then the princes of the Philistines went 
forth : and it came to pass, after they went 
forth, that David behaved himself more wise- 
ly than all the servants of Saul : so that Ids 
name was much set by. 

CHAP. XIX. 

1 Jonathan discloscth his father' 's purpose to kill 
David. 4 He persuadeth his father to recon- 
ciliation. 8 By reason of David's good suc- 
cess in a new war, Saul's malicious rage brcak- 
fith out against him. 12 Michal deceiveth her 
father with an image in David's bed. 18 Da- , 
oid cometh to Samuel in Naioth. 20 Saul's 
messengers sent to take David, 23 and Saul 
himself, prophesy. 
Jk ND Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and 

i\. to all his servants, that they should kill 

David. 

2 But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much 
in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, 
Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now 
therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself 
until the morning, and abide in a secret 
place, and hide thyself: 

3 And I will go out and stand beside my 
father in the field where thou art, and I will 
commune with my father of thee ; and what 
I see, that I will tell thee. 

4 H And Jonathan spake good of David 
unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let 
not the kiag sin against his servant, against 
David; because he hath not sinned against 
thee, and because his works Jiave been to 
thee-ward very good : 

5 For he did put his life in his hand, and 
slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought 
a great salvation for all Israel : thou sawest 
it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt 
•hou sin against innocent blood, to slay Da- 
vid without a cause 1 

6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of 
Jonathan : and Saul sware, As the Lord 
liveth, he shall not be slain. 

7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan 
shewed him all those things. And Jonathan 
brought David to Saul, and he was in his 
presence, as in times past. 

8 TI And there was war again : and David 
went out, and fought with the Philistines, 
Aud slew them with a great slaughter; and 
they fled from him. 

9 And the evil spirit from the Lord was 
iipo'' Saul, as he sat in his house with his 
javelin in his hand; and David played with 
his hand. 

10 And Saul sought to smite David even to 
the wall with the javelin ; but he slipped 
away out of Saul's presence, and he smote 
the javelin into the wall: and David fled, 
and escaped that night: 

11 Saul also sent messengers unto David's 



SAMUEL. David escapes to Samttd, 

house, to watch him, and to slay him in the 
morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, 
saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, to- 
morrow thou shalt be slain. 

12 ^f So Michal let David down through a 
window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. 

13 And Michal took an image, and Laid it in 
the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for 
his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. 

14 And when Saul sent messengers to take 
David, she said, He is sick. 

15 And Saul sent the messengers again to 
see David, saying, Bring Iwm up to me in the 
bed, that I may slay him. 

16 And when the messengers \\jere come in, 
behold, there was an im;ige in the bed, with 
a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. 

17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast 
thou deceived me so, and sent away mine 
enemy, that he is escaped ? And Michal an- 
swered Saul, lie said unto me, Let me go; 
why should I kill thee ? 

IS -^[ So David fled, and escaped, and came 
to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that 
Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel 
went and dwelt in Naioth. 

19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, 
David is at Naioth in Ramah. * 

20 And Saul sent messengers to take Da- 
vid : and when thev saw the company of the 
prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing 
as appointed over them, the Spirit of God 
was upon the messengers of Saul, and they 
also prophesied. 

21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other 
messengers, and they prophesied likewise. 
And Saul sent messengers again the third 
time, and they prophesied also. 

22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came 
to a great well that is in Sechu: and he 
asked and said, Where are Samuel and Da- 
vid ? And one said, Behold, they be at Nai- 
oth in Ramah. 

23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ra- 
mah: and the Spirit of God was upon him 
also, and he went on, and prophesied, until 
he came to Naioth in Ramah. 

24 And he stripped off his clothes also, and 
prophesied before Samuel in hke manner, 
and lay down naked all that day and all that 
night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also 
among the prophets ? 

CHAP. XX. 
1 Davidconsulteth with Jonathan for his safety. 
11 Jonathan and Daoid renew their covenant 
hy oath. IS Jonathan's token to David. 2A 
Saul missing David, seeketh to kill Jonathan. 
35 Jonathan lovingly takethh is leave of David. 

AND David fled from Naioth in Ramah. 
and came and said before Jonathan, 
What have I done 1 what is m'vJ inin^'ty ? 
and what is my sin before thy latter, '.>*at he 
seeketh my life 1 

2 And he said unto him, GodfoT\;d; thou 
shalt not die: behold, my father will do no- 
thing either great or small, but that he wili 
shew it me : and why should my father hide 
this thingfrom me ? it is not so. 

3 And David sware moreover, and said, 
Tin father certainly knoweth that I have 

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Dtiml and Jonathan consult. 

lound grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let 

not Jonathan know this, lest lie be grieved: 

But truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul 

iiveth, there is but a step between me and 

death. 

4 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatso- 
ever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. 

5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, 
to-morrow is the new-moon, and I should 
not fail to sit with the king at meat : but let 
me go, that I may hide myself in the field 
unto the third day at even. 

6 l( thy father at all miss me, then say, Da- 
vid earnestly asked leave of me, that he 
might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there 
is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. 

7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant 
shall have peace : but if he be very wroth, 
then be sure that evil is determined by him. 

3 Therefore thou shaltdeal kindly with thy 
servant; for thou hast brought thy servant 
into a covenant of the Lord with thee : not- 
withstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay 
me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me 
to thy father I ' ■ •_ . 

9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: 
for if I knew certainly that evil were deter- 
mined b) T my father to come upon thee, then 
would not I tell it thee ? 

10 Then said David to Jonathan, W ho shall 
tell me ? or what if thy father answer thee 
roughly? 

11 ^[ And Jonathan said unto David, Come, 
and let us go out into the field. And they 
went out both of them into the field. 

12 And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord 
God of Israel, when I have sounded my fa- 
ther about to-morrow any time, or the third 
day, and behold, if there be good toward 
David, and I then send not unto thee, and 
shew it thee; 

13 The Lord do so and much more to Jo- 
nathan ; but if it please my father &> do thee 
evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee 
away, that thou mayest go in -peace : and 
the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with 
my father. 

14 And thou shah not only while vet I live 
shew me the kindness of the Lord, that 1 
die not: 

15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kind- 
ness from my house for ever : no, not when 
the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David 
every one from the face of the earth. 

16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the 
house of. David, saying, Let the Lord even 
require it at the hand of David's enemies. 

17 And Jonathan caused David to swear 
again, because he loved him : for he loved 
him as he loved his own soul. 

18 Then Jonathan said to David, To-mor- 
row is the new-moon: and thou shalt be 
missed, because thy seat will be empty. 

19 And when thou hast stayed three days, 
then thou shalt go down quickly, and come 
to the place where thou didst "hide thyself 
when the business was in hand, and shaft re- 
main by the stone Ezel. 

20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side 
thereof, as though I shot at a mark. 



CHAP. XX. Saul scckelli to kill Jonathan, 

21 And behold. I will send a lad, saying, 



Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say 
unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on 
this side of thee, take them; then come 
thou : for there is peace to thee, and no 
hurt; as the Lord liveth. 

22 But if I say thus unto the young man. 
Behold, the arrows arc beyond thee; go thy 
way : for the Lord hath sent thee away. 

23 And as touching the matter which thou 
and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be 
between thee and me for ever. 

24 ^[ So David hid himself in the field : and 
when the new-moon was come, the king sat 
him down to eat meat. 

25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at 
other times, even upon a seat by the wall : 
and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's 
side, and David's place was empty. 

26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing 
that day : for he thought, Something hath 
befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is 
not clean. 

27 And it came to pass on the morrow, 
which was the second day of the month, that 
David's place was empty : and Saul said 
unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh 
not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yester- 
day, nor to-day ? 

28 And Jonathan answered Saul, David 
earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth 
lehem : 

29 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for 
our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and 
my brother he hath commanded me to be 
there: and now if I have found favour in 
thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and 
see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not 
unto the king's table. 

30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against 
Jonathan, and he,, said unto him, Thou son 
of the perverse rebellious woman, do not T 
know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse 
to thine own confusion, and unto the confu- 
sion of thy mother's nakedness? 

31 For as lor.g as the son of Jesse liveth 
upon the ground, thou shalt not be establish- 
ed, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send 
and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely 
die. 

32 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, 
and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be 
slain? what hath he done? 

33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite 
him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was 
determined of his father to slay David. 

34 So Jonathan arose from the table in 
fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second 
day of the month : for he was grieved for 
David, because his father had done him 
shame. 

35 *ft And it came to pass in the morning, 
that Jonathan went out into the field at the 
time appointed with David, and a little lad 
with him. 

36 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out 
now the arrows which I skoot. And as the 
lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. 

37 And when the lad was come to the place 
of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jo 



David gettetli skew-bread. 

nathan cried after the lad, and viid, is not 

the arrow beyond thee 1 

33 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make 
speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad 
gathered up the arrows, and came to his 
master. 

39 But the lad knew not any thing : only 
Jonathan and David knew the matter. 

40 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his 
tad and said uato him, Go, cany than to 
the city. 

41 TT And as soon as the lad was gone, Da- 
vid arose out of a, place toward the south, 
and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed 
hinfeelf three times: and they kissed one 
another, and wept one with another, until 
David exceeded. 

42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, 
forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in 
the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord 
be between me and thee, and between my 
seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose 
and departed : and Jonathan went into the 

CHAP. XXI. 

"1 David at Jfob obtaineth of Ahimdcch hallowed 
bread. 7 Docg was present. 8 David taheth 
Goliath? s sicord. 10 David at Oath fcigneth 
himself mad. 

fflHEN came David to Nob to Ahimelech 
A the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid 

at the meeting of David, and said unto him, 

Why art thou a!one, and no man with thee? 

2 And David said unto Ahimelech the 
priest, The king hath commanded me a bu- 
siness, and hath said unto me, Let no man 
know any thing of the business whereabout 
I send thee, and what I have commanded 
thee: and I have appointed my servants to 
such and such a place. 

3 IVow therefore what is under thy hand ? 
give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or 
what there is present. 

4 And the priest answered David, and said, 
There is no common bread under my hand, 
but there is hallowed bread: if the young 
men have kept themselves at least from wo- 
men. 

o And David answered the priest, and said 
unto him, Of a truth women have been kept 
from us about these three days, since I came 
out, and the vessels of the young men are 
holy, and llie bread is in a manner common, 
yea, though it were sanctified this day in the 
vessel. 

6 So the priest gave him hallowed bread: 
for there was no bread there but the shew- 
bread, that was taken from before the Lord, 
to put hot bread in the day when it was taken 
awav. 

7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul 
was there that day, detained before the Lord ; 
and his name teas Doeg, an Edomite, the 
chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. 

8 % And David said unto Ahimelech, And 
is there not here under thy hand spear or 
sword ? for I have neither brought my sword 
nor my weapons with me, because the king's 
business required haste, 

9 And the priest said, The sword of Goliath 



SAMUEL. HefleeUt to Gath. 

the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the val- 
ley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a 
cloth behind the ephod : if thou wilt take 
that, take it : for there is no other save that 
here. And David said, There is none like 
that; give it me. 

10 tf And David arose, and fled that day for 
fear of Saul, and went to Achisli the king of 
Gath. 

11 And the servants of Achish said unto 
him, Is not this David the king of the land ? 
did they not sing one to another of him in 
dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, 
and David his ten thousands ? 

12 And David laid up these words in Ids 
heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king 
of Gath. 

13 And he changed his behaviour before 
them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, 
and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and 
let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 

14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, 
ye see the man is mad : wherefore iheu have 
ye brought him to me ? 

15 Have I need of mad-men, that ye have 
brought this fellow to play the mad-man in my 
presence ? shall this fellow come into my 
house ? 

CHAP. XXII. 
1 Companies resort unt,\ David at Adullam. 3 
At Jifizpeh he commendeth his parents tinto 
the king of Moab. 5 Admonished by Gad, he 
cometh to Hareth. 6 Saul going to pursue 
him, complaincth of his servants* unfaithful- 
ness. 9Doeg accuseth Ahimtlech. 11 Saul 
commandeth to kill the priests. 17 The footmen 
refusing, Doeg cxecuteth it. 20 Abiathar es- 
caping, bringeth David the news. 

DAVID therefore departed thence, and 
escaped to the cave Adullam : and 
when his brethren and all his father's house 
heard it, they went down thither to him. 

2 And every one that was in distress, and 
every one that was in debt, and every one 
that was discontented, gathered themselves 
unto him; and he became a captain over 
them : and there were with him about four 
hundred men. 

3 i[ And David went thence to Mizpeh of 
Moab : and he said unto the king of Moab, 
Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, 
come forth, and be with you, till i know what 
God will do for me. 

4 And he brought them before the kin? of 
Moab : and they dwelt with him all the while 
that David was in the hold. 

5 If And the prophet Gad said unto David, 
Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee 
into the land of Judah. Then David depart- 
ed, and came into the forest of Hareth. 

6 % When Saul heard that David was dis- 
covered, and the men that were with him, 
(now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in 
Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all 
his servants were standing about him;) 

7 Then Saul said unto his servants that 
stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites ; 
will the son of Jesse give every one of you 
fields and vineyards, and make you all cap- 
tains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; 

8 That all of vou have conspired against 
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Doeg accuseili Ahimelech. CHAP, 

me, and there is none that shay, eth me that 
my son hath made a league with the son of 
Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry 
for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath 
stirred up my servant against me, to lie in 
w;:it, as at this day '? 

9 «[ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, 
which was set over the servants of Saul, and 
said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, 
to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 

10 And lie inquired of the Lord for him, 
and gave him victuals, and gave him the 
s won! of Goliath the Philistine. 

H Then the king sent to call Ahimelech 
the priest, the son of Ahitub, and ail his fa- 
ther's house, the priests that icere in Nob : 
and thev came all of them to the king. 

12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of 
Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, mv 
lord. 

13 And Saul said unto him, Why have ye 
conspired against me, thou and the son of 
Jesse, in that thou hast .given him bread, and 
a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, 
that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, 
as at this day ? 

14 Then Ahimelech answered the kinjr, and 
said, And who is so faithful among all thy 
servants as David, which is the king's son- 
in-law, and goetli at thy bidding, and is ho- 
nourable in thy house? 

15 Did I then begin to inquire of God for 
him ? be it far from me. Let not the king 
impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all 
the house of my father : for thy servant knew 
nothing of all this, less or more. 

16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, 
Ahimelech, thou, and all thy fathers house. 

17 ^[ And the king said unto the footmen 
that stood about him, r ^lh')j, and slay the 
priests of the Lord ; because their hand also 
is with David, and because they knew when 
he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the 
servants of the king would not put forth their 
hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord. 

18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, 
and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the 
Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, 
and slew on that day fourscore and five per- 
sons that did wear a linen ephod. 

19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote 
he with the edge of the sword, both men and 
women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and 
asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. 

20 ^J And one of the sons of Ahimelech the 
son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and 
fled after David. 

21 And Abiathar shewed David that Saul 
had slain the Lord's priests. 

22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew 
it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was 
there, that he would surely tell Saul : I have 
occasioned the death of all the persons of 
thy father's house. 

23 Abide thou with me, fear not : for he that 
seeketh my life seeketh thy life : but with 
me thou shalt he in safe-guard. 

CHAP. XXIII. 
1 David, inquiring of the Lord by Abiathar, 
rescucth Keilah. 7 Godshewinghim the coming 



XXII L The treachery of the KcUitex 

of Snul cvd the treachery of the Keilitcs, he 
escape.th from Kcilah. 16 In Ziph, Jonathan 
cometh and coin forttth him. 19 The Zijihitrs 
discover him to Savl. 23 Jjt Mann he is resru 
edfrom Said by the invasion of the Philistines. 
129 He dwelleth at En-gcui. 

THEN they told David, saying, Behold, 
the Philistines fight against Keilah, and 
they rob the threshing-floors. 

2 Therefore David inquired of the Lord, 
saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines ? 
And the Lord said unto David, Go, and siu'-le 
the Philistines, and save Kcilah. 

3 And David's men said unto him. Behold, 
we be afraid here in Judah : how much more 
then if we come to Kcilah against the armies 
of the Philistines? 

4 Then David inquired of the Lord yet 
again. And the Lord answered him and 
said, Arise, go down to Keilah ; fori will 
deliver the Philistines into thy hand, 

5 So David and his men went to Keilah, 
and fought with the Philistines, and brought 
away their cattle, and smote them with a 
great slaughter. So David saved the inhabit 
tants of Keilah. 

6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar tY.4* 
son of Ahimelech tied to David to Keilah, 
thathe came down with an ephod in his hand. 

7 ^[ And it was told Saul that David was 
come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath 
delivered him into my hand ; for lie is sin;t 
in, by entering into a town that hath gate3 
and bars. 

8 And Saul called all the people together 
to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege 
David and his men. 

9 % And David knew that Saul secretiv 
practised mischief against him ; and he said 
to Abiatharthe priest, Bring hither the ephod. 

10 Then said David, O Lord God of Ismel, 
thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul 
seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the 
city for my sake. 

11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up 
into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy 
servant hath heard ? O Lord God of Israel, 
I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the 
Lord said, He will come down. 

12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah 
deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? 
And the Lord said, They will deliver thee up, 

13 ^[ Then David and his men, which were 
about six hundred, arose and departed out of 
Keilah, and went whithersoever they could 
go. And rt was told Saul that David was es- 
caped from Keilah ; and he forbare to go forth. 

14 And David abode in the wilderness in 
strong holds, and remained in a mountain in 
the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought 
him every day, but God delivered him not 
into his hand. 

15 And David saw that Saul was come out 
to seek his life: and David was in the wilder- 
ness of Ziph in a wood. 

16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went 
to David into the wood, and strengthened his 
hand in God. 

17 And he said unto him, Fear not: for the 
hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; 

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Saut pursued David. I. SAMUEL 

ami thou shah be king over Israel, and I 
shall be next unto thee ; and that also Saul 
my father knovveth. 

18 And they two made a covenant before 
the Lord: and David abode in the wood, 
and Jonathan went to his house. 

19 % Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to 
Gibenh, saying, Doth not David hide himself 
with us in strong holds in the wood, in the 
hill of Haehitah, which is on the south of 
Jeshnnon ? 

20 Now therefore, O king, come down ac- 
cording to all the desire of thy sou! to come 
down; and our part shall be to deliver him 
into the king's hand. 

21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lokd; 
for ye have compassion on me. 

2§ Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know, 
and see his place where hfo haunt is, and 
who hath seen lima there : for it is told me 
that he dealeth very subtilely. 

23 See therefore, and take knowledge of 
all the lurking-places where he hideth him- 
RcJf; and come ye again to me with ".he cer- 
taintv, and T will go with vou : and it shai' 



David cuts oJfSaurs start* 
A And the men of Davit! said unto him, He- 
hold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, 
Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thy 
hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall 
seem good unto thee. Then David arose-, 
and cut of the skirt of Saul's robe privily. 

5 And it came to pass afterward, that Da- 
vid's heart smote him, because he had cutoff 
Saul's skirt. 

6 And he said unto his men, The Lord 
forbid that I should do this thing unto my 
master, the Lord's anointed, to stretch forth 
my baud against him, seeing he is the anoint- 
ed of the Lord. 

7 So David stayed his servants with these 
words, and suffered them not to rise against 
Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, ami 
went -on his way. 

8 David also arose afterward, and went out 
of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My 
lord the king. And when Saul looked be- 
hind him, David stooped with his face to the 
*arth, and bowed himself. 
&1) And David said to Saul, Wherefore 

hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, 



come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will David soeketh thy hurt ? 
search him out throughout all the thousands | 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seeu 
of Judah. I how that the Lord hath delivered thee to- 

21 Ami they arose, and went to Ziph be- J day into my hand in the cave: and some 
fore Saul: but David and his men were in bade me kill thee; but mine eye spared 
the wilderness of Maou, in the plain on the I thee; and 1 said, 1 will not put forth my 



south of Jeshimon. 

25 Saul also and his men went to scekhim. 
And they told David : wherefore he came 
down into a rock, and abode in the wilder- 
ness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, 
he pursued after David in the wilderness of 
Maon. 

26 And Saul went on this side of the moun- 
tain, and David and his men on that side of 
the mountain : and David made haste to get 
away for fear of Saul ; for Saul and his men 
compassed David and his men round about 
to take them. 

27 ^f But there came a messenger unto 
Saul, saying, Hiiste thee, and come; for the 
Philistines have invaded the land. 

28 Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing 
after David, and went against the Philistines : 
therefore they called that place Sela-ham- 
mah-lekoth. 

29 ^1 And David went up from thence, and 
dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
1 David in a cave at En-gedi. having cut off 
SatWp skirt, spareth his life. 8 lie skeweth 
thereby his invocency. W Saril acknowledging 
his faulty takcth an oath of David, and de- 
partcth. 

AND it came to pass, when Saul was re- 
turned from following the Philistines, 
»hal it was told him, saying, Behold, David 
is in the wilderness of En-gedi. 

2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen 
men out of all Israel, and went to seek David 
and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. 

3 And he came to the sheep-cotes by the 
way, where was a cave ; and Saul went in 
to cover his feet: and David and his men 
remained in the sides of the cave. 



hand against my iord; for he is the Lord's 
anointed. 

11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the 
skirt of thy robe in my hand : for in that I 
cut off the 3kirt of thy robe, and kiiled thee 
not, know thou and see that there is neither 
evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have 
not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest 
my soul to take it# 

12 The Lord judge between me and thee, 
and the Lord avenge me of thee: but my 
hand shall not be upon thee. 

13 As saith the proverb of the ancients. 
Wickedness proeeedeth from the wicked: 
but my hand shall not be upon thee. 

14 After whom is the king of Israel come 
out ? after whom dost thou pursue ? after a 
dead dog, after a flea ? 

15 The Lord therefore be judge, and judge 
between me and thee, and see, and plead my 
cause, and deliver me out of thy hand. 

16 If And it came to pass when David had 
made at) end of speaking these words unt« 
Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my 
son David ? And Saul lifted up his voice, 
and wept. 

17 And he said to David, Thou art more 
righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me 
good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 

18 And thou hast shewed this day how that 
thou hast dealt well with me; forasmuch as 
when the Lord had delivered me into thy 
hand, thou killedstme not. 

19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let 
him go well away 1 wherefore the Lord re- 
ward thee good, for that thou hast done unto 
me this day. 

20 And now, behold, I know well that thou 
shaft surely be king, and that the kingdom 

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Death of Samuel. CHAP. 

of Israel shall be established in thy hand. 

21 Swear now therefore unto me by the 
Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed af- 
ter me, and that thou wilt not destroy my 
name out of my father's house. 

22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul 
Hent home ; but David and his men gat them 
up unto the hold. 

CHAP. XXV. 
1 Samuel dicth. 2 David in Paran sendeth to 
.Vabal. 10 Provoked by JfabaVs churlishness, 
Ue mindeth to destroy him. \4 Abigail under- 
standing thereof, iStakcth a present, 23 and 
by her wisdom 3 % 2pacifieth David. 36JV*aAni 
hearing thereof dieth. 3d David taketk Abi- 
gail and Ahinoam to be his wives. A\Michal 
is given to Phalti. 

AND Samuel died : and all the Israelites 
were gathered together, and lamented 
kino, and buried him in his house at Ramah. 
Ami David arose, and went down to the 
wilderness of Paran. 

2 And there was a man in 3Iaon, whose 
possessions were in Carmel ; and the man 
teas very great, and he had three thousand 
sheep, and a thousand goats : and he was 
shearing his sheep in Carmel. 

3 Now the name of the man was Nabal ; 
and the uame of his wife Abigail : and she 
was a woman of good understanding, and of 
a beautiful countenance : but the man uas 
churlish and evil in his doings; and he was 
of the house of Caleb. 

4 51 And David heard in tiie wilderness that 
Nabal did shear his sheep. 

o And David sent out ten young men, and 
David said unto the young men, Get you up 
to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him 
in my name : 

6 And thus shall ye say to him that livcth 
in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and 
peace be to thy house, and peace be unto all 
that thou hast. 

7 And now I have heard that thou hast 
shearers : now thy shepherds which were 
with us, we hurt them not, neither was there 
aught missing unto them, all the while they 
were in Carmel. 

8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew 
thee. Wherefore let the young men find fa- 
vour in thine eyes : for we come in a good 
day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh 
to thv hand unto thy servants, and to thy son 
David. \ " 

9 And when David's young men came, they 
*pake to Nabal according to all those words 
in the name of David, and ceased. 

10 ^| And Nabal answered David's servants, 
and said, Who is David ? and who is the son 
of Jesse? there be many servants now-a- 
days that break away every man from his 
master. 

11 Shall I then take my bread, and my wa- 
ter, and my flesh that I have killed for my 
shearers, and give it unto men, whom I 
know not whence they be? 

12 So David's young men turned their way, 
and went again, and came and told him all 
those sayings. 

13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye 
on every man his sword. And they girded 



XXV. Abigail's discreet conduct. 

on every man his sword; and David uls« 
girded on his sword: and there went up id' 
ter David about four hundred men; and two 
hundred abode by the stuff. 

14 ^1 But one of the young men told Abi- 
gail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David 
sent messengers out of the wilderness to 
salute our master; and lie railed on them. 

J 5 But the men were very good unto us t 
and we were not hurt, neither missed we. 
any thi.'.g, as long as we were conversant 
with them, when we were in the fields: 

16 They were a wall unto us both by night 
and day, all the while we were with them 
keeping the sheep. 

17 Now therefore know and consider whal 
thou wilt do : for evil is determined against 
our master, and against all his household : 
for he is such a son of Belial, that a man 
cannot speak to him. 

13 ^ Then Abigail made haste, and tcck 
two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, 
and five sheep ready dressed, and five mea- 
sures of parched corn, and a hundred clus- 
ters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of 
fijis, and laid them on asses. 

19 And she said unto her servants, Go on 
before me ; behold, I come after you. But 
she told not her husband Nabal. 

20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, 
that she came down by the covert of the hii!, 
and behold, David and his men came down 
against her ; and she met them. 

21 (Now David had said, Surely in vain 
have I kept all that this fellow hath in the 
wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all 
that pertained unto him: and he hath re- 
quited me evil for good. 

22 So and more also do God unto the ene- 
mies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to 
him by the morning light any that pisseth 
against the wall.) 

23 And when Abigail saw David, she hast- 
ed, and lighted off the ass, and fell before 
David on her face, and bowed herself to the 
ground, 

24 And fell at his (ect, andsaid, Upon me, 
my lord, upon me let this iniquity be : and 
let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine 
audience, and hear the words of thy hand- 
maid. 

25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard tin? 
man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name 
is, so is he ; Nabal is his name, and folly is 
with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the 
young men of my lord, whom thou didst send 

26 Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord 
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord 
hath withholden thee from coming to shed 
blood, and from avenging thyself with thine 
own hand, now let thine enemies, and they 
that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. 

27 And now this blessing which thv hand- 
maid hath brought unto my lord, let it even 
be given unto the young men that follow my 
lord. 

28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thy 
handmaid : for the Lord will certainly make 
my lord a sure house; because my lord 
fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil 

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Death of Nabal. I. SAMUEL, 

hath not been found in thee all thy day?. 

29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to 
seek tin' soul : but the soul of my lord shall 
be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord 
thy God ; and the souls of ihtne enemies 
them shall he sling out, as out of the middle 
of a sling. 

30 And it shall come to pass, when the 
Lord shall have done to my lord according 
Jo all fhegood Unit he hath spoken concern- 
ing thee, and shall have appointed th*_e ruler 
over Israel ; 

31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor 
offence of heart unto my lord, either that 
thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my 
lord hath avenged himself: but when the 
Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, 
then remember thy h.mdmaidi 

St T[ And David said to Abigail, Blessed be 
the Lord Glod of Israel, which seat thee this 
day to meet me : 

33 And blessed be thy advice, and biessed 
be thou, winch hast kept me tins day from 
coming- to shed blood, and from avenging my- 
self with mine own hand. 

34 For in very deed, as the Lord God of 
Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from 
hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and 
come to meet me, surely there had not been 
left unto Nabal by the morning light any that 
pisseth against the wall. 

35 So David received of her hand that 
which she had brought him, and said unto 
her, Go up in peace to thy house; see, 1 have 
hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted 
thy person. 

3b* *T And Abigail came to Nabal ; and be- 
hold, he held a feast in his house, like the 
feast of a king; andJSabal's heart was mer- 
ry within him, for he itas very drunken : 
wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, 
until the morning light. 

37 But it came to pass in the morning, when 
the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his 
wife had told him these things, that his heart 
died within him, and he became as a stone. 

38 And it came to pass about ten days after. 
that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died. 

39 f And when David heard that Nabal 
wasdead, he said. Blessed be the Lord, that 
hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from 
the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his ser- 
vant from evil : for the Loro hath returned 
the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. 
A nd David sent and communed with Abigail, 
to take her to him to wife. 



40 And when the servants of David wertllmd let us go 



came to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto 
lur, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take 
thee to him to wife. 

41 And she arose, and bowed herself on l:cr 
face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thy 
handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of 
the servants of my lord. 

42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode 
upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that 
went after her; and she went after the mes- 
sengers of David, and became his wife. 

43 David also took Ahinoam of Je/reel ; 
and thev were also both of them his wives. 



David sparelh SauJ's lire. 
44 % But Saul had given Michal hisd:iu-h- 
ter, David's wife, to Phalli the son of Laish, 
which was of Gaiiim. 

CHAP. XXVI. 
ISffwi, by the discovery of the ZJphites, enmeih 
to Hachiiah against Jjarid. 5 U arid cmniug 
into the trench, staycth Abishai from killing 
Huul, hut taketh hit spear and cruse. 13 J)a- 
vid feprovetii .Ihner, 18 and exltortttk Haul. 
"1 Saul uc&votciedgeth his sin. 

AND the Ziphites came unto Saul to'Gt- 
beah, saying, Doth not David hide him- 
self in the hilt of Hachiiah. which is before 
Jeshimon ? 

2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the 
wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand 
chosen men of Israel with him, to seek Da- 
vid in the wilderness of Ziph. 

3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachiiah, 
which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But 
David abode in the wilderness, and he saw 
that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 

4 David therefore sent out spies, and under- 
stood that Saul was come in very t]eed, 

5 51 And David arose and came to the place 
where Saul bad pitched: and David beheld 
the place where Said lay, and Abner the son 
of Ner, the captain ot' his host. And Saul 
lay in the trench, and the people pitched 
round about liim. 

6 Then answered David and said to Ahime-. 
lech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of 
Zetniah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will 
go down with me to Saul to the camp? And 
Ahiskai said, I wil! go down with thee. 

7 So David and Abishai came to the people 
by night: and behold, Saul Say sleeping 
within the trench, and his spear stuck in the 
ground at his bolster: but Abner and the 
people lav round about him. 

8 Then "said Abishai to David, God hath 
delivered thine enemy into thy hand this day: 
now therefore let me smite him, 1 pray thee, 
with the spear, even to the earth at once,. 
an J I will not smile him the second time. 

y And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: 
for who can stretch forth his hand against the 
Lord's anointed, and be guiltless ? 

10 David said furthermore, As the Lord 
liveth, the Lord shall smite him: or his 
day shall come to die; or he shall descend 
into battle, and perish. 

11 The Lord forbid that I should stretch 
forth my hand .against the Lord's anointed: 
but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear 
that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, 



12 So David took the spear and the rrv,?c 
of water from Said's bolster; and they gat 
them away, and no man saw it, nor knew z7, 
neither awaked : for they v>ere all asleep , 
because a deep sleep from the Lord was 
fallen upon them. 

13 U Then David went over to the other 
side and stood on the top of a hill afm' ctt ; 
a great space being 1 between them : 

14 And David cried to the people, and to 
Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest 
thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and 
said, Who art thou that criest to the king ? 

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Saidachwwlc l$cs his sin. CHAP. XXV 

15 And David said to Abncr, Art not thou 
a valiant man / and who is like to thee in 
Israel ? Wherefore then hast thou not kept 
thy lord the king? for there came one of the 
people in to destroy tiie king thy lord. 

16 This thing is "not good that thou hast 
done. As the Lord liveth, ye are worthy 
to die, because ye have not kept your master 
the Lord's anointed. And now see where 
the king's spear is, and the cruse of water 
that teas at his bolster. 

17 And Saul knew David's voice, and paid, 
Is this thy voice, my son David 1 and David 
said. Itis my voice, my lord, O king. 

18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord 
thus pursue after his servant ? for what have 
I done ? or what evil is in my hand ? 

19 Now- therefore, I pray thee, let my lord 
the king hear the words of his servant. [( 
the Lord have stirred thee up against me, 
let him accept an offering : but if mew be the 
children of men, cursed be they before the 
Lord ; for they have driven me out this day 
from abiding in the inheritance of the Lord, 
saying, Go, serve other gods. 

20 Now therefore, let not my blood full to the 
earth before the face of the Lord : tor the 
king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as 
when one doth hunt a partridge in the moun- 
tains. 

21 H Then said Saul, I have sinned : return, 
my son David: for 1 will no more do thee 
harm, because my soul was precious in thine 
eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, 
and have erred exceedingly. 

22 And David answered and said, Behold 
the king's spear! and let one of the young 
men come over and fetch it. 

23 The Lord render to every man his right- 
eousness and his faithfulness: for the Lord 
delivered thee into mxj hand to-day, but I 
would not stretch forth my hand against the 
Lord's anointed. 

24 And behold, as thy life was orach set by 
this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much 
set by in the eves of the Lord, and let him 
deliver me out of all tribulation. 
2o Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, 
my son David: thou shalt both do great 
things, and also shalt still prevail. So David 
went on his way, and Saul returned to his 
piace. 

CHAP. XXVll. 
1 Saul hearing David to be in Gath, seeketk no 
more, for him. 5 David beggeth Zihlag of 
Achish. 8 He invading other countries, pcr- 
suadeth Achish he fought against Judah. 

AND David said in his heart, I shall now 
perish one day by the hand of Saul : 
there is nothing better for me than tJiat I 
should speedily escape into the land of the 
Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to 
seek me any more in any coast of Israel : so 
shall I escape out of his hand. 

2 And David arose, and he passed over 
with the six hundred men that were with him 
unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gat h. 

3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he 
and his men, every man with his household, 
even David with his two wives, Ahinomn 



II, XXVIII. David dwells in Zihlag. 

the Je/.reelitess, and Abigail the Garmel* 
itess, NabaPs wife. 

4 And it was told Saul lhatDavid was fled to 
Gath: and he sought no more again for him. 

5 % Aud David said unto AchUh, If I have 
now found grace in thine eyes, let them give 
me a place in some town in the country, that 
I may dwell there: for why should thy ser- 
vant dwell in the royal city with thee? 

6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that, dfft : 
wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kiu^a 
of Judah unto this day. 

7 And the time that David dwelt in the 
country of the Philistines was a full year ar.d 
four months. 

8^J And David and his men went up, and 
invaded the Geshurites, and the Ge/ntes. 
and the Amalekites: for those nations were 
of old the inhabitants of tlic land, as thou go- 
est to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. 

9 And David smote, the land, and left neither 
man nor woman alive, and took away the 
s^ecp, ami the oxen, and the asses, and the 
cameis, and the apparel, and returned, and 
came to Achish. 

10 And Achisk said, Whither have ye made 
a road to-day 7 And David said, Against the 
south of Judah, and against the south of the 
Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the 
Keuites. 

11 And David saved neither man nor wo- 
man alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, 
Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did 
David, and so it-ill be his manner all the 
while he dwelleth in the country of the Phi- 
listines. 

12 And Achish believed David, saying, He 
hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor 
him; therefore he shall be my servant for 
ever. 

chap, xxviit. 

I Achish putttth confidence in David. 3 Saul 
having destroyed Ike witches, A and vow in 
his fear forsaken of God, 7 seeketli to a iciti h. 
U The tcit.ck encouraged by Saul, raiseth up 
Samuel. \ A Saul hearing his ruin, fainteth. 
21 The woman tc it h his servants refresh him 
with meat. 

AND it came, to pass in those days, tLat 
the Philistines gathered their armies to- 
gether for warfare, to fight with Israel. And 
Achish said unto David, Know thou assu- 
redly, that thou shalt go out with me to bat- 
tle, thou and thy men. 

2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou 
shalt know what, thy servant can do. And 
Achish said to David, Therefore will I make 
thee keeper of my head for ever. 

3 *f Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel 
had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, 
even in his own city. And Saul had put 
away those that had familiar spirits, and the 
wizards, out of the land. 

4 And the Philistines gathered themselves 
together, and came and pitched in Shunem : 
and Saul gathered all Israel together, and 
thev pitched in Gilboa. 

5 And when Saul saw the host of the Phi- 
listines, he was afraid, and his heart gready 
trembled. 

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Sunt and (he witch of En-dor. I. SAMUEL. 

t> And when Saul inquired of the Lord, 
the Lord answered him not, neither by 
nVeams, nor by dim, nor by prophets. 

7 *[ Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek 
me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, tiiat 

I may go to her, and inquire of her. And 
his servants said to him, Behold, there is a 
woman tiiat hath a familiar spirit at En-dor. 

8 Asm" Saul disguised himself, and put on 
other raiment, and he went, and two men 
with him, and they came to the woman by 
night : and lie suit), I pray thee, divine unto 
me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him 
up whom I shall name unto thee. 

il And the woman said unto him, Behold, 
thou ktiowest what Saul hath done, how he 
hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, 
and the wizards, out of the land ; wherefore 
then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause 
me to die ? 

10 And Saul sware to her by the Lord, 
saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no 
punishment happen to thee for this thing. 

II Then said the woman, Whom shall I 
bring up unto thee ? And he said, Bring me 
np Samuel. 

12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she 
cried with a loud voice : and the woman 
spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou de- 
ceived me ? for thou art Saul. 

13 And the king said unto her, Be not 
afraid : for what sawest thou ? And the wo- 
man said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending 
out of the earth. 

14 And he said unto her, What form rs he 
of? And she said, An old man cometh up; 
and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul 
perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped 
with his face to the ground, and bowed him- 
self. 

15 *[ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast 
thou disquieted me, to bring me up? and 
Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the 
Philistines make war against me, and God is 
departed from me, and answereth me no 
more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: 
therefore I have called thee, that thou may- 
est make known unto me what I shall do. 

16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost 
ihou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed 
from thee, and is become tiiine enemy? 

17 And the Lord hath done to him, as lie 
spake by me: for the Lord hath rent the 
kingdom out of thy hand, and given it to thy 
neighbour, even to David : 
• J8 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of 
the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath 
upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done 
this thing unto thee this day. 

19 Moreover, the Lord will also deliver 
Israel with thee into the hand of the Philis- 
tines: and to-morrow slutU rhou and thy 
nous be with me: the Lord also shall de- 
liver the host of Israel into the hand of the 
Philistines. 

98 Then Saul fell straightway all along on 
lite earth, and was sore afraid, because of 
the words of Samuel: and there was 



David dismissed hy Achish. 

21 *[ And the woman came unto Saul, and 
saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto 
him, Behold, thy handmaid hath obeyed thy 
voice, and I have put my life in my hand, 
atid have hearkened unto" thy words which 
thou spakest unto me. 

22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken 
thou also unto the voice of thy handmaid, 
and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; 
and eat, that thou may est have strength when 
thou goest on thy way. 

23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. 
But his servants, together with the woman, 
compelled him; and he hearkened unto their 
voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat 
upon the bed. 

24 And the woman had a fat calf in the 
house; and she hasted, and killed it, and 
took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake 
unleavened bread thereof: 

25 And she brought ii before Saul, and 
before his servants ; and they did eat. Then 
they arose up, and went away that night. 

CLL\P. XXIX. 
1 JJarid marching with the Philistines, 3 is dis- 
allowed by their princes. G^chish dis'tnisseLh. 
him with coimnendatiuns of his fidelity. 
'~"OW the Philistines gathered together 
ill their armies to Aphek: and the Is- 
raelites pitched by a fountain- which is ia 
Jezreel. 

2 And the lords of the Philistines passed o« 
by hundreds, and by thousands : but David 
and his men passed on in the rere-ward with 
Achish. 

3 Then said the princes of the Philistines. 
What do these Hebrews here? And Achish 
said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is 
not this David, the servant of Saul the king 
of Israel, which hath been with me these 
days, or these years, and I have found no 
fault in him since he fell unto me unto tiirs 
day ? 

4 And the princes of the Philistines were 
wroth with him; and the princes of the Phi- 
listines said unto him, Make this fellow re- 
turn, that he may go again to his place which 
thou hast appointed him, and let him not go 
down with us to battle, lest in the battle he 
be an adversary to us : for w herewith should 
he reconcile himself unto his master? should 
it not be with the heads of these men ? 

5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one 
to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his 
thousands, and David his ten thousands/ 

G r { Then Achish called David, and said 
unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou 
hast been upright, and thy going out and thy 
coming in with me in the host is good in my 
sight: for I have not found evil in thee since 
the day of thy coming unto me unto this day : 
nevertheless the lords favour thee not. 

7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, 
that thou displease not the lords of the Phi- 
listines. 

8 *[ And David said unto Achish, But what 
have I done ? and what hast thou found in 
thy servant, so long as I have been with thee 



strength in him; for he had eaten no bread ' unto this day, that I may not go fight against 
aiJ the dav, nor all the night. i the enemies of mv lord the king ? 

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The Amalekites spoil Zi/clag. CHAP. 

9 And Achish answered and said to David, 

1 know that thou art good in my sight, as an 
angel of God : notwithstanding, the princes 
©f the Philistines have said, He shall not go 
op with us to the battle. 

10 Wherefore now rise up early in the 
morning with thy master's servants that are 
come with thee : and as soon as ye be up ear- 
ly in the morning, and have light, depart. 

H So David and his men rose up early to 
depart in the morning, to return into the land 
of the Philistines. And the Philistines went 
up to Jezreel. 

CHAP. XXX. 
1 The. Amalekites spoil Ziklag. 4 David asking- 
counsel, is encouraged by God to pursue them. 

11 By the means of & revived Egyptian, he is 
brought to the enemies, and recocercth all the 
s-poil. 22 David's laic to divide the spoil equal- 
ly between them that fight and them that keep 
the stuff. 26 He eeudeth. p resents to his friends. 

A ND it came to pass, when David and 
J\. his men were come to Ziklag on the 
ihird day, that the Amalekites had invaded 
the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, 
and burned it with fire; 

2 And had taken the women captives that 
tuere therein ; they .slew not any, either great 
©r small,, but carried Client away, and went on 
their way. 

3 ^f So David and his men came to the city, 
and behold, it was burned with fire; and 
their wives, and their sons, and their daugh- 
ters, were taken captives. 

4 Then David and the people that were 
M ith him lifted up their voice and wept, un- 
til they had no more jjower to weep. 

j5 And David's two wives were taken cap- 
tives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail 
thp wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 

6 And David was greatly distressed : for the 
people Bpake of stoning him, because the soul 
of all the people was grieved, every man for 
his sons, and for his daughters : but David 
encouraged himself in the Lord his God. 

7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, 
Ahimeleeh's son, 1 pray thee bring me hither 
the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither 
the ephod to David. 

8 And David inquired at the Lord, paying, 
Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I over- 
take them ? And he answered him, Pursue : 
for thou shalt surely overtake them, and with- 
out fail recover all. 

9 So David went, he and the six hundred 
•wen that were with him, and came to the 
brook Besor, where those that were left be- 
hind stayed. 

10 But David pursued, he and four hundred 
men : for two hundred abode behind, which 
were so faint that they could not go over the 
brook Besor. 

11 %, And they found an Egyptian in the 
Held, and brought him to David, and gave 
him bread, and he did eat; and they made 
him drink water; 

V2 And they gave him a piece of a cake of 
ftgs, and two clusters of raisins : and when 
he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: 
for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any 
water, three days and three nights. 



XXX. David avcngetli himself on them. 

13 And David said unto him, To whom be- 
longest thou ? and whence art thou ? And 
he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant 
to an Amalekite ; and my master left me, 
because three days agone I fell sick. 

14 We made an invasion upon the south of 
the Cherethites, and upon the coast which 
hclougeth to Judah, and upon the south ol 
Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with lire. 

15 And David said to him, Canst thou bring 
me down to this company? And he ?aid, 
Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither 
kiil me, nor deliver me into the hands of my 
master, and 1 will bring thee down to this 
company. 

16 *[ And when he had brought him down, 
behold, they were spread abroad upon all 
the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, 
because of all the great spoil that they had 
taken out of the laud of the Philistines, and 
out of the land of Judah. 

17 And David smote them from the twilight 
even unto the evening of the next day: and 
there escaped not a man of them, save fout 
hundred young men, which rode upon ca- 
mels, and fled. 

13 And David recovered all that the Ama- 
lekites had carried away : aud David rescued 
his two wives. 

19 And there was nothing lacking to them, 
neither small nor great, neither sons nor 
daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that 
they had taken to them: David recovered alL 

20" And David took all the flocks and the 
herds, which they drave before those other 
cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. 

21 ^[ And David came to the two hundred 
men, which were so faint that they could not 
follow David, whom they had made also t» 
abide at the brook- Besor: and they went 
forth to meet David, and to meet the people 
that were with him : and when David came 
near to the people, he saluted them. 

22 Then answered all the wicked men, and 
men of Belial, of those that went with David, 
and said, Because they went not with us, we 
will not give them aught of the spoil that We 
have recovered, save to every man his wife 
and his children, that they may lead them 
away, and depart. 

23 *Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my 
brethren, with that which the Lord hath 
given us, who hath preserved us, and de- 
livered the company that came against us 
into our hand. 

24 For who will hearken unto you in this 
matter? but as his part is that goeth dowu 
to the battle, so shall his part he that tarrieth 
by the stuff: they shall part alike. 

25 And it was so from that day forward, that 
he made il a statute and an ordinance for Is- 
rael unto this day. 

26 ^[ And when David came to Ziklag, he 
sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah,' 
even to his friends, saying, Behold a present 
for you, of the spoil of the enemies of the 
Lord ; 

27 To them which were in Beth-el, and to 
them which were in south Ramoth, and to 
them which were in Jattir, 

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The death of Said and his sons. II . SAMUEL. 

28 Arsd to them which were in Aroer, and 
to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them 
which were in Eshtemoa, 

29 And to them which were in Rachal, and 
to them which were in the cities of the Jerah- 
meelites, and to them which were in the cities 
of the Kenites, 

30 And to them which were in Hormah,and 
fo ihem. which were in Chor-asban, and to 
them which were in Athach, 

31 And to them which ice re in Hebron, and 
to ail the p!acc3 where David himself and 
his men were wont to haunt. 

CHAP. XXXI. 

1 Saul having lost his army, and his sr,?is slain, 
he and his armour-bearer kill themselves. 7 
The Pfulisti?ies possess the forsaken towns of 
the Israelites. 8 They triumph over the dead 
carcasses. 11 They of Jabesh-gilcad, recover- 
ing the bodies by nigkf y barn them at Jabesh, 
and mournfully bury their bones. 

"j¥TOW the Philistines fought against Is- 
1 1 rael : and the men of Israel lied from 
before the Philistines, and fell down slain in 
mount Gilboa, 

2 And the Philistines followed hard upon 
»Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines 
slew Jonathan, and Abinadab and MaLchi- 
shua, Saul's sons. 

3 And the battle went sore against Saul, 
and the archers hit him ; ar*i lie was sore 
wounded of the archers. 

4 Then said Saul unto his armour-hearer, 
Draw thy sword, and thrust me through 
therewith ; icst these uncircumcised come 
and thrust me through, and abuse me. But 



The news brought to David. 
his armour-bearer would not: for he was 
sore afr-aid. Therefore Saul took a sword, 
and fell upon it. 

5 And when his armour-bearer saw that 
Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his 
sword, and died with him. 

6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his 
armour-bearer, and all his men, that same 
day together. 

7 51 And when the men of Israel that were 
on the other side of the valley, and they that 
were on the other side Jordan saw that the 
men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons 
were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled ; 
and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. 

3 And it came to pass on the morrow, -when 
the Philistines came to strip the slain, that 
they found Saul and his three sons fallen in 
mount Gilboa. 

9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off 
ins armour, and sent into the land of the Phi- 
listines round about, to publish it in the 
house of their idols, and among the people. 

10 And they put his armour in the house of 
A^itaroth : and they fastened his body to the 
wall of Beth-shau. 

11 % Ajid when the inhabitants of Jabesh- 
gilead heard of that which the Philistines 
had done to Saul, 

12 All die valiant men arose, and went all 
night, and took the body of Saul, and the bo- 
dies of his sons from tlie wall of Beth-shan, 
and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. 

13 And they took their bones, and buried 
them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven 
days. 



The Second Book of SAMUEL, other wist called, The Second Book of the KINGS. 



CHAP. I 

3 The Ainrdekite, who brought tidings of the 
overthrow, and accused himself of SauTs 
death, is slain. 17 David lamentetn Said and 
Jonathan with a song. 

NOW it came to pass after the death of 
: Saul, when David was returned from 
the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David 
had abode two daj's in Ziklag; 
*2 It came even to pass on the third day, that 
behold, a man came out of the camp from 
Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his 
head : and so it was, when he came to David, 
tiiat he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 

3 And David said unto him. From whence 
earnest thou ? And he said unto him, Out of 
the camp of Israel am I escaped. 

4 And David said unto him, How went the 
matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he an- 
swered, That the people are fled from the 
battle, ami many of the people also are fallen 
and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son 
arc dead also. 

.5 And David said unto the young man that 
t<dd him, How knowest thou that Saul and 
Jonathan his son be dead ? 

b And the young man that told him said, 
Afl I happened by chance upon mount Gil- 
boa, behold, vSaui leaned upon his spear: and 
lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard 
after him. 

7 And when he locked behind him, he saw 



me, and called unto me. And I answered, 
Here am I. 

8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? 
And I answered him, I am an Amalekite. 

9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, 
upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come 
upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. 

10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, be- 
cause I was sure that he could not live after 
that he was fallen : and I took the crown that 
was upon his head, and the bracelet that was 
on his arm, and have brought them hither 
unto my lord. 

11 Then David took hold on his clothes, 
and rent them; and likewise all the men that 
were with him : 

12 And they mourned and wept, and fasted 
until even, for Saul and for Jonathan his sou, 
ami for tiie people of the Lord, and for the 
house of Israel ; because they were fallen by 
the sword. 

13 ^f And David said unto the young man 
that told him, Whence art thou ? And tie 
answered, I am the son of a stranger, an 
Amalekite. 

H And David said unto him, How wast 
thou not afraid to stretch forth thy hand to 
destroy the Lord's anointed? 

15 And David called one of the young men, 
and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And 
he smote him that he died. 

lb* And David said unto him, Thy blood he 
i23o 



David lamcnteth Saul and Jonathan. CHA 
upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified 
against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord's 
anointed. 

17 ^i And David lamented with this lamen- 
tation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son: 

18 (Also lie bade them teach the children 
of Judah the vse of the how : behold, it is 
written in the book of Jasber.) 

19 The beauty of Israel is siain upon thy 
high places: how are ll.e mighty fallen ! 

2?) Tell it not in Gatli, publish it not in die 
streets of Askelon ; lest the daughters of the 
Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the 
uncircumcised triumph. 

21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no 
dew, neither let there he rain upon you, nor 
fields of offerings : for there the shield of the 
mighty is viiely cast away, the shield of Saul, 
ax though he had not been anointed with oil. 

22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat 
of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned 
not back, and the sword of Saul returned 
not empty. 

23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and plea- 
sant in their jives, and in their death they 
were not divided: they were swifter than 
eagles, they were stronger than lions. 

24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, 
who clothed you in scarlet, with other de- 
lights; who put on ornaments of gold upon 
your appare!. 

25 How are the mighty fallen hi the midst of 
the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast siain in 
thy high places. 

2b' 1 am distressed for thee, my brother Jo- 
nathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto 
me : thy love to me was wonderful, passing 
the love of women. 

27 How are the mighty fallen, and the wea- 
pons of war perished ! 

CHAP. II. 
1 David by Cod's direction, with his company 
gof.t.k vp to Hebron., iv/iere he is made king of 
Judah. 5 Hecommendcih them of Jabesh-gile- 
ad for their kindness to Saul. H Abner makcth 
Jsh-bosheth king of Israel. 12 A mortal skir- 
mish between twelve of Abner' s and twelve of 
Juab's men. IS Asahel is slain. QoAt Abncr's 
motion Joab soundsth a retreat. 32Asahcl's 
burial. 

4 ND it came to pass after this, that Da- 
JjL vid inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall 
I go up into any of the cities of J ndah? And 
the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David 
said, Whither shall I go up ? And he said, 
Unto Hebron. 

2 So David went up thither, and his two 
wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreeliless, and 
Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite. 

3 And his men that were with him did Da- 
vid bring up, every man wilh his household: 
and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 

4 A nd the n«m of Judah came, and there they 
anointed David kingover the house of Judah. 
And they told David, saying, That the men of 
Jahesh-gilead were they that buried Saul. 

5 % And David sent messengers unto the 
men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, 
Blessed he ye of the Lord, that ye have 
shewed this kindness unto your lord, even 
unto Saul, and have buried him. 



P. IT. A salt el slain by Abner, 

6 And now the Lord shew kindness and 
truth unto you: and I also will requite you this 
kindness, because ye have done this thing. 

7 Therefore now let your hands be strength- 
ened, and be ye valiant: for your master 
Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah 
have anointed me king over them. 

8 Tf But Abner the son of Ner, captain of 
Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, 
and brought him over to Mahanaim ; 

9 And made him king over Giiead, and over 
the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over 
Ephraim. and over Benjamin, and over all 
Israel. 

10 ish-bosheth, Saul's son teas forty years 
old when he began to reign over Israel, and 
reigned two years: but the house of Judah 
followed David. 

11 And the time that David was king in 
Hebron, over the house of Judah, was seveii 
years ami six months. 

12 % And Abner the son of Ner, and the 
servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went 
out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. 

13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the 
servants of David went out, and met toge- 
ther by the pool of Gibeon : and they sat 
down, the one on the one side of the pool, 
and the other on the other side of the pool. 

14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young 
men now arise, and play before us. And 
Joab said, Let them arise. 

15 Then there arose, and-went over by num- 
ber, twelve of Benjamin, which pertained 
to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve 
of the servants of David. 

16 And they caught every one bis fellow by 
the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's 
side: so they fell down together: where- 
fore that place was called Ilelkath-hazzu- 
rim, which is in Gibeon. 

17 And there was a very sore battle that 
day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of 
Israel, before the servants of David. 

18 % And there were three sons of Zeruiah 
there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel : and 
Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. 

19 And Asahel pursued after Abner; and 
in going he turned not to the right hand nor 
to the left from following Abner. 

20 Then Abner looked behind him, and 
said, Art thou Asahel ? And he answered, I 
am. 

21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside 
to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee 
hold on one of the young men, and take thee 
his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside 
from following him. 

22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn 
thee aside from following me : wherefore 
should I smite thee to the ground ? how then 
should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? 

23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside : w here- 
fore Abner with the kinder end of the spear 
smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear 
came out behind him ; and he fell down there, 
and died in the same Hace : and it came to 
pass, that as many as came to the place where 
Asahel fell down and died, stood still. 

21 Joab also and Abishai pursued after Ab- 
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awuTssoiw. II. SAMUEL, 

aer : and the sun went down when thev were 
eome to the li ill of Ammah, that lieth before 
Giah, by tiie way of the wildernessof Gibeon. 

25$ And the children of Benjamin gather- 
ed themselves together after A brier, and be- 
came one troop, and stood on the top of a hill. 

26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said, 
Shall the sword devour forever? knowest 
thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter 
end 1 how long shall it be then ere thou bid 
the people return from following their bre- 
thren ? 



Abner revollelh to David. 
of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, 
which against Judah do shew kindness this 
day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his 
brethren, and to his friends, and have not de- 
livered thee into tiie hand of David, that 
thou chargest me to-day with a fault concern- 
ing this woman ? 
9 So do God to Abner, and more also, ex- 
cept, as the Lord hath sworn to David, even 
so I do to him; 
.10 To translate the kindom from the house 
( of Saul, and to set up the throne of David 
27 And Joab said, .4s God hveth, unless j over Israel and over Judah, from Dan evea 



V 



thou hadst spoken, surely then ir» the morn 
i".g the people had gone up every one from 
fallowing his brother. 

23. So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the peo- 
ple stood still, and pursued after Israel no 
more, neither fought tiiey any more. 

29 And Abner and his men walked all that. 
night through the plain, and passed over Jor- 
dan, and went through all Bith-ron, and they 
came to Mahanaim. 

30 And Joab returned from following Ab- 
ner : and when he had gathered all the peo- 
ple together, there lacked of David's ser- 
vants nineteen men, and Asahel. 

31 But the servants of David had smitten of 
Benjamin, and of Aimer's men, so that three 
hundred and threescore men died. 

32 ^j And they took up Asahel, and buried 
him in the sepulchre of his father, which was 
in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went 
all night, and they came to Hebron at break 
*if dav. 

CHAP. III. 
1 During the war David still icaxcth stronger. 
2 Six sons were born to him in Hebron. § Ab- 
ner, displeased with fsh-bosheth, Y'lrevolteth 
to David. 13 David requireth a condition to 
bring him his icifc Michal. 17 Abner having 
communed icith the Israelites, is feasted by 
David, and dismissed. 22 Joab returning 
from battle, is displeased with the king, and 
killcth Abner. 28 David curseth Joab, 31 and 
viourneth for Abner. 

NOW there was long war between the 
house of Saul and the house of David : 
but David waxed stronger and stronger, and 
the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. 

2 ^[ And unto David were sons born in 
Hebron : and his first-born was Amnon, of 
Ahinoain the Jezreelitess; 

3 And his second, Chiieab, of Abigail the 
wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, 
Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of 
Talma i king of Geshur; 

4 And tiie fourth, Adonijah the son of Hag- 
gith ; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of 
Abital ; 

5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah, David's 
wife. These were born to David in Hebron. 

6 ^f And it came to pass, while there was 
war between the house of Saul and the house 
of David, that Abner made himself strong for 
the house of Saul. 

7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name 
was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah : and Ish- 
bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou 
gone in unto my father's concubine ? 

8 Then was Abner verv wroth for the words 



to Beer-shcba. 

11 And he could not answer Abner a word 
again, because he feared him. 

12 And Abner sent messengers to David o« 
his behalf, saying, Whose is the land ? sav- 
ing also, Make thy league with me, and be- 
hold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring 
about all Israel unto thee. 

13 % And he said, Well; I will make a 
league with thee : but one thing I require of 
thee, that is, Thou shall not see my face, 
except thou first bring Michal, Saul's daugh- 
ter, when thou comest to see my face. 

14 And David sent messengers to Ish-bo- 
sheth, Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my 
wife Michal, which I espoused to me for a 
hundred foreskins of the Philistines. 

15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from 
her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of 
Laish. 

1G And her husband went with her along 
weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said 
Abner unto him, Go, return. And he re- 
turned. 

17 T[ And Abner had communication with 
the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for 
David in times past to be king over you : 

18 Now then do it : for the Lord hatli 
spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my 
servant David 1 will save my people Israel 
out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of 
the hand of all their enemies. 

19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Ben- 
jamin : and Abner went also to speak in the 
ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good 
to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole 
house of Benjamin. 

20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and 
twenty men with him : and David made Ab- 
ner, and the men that were with him, a feast. 

21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise 
and go, and will gather all Israel unto my 
lord the king, that they may make a league 
with thee, and that thou mayest reign over 
all that thy heart desireth. "And David sent 
Abner away; and he went in peace. 

22 ^ And behold, the servants of David and 
Joab came from pursuing a troop, and 
brought in a great spoil with them : but Ab- 
ner was not with David in Hebron ; for he 
had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. 

23 When Joab and all the host that was with 
him were come, they told Joab, saying, Ab- 
ner the son of Ner came to the kin<?, and he 
hath sent him away, and he is ^one in peace* 

24 Then Joab came to the king, and said. 
What hast thou done ? behold, Abner came 

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Joab murders Abner. CHAP. 

unto thee: why is it thai thou hast sent liim 
awav, and he is quite gone. '/ 

25 'Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, 
that he came to deceive thee, and to know 
thy going out and thy coming in, and to 
know ail that thou doest. 

2t> And when Joab was come out from Da- 
vid, he sent messengers after Aimer, which 
brought bin again from the well of Sirah : 
but David knew it not. 

27 And when Abner was returned to He- 
bron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak 
with him quietly, and smote him there under 
the fifth rib that he died, for the blood of 
Asahel his brother. 

2? ^ And afterward when David heard it, 
he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless be- 
fore the Lord for evet from the blood of Ab- 
ner the son of Ner : 

29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all 
his father's house ; and let there not fail from 
the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or 
that is a leper, or thatleaneth on a staff, or that 
falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. 

30 So Joab and Ahishai his brother slew 
Abner, because lie had slain their brother 
Asahel atGibeon in the battle. 

31 \\ And David said to Joab, and to all the 
people that were with him. Rend your clothes, 
and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn be- 
fore Abner. And king David himself follow- 
ed the bier. 

32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and 
the king lifted up his voice and wept at the 
grave of Abner; and all the people wept. 

33 And the king lamented over Abner, and 
said, Died Abner as a fool dieth ? 

34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet 
put into fetters : as a man fallelh before 
wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the 
people wept again over him. 

35 And when all the people came to cause 
David to eat meat while it was yet day. Da- 
vid sware, saying, So do God to me, and 
more also, if J taste bread or aught else, till 
the sun be down. 

36 And all the people took notice of it, and 
it pleased them : as whatsoever the king- 
did pleased all the people, 

37 For all the people and all Israel under- 
stood that day that it was not of the king to 
slay Abner the son of Ner. 

38 And the king said unto his servants, 
Know ye not that there is a prince and a 
great man fallen this day in Israel ? 

39 And I am this day weak, though anoint- 
ed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah 
be too hard for me. The Lord shall reward 
the doer of evil according to his wickedness. 

CHAP. TV. 
1 The Israelites being- troubled at the death of 
JJbncr, 2 Baanah and Rechab sla.y Jsh-bosheth, 
and bring his head to Hebron. § J) avid causeth 
them to be slain, and Isk-bos&eth's head to be 
buried. 

AND when Saul's son heard that Abner 
was dead in Hebron, his hands were 
feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 
2 And Saul's sou had two men that were 
captains of bands: the name of the one teas 



IV, V. Ish-bosheth is statm- 

Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, 
the sons of Rimmon aBeerothite, of the chil-. 
dren of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was 
reckoned to Benjamin : 

3 And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and 
were sojourners there until this day.) 

4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that 
was lame o\his feet : lie was five years old 
when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan 
out of Je/rcel, and his nurse took him up, 
and fled : and it came to pass, as she made 
haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. 
And his name icas Mephibosheth. 

5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerotlure, 
Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about 
the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bo- 
sheth, who lay on a bed at noon. 

Ajid they came thither into the midst of 
the house, as though they would have fetched 
wheat; and they smote him under the fifth 
rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother 
escaped. 

7 For when they came into the house, he 
lay on his bed in his bed-chamber, and they 
smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, 
and took his head, and gat them away through 
the plain all night. 

8 And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth 
unto David" to Hebron, and said to the king, 
Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of 
Said thy enemy, which sought thy life; and 
the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this 
day of Saul and of his seed. 

9 ^f And David answered Rechab and 
Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the 
Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord 
liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all 
adversity, 

10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul 
is dead, (thinking to have brought good ti- 
dings,) I took hold of him, and slew him in 
Ziklag, who thought that 1 would have given 
him a reward for his lidings: 

11 How much more, when wicked men 
have slain a righteous person in his own 
house upon his bed ? shall I not therefore 
now require his blood ofyour hand, and take 
you away from the earth ? 

12 And David commanded his young men, 
and they slew them, and cut oft' their hands 
and their feet, and hanged them up over the 
pool in Hebron. But they took the head of 
Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre 
of Abner in Hebron. 

CHAP. V. 
1 The tribes come to Hebron to anoint David 
owe? Israel. A David's age. 6 He taking Z ion 
from the Jebusites dicelleth in it. 11 Hiram 
sendeth to J)avid. 13 Eleven sons are born to 
him in Jerusalem. 1? David directed by God 
smitcth the Philistines at Baal-pcrazim, 22 
and again at the mulberry-trees. 
TfflHEN came all the tribes of Israel to 
JL David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, 
Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 
2 Also in time past, when Saul was king 
over us, thou wast he that leddest out and 
broughtest in Israel : and the Lord said to 
thee. Thou shaltfeed my people Israel, and 
thou shalt be a captain over Israel. 
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[)<wul made Icing over all Israel. II. SA 

3 So if!) the elders of Israel came to the king 
to Hebron ; and king David made a league 
with them in Hebron before the Loud: and 
tln/v anointed David king over Israel. 

•1 *|T David was thirty years old when he 
began to reign, and\\e reigned forty years. 

5 In Hebron lie reigned over Jndah seven 
years and six months: and in Jerusalem he 
t signed thirty and three years over all Israel 
and Judah. 

6*[ And the king and his men went to Je- 
rusalem unto the Jebusites the inhabitants of 
the land : which spake unto David, saying, 
Except thou take away the blind ami the 
lame, thou shalt not come in hither : think- 
ing. David cannot come in hither. 

7 Nevertheless, David took the strong hold 
of Zion : the same is the city of David. 

8 And David said on that day, Whosoever 
geiteih up to the gutter, andsmiteth the Jehu- 
sites, and the lame and the blind, thai are 
hated of David's sou!, he shall be chief and 
captain. Wherefore they said, The blind 
and the lame shall not come into the house. 

9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it, 
The city of David. And David built round 
about from Millo and inward. 

10 And David went on, and grew great, and 
the Lord God of hosts was with him. 

11 1[ And Hiram king of Tyre sent messen- 
gers to David, and cedar- trees, and carpen- 
ters, and masons : and they baik David a 
house. 

12 And David perceived that the. Lord had 
established him king over Israel, and that he 
had exalted his kingdom for his people Is- 
rael's sake. 

13 *{\ And David took him more concubines 
and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was 
come from Hebron : and there were yet sons 
and daughters b--;-n to David. 

14 And these be. the names of those that were 
born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, 
and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 

15 lobar also, and Eitshua, andNepheg, and 
Japhia, 

18 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eli- 
phalet. 

17 «j But when the Philistines heard that 
they had anointed David king over Israel, 
all the Philistines came up to seek David; 
and David heard of it, and went down to 
the hold. 

18 The Philistines also came and spread 
themselves in Ihe valley of Rephaim. 

19 And David inquired of the Lord, sav- 
ing, Shall I go i\p to the Philistines '? wilt 
thou deliver them into my hand ! And the 
Lord said unto David,, Go up: for I will 
doubtless deliver the Philistines into thy hand. 

20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and 
Dav'ufsmote them there, and raid, The Lord 
hath broken forth upon mine enemies before 
me, as the breach of waters. Thereforehe 
railed the name of that place Baal-perazim. 

2i And there they left their images, and 
David and his men burned them. 

22 51 And the Philistines came up yet again, 
and spread themselves in the valley of Re- 
phaim. 



LtiUEL. He bring etk tiie ark to Zion, 

23 And when David inquired of the Lord, 
he said, Thou shait not go up: but fetch a 
compass behind them, and come upon them 
over against the mulberry-trees. 

24 And let it be, when thou hearest the 
sound of a going in the tops of the mulber- 
ry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: 
for then shall the Lord go out before" thee, 
to smite the host of the Philistines, 

25 And David did so as the Lord had com- 
manded him ; and smote the Philistines froru 
Geba until thou come to Gazer. 

CHAP. VI. 
IDaoid fetchcth the ark from Kirjathfeavin 
on a utic cart. 6 Uzzak is smitten at Perez- 
-uzzah. 11 God blesseth Obed-edom for theark. 
12 David bringing the ark into Zion with sa- 
crifices, ditneeth before it, for which Michal 
despiscth him. 17 He place th it in a tabernacle 
icith great jov and feasting. 20 Michal repro- 
ving David' for his religisiis joy is childless 
to her death. 

AGAIN, David gathered together all the 
chosen mem of Israel, thirty thousand. 

2 And David arose, and went with all the 
people that were with him from Baale of 
Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of 
God, whose name is called by the name of 
The Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the 
cherubims. 

3 And they set the ark of God upon a new 
cart, and br?ughtit out of the house of Abina- 
d ab that was in Gibeah : and Uzzah and 
Ahio the sons of Abinadab drave the new cart. 

4 And they brought it out of the house of 
Abinadab, which was at Gibeah, accompany- 
ing the ark of God : and Ahio went before 
the ark. 

5 And David and ail the house of Israel 
played before the Lord on all manner af in- 
struments made of fir- wood, even on harp*, 
and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on 
cornets, and on cymbals. 

651 And when they came to Nachon'sthresh- 
iiiff-fioor, Uzzah put forth his hmid to the 
ark of God, and took hold of it : for the oxen 
shook it. 

7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled 
against Uzzah, Nand Gou smote him therefor 
his error; and there he died bv the ark of 
God. 

8 And David was displeased, because the 
Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah : and 
he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah 
to this day. 

9 And David was afraid of the Lord that 
day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord 
come to me ? 

10 So David would not remove the ark o! 
the Lord unto him into toe city of David: but 
David carried it aside into the house of Obed- 
edom the Gittite. 

11 And the ark of the Lord continued in 
the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three 
months : and the Lord blessed Obed-edom 
and all his household. 

12 51 And it was told king David, saying, 
The Lord hath blessed the" house of Obed- 
edom, and all that periaineth unto him, be- 
cause of the ark of God. So David went 

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David danceth before the ark. 

and brought up the ark of God from the house 

of Obed-edom into the city of David with 

gladness. 

13 And it was so, that when they that bare 
the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he 
sacrificed oxen and fadings. 

14 And David danced before the Lord with 
all his might; and David was girded with a 
linen ephod. 

15 So David and all the house of Israel 
Drought up the ark of the Lord with shout- 
ing, and with the sound of the trumpet. 

16 And as the ark of the Lord came into 
the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, 
looked through a window, and saw king 
David leaping and dancing before the Lord ; 
and she despised him in her heart. 

17 % And they brought in the ark of the 
Lord, and set it in his place, in the midst of 
the tabernacle that David had pitched for it : 
and David offered burnt-offerings and peace- 
offerings before the Lord. 

18 And as soon as David had made an end 
of offering burnt-offerings and peace-offer- 
ings, he blessed the people in the name of 
the Lord of hosts. 

19 And he dealt among all the people, even 
among the whole multitude of Israel, as well 
to the women as men, to every one a cake of 
bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon 
of wine. So all the people departed every 
one to his house. 

20 1[ Then David returned to bless his house- 
hold. And Michal the daughter of Saul came 
out to meet David, and said, How glorious 
was the king of Israel to-day, who uncover- 
ed himself to-day in the eyes of the hand- 
maids of his servants, as one of the vain fel- 
lows shamelessly uncovereth himself! 

21 And David said unto Michal, It was be- 
fore the Lord, which chose me before thy 
father, and before all his house, to appoint 
me ruler over the people of the Lord, over 
Israel : therefore will I play before the Lord. 

22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, 
and will be base in mine own sight: and of 
the maid-servants which thou hast spoken of, 
of them shall I be had in honour. 

23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul 
had no child unto the day of her death. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Nathan first approving" the purpose of David 
to build God an house, 4 after by the word of 
Oodforbiddethhim. 12 He promiseth him bene- 
fits and blessings in his seed. 18 David's pray- 
er and thanksgiving. 

AND it came to pass, when the king sat 
in his house, and the Lord had given 
him rest round about from all his enemies, 

2 That the king said unto Nathan the pro- 
phet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, 
but the ark of God dwelleth; within curtains. 

3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all 
that is in thy heart : for the Lord is with 
thee. 

4 H And it came to pass that night, that the 
word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying, 

5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus'saith 
the Lord, Shaltthou build me a house for 
me to dwell in ? 

11 L 



CHAP. VII. God's promises to David. 

6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house 



since the time that I brought up the children 
of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but 
have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 

7 In all the places wherein I have walked 
with all the children of Israel spake I a word 
with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I com 
manded to feed my people Israel, saying, 
Why build ye not me a house of cedar ? 

8 Now therefore, so shalt thou say unto mv 
servant David, Thus saith the Lord of host's 
I took thee from the sheep-cote, from fol- 
lowing the sheep, to be ruler over my people, 
over Israel : 

9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou 
wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies 
out of thy sight, and have made thee a great 
name, like unto the name of the great men 
that are in the earth. 

10 Moreover, I will appoint a place for my 
people Israel, and will plant them, that they 
may dwell in a place of their own, and move 
no more ; neither shall the children of wick- 
edness afflict them any more as befo retime. 

11 And as since the time that I commanded 
judges to be over my people Israel, and have 
caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. 
Also the Lord telleth thee that he will make 
thee a house. 

12 ^[ And when thy days be fulfilled, and 
thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set 
up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed 
out of thy bowels, and I will establish his 
kingdom. 

13 He shall build a house for my name, and 
I will establish the throne of his kingdom 
for ever. 

14 I will be his father, and he shall be my 
son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten 
him with the rod of men, and with the stripes 
of the children of men : 

15 But my mercy shall not depart away 
from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I 
put away before thee. 

16 And thy house and thy kingdom shall be 
established for ever before thee: thy throne 
shall be established for ever. 

17 According to all these words, and ac- 
cording to all this vision, so did Nathan speak 
unto David. 

18 If Then went king David in, and sat be- 
fore the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O 
Lord God ? and what is my house, that thou 
hast brought me hitherto ? 

19 And this was yet a small thing in thy 
sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken 
also of thy servant's house for a great while 
to come. And is this the manner of man, 
O Lord God? 

20 And what can David say more unto thee ? 
forthou, Lord God, knowest thy servant. 

21 For thy word's sake, and according to 
thine own heart, hast thou done all these 
great things, to make thy servant know them. 

22 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God : 
for there is none like thee, neither is there 
any God besides thee, according to all that 
we have heard with our ears. 

23 And what one nation in the earths like 
thv people, evenWke Israel, whom God went 

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David subdues his enemies. 
to redeem for a people to himself, and to 
make him a name, and to do for you great 
great things and terrible, for thy land, before 
thy people which thou redeemedst to thee 
from Egypt, from the nations and their gods ? 

24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy 
people Israel to be a people unto thee for 
ever: and thou, Lord, art become their God. 

25 And now, O Lord God,' the word that 
thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, 
and concerning his house, establish it for 
ever, and do as thou hast said. 

26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, 
saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over 
Israel : and let the house of thy servant Da- 
vid be established before thee. 

27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Is- 
rael, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I 
will build thee a house: therefore hath thy 
servant found in his heart to pray this prayer 
unto thee. 

28 And now, O Lord God, thou art that 
God, and thy words be true, and thou hast 
promised this goodness unto thy servant : 

29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless 
the house of thy servant, that it may conti- 
nue for ever before thee : for thou, O Lord 
God, hast spoken it : and with thy blessing 
Jet the house of thy servant be blessed for 
ever. 

CHAP. VIII. 

1 David subdueth the Philistines and the Moab- 
ites. 3 Hesmiteth Hadadezer, and the Syrians. 
D Toi sendeth Joram with presents to bless him. 
11 The presents and the spoil David dedica- 
ted to God. 14 Heputteth garrisons in Edom. 
16 David's officers. 

A ND after this it came to pass, that David 
r l\. smote the Philistines, and subdued 
them : and David took Metheg-ammah out 
of the hand of the Philistines. 

2 And lie smote Moab, and measured them 
with a line, casting them down to the ground ; 
even with two lines measured he to put to 
death, and with one full line to keep alive. 
And so the Moabjtes became David's ser- 
vants, and brought gifts. 

3 Tf David smote also Hadadezer, the son 
of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to re- 
cover his border at the river Euphrates. 

4 And David took from him a thousand 
chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and 
twenty thousand footmen : and David hough- 
ed all the chariot-7i0rse.9, but reserved of 
them for a hundred chariots. 

5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came 
-.to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, Da- 
vid slew of the Syrians two and twenty 
thousand men. 

(5 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Da- 
mascus : and the Syrians became servants to 
David, and brought gifts. And the Lord 
preserved David whithersoever he went. 

7 And David took the shields of gold that 
were on the servants of Hadadezer, and 
brought them to Jerusalem. 

8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities 
of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding 
much brass. 

9 If When Toi king of Hamath heard that 



II. SAMUEL. His kindness to Jonathan's son. 
David had smitten all the hostof Hadadezer, 

10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king 
David, to salute him, and to bless him, be- 
cause he haql fought against Hadadezer, and 
smitten him: (for Hadadezer had wars with 
Toi.) And Joram brought with him ves- 
sels of silver, and vessels of gold, and ves- 
sels of brass : 

11 Which also king David did dedicate unto 
the Lord, with the silver and gold that he 
had dedicated of all nations which he sub- 
dued ; 

12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the chil- 
dren of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and 
of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer 
son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 

13 And David gat him a name when he re- 
turned from smiting of the Syrians in the val- 
ley of Salt, being eighteen thousand men. 

14 1f And he put garrisons in Edom ; through- 
out all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of 
Edom became David's servants. And the 
Lord preserved David whithersoever he 
went. 

15 And David reigned over all Israel; and 
David executed judgment and justice unto 
all his people. 

16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over 
the host ; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud 
icais recorder ; 

17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahi- 
melech the son of Abiathar, were the priests ; 
and Seraiah was the scribe; 

18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was 
over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites ; 
and David's sons were chief rulers. 

CHAP. IX. 

1 David by Ziba sendeth for Mephibosheth. 7 

For Jonathan's sake he entertaineth him at 

his table, and restoreth him all that was SauVs. 

9 He maketh Ziba his farmer. 

AND David said, Is there yet any that is 
left of the house of Saul, that I may 
shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake ? 

2 And there was of the house of Saul a ser- 
vant whose name was Ziba. And when they 
had called him unto David, the king said unto 
him, Art thou Ziba ? And he said, Thy ser- 
vant is he. 

3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of 
the house of Saul, that I may shew the kind- 
ness of God unto him? Ancl Ziba said unto 
the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which 13 
lame on his feet. 

4 And the king said unto him, Where is 
he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, 
he is in the house of Machir, the son of Am- 
miel, in Lo-debar. 

5 <Jf Then king David sent, and fetched him 
out of the house of Machir, the son of Am- 
miel, from Lo-debar. 

6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jo- 
nathan, the son of Saul, was come unto Da- 
vid, he fell on his face, and did reverence. 
And David said, Mephibosheth. And he an- 
swered, Behold thy servant ! 

7 If And David said unto him, Fear not: 
for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jo- 
nathan thy father's sake, and will restore 
thee all the land of Saul thy father; and 

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His messengers dishonoured. 



CHAP. X, XI. Ammonites and Syrians overcome. 



thou slialt cat bread at my table continually. 
£ And he bowed himself, and said, What is 
thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon 
such a dead dog as I am ? 

9 1T Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's 
servant, and said unto him, I have given 
unto thy master's son all that pertained to 
Saul, and to all his house. 

10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy 
servants, shall till the land for him, and thou 
shalt bring in the fruits that thy master's son 
may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy 
master's son shall eat bread alway at my ta- 
ble. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty 
servants. 

11 Then said Ziba unto the king, Accord- 
ing to all that my lord the king hath com- 
manded his servant, so shall thy servant do. 
As for Mephibosheth, said the king; he shall 
eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. 

12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, 
whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt 
in the house of Ziba were servants unto Me- 
phibosheth. 

13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem : 
for he did eat continually at the king's table ) 
and was lame on both his feet. 

CHAP. X. 

1 David's messengers sent to comfort Hanun 
the son of Nahash, arc villainously entreated. 
6 The Ammonites, strengthened by the Syrians, 
are overcome by Joab and Abishai. 15 Shobach 
making a new supply of the Syrians at Hclam, 
is slain by David 

AND it came to pass after this, that the 
king of the children of Amnion died, 
and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. 

2 Then said David, I will shew kindness 
unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father 
shewed kindness unto me. And David sent 
to comfort him by the hand of his servants 
for his father. And David's servants came 
into the land of the children of Amnion. 

3 And the princes of the children of Ammon 
said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou 
that David doth honcur thy father, that he 
hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not 
David rather sent his servants unto thee, to 
search the city, and to spy it out, and to over- 
throw it? 

4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, 
and shaved off the one half of their beards, 
and cutoff their garments in the middle, even 
to their buttocks, and sent them away. 

5 When they told it unto David, he sent to 
meet them, because the men were greatly 
ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jeri- 
cho until your beards be grown, and then 
return. 

6 *|[ And when the children of Amnion saw 
that they stank before David, the children of 
Ammon 3ent and hired the Syrians of Beth- 
rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty 
thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a 
thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thou- 
sand men. 

7 And when David heard of it, he sent 
Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 

3 And the children of Ammon came out, 
and put the battle in array at the entering in 



of the gate : and the Syrians of Zobah and 
of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah were by 
themselves in the field. 

9 When Joab saw that the front of the bat- 
tle was against him before and behind, he 
chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put 
them in array against the Syrians: 

10 And the rest of the people he delivered 
into the hand of Abishai his brother, ihat he 
might put them in array against the children 
of Ammon. 

11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong 
for me, then thou shalt help me : but if the 
children of Ammon be too strong for thee, 
then I will come and help thee. 

12 Be of good courage, and let us play the 
men for our people, and for the cities of our 
God: and the Lord d§ that which seemeth 
him good. 

13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that 
were with him, unto the battle against the 
Syrians : and they fled before him. 

14 And when the children of Ammon saw 
that, the Syrians were fled, then fled they 
also before Abishai, and entered into the 
city. So Joab returned from the children 
of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 

15 If And when the Syrians saw that they 
were smitten before Israel, they gathered, 
themselves together. 

16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought out 
the Syrians that were beyond the river: and 
they came to Heiam : and Shobach the cap- 
tain of the host of Hadarezer went before 
them. 

17 And when it was told David, he gather- 
ed all Israel together, and passed over Jor- 
dan, and came to Helam. And the S\ 
set themselves in array against David, a 
fought with him. 

J 8 And the Syrians, fled before Israel * and 
David slew the men of seven hundred cha- 
riots of the Syrians, and forty thousand , 
horsemen, and smote Shobach the captairi 
of their host, who died there. 

19 And when all the kings that were ser- 
vants to Hadarezer saw that they were smit- 
ten before Israel, they made peace with Is- 
rael, and served them. So the Syrians feared 
to help the children of Ammon any more^ 

CHAP. XL 

1 While Joab besieged Rabbah, David commit- 
teth adidtery with Balh-shcba. 6 Uriah sent 
for by David to cover the adultery, would not 
go home neither sober nor drunken. 14 He car- 
ricth to Joab the letter of his death. 18 Joab 
sendeth the netos thereof to David. 26 David 
takcth Bath-sheba to wife. 

AND it came to pass, after the year was 
expired, at the time when kings go forth 
to battle, that David sent Joab, and his ser- 
vants with him, and all Israel; and they de- 
stroyed the children of Amnion, and besieged 
Rabbah. ButDavid tarried still at Jerusalem, 
2 If And it came to pass in an evening-tide, 
that David arose from off his bed, and walk- 
ed upon the roof of the king's house : and 
from the roof he saw a woman washing her- 
self- and the woman was very beautiful to 
look upon. 0/ <> 









David's adultery with Bath-sheba. II. SAMUEL. 



TVie parable of Nathan. 



3 And David sent and inquired after the 
woman. And one said, Is not this Bath- 
sheba the daughter of Eliam, the wife of 
Uriah the Hittite ? 

4 And David sent messengers and took her : 
and she came in unto him, and he lay with 
her ; (for she was purified from her unclean- 
ness:) and she returned unto her house. 

5 And the woman conceived, and sent and 
told David, and said, I am with child. 

6 If And David sent to Joab, saying, Send 
me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah 
to David. 

7 And when Uriah was come unto him, Da- 
vid demanded of him how Joab did, and how 
the people did, and how the war prospered. 

8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy 
house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah de- 
parted out of the king's house, and there 
followed him a mess of meat from the king. 

9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's 
house with all the servants of his lord, and 
went not down to his house. 

10 And when they had told David, saying, 
Uriah went not down unto his house, David 
said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy 
journey ? why then didst thou not go down 
unto thy house ? 

• 11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, 
and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and 
my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord 
are encamped in the open fields; shall I then 
go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to 
lie with my wife ? As thou livest, and as thy 
soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 

12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here 
to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee 
depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that 
day and the morrow. 

13 And when David had called him, he did 
eat and drink before him; and he made him 
chunk : and at even he went out to lie on his 
bed with the servants of his lord, but went 
not down to his house. 

14 II And it came to pass in the morning, 
that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent 
it by the hand of Uriah. 

15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set 
ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest bat- 
tle, and retire ye from him, that he may be 
smitten, and die. 

16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed 
the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place 
where he knew that valiant men were. 

17 And the men of the city went out, and 
fought with Joab : and there fell some of the 
people of the servants of David ; and Uriah 
the Hittite died also. 

18 ^ Then Joab sent and told David all the 
tilings concerning the war; 

19 And charged the messenger, saying, 
When thou hast made an end of telling the 
matters of the war unto the king, 

20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, 
and he say unto thee, Wherefore approach- 
ed ye so nigh unto the city when ye did 
fight? knew ye not that they would shoot 
from the wall ? 

21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerub- 
beshelh? did not a woman cast a p'ece of a 



mill-stone upon him from the wall that he 
died in Thebez ? why went ye nigh the 
wall? Then say thou, Thy servant Uriah 
the Hittite is dead also. 

22 ^[ So the messenger went, and came and 
shewed David all that Joab had sent him for. 

23 And the messenger said unto David, 
Surely the men prevailed against us, and 
came out unto us into the field, and we were 
upon them even unto the entering of the gate. 

24 And the shooters shot from off the wall 
upon thy servants: and some of the king's 
servants" be dead, and thy servant Uriah the 
Hittite is dead also. 

25 Then David said unto the messenger, 
Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this 
thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth 
one as well as another: make thy battle 
more strong against the city, and overthrow 
it: and encourage thou him. 

26 % And when the wife of Uriah heard 
that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourn- 
ed for her husband. 

27 And when the mourning was past, Da- 
vid sent and fetched her to his house, and 
she became his wife, and bare him a son. 
But the thing that David had done displeased 
the Lord. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 Nathan's par able of the ewe-lamb causcth Da- 
vid to be his own judge. 7 David, reproved by 
Nathan, confesseth his sin, and is pardoned. 
15 David mourneth and pray eth for the child, 
while it lived. 24 Solomon is born, and named 
Jedidiah. 26 David taketh Rabbah, and tor- 
tureth the people thereof. 

AND the Lord sent Nathan unto David. 
And he came unto him, and said unto 
him, There were two men in one city; t!ie 
one rich, and the other poor. 

2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks 
and herds : 

3 But the poor man had nothing save one 
little ewe-lamb, which he had bought and 
nourished up : and it grew up together with 
him, and with his children ; it did eat of his 
own meat, and drank of his own cup, and 
lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a 
daughter. 

4 And there came a traveller unto the rich 
man, and he spared to take of his own flock 
and of his own herd, to dress for the way- 
faring man that was come unto him; but 
took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for 
the man that was come to him. 

5 And David's anger was greatly kindled 
against the man ; and he said to Nathan, As 
the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this 
thing' shall surely die. 

6 And he shall restore the Iamb four-fold, 
because he did this thing, and because he 
had no pity. 

7 <fi And Nathan said to David, Thou art 
the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Is- 
rael, I anointed thee king over Israel, and 1 
delivered thee oul of the hand of Saul ; 

8 And I gave thee thy master's house, and 
thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave 
thee the house of Israel and of Judah ; and if 
that had been too little, I would moreover 

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David confesseth his sin, CHAP. 

have given unto thee such and such things. 

9 Wherefore hast thou despised the com- 
mandment of the Lord, to do evil in his 
sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite 
with the sword, and hast taken his wife to 
be thv wife, and hast slain him with the 
sword of the children of Amnion. 

10 Now therefore the sword shall never 
depart from thy house; because thou hast 
despised me, and hast taken the wife of 
Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 

11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold I will raise 
up evil against thee out of thine own house, 
and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, 
and give them unto thy neighbour, and he 
shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 

12 For thou didst it secretly : but I will do 
this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 

13 And David said unto Nathan, 1 have sin- 
ned against the Lord. And Nathan said 
unto David, The Lord also hath put away 
thy sin ; thou shalt not die. 

14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast 
given great occasion to the enemies of the 
Lord to blaspheme, the child also thai is 
born unto thee shall surely die. 

15 ^1 And Nathan departed unto his house. 
And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's 
wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 

16 David therefore besought God for the 
child: and David fasted, and went in, and 
lay all night upon the earth. 

17 And the elders of his house arose, and 
went to him, to raise him up from the earth : 
but he would not, neither did he eat bread 
with them. 

18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, 
that the child died. And the servants of Da- 
vid feared to tell him that the child was dead : 
for they said, Behold, while the child was yet 
alive, we spake unto him, and he would not 
hearken untoourvoice: howwillhethenvex 
himself, if we tell him that the child is dead ? 

19 But when David saw that his servants 
whispered, David perceived that the child 
was dead : therefore David said unto his ser- 
vants, Is the child dead ? And they said, He 
is dead. 

20 Then David arose from the earth, and 
washed, and anointed himself, and changed 
his apparel, and came into the house of the 
Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his 
own house; and when he required, they set 
bread before him, and he did eat. 

21 Then said his servants unto him, What 
thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst 
fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; 
but when the child was dead, thou didst rise 
and eat bread. 

22 And he said, While the child was yet 
alive, I fasted, and wept: for I said, Who 
can tell whether God will be gracious to me, 
that the child may live ? 

23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I 
fast? can I bring him back again ? I shall go 
to him, but he shall not return to me. 

24 ^[ And David comforted Bath-sheba his 
wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: 
and she bare a son, and he called his name 
Solomon : and the Lord loved him. 



XIII. Amnon loveth Tamar* 

25 And he sent by the hund of Nathan the 
prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, 
because of the Lord. 

26 % And Joab fought against Rabbah of the 
children of Ammon, and took the royal city. 

27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and 
said, I have fought against Rabbah, and 
have taken the city of waters. 

28 Now therefore gather the rest of the peo- 
ple together, and encamp against the city, 
and take it : lest I take the city, and it be 
called after my name. 

29 And David gathered all the people toge 
ther, and went to Rabbah, and fought against 
it, and took it. 

30 And he took their king's crown from ofi 
his head, (the weight whereof was a talent 
of gold with the precious stones,) and it was 
set on David's head. And he brought forth 
the spoil of the city in great abundance. 

31 And hebroughtforth the people \hatwere 
therein, and put them under saws and under 
harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and 
made them pass through the brick-kiln : and 
thus did he unto all the cities of the children 
of Ammon. So David and all the people re- 
turned unto Jerusalem. 

CHAP. XIII. 
I Amnon loving Tamar, by Jonadab" 1 s counsel 
feigning himself sick, ravisheth her. 15 He 
hateth her, and shamefully turneth her away. 
19 Absalom cntcrtaineth her, and conceaicth 
his purpose. %3At a sheep- shearing, among all 
the king's sons, he killcth Amnon. 30 David 
grieving at the news is comforted by Jonadab. 
37 Absalom fieeth to Talmaiat Geshur. 

AND it came to pass after this, that Ab- 
salom the son of David had a fair sis- 
ter, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon 
the son of David loved her. 

2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell : 
sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a vir- 
gin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to 
do any thing to her. 

3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name 
was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's 
brother: and Jonadab was a very subtle man. 

4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, be- 
ing- the kind's son, lean from day to day? wilt 
thou not tell me ? And Amnon said un'to him, 
I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. 

5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee 
down on thy bed, and make thyself sick : and 
when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto 
him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, 
and give me meat, and dress the meat in my 
sight, that I may see it, and entit at herhrr.fri. 

6 *ff So Amnon lay down, and made himself 
sick: and when the king was come to see 
him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, 
let Tamar my sister come, and make me a 
couple of cakes in my sight, that I may cat 
at her hand. 

7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, 
Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and 
dress him meat. 

8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's 
house; and he was lain down. And she took 
flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his 
sight, and did bake the cakes. 

9 And she took a pan, and poured them out 

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Amnon defiletk Tamar. II. SAMUEL. 

before him; but he refused to eat. And Am- 
non said, Have out all men from me. And 
they went out every man from him. 

10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the 
meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thy 
hand. And Tarnar took the cakes which 
she had made, and brought them into the 
chamber to Amnon her brother. 

11 And when she had brought them unto 
him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto 
her, Come lie with me, my sister. 

12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, 
do not force me; for no such thing ought to 
be rfone in Israel : do not thou this foliy. 

13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame 
to go ? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one 
of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray 
thee, speak unto the king; for he will not 
withhold me from thee. 

14 flowbeit, he would not hearken unto her 
voice : but being stronger than she, forced 
her, and lay with her. 

15 ^[ Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; 
so that the hatred wherewith he hated her 
was greater than the love wherewith he had 
loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, 
be gone. 

16 And she said unto him, There is no 
cause : this evil in sending me away is great- 
er than the other that thou didst unto me. 
But he would not hearken unto her. 

17 Then he called his servant that minister- 
ed unto him, and said, Put now this woman 
out from me, and bolt the door after her. 

18 And she had a garment of divers colours 
upon her: for with such robes were the 
king's daughters that were virgins apparel- 
Jed. Then his servant brought her out, and 
bolted the door after her. 

19 Tf And Tamar put ashes on her head, 
and rent her garment of divers colours that 
was on her, and laid her hand on her head, 
and went on crying. 

20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, 
Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee 1 
but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy 
brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar 
remained desolate in her brother Absalom's 
house. 

21 *|[ But when king David heard of all 
these things, he was very wroth. 

22 And Absalom spake unto his brother 
Amnon neither good nor bad : for Absalom 
imted Amnon, because he had forced his 
sister Tamar. 

93 «[ And it came to pass after two full 
vears, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in 
feaal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and 
Absalom invited all the king's sons. 

24 And Absalom came to the king, and 
said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheep- 
shearers: let the king, I beseech thee, and 
his servants go with thy servant. 

25 And the 4ring said to Absalom, Nay, my 
son, let us not all now go, lest we be charge- 
able unto thee. And lie pressed him: how- 
beit he would not go, but blessed him. 

26 Then said Absalom, If not, I p^-ay thee, let 
my brother Amnon go with us. And the king 
said unto him, Why should he go with thee ? 



Absalom killeth Amnon. 

27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let 
Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. 

23 *ft Now Absalom had commanded his 
servants, saying, Mark ye now when Am- 
non's heart is merry witli wine, and when I 
say unto you, Smite Amnon ; then kill him, 
fear not: have not I commanded you? be 
courageous, and be valiant. 

29 And the servants of Absalom did unto 
Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then 
all the king's sons arose, and every man gat 
him up upon his mule, and fled. 

30 If And it came to pass, while they were 
in the way, that tidings came to David, say- 
ing, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, 
and there is not one of them left. 

31 Then the king arose, and tare his gar- 
ments and lay on the earth ; and all his ser 
vants stood by with their clothes rent. 

32 And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, Da- 
vid's brother, answered and said, Let not my 
lord suppose that they have slain all the 
young men the king's sons; for Amnon only 
is dead : for by the appointment of Absalom 
this hath been determined from the day that 
he forced his sister Tamar. 

33 Now therefore let not my lord the king 
take the thing to his heart, to think that all 
the king's sons are dead : for Amnon only is 
dead. 

34 But Absalom fled. And the young man 
that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and 
looked, and behold, there came much people 
by the way of the hill-side behind him. 

35 And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, 
the king's sons come: as thy servant said, 
so it is. 

36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had 
made an end of speaking, that behold, the 
king's sons came, and lifted up their voice 
and wept : and the king also and all his ser- 
vants wept very sore. 

37 % But Absalom fled, and went to Tal- 
mai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. 
And David mourned for his son every day. 

38 So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, 
and was there three years. 

39 And the soul of king David longed to go 
forth unto Absalom : for he was comforted 
concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. 

CHAP. XIV. 
J Joab, suborning a widow of Tekoah, by a pa- 
rable to incline the king's heart to fetch home 
Absalom, bringeth him to Jerusalem. 25 Ab- 
salom's beauty, hair, and children. -28After 
two years, Absalom by Joab is brought into 
the king's presence. 

NOW Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived 
that the king's heart was toward Absa- 
lom. 

2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched 
thence a wise woman, and said unto her, 1 
pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and 
put" on now mourning apparel, and anoint 
not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that 
had a long time mourned for the dead : 

3 And come to the king, and speak on this 
manner unto him. So Joab put the words 
in her mouth. 

4 ^ And when the woman of Tekoah spake 
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The mdotc of Tekodtis parable. CHAP. XV. 
to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, 
and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. 

5 And the king said unto her, What ailelh 
thee ? And she answered, I am indeed a wi- 
dow woman, and my husband is dead. 

6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they 
two strove together in the field, and there 
van none to part them, but the one smote the 
other, and slew him. 

7 And behold, the whole family is risen 
against thy handmaid, and they said, Deliver 
Jinn that smote his brother, that we may kill 
Iiiin, for the life of his brother whom he slew ; 
and we will destroy the heir also: and so 
they shall quench my coal which is left, and 
shall not leave to my husband neither name 
nor remainder upon the earth. 

8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to 
thy house, and I will give charge concerning 
thee. 

9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the 
king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, 
and on my father's house : and the king and 
his throne be guiltless. 

10 And the king said, Whosoever saith 
aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he 
shall not touch thee any more. 

11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king 
remember the Lord thy God, that thou 
wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to 
destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. 
And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall 
not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. 

12 Then the woman said, Let thy hand- 
maid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my 
lord the king. And he said, Say on. 

13 And the woman said, Wherefore then 
hast thou thought such a thing against the 
people of God? for the king doth speak this 
thing as one which is faulty, in that the king 
doth not fetch home again his banished. 

14 For we must needs die, and are as wa- 
ter spilt on the ground, which cannot be ga- 
thered up again; neither doth God respect 
any person : yet doth he devise means, that 
his banished be not expelled from him. 

15 Now therefore that I am come to speak 
of this thing unto my lord the king, it is be- 
cause the people have made me afraid : and 
thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the 
king; it may be that the king will perform 
the request of his handmaid. 

16 For the king will hear, to deliver his 
handmaid out of the hand of the man that 
icculd destroy me and my son together out of 
the inheritance of God. 

17 Then thy handmaid said, The word of 
my lord the king shall now be comfortable : 
for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king 
to discern good and bad : therefore the Lord 
thy God will be with thee. 

18 Then the king answered and said unto 
the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, 
the thins that I shall ask thee. And the wo- 
man said, Let my lord the lung now speak. 

19 And the king said, Is not the hand of 
Joab with thee in all this ? And the woman 
answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my 
lord the king, none can turn to the right nana" 
or to the left from aught that mv lord the 



Absalom returns home. 
king hath spoken : for thy servant Joab, he 
bade me, and he put all these words in the 
mouth of thy handmaid: 

20 To fetch about this form of speech hath 
thy servant Joab done this thing: and my 
lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an 
angel of God, to know all things that are in 
the earth. 

21 % And the king said unto Joab, Behold 
now, I have done this thing : go therefore, 
bring the young man Absalom again. 

22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, 
and bowed himself, and thanked the king : 
and Joab said, To-day thy servant knoweth 
that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, 

king, in that the king hath fulfilled the re 
quest of his servant. 

23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and 
brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 

24 And the king said, Let him turn to his 
own house, and let him not see my face. So 
Absalom returned to his own house, and saw 
not the king's face. 

25 ^1 But in all Israel there was none to be 
so much praised as Absalom for his beauty : 
from the sole of his foot even to the crown 
of his head there was no blemish in him. 

2G And when he polled his head, (for it was 
at every year's end that lie polled it ; ) ecause 
the hair was heavy on him, therefore he poll- 
ed it;) he weighed the hair of his head at 
two hundred shekels after the king's weight. 

27 And unto Absalom there were born three 
sons, and one daughter, whose name was Ta- 
mar : she was a woman of a fair countenance. 

28 % So Absalom dwelt two full years in Je- 
rusalem, and saw not the king's face. 

29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have 
sent him to the king ; but he would not come 
to him : and when he sent again the second 
time, he would not come. 

30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, 
Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley 
there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's 
servants set the field on fire. 

31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom 
unto his house, and said unto him, Where- 
fore have thy servants set my field on fire? 

32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I 
sent unto thee, saying, Come, hither, that T 
ma} send thee to the king, to say, Where- 
fore am I come from Geshur? it had been 
good for me to have been there still : now 
therefore let me see the king's face ; and ii 
there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me. 

33 So Joab came to the king, and told him ; 
and when he had called for Absalom, lie 
came to the king, and bowed himself on his 
face to the ground before the king : and the 
king kissed Absalom. 

CHAP. XV. 

1 Absalom, by fair speeches and courtesies, steal- 
eth the hearts of Israel. 7 Under pretence of a 
vow he cltaineth leave to go to Hebron. 10 He 
male eth there a great conspiracy. 13 David 
upon the news fie eth from Jerusalem. 19 Itiat 
would not leave him. 24 Zadok ai>l Abiatkar 
are sent back with the ark. 30 David and his 
company go up Mount Olivet weeping. 31 H« 
curseth AhithopheVs counsel. 32 Hushai is 
sent back with instructions. 

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Absalom's conspiracy, 

AND it came to pass after this, that Ab- 
salom prepared him chariots and horses, 
and fifty men to run before him. 

2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood be- 
side the way of the gate : and it was so, that 
when any man that had a controversy came 
to the king for judgment, then Absalom call- 
ed unto him, and said, Of what city art thou ? 
And he saio!, Thy servant is of one of the 
tribes of Israel. 

3 And Absalom said unto him, See, thy 
matters are good and right: but there is no 
man deputed of the king to hear thee. 

4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were 
made judge in the land, that every man which 
hath any suit or cause might come unto me, 
and I would do him j ustice ! 

5 And it was so, that when any man came 
nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth 
his hand, and took him, and kissed him. 

6 And on this manner did Absalom to all 
Israel that came to the king for judgment : so 
Absalom stole the hearts of the men oflsrael. 

7 And it came to pass after forty years, that 
Absalom said unto the kin^, I pray thee, let 
me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed 
unto the Lord, in Hebron. 

8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode 
at Gesliur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall 
bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I 
will serve the Lord. 

9 And the king said unto him, Go in peace. 
So he arose, and went to Hebron. 

10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all 
the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye 
hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall 
say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. 

11 And with Absalom went two hundred 
men out of Jerusalem, that were called ; and 
they went in their simplicity, and they knew 
not any thing. 

12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the 
Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, 
even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. 
And the conspiracy was strong; for the peo- 
ple increased continually with Absalom. 

13 *[[ And there came a messenger to Da- 
vid, saying, The hearts of the men oflsrael 
are after Absalom. 

14 And David said unto all his servants that 
were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let 
us flee ; for we shall not else escape from 
Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he 
overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon 
us, and smite the city with the edge of the 
sword. 

15 And the king's servants said unto the 
king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do 
whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. 

16 And the king wen t forth, and all his house- 
hold after him. And the king left ten women 
which were concubines to keep the house, 
i 17 And the king went forth, and all the peo- 
ple after him, and tarried in a place that was 
far off. 

18 And all his servants passed on beside 
him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pe- 
lethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men 
which came after him from Gath, passed on 
before the king. 



II. SAMUEL. David flees from Jerusalem. 

19 % Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, 
Wherefore goest thou also with us? return 
to thy place, and abide with the king ; for 
thou art a stranger, and also an exile. 

20 Whereas thou earnest but yesterday, 
should I this day make thee go up and down 
with us ? seeing I go whither I may ; return 
thou, and take back thy brethren : mercy 
and truth be with thee. 

21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, 
As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king 
liveth, surely in what place my lord the king 
shall be, whether in death or life, even there 
also will thy servant be. 

22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass 
over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and 
all his men, and all the little ones that were 
with him. 

23 And all the country wept with a loud 
voice, and all the people passed over : the 
king also himself passed over the brook Kid- 
ron, and all the people passed over, toward 
the way of the wilderness. 

24 ^ And lo, Zadok also, and all the Le- 
vites w ere with him, bearing the ark of the 
covenant of God : and they set down the ark 
of God ; and Abiathar went up, until all the 
people had done passing out of the city. 

25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry 
back the ark of God into the city: if I shall 
find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will 
bring me again, and shew me both it, and 
his habitation : 

26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in 
thee ; behold, here am I, let him do to me as 
seemeth good unto him. 

27 The king said also unto Zadok the 
priest, Art not thou a seer 1 return into the 
city in peace, and your two sons with you, 
Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of 
Abiathar. 

28 See, I will tarry in the plain of the wil- 
derness, until there come word from you to 
certify me. 

29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried 
the ark of God again to Jerusalem : and they 
tarried there. 

30 ^1 And David went up by the ascent of 
mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and 
had his head covered, and he went barefoot : 
and all the people that was with him cover- 
ed every man his head, and they went up, 
weeping as they went up. 

31 ^T And one told David, saying, Ahitho- 
phel is among the conspirators with Absalom. 
And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn 
the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. 

32 ^1 And it came to pass, that when David 
was come to the top of the mount, where he 
worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite 
came to meet him with his coat rent, and 
earth upon his head : 

33 Unto whom David said, If thou passest on 
with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me : 

34 But if thou return to the city, and say 
unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; 
as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, 
so will I now also be thy servant : then may- 
est thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahi- 
thophel. 

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Shimei cursetk David. CHAP. XVI, XVII 

35 And hast thou not there with theeZadok 
and Abiathar the priests ? therefore it shall 
be, that what thing soever thou slialt hear 
out of the king's house, thou slialt tell it to 
Zaiiok and Abiathar the priests. 

36 Behold, theyhave there with them their 
two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jona- 
than, Ab'iatJiar's son ; and by them ye shall 
send unto me every tiling that ye can hear. 

37 So Hushai, David's friend, came into the 
city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 Ziba by presents and false suggestions, ob- 
tainctk his master's inheritance. 5 .it Baku- 
rim Shimei cursetk David. 9 David with pa- 
tience abstaineth, and restraineth others from 
revenge. 15 Hushai insinuatetk himself into 
Absalom's counsel. 20 AhithopheV s counsel. 

AND when David was a little past the top 
of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of 
Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses 
saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves 
of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, 
and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle 
of wine. 

2 And the king said unto Ziba, What mean- 
est thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses 
be for the king's household to ride on; and 
the bread and summer fruit for the young 
men to eat ; and the wine, that such as be 
faint in the wilderness may drink. 

3 And the king said, And where is thy mas- 
ter's son ? And Ziba said unto the king, Be- 
hold, he abideth at Jerusalem : for he said, 
To-day shall the house of Israel restore me 
the kingdom of my father. 

4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine 
are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. 
And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that 
1 may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. 

5 And when king David came to Bahurim, 
behold, thence came out a man of the family 
of the house of Saul, whose name was Shi- 
mei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and 
cursed still as he came. 

6 And he cast stones at David, and at all 
the servants of king David : and all the peo- 
ple and all the mighty men were on his right 
band and on his left. 

7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, 
Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and 
thou man of Belial : 

8 The Lord hath returned upon thee all 
the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead 
thou hast reigned ; and the Lord hath de- 
livered the kingdom into the hand of Absa- 
lom thy son : and behold, thou art taken in 
thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man. 

9 ^[ Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah 
unto the king, Why should this dead dog 
curse my lord the kin? 1 let me go over, I 
pray thee, and take off his head. 

10 And the king said, What have I to do 
with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him 
curse," because the Lord hath said unto him, 
Curse David. Who shall then say, Where- 
fore hast thou done so ? 

11 And David said to Abishai, and to all 
his servants, Behold, my son, which came 
forth of my bowels, seeketh my life : how 



AhithopheV s counsel. 
much more now may this Benjamite do it ? 
let him alone, and let him curse ; for the Lord 
hath bidden him. 

12 It may be that the Lord will look on 
mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite 
me good for his cursing this day. 

13 And as David and his men went by the 
way, Shimei went along on the hill's side 
over against him, and cursed as he went, and 
threw stones at him, and cast dust. 

14 And the king, and all the people that 
were with him, came weaiy, and refreshed 
themselves there. 

15 IT And Absalom, and all the people the 
men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahi- 
thophel with him. 

16 And it came to pass, when Hushai the 
Archite, David's friend, was come unto Ab- 
salom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God 
save the king, God save the king. 

17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy 
kindness to thy friend ? why wentest thou 
not with thy friend 1 

18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay ; 
but whom the Lord, and this people, and 
all the men of Israel choose, his will I be, 
and with him will I abide. 

19 And again, whom should I serve ? should 
I not seme in the presence of his son ? as I 
have served in thy father's presence, so will 
I be in thy presence. 

20 H Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, 
Give counsel among you what we shall do. 

21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go 
in unto thy father's concubines, which he 
hath left to keep the house; and all Israel 
shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy fa- 
ther: then slvall the hands of all that are with 
thee be strong. 

22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the 
top of the house ; and Absalom went in unto 
his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. 

23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which 
he counselled in those days, was as if a man 
had inquired at the oracle of God : so wcls 
all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David 
and with Absalom. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 AhithopheVs counsel is overthrown by Hn- 
shai's, according to God's appointment. 15 
Secret intelligence is sen t unto David. 23 Ahi- 
thophel kangeth himself. 25Amasa is made 
captain. SI David at Mahanaim is furnished 
icith provision. 

MOREOVER, Ahithophel said unto Ab- 
salom, Let me now choose out twelve 
thousand men, and I will arise and pursue 
after David this night: 

2 And I will come upon him while he is 
weary and weak -handed, and will make him 
afraid : and all the people that are with him 
shall flee ; and I will smite the king only : 

3 And I will bring back all the people unto 
thee : the man whom thou seekest is as if all 
returned : so all the people shall be in peace. 

4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and 
all the elders of Israel. 

5 Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the 
Archite also, and let us hear likewise what 
he saith. 

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AkWwpkePs counsel overthrown. II. SAMUEL. 

6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, 
Absalom spake unto him, saying, Aliithophel 
hath spoken after this manner: shall we do 
after his saying ? if not, speak thou. 

7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, The coun- 



sel that Aliithophel hath given is not good 
at this time. 

8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father 
and his men, that they be mighty men, and 
they be chafed in their minds, as a bear rob- 
bed" of her whelps in the field : and thy father 
is a man of war, and will not lodge with the 
people. 

9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in 
some other place : and it will come to pass, 
when some of them be overthrown at the 
first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There 
is a slaughter among the people that follow 
Absalom. 

10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart 
is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for 
all Israel krtoweth that thy father is a mighty 
man, and they which be with him are valiant 
men. 

11 Therefore I counsel that all Israel be 
generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even 
to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea 
for multitude; and tiiat thou go to battle in 
thine own person. 

12 So shall we come upon him in some place 
where he shall be found, and we will light 
upon him as the dew falleth on the ground : 
and of him and of all the men that are with 
him there shall not be left so much as one. 

13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, 
then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, 
and we will draw it into the river, until there 
be not one small stone found there. 

14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel 
said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is 
better than the counsel of Ahitliopkel. For 
the Lord had appointed to defeat the good 
counsel of Aliithophel, to the intent that the 
Lord might bring evil upon Absalom. 

15 ^T Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to 
Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Alii- 
thophel counsel Absalom and the elders of 
Israel ; and thus and thus have I counselled. 

16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell 
David, saying, Lodge not this night in the 
plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass 
over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all 
the people that are with him. 

17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by 
En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come 
into the city : ancl a wench M r ent and told 
them; and they went and told king David. 

18 Nevertheless, a lad saw them, and told 
Absalom : but they went both of them away 
quickly, and came to a man's house in Ba- 
hurim, which had a well in his court; whi- 
ther they went down. 

19 And the woman took and spread a cov- 
ering over the well's mouth, and spread 
ground corn thereon; and the thing was not 
known. 

20 And when Absalom's servants came to 
the woman to the house, they said, Where 
r 7 Ahimaaz and Jonathan. ? And the woman 
said unto them, They be gone over the brook 



He hangeth himself. 
of water. And when they had sought and could 
not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. 

21 And it came to pass, after they were de- 
parted, that they came up out of the well, and 
went and told king David, and said unto 
David, Arise, and pass quickly over the wa- 
ter: for thus hath Aliithophel counselled 
against you. 

22 Then David arose, and all the people that 
were with him, and they passed over Jordan : 
by the morning light there lacked not one of 
them that was not gone over Jordan. 

23 fl" And when Aliithophel saw that kis 
counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, 
and arose, and gat him home to his house, to 
his city, and put his household in order, and 
hanged himself, and died, and was buried in 
the sepulchre of his father. 

24 Then David came to Mahanaim. And 
Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the 
men of Israel with him. 

25 f And Absalom made Amasa captain of 
the host instead of Joab : which Amasa tea* 
a man's son, whose name was Ithra, an Is- 
raelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter 
of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother. 

26 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land 
of Gilead. 

27 ^[ And it came to pass, when David wa3 
come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of 
Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, 
and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, 
and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, 

28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen 
vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, 
and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, 
and parched pulse, 

29 And honey, and butter, and sheep, and 
cheese of kine, for David, and for the peo- 
ple that were with him, to eat : for they said, 
The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, 
in the wilderness. 

CHAP. XVIII. ^ 

1 David viewing the armies in their march, giv- 
eth them charge of Jlbsalpm. 6 The Israelites 
are sore smitten in the wood of Ephraim. 9 
Absalom hanging in an oah, is slain by Joab, 
and cast into a pit. 18 Absalom's place. 19 
Ahimaaz and Cushi bring tidings to David. 
33 David moumeth for Absalom. 

AND David numbered the people that 
icere with him, and set captains of thou- 
sands and captains of hundreds over them. 

2 And David sent forth a third part of the 
people under the hand of Joab, and a third , 
part under the hand of Abishai the son off? 
Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part 
under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the 
king said unto the people, I will surely go 
forth with you myself also. 

3 But the people answered, Thou shalt not 
go forth : for if we flee away, they will not 
care for us; neither if half of us die, will 
they care for us : but now thou art worth 
ten thousand of us : therefore now it is bet- 
ter that thou succour us out of the city. 

4 And the king said unto them, What seem- 
eth you best I will do. And the king stood 
by the gate side, and all the people came out 
by hundreds and by thousands. 

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Absalom is slain, CHAP, 

5 And the king commanded Joab and Abi- 
shai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my 
sake with the young man, even with Absa- 
lom. And all 'the people heard when the 
King gave all the captains charge concerning 
Absalom. 

6 If So the people went out into the field 
against Israel : and the battle was in the 
wood of Ephraim ; 

7 Where the people of Israel were slain be- 
fore the servants of David, and there was 
there a great slaughter that day of twenty 
thousand men, 

8 For the battle was there scattered over 
the face of all the country: and the wood 
devoured more people that day than the 
sword devoured. 

9 ^[ And Absalom met the servants of Da- 
vid. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and 
the mule went under the thick boughs of a 
great oak, and his head caught hold of the 
oak, and he was taken up between the hea- 
ven and the earth ; and the mule that teas 
under him went away. 

10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, 
and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in 
an oak. 

11 And Joab said unto the man that told 
him, And behold, thou sawest him, and why 
didst thou not smite him there to the ground ? 
and I would have given thee ten shekels of 
silver, and a girdle. 

12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I 
should receive a thousand shekels of silver 
in my hand, yet would I not put forth my 
hand against the king's son : for in our hear- 
ing the king charged thee and Abishai and 
Ittai, saying, .Beware that none touch the 
young man Absalom. 

13 Otherwise I should have wrought false- 
hood against mine own life : for there is no 
matter hid from the king, and thou thyself 
wouldest have set thyself against me. 

14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus 
with thee. And he took three darts in his 
hand, and thrust them through the heart of 
Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst 
of the oak. 

15 And ten young men that bare Joab's ar- 
mour compassed about and smote Absalom, 
and slew him. 

IG And Joab blew the trumpet, and the peo- 
ple returned from pursuing after Israel: for 
Joab held back the people. 
< 17 And they took Absalom, and cast him 
into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very 
great heap of stones upon him : and all Is- 
rael fled every one to his tent. 

18 <[[ Now Absalom in his life-time had ta- 
ken and reared up for himself a pillar, which 
is in the king's dale : for he said, I have no 
son to keep ray name in remembrance: and 
he called the pillar after his own name: and 
it is called unto this day, Absalom's Place. 

19 If Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, 
Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, 
how that the Lord hath avenged him of his 
enemies. 

20 And Joab said unto him, Thou shah not 
bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear ti- 



XIX. The tidings brought to David, 

dings another day : but this day thou shalt 
bear no tidings, because the king's son isdead. 

21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go, tell the 
king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bow- 
ed himself unto Joab, and ran. 

22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok 
yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I 
pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab 
said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, see- 
ing that thou hast no tidings ready? 

23 But howsoever, said he, let me run. 
And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahima- 
az ran by the way of the plain, and overran 
Cushi. 

24 And David sat between the two gates : 
and the watchman went up to the roof over 
the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, 
and looked, and behold a man running alone. 

25 And the watchman cried, and told the 
king. And the king said, If he be alone 
there is tidings in his mouth. And he came 
apace, and drew near. 

26 And the watchman saw another man 
running: and the watchman called unto the 
porter, and said, Behold, another man run- 
ning alone. And the king said, He also 
bringeth tiding*. 

27 And the watchman said, Methinketh the 
running of the foremost is like the running 
of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king 
said, He is a good man, and cometh with 
good tidings. 

28 And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the 
king, All is well. And he fell down to the 
earth upon his face before the king, and said, 
Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath 
delivered up the men that lifted up their hand 
against my lord the king. 

29 And the king said, Is the young man Ab- 
salom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When 
Joab sent the king's servant, andme thy ser- 
vant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not 
what it was. 

30 And the king said unto him, Turn aside 
and stand here. And he turned aside, and 
stood still. 

31 And behold, Cushi came ; and Cushi 
said, Tidings, my lord the king : for the Lord 
hath avenged thee this day of all them that 
rose up against thee. 

32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the 
young man Absalom safe? And Cushi an- 
swered, The enemies of my lord the king, 
and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, 
be as that young man is. 

33 ^| And the king was much moved, and 
went up to the chamber over the gate, and 
wept : and as he went, thus he said, O my son 
Absalom! my son, my son Absalom! would 
God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, 
my son ! 

CHAP. XIX. 

Uoab causeth the king to cease his mourning. 
9 The Israelites are earnest to bring the king 
back. 11 David sendeth to the priests to incite 
them of Judah. 18 Shim ei is pardoned. 24Jfe~ 
phiboshcth excused. 32 Barzillai dismissed^ 
Chimham his son is taken into the king'' s fa- 
mily. 41 The Israelites expostulate with Ju- 
dah for bring in g home the king without them. 
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David mourneikfor Absalom* 



II. SAMUEL. 



AND it was told Joab, Behold, the king 
weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. 

2 And the victory that day was turned into 
mourning unto all the people : for the people 
heard say that day how the king was grieved 
for his son. 

3 And the people gat them by stealth that 
day into the city, as people being ashamed 
steal away when they flee in battle. 

4 But the king covered his face, and the 
. King cried with a loud voice, O my son Ab- 
salom ! O Absalom, my son, my son ! 

5 And Joab came into the house to the king, 
and said, Thou hast shamed this day the 
faces of all thy servants, which this day have 
saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and 
of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, 
and the lives of thy concubines; 

6 In that thou lovest thine enemies, and 
hatest thy friends: for thou hast declared 
this day, that thou regardest neither princes 
nor servants : for this day I perceive, that if 
Absalom had lived, and all we had died this 
day, then it had pleased thee well. 

7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak 
comfortably unto thy servants : for I swear 
by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will 
not tarry one with thee this night : and that 
will be worse unto thee than all the evil that 
befel thee from thy youth until now. 

8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. 
And they told unto all the people, saying, 
Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And 
all the people came before the king : for Is- 
rael had fled every man to his tent. 

9 Tf And all the people were at strife through- 
out all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king 
saved us out of the hand of our enemies, 
and he delivered us out of the hand of the 
Philistines ; and now he is fled out of the 
land for Absalom. 

10 And Absalom, whom we anointed pver 
us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why 
speak ye not a word of bringing the king 
back ? 

11 H And king David sent to Zadok and to 
Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the 
elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last 
to bring the king back to his house 1 seeing 
the speech of all Israel is come to the king, 
even to his house. 

12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones 
and my flesh : wherefore then are ye the last 
to bring back the king 1 

13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my 
bone, and of my flesh 1 God do so to me, 
and more also, if thou be not captain of the 
nost before me continually in the room of 
Joab. 

14 And he bowed the heart of all the men 
of Judah, even as the heart of one man ; so 
that they sent this word unto the king, Re- 
turn thou, and all thy servants. 

15 So the king returned, and came to Jor- 
dan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet 
the king, to conduct the king over Jordan. 

16 1f And Shimei the son of Gera, a Ben- 
jamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and 
came down with the men of Judah to meet 
king David. 



Shimei is pardoned. 



17 And there were a thousand men of Ben- 
jamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the 
house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his 
twenty servants with him; and they went 
over Jordan before the king. 

18 And there went over a ferry-boat to car- 
ry over the king's household, and to do what 
he thought good. And Shimei the son ot 
Gera fell down before the king, as he was 
come over Jordan ; 

19 And said unto the king, Let not my lord 
impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou re 
member that which thy servant did perverse 
ly the day that my lord the king went out ot 
Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his 
heart. 

20 For thy servant doth know that I have 
sinned: therefore behold, I am come the 
first this day of all the house of Joseph to go 
down to meet my lord the king. 

21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answer- 
ed and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death 
for this, because he cursed the Lord's 
anointed ? 

22 And David said, What have I to do with 
you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this 
day be adversaries unto me 1 shall there any 
man be put to death this day in Israel ? for 
do not I know that I am this day king over 
Israel 1 

23 Therefore the king said unto Shimei, 
Thou shalt not die : and the king sware 
unto him. 

24 H And Mephibosheth the son of Saul 
came down to meet the king, and had neither 
dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor 
washed his clothes, from the day the king 
departed until the day he, cameagainin peace. 

25 And it came to pass, when he was come 
to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king 
said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou 
with me, Mephibosheth ? 

26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my 
servant deceived me : for thy servant said, I 
will saddle me an ass, that I may ride there- 
on, and go to the king ; because thy servant 
is lame. 

27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto 
my lord the king ; but my lord the king is as 
an angel of God : do therefore what is good 
in thine eyes. 

28 For all of my father's house were but 
dead men before my lord the king: yet didst 
thou set thy servant among them that did eat 
at thine own table. What right therefore 
have I yet to cry any more unto the king ? jf 

29 And the king said unto him, Why speak- 
est thou any more of thy matters? I have 
said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. 

30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, 
Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord 
the king is come again in peace unto his own 
house.. 

31 if And Barzillai the Gileadite came 
down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan 
with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. 

32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even 
fourscore years old : and }\e had provided 
the king of sustenance while he lay at Ma- 
hanaim: for he was a very great man. 

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Of Barzillai and Chimham. CHAP, 

33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come 
thou over with me, and I will feed thee with 
me in Jerusalem. 

34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How 
long have I to live, that I should go up with 
the king unto Jerusalem ? 

35 I am this day fourscore years old : and 
can I discern between good and evil ? can 
thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink ? 
can I hear any more the voice of singing- 
men and singing-women ? wherefore then 
should thy servant be yet a burden unto my 
lord the king 1 

36 Thy servant will go a little way over 
Jordan with the king : and why should the 
king recompense it me with such a reward ? 

37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back 
again, that I may die in mine own city, and 
be buried by the grave of my father and of 
my mother: but behold thy servant Chim- 
ham ; let him go over with my lord the king ; 
and do to him what shall seem good unto thee. 

38 And the king answered, Chimham shall 
go over with me, and I will do to him that 
which shall seem good unto thee : and what- 
soever thou shalt require of me, that will I 
do for thee. 

39 And all the people went over Jordan. 
And when the king was come over, the king 
kissed Barzillai, and blessed him: and he 
returned unto his own place. 

40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and 
Chimham went on with him : and all the 
people of Judah conducted the king, and also 
half the people of Israel. 

41 1f A nd behold, all the men of Israel came 
to the king, and said unto the king, Why have 
our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee 
away, and have brought the king, and his 
household, and all David's men with him, 
over Jordan ? 

42 And all the men of Judah answered the 
men of Israel, Because the king is near of 
kin to us : wherefore then be ye angry for 
this matter? have we eaten at all of the 
king's cost ? or hath he given us any gift ? 

43 And die men of Israel answered the men 
of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the 
king, and we have also more right in David 
than ye : why then did ye despise us, that 
our advice should not be first had in bringing 
back our king? And the words of the men 
of Judah were fiercer than the words of the 
men of Israel. 

CHAP. XX. 

1 By occasion of the quarrel, Sheba maketh a 
party in Israel. 2 David's ten concubines are 
shut up in perpetual prison. A Amasa, made 
captain over Judah, is slain by Joab. 14 Joab 
pursueth Sheba unto Abel. 1QA wise woman 
saveth the city by Sheba' s head. 23 David's 
officers. 

AND there happened to be there a man 
of Belial, whose name was Sheba, die 
son of Bichri, a Benjamite : and he blew a 
trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, 
neither have we inheritance in the son of 
Jesse : every man to his tents, O Israel. 
2 So every man of Israel went up from after 
David, and' followed Sheba the son of Bichri : 



XX. Amasa slain by Joab. 

but the men of Judah clave unto their king, 
from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 

3 H And David came to his house at Jeru- 
salem; and the king took the ten women 
his concubines, whom he had left to keep 
the house, and put them in ward, and fed 
them, but went not in unto them. So they 
were shut up unto die day of dieir death, 
living in widowhood. 

4 H Then said the king to Amasa, Assem- 
ble me the men of Judah within three days, 
and be thou here present. 

5 So Amasa went to assemble the men of 
Judah: but he tarried longer than the set 
time which he had appointed him. 

6 And David said to Abishai, Now shall 
Sheba die son of Bichri do us more harm 
than did Absalom : take thou thy lord's ser- 
vants and pursue after him, lest he get him 
fenced cities, and escape us. 

7 And there went out after him Joab's men, 
and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and 
all the mighty men : and they went out of 
Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of 
Bichri. 

8 When they were at the great stone which 
is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And 
Joab's garment that he had put on was gird- 
ed unto him, and upon it a girdle with a 
sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath 
thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. 

9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in 
health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa 
by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. 

10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword 
that was in Joab's hand : so he smote him 
therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his 
bowels to the ground, and struck him not 
again ; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his 
brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. 

11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, 
and said, He diat favoureth Joab, and he 
diat is for David, let him go after Joab. 

12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the 
midstof the highway. And when the man saw 
that all the people stood still, he removed 
Amasa out of the highway into the field, and 
cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that 
every one that came by him stood still. 

13 When he was removed out of the high- 
way, all the people went on after Joab, to 
pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 

14 ^ And he went through all the tribes of 
Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and 
all the Berites : and they were gadiered to* 
gether, and went also after him. 

15 And they came and besieged him in Abel 
of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank 
against the city, and it stood in the trench : 
and all the people that were with Joab bat- 
tered the wall, to throw it down. 

16 11 Then cried a wise woman out of the 
city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, 
Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. 

17 And when he was come near unto her, 
the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he 
answered, I am he. Then she said unto 
him, Hear the words of thy handmaid. And 
he answered, I do hear. 

18 Then she spake, saying, They were 
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wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall 
surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they 
ended the matter. 

19 I am one of them that are peaceable and 
faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a 
city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou 
swallow up the inheritance of the Lord? 

20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, 
far be it from me, that I should swallow up 
or destroy. 

21 The matter is not so: but a man of 
mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by 
name, hath lifted up his hand against the 
king, even against David : deliver him only, 
and I will depart from the city. And the 
woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head 
shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 

22 Then the woman went unto all the peo- 
ple in her wisdom. And they cut off the 
head of Sheba the son of Bichri and cast it 
out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and 
they retired from the city, every man to his 
tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto 
the king. 

23 5f Now Joab was over all the host of 
[srael : and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada 
was over the Cherethites and over the Pele- 
thites: 

24 And Adoram was over the tribute : and 
Jehoshaphatthe son of Ahilud was recorder: 

25 And Sheva was scribe : and Zadok and 
Abiathar were the priests: 

26 And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler 
about David. 

CHAP. XXI. 4 

1 The three years' 1 famine for the Gibeonites, 
ceaseth, by hanging seven of SauVs sojis. 10 
Rizpah' 1 s kindness unto the dead. 12 David 
burieth the bones of Saul and Jonathan in his 
father's sepulchre. 15 Four battles against 
the Philistines, wherein four valiants of Da- 
vid slay four giants. 

THEN there was a famine in the days of 
David three years, year after year ; and 
David inquired of the Lord. And the Lord 
answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody 
house, because he slew the Gibeonites. 

2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and 
said unto them; (now the Gibeonites icere 
not of the children of Israel, but of the rem- 
nant of the Amorites; and the children of Is- 
rael had sworn unto them: and Saul. sought 
to slay them, in his zeal to the children of 
Israel and Judah.) 

3 Wherefore David said unto the Gibeon- 
ites, What shall I do for you ? and where- 
with shall I make the atonement, that ye 
may bless the inheritance of the Lord? 

4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, We 
will have no silver nor gold of Saul,, nor of 
his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any 
man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall 
say, that will I do for you. 

5 And they answered the kin^, The man 
that consumed us, and that devised against 
us, that we should be destroyed from re- 
maining in any of the coasts of Israel, 

6 Let seven men of his sons be delivered 
unto us, and we will han£ them up unto the 
Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord 



David bunes Sauis bones. 
And the king said, I will give 



SAMUEL. 

did choose 
them. 

7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the 
son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of 
the Lord's oath that ivas between them, be- 
tween David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 

8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah 
the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto 
Saul, Armoni and Blephibosheth ; and the 
five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, 
whom she brought up for Adriel, the son of 
Barzillai the Meholathite : 

9 And he delivered them into the hands of 
the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the 
hill before the Lord : and they fell all seven 
together, and were put to death in the day 8 
of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning 
of barley-harvest. 

10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took 
sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the 
rock, from the beginning of harvest until wa- 
ter dropped upon them out of heaven, and suf- 
fered neither the birds of the air to rest on them 
by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 

11 And it was told David what Rizpah the 
daughter of Aiah the concubine of Saul had 
done. 

12 *\\ And David went and took the Bones of 
Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from 
the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen 
them from the street of Beth-shan, where the 
Philistines had hanged them, when the Phi- 
listines had slain Saul in Gilboa : 

13 And he brought up from thence the 
bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his 
son : and they gathered the bones of them 
that were hanged. 

14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his 
son buried they in the country of Benjamin 
in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father : 
and they performed all that the king com- 
manded. And after that God was entreated 
for the land. 

15 ^[ Moreover, the Philistines had yet war 
again with Israel; and David went down, 
and his servants with him, and fought against 
the Philistines : and David waxed faint. 

16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons 
of the giant, the weight of whose spear 
weighed three hundred shekels of brass in 
weight, he being girded with a new sword t 
thought to have slain David. 

17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succour- 
ed him, and smote the Philistine, and killed 
him. Then the men of David sware unto him, 
saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us 
to battle, that thou quench not the light of 
Israel. 

18 And it came to pass after this, that there 
was again a battle with the Philistines at 
Gob : then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew 
Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. 

19 And there was again a battle in Gob witli 
the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of 
Jaare-oregim, a Beth-lehemite, slew the bro- 
ther 0/Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose 
spear was like a weaver's beam. 

20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, 
where was a man of great stature, that had 
on every hand six finders, and on every foot 

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six toes, four and twenty in number; and he 
also was born to the giant. 

21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the 
son of Shimeah the brother of David slew 
him. 

22 These four were born to the giant in 
Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by 
the hand of his servants. 

CHAP. XXII. 

Jl psalm of thanksgiving for God's powerful 

deliverance, and manifold blessings. 

AND David spake unto the Lord the 
words of this song in the day that the 
Lord had delivered him out of the hand of 
all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul : 

2 And he said, The Lord is my rock, and 
my fortress, and my deliverer ; 

3 The God of my rock ; in him will I trust : 
he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, 
my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; 
thou savest me from violence. 

4 I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to 
be praised : so shall I be saved from mine 
enemies. 

5 When the waves of death compassed me, 
the floods of ungodly men made me afraid ; 

6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; 
the snares of death prevented me; 

7 In my distress I called upon the Lord, 
and cried to my God : and he did hear my 
voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter 
into his ears. 

8 Then the earth shook and trembled : the 
foundations of heaven moved and shook, be- 
cause he was wroth. 

9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, 
and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals 
were kindled by it. 

10 He bowed the heavens also, and came 
down ; and darkness icas under his feet. 

11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : 
and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. 

12 And he made darkness pavilions round 
about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of 
the skies. 

13 Through the brightness before him were 
coals of fire kindled. 

14 The Lord thundered from heaven, and 
the Most High uttered his voice. 

15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered 
them; lightning, and discomfited them. 

16 And the channels of the sea appeared, 
the foundations of the world were discovered, 
at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of 
the breath of his nostrils. 

17 He sent from above, he took me; he 
drew me out of many waters: 

18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, 
and from them that hated me: for they were 
too strong for me. 

19 They prevented me in the day of my ca- 
lamity: but the Lord was my stay. 

20 He brought me forth also into a large 
place : he delivered me, because he delight- 
ed in me. 

21 The Lord rewarded me according to 
my righteousness: according to the cleanness 
of my hands hath he recompensed me. 

22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, 
and have not wickedly departed from my God. 



XXI I . for manifold blessings. 

23 For all his judgments were before me : 
and as for his statutes, I did not depart from 
them. 

24 I was also upright before him, and have 
kept mysalf from mine iniquity. 

25 Therefore the Lord hath recompensed 
me according to my righteousness ; accord- 
ing to my cleanness in his eye-sight. 

26 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself 
merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt 
shew thyself upright. 

27 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself 
pure; and with the fro ward thou wilt shew 
thyself unsavoury. 

28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save : 
but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that 
thou may est bring them down. 

29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord : and the 
Lord will lighten my darkness. 

30 For by thee I have run through a troop: 
by my God have I leaped over a wall. 

31 As for God, his way is perfect ; the word 
of the Lord is tried : he is a buckler to all 
them that trust in him. 

32 For who is God, save the Lord ? and 
who is a rock, save our God 1 

33 God is my strength and power : and he 
maketh my way perfect. 

34 He maketh my feet like hinds' feet : and 
setteth me upon my high places. 

35 He teacheth my hands to war ; so that a 
bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 

36 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy 
salvation : and thy gentleness hath made me 
great. 

37 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; 
so that my feet did not slip. 

33 I have pursued mine enemies, and de- 
stroyed them ; and turned not again until I 
had consumed them. 

39 And I have consumed them, and wound- 
ed them, that they could not arise : yea, they 
are fallen under my feet. 

40 For thou hast girded me with strength to 
battle : them that rose up against me hast 
thou subdued under me. 

41 Thou hast also given me the necks of 
mine enemies, that I might destroy them that ' 
hate me. 

42 They looked, hut there was none to save ; 
even unto the Lord,. but he answered them 
not. 

43 Then did I beat them as small as the 
dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire 
of the street, and did spread them abroad. 

44 Thou also hast delivered me from the 
strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to 
he head of the heathen: a people which 1 
knew not shall serve me. 

45 Strangers shall submit themselves unto 
me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obe- 
dient unto me. 

46 Strangers shall fade away, and they shall 
be afraid out of their close places. 

47 The Lord liveth ; and blessed he my 
rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of 
my salvation. 

48 It is God that avengeth me, and that 
bringeth down the people under me, 

49 And that bringeth me forth from mine 

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enemies : thou also hast lifted me up on high 
above them that rose up against me : thou 
hast delivered me from the violent man. 

50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, 
O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing 
praises unto thy name. 

51 He is the tower of salvation for his king : 
and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto Da- 
vid, and to his seed for evermore. 

CHAP. XXIII. 



I David in kis last words, profcsseth his faith 
in God's promises to be beyond sense or expe- 
rience. 6 The different state of the wicked. 8 
A catalogue of David's mighty men. 

NOW these be the last words of David. 
David the son of Jesse said, and the man 
who was raised up on high, the anointed of 
the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of 
Israel, said, 

2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and 
his word was in my tongue. 

3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel 
spake to me, He that ruleth over men must 
be just, ruling in the fear of God. 

4 And he shall be as the light of the morn- 
ing when the sun riseth, even a morning with- 
out clouds; as the tender grass springing 
out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 

5 Although my house be not so with God ; 
yet he hath made with me an everlasting 
covenant, ordered in all things, and sure : 
for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, 
although he make it not to grow. 

6 ^[ But the sons of Belial shall be all of 
them as thorns thrust away, because they 
cannot be taken with hands : 

7 But the man Uiat shall touch them must 
be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; 
and they shall be utterly burned with fire in 
the same place. 

8 ^ These be the names of the mighty men 
whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat 
in the seat, chief among the captains; the 
same was Adino the Eznite : he lifted up his 
*pear against eight hundred, whom he slew 
at one time. 

9 And after him was Eleazar the son of 
Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty 
men with David, when they defied the Phi- 
listines that were there gathered together to 
battle, and the men of Israel were gone away : 

10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until 
bis hand was weary, and his hand clave unto 
the sword : and the Lord wrought a great 
victor} 7 that day; and the people returned 
after him only to spoil. 

11 And after him was Shammah the son of 
Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were 
gathered together into a troop, where was a 
piece of ground full of lentiles : and the peo- 
ple fled from the Philistines. 

12 But he stood in the midst of the ground, 
and defended it, and slew the Philistines: 
and the Lord wrought a great victory. 

13 And three of the thirty chief went down, 
and came to David in the harvest-time unto 
the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the 
Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim. 

14 And Davkl was then in a hold, and the 



David's mighty men, 
garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth- 
lehem. 

15 And David longed, and said, Oh that 
one would give me drink of the water of the 
well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate ! 

16 And the three mighty men brake through 
the host of the Philistines, and drew water 
out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by 
the gate, and took it, and brought it to Da- 
vid : nevertheless he would not drink there- 
of, but poured it out unto the Lord. 

17 And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, 
that I should do this : is not this the blood 
of the men that went in jeopardy of their 
lives? therefore he would not drink it. 
These things did these three mighty men. 

18 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son 
of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he 
lifted up his spear against three hundred, and 
slew them, and had the name among three. 

19 Was he not most honourable of three? 
therefore he was their captain : howbeit he 
attained not unto the first three. 

20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the 
son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had 
done many acts, he slew two lion-like men of 
Moab : he went down also and slew a lion in 
the midst of a pit in time of snow : 

21 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man : 
and the Egyptian hacT a spear in his hand- 
but he went down to him widi a staff, and 
plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's 
hand, and slew him with his own spear. 

22 These things did Benaiah the son of 
Jehoiada, and had the name among tliree 
mighty men. 

23 He was more honourable than the thirty', 
but he attained not to the first three. And 
David set him over his guard. 

24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the 
thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth- 
lehem, 

25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Ha- 
rodite, 

26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh 
the Tekoite, 

27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the 
Hushathite, 

28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Ne- 
tophathite, 

29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, 
Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the 
children of Benjamin, 

30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the 
brooks of Gaash, 

31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the 
Barhumite, 

32 Eliahba die Shaalbonite; of the sons of 
Jashen, Jonathan, 

33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son 
of Sharar the Hararite, 

34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of 
the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahitho- 
phel the Gilonite, 

35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 

36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Baui 
the Gadite, 

37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Bee- 
rothite, armour-bearer to Joab the son of 
Zeruiah, 

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David numhercth the people. CHAP. 

38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an ithrite, 

39 Uriah the Hittite : thirty and seven in 
all. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
1 David tempted by Satan, forceth Joab to num- 
ber the people. 5 The captains in nine months 
and twenty days, bring the muster of thirteen 
hundred thousand fighting men. 10 David hav- 
ing three plagues propounded by Gad, repcnt- 
eth, and chooseth the three days' 1 pestilence. 15 
Jifter the death of threescore and ten thou- 
sand, David by repentance prcventeth the de- 
struction of Jerusalem. 18 David, by Gad's 
direction, purchaseth Araunah'' s threshing- 
floor, where having sacrificed, the plague 
stayeth. 

AND again the anger of the Lord was 
kindled against Israel, and he moved 
David against them to say, Go, number Is- 
rael and Judah. 

2 For the king said to Joab, the captain of 
the host, which teas with him, Go now through 
all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to 
Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that 
I may know the number of the people. 

3 And Joab said unto the king, Now the 
Lord thy God add unto the people, how 
many soever they be, a hundred-fold, and 
that the eyes of my lord the kin": may see it : 
but why doth my lord the king delight in this 
thin^ ? 

4 Notwithstanding the king's word prevail- 
ed against Joab, and against the captains of 
the host. And Joab and die captains of the 
host went cut from the presence of the king, 
to number the people of Israel. 

5 IT And they passed over Jordan, and 
pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the 
city that lieih in the midst of the river of 
Gad, and toward Jazer: 

6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the 
land of Tahtim-hodshi ; and they came to 
Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon, 

7 And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and 
to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Ca- 
naanites: and they went out to the south of 
Judah, even to Beer-sheba. 

8 So when they had gone through all the 
land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of 
nine months and twenty days. 

9 And Joab gave up the sum of the num- 
ber of the people unto the king: and there 
were in Israel eight hundred thousand va- 
liant men that drew the sword; and the 
men of Judah were five hundred thousand 
men. 

10 K And David's heart smote him after that 
he had numbered the people. And David 
said unto the Lord, 1 have sinned greatly in 
that I have done : and now, I beseech thee, 
O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy ser- 
vant; for I have done very foolishly. 

11 For when David was up in the morning, 
the word of the Lord came unto the pro- 
phet Gad, David's seer, saying, 

12 Go and say unto David, Thus saith the 
Lord, I offer thee three thing's; choose thee 
one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 



XXIV. His intercession to God\ 

13 So Gad came to David, and told him, 
and said unto him, Shall seven years of fa- 
mine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt 
thou flee three months before thine enemies, 
while they pursue thee ? or that there be 
three days' pestilence in thy land? New ad- 
vise, and see what answer I shall return to 
him that sent me. 

14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a 
great strait: let us fall now into the hand of 
the Lord ; for his mercies are great; and let 
me not fall into the hand of man. 

15 So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Is- 
rael from the morning even to the time ap- 
pointed : and there died of the people from 
Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand 
men. 

16 And when the angel stretched out his 
hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord 
repented him of the evil, and said to the angel 
that destroyed the people, It is enough : stay 
now thy hand. And the angel of the Lord 
was by die threshing-place of Araunah the 
Jebusite. 

17 And David spake unto the Lord when 
he saw the angel that smote the people, and 
said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done 
wickedly: but these sheep, what have they 
done ? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against 
me, and against my father's house. 

18 1[ And Gad came that day to David, and 
said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the 
Lord in the threshing-floor of Araunah the 
Jebusite. 

19 And David, according to the saying of 
Gad, went up as the Lord commanded. 

20 And Araunah looked, and saw the king 
and his servants coming on toward him : 
And Araunah went out, and bowed him- 
self before the king on his face upon the 
ground. 

21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my 
lord the king come to his servant? And Da- 
vid said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, 
to build an altar unto the Lord, that the 
plague may be stayed from the people. 

22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my 
lord the king take and offer up what seemeth 
good unto him: behold, here he oxen for 
burnt-sacrifice, and threshing-instruments 
and other instruments of the oxen for 
wood. 

23 All these things did Araunah, as a king, 
give unto the king. And Araunah said uiUo 
the king, The Lord thy God accept thee. 

24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; 
but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: 
neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto the 
Lord my God of that which doth cost 
me nothing. So David bought the thresh- 
ing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of 
silver. 

25 And David built there an altar unto the 
Lord, and offered burnt-offerings and peace- 
offerings. So the Lord was entreated for 
the land, and the plague was stayed from 
Israel. 



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CHAP. I. 

1 Abishag cherisheth David in his extreme age. 

5 Adonijah, David's darling, usurpeth the 
kingdom. 11 By the counsel of Nathan, 15 
Bath-sheba mooet/i the king, 2'2and Nathan 
secondeth her. 28 David reneweth his oath to 
Bath-sheba. 32 Solomon by David's appoint- 
ment, being anointed king by Zadok and Na- 
than, the people triumph. 41 Jonathan, bring- 
ing these news, Adonijah's guests jlee. 50 
Adonij ah fiee in g to the horns of the altar, up- 
onhis good behaviour is dismissed by Solomon. 

NOW king David was old and stricken 
in years; and they covered him with 
clothes, but he gat no heat. 

2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, 
Let there be sought for my lord tin? king a 
voung virgin: and let her stand before the 
king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie 
in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get 
heat. 

3 So they sought for a fair damsel through- 
out all the coasts of Israel, and found Abi- 
shag a Shunammite, and brought her to the 
king. 

4 And the damsel teas very fair, and che- 
rished the king, and ministered to him: but 
the king knew her not. 

5 ^1 Then Adonij ah the son of Haggith ex- 
alted himself, saying, I will be king: and he 
prepared him chariots and horsemen, and 
fifty men to run before him. 

6 And his father had not displeased him at 
any time in saying, Why hast thou done so ? 
and he also was a very goodly nian ; and his 
mother hare him after Absalom. 

7 And lie conferred with Joab the son of 
Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest : and 
they, following Adonijah, helped him. 

8 But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the 
son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, 
and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men 
which belonged to David, were not with 
Adonijah. 

9 And Adonijah slew sheep, and oxen, and 
fat cattle, by the stone of Zoheleth, which is 
by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the 
king's sons, and all the men of Judah the 
king's servants: 

10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, 
and the mighty men, and Solomon his bro- 
ther, he called not. 

11 *[[ Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bath- 
sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast 
tbou not heard that Adonijah the son of Hag- 
gith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth 
it not ? 

12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, 
give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine 
own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. 

13 Go, and get thee in unto king David, and 
say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, 
swear unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly 
Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he 
shall sit upon my throne? why then doth 
Adonijah reign ? 

14 Behold, while thou yet talkest there with 
the king, I also will come in after thee, and 
confirm thy words. 

15 *J And Bath-sheba went in unto the king 
into die chamber: and the king was very 



old ; and Abishag the Shunammite minister- 
ed unto the king. 

16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obei 
sance unto the king. And the king said, 
What wouldest thou ? 

17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou 
swarest by the Lord thy God unto thy hand- 
maid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son 
shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon 
my throne. 

13 And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth ; 
and now, my lord the king, thou knowest U 
not: 

19 And he hath slain oxen, and fat cattle, 
and sheep in abundance, and hath called all 
the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, 
and Joab the captain of the host : but Solo- 
mon thy servant hath he not called. 

20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of 
all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest 
tell them who shall sit on the throne of my 
lord the king after him. 

21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when 
my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, 
that I and my son Solomon shall be counted 
offenders. 

22 ^[ And lo, while she yet talked with the 
king, Nathan the prophet also came in. 

23 And they told the king, saying, Behold 
Nathan the prophet. And when he was 
come in before the king, he bowed himself 
before the king with his face to the ground. 

24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast 
thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and 
he shall sit upon my throne? 

25 For he is gone down this day, and hath 
slain oxen, and fat cattle, and sheep in abun- 
dance, and hath called all the king's sons, 
and the captains of the host, and Abiathar 
the priest; and behold, they eat and drink be- 
fore him, and say, God save king Adonijah. 

26 But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok 
the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, 
and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. 

27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and 
thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, 
who should sit on the throne of my lord the 
king after him ? 

.28 * t \ Then king David answered and said, 
Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the 
king's presence, and stood before the king. 

29 And the king sware, and said, As the 
Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out 
of all distress, 

30 Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord 
God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon 
thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit 
upon my throne in my stead; even so will £ 
certainly do this day. 

31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to 
the earth, and did reverence to the king, and 
said, Let mv lord king David live for ever. 

32 U And king David said, Call me Zadok 
the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Be- 
naiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came 
before the king. 

33 The king also said unto them. Take with 
you the servants of your lord, and cause So- 
lomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, 
and bring him down to Gihou: 

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Solomon declared king. 

34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the 
prophet anoint him there king over Israel: 
and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God 
save king Solomon. 

35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he 
may come" and sit upon my throne ; for he 
shall be king in my stead: and I have ap- 
pointed him to be ruler over Israel and over 
Judah. 

36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada an- 
swered the king, and said, Amen: the Lord 
God of my lord the king say so too. 

37 As the Lord hath been with my lord the 
king, even so be he with Solomon, and make 
his throne greater than the throne of my lord 
king David. 

38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the pro- 
phet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and 
the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went 
down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king 
David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. 

39 And Zadok the priest took a horn of oil 
outof the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. 
And they blew the trumpet; and all the peo- 
ple said, God save king Solomon. 

40 And all the people came up after him, 
and the people piped with pipes, and re- 
joiced with great joy, so that the earth rent 
with the sound of them. 

41 ^f And Adonijah and all the guests that 
were with him heard it as they had made an 
end of eating. And when Joab heard the 
sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is 
tids noise of the city being in an uproar? 

42 And while he yet spake, behold, Jona- 
than the son of Abiathar the priest came : and 
Adonijah said unto him, Come in ; for thou 
art a valiant man, and brin^est good tidings. 

43 And Jonathan answered and said to Ado- 
nijah, Verily our lord king David hath made 
Solomon king. 

44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok 
the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Be- 
naiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Chere- 
thites, and the Pelethites, and they have 
caused him to ride upon the king's mule: 

45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the 
prophet have anointed him king in Gihon : 
and they are comemp from thence rejoicing, 
bo that the city rang again. This is the noise 
tli at ye have heard. 

46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne 
of the kingdom. 

47 And moreover the king's servants came 
to bless our lord king David, saying, God 
make the name of Solomon better than thy 
name, and make his throne greater than thy 
throne. And the king bowed himself upon 
the bed. 

48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be 
the Lord God of Israel, which hath given 
one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes 
even seeing it. 

49 And all the guests that were with Adoni- 
jah were afraid, and rose up, and went every 
man his way. 

50 If And Adonijah feared because of Solo- 
mon, and arose, and went, and caught hold 
on the horns of the altar. 

51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, 



CHAP. II. David*s charge to Solomon, 

Adonijah feareth king Solomon : for lo, he 
hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, 
sayiMg, Let king Solomon swear unto me to- 
day that he will nc slay his servant with the 
sword. 

52 And Solomon said, If he will shew him- 
self a worthy man, there shall not a hair of 
him fall to the earth : but if wickedness shall 
be found in him, he shall die. 

53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought 
him down from the altar. And he came and 
bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solo- 
mon said unto him, Go to thy house. 

CHAP. II. 

I David, having- given a charge to Solomon, 3 of 
religiousness, 5 of Joab, 7 of Barzillai, 8 of 
Shimci, lOdieth. 12 Solomon succcedeth. 13 
Adonijah, moving Bath-sheba to sue unto So- 
lomon for jibi shag, is put to death. 26 Abia- 
thar having his life given him, is deprived of 
the priesthood. 28 Joab fleeing to the horns of 
the altar, is there slain. 35 Benaiah is put in 
JoaVs room, and Zadok in Abiathar's. 30 
Shimei, confined to Jerusalem, by occasion of 
going thence to Ga.th, is put to death. 

l%TOW the days of David drew nigh that he 

II should die; and he charged Solomon 
his son, saying, 

2 I go the way of all the earth : be thou 
strong therefore, and shew thyself a man; 

3 And keep the charge of the Lord thy 
God, to walk in his ways, to keep his sta- 
tutes, and his commandments, and his judg- 
ments, and his testimonies, as it is written in 
the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper 
in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou 
turn est thyself. 

4 That the Lord may continue his word 
which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy 
children take heed to then- way, to w r alk be- 
fore me in truth, with all their heart, and 
with all their soul, there shall not fail thee 
(said he) a man on the throne of Israel. 

5 Moreover, thou knowest also what Joab 
the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he 
did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, 
unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa 
the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed 
the blood of war in peace, and put the blood 
of war upon his girdle that was about his 
loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. 

6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, 
and let not his hoar head go down to the grave 
in peace. 

7 But shew kindness unto the sons of Bar- 
zillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those 
that eat at thy table : for so they came to me 
when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. 

8 And behold, thou hast with thee Shimei 
the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, 
which cursed me with a grievous curse in the 
day when I wenttoMahanaim: but he came 
down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to 
him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee 
to death with the sword. 

9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless : for 
thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou 
oughtest to do unto him ; but his hoar head 
bring thou down to the grave with blood. 

10 So David slept with his fathers, and was 
buried in the city of David. 

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Adonijah is put to death. I. KINGS, 

11 And the days that David reigned over Is 
rael were forty years : seven years reigned he 
in Hebron, and thirty and three years reign 
ed he in Jerusalem. 

12 If Then sat Solomon upon the throne of 
David his father ; and his kingdom was es- 
tablished greatly. 

13 1f And Adonijah the son of Haggith came 
to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And 
she said, Comest thou peaceably ? And he 
said, Peaceably. 

14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to 
eay unto thee. And she said, Say on. 

15 And he said, Thou knowest that the king- 
dom was mine, and that all Israel set then- 
faces on me, that I should reign : howbeit 
the kingdom is turned about, and is become 
my brother's : for it was his from the Lord? 

16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny 
me not. And she said unto him, Say on. 

17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto 
Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee 
nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunam- 
mite to w T ife. 

18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak 
for thee unto the king. 

19 1f Bath-sheba therefore went unto king 
Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. 
And the king rose up to meet her, and bow- 
ed himself unto her, and sat down on his 
throne, and caused a seat to be set for the 
king's mother ; and she sat on his right hand. 

20 Then she said, I desire one small peti- 
tion of thee ; / pray tkee, say me not nay. 
And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mo- 
ther : for I will not say thee nay. 

21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunam- 
mite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. 

22 And king Solomon answered and said 
unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abi- 
shag the Shunammite for Adonijah 1 ask for 
him the kingdom also ; for he is mine elder 
brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the 
priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 

23 Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, 
saving, God do so to me, and more also, if 
Aclonijah have not spoken this word against 
his own life. 

24 Now therefore, as the Lord liveth, which 
hath established me, and set me on the throne 
of David my father, and who hath made me 
a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be 
put to death this day. 

25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of 
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell 
upon him that he died. 

26 Tf And unto Abiathar the priest said the 
king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own 
fields; for thou art worthy of death : but I 
will not at this time put thee to death, be- 
cause thou barest the ark of the Lord God 
before David my father, and because thou 
hast been afflicted in all wherein my father 
was afflicted. 

27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from 
being priest unto the Lord; that he might 
fulfil the word of the Lord, which he spake 
concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. 

28 If Then tidings came to Joab : (for Joab 
had turned after Adonijah, though he turned 



Joab is slain* 
not after Absalom ;) and Joab fled unto the 
tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on 
the horns of the altar. 

29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab 
was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; 
and behold, he is by the altar. Then Solo- 
mon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, say- 
ing, Go, fall upon him. 

30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of 
the Lord, and said unto him, Thussaith the 
king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I 
will die liere. And Benaiah brought the 
king word again, saving, Thus said Joab, 
and thus he answered me. 

31 And the king said unto him, Do as he 
hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him ; 
that thou ma vest take away the innocent 
blood which Joab shed, from me, and from 
the house of my father. 

32 And the Lord shall return his blood upon 
his own head, who fell upon two men more 
righteous and better than he, and slew them 
with the sword, my father David not know- 
ing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, 
captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the 
son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. 

33 Their blood shall therefore return upon 
the head of Joab, and upon the head of his 
seed for ever : but upon David, and upon his 
seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, 
shall there be peace for ever from the Lord. 

34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, 
and fell upon him, and slew him : and he was 
buried in his own house in the wilderness. 

35 ^f And die king put Benaiah the son of 
Jehoiada in his room over the host : and 
Zadok the priest did the king put in the room 
of Abiathar. 

36 5f And the king sent and called forShi- 
mei, and said unto hjm, Build thee a house 
in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not 
forth thence any whither. 

37 For it shall be, that on the day thou goest 
out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou 
shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely 
die : thy blood shall be upon thine own head. 

38 And Shimei said unto the king. The say- 
ing is good : as my lord the king hath said, 
so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt 
in Jerusalem many days. 

39 And it came to pass at the end of three 
years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran 
away unto Achish son of Maachah king of 
Gath : and they told Shimei, saying, Behold, 
thy servants he in Gath. 

40 And Shimei arose and saddled his ass, 
and went to Gath to Achish to seek his ser- 
vants : and Shimei went and brought his ser- 
vants from Gath. 

41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had 
gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come 
again. 

42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, 
and said unto him, Did I not make thee to 
swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, 
saying, 'Know for a certain, on the day thou 
goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, 
that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst 
unto me, The word that I have heard is good. 

43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of 
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Solomon's choice of wisdom. CHAP, 

the Lord, and the commandment that I have 
charged thee with ? 

44 The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou 
knovvest all the wickedness which thy heart 
is privy to, that thou didst to David my fa- 
ther: therefore the Lord shall return thy 
wickedness upon thine own head ; 

45 And king Solomon shall be blessed, and 
the throne of David shall be established be- 
fore the Lord for ever. 

46 So the king commanded Benaiah the 
son of Jehoiada ; which went out, and fell 
upon him, that he died. And the kingdom 
was established in the hand of Solomon. 

CHAP. III. 

1 Solomon marrieth Pharaoh's daughter. 2 High 
places being in use, Solomon sacrificeth at 
Gibeon. 5 Solomon at Gibeon^ in the choice 
which God gave him, preferring wisdom, ob- 
taincth toisdom, riches, and honour. 16 Solo- 
mon' s judgment between the two harlots ma- 
keth him renowned. 

A ND Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh 
/jL king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's 
daughter, and brought her into the city of 
David, until he had made an end of building 
Ins own house, and the house of the Lord, 
and the wall of Jerusalem round about. 

2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, 
because there was no house built unto the 
name of the Lord, until those days. 

3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking 
in the statutes of David his father : only he 
sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 

4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice 
there ; for that was the great high place : a 
thousand burnt-offerings did Solomon offer 
upon that altar. 

5 \\ In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solo- 
mon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask 
what I shall give thee. 

6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed 
unto thy servant David my father great mer- 
cy, according as he walked before thee in 
truth, and in righteousness, and in upright- 
ness of heart with thee ; and thou hast kept 
for him this great kindness, that thou hast 
given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is 
this day. 

7 And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made 
thy servant king instead of David my father : 
and I am but a little child : I know not how 
to go out or come in. 

8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy peo- 
ple which thou hast chosen, a great people, 
that cannot be numbered nor counted for 
multitude. 

9 Give therefore thy servant an understand- 
ing heart to judge thy people, that I may dis- 
cern between good and bad : for who is able 
to judge this thy so great a people ? 

10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that 
Solomon^had asked this thing. 

11 And God said unto him, Because thou 
hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for 
thyself long life ; neither hast asked riches 
for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine 
enemies : but hast asked for thyself under- 
standing to discern judgment; 

12 Behold, I have done according to thy 



III, IV. His judgment between tJie harlots. 
words : lo, I have given thee a wise and an 
understanding heart ; so that there was none 
like thee before thee, neither after thee shall 
any arise like unto thee. 

13 And I have also given thee that which 
thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: 
so that there shall not be any among the kings 
like unto thee all thy days. 

14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to 
keep my statutes and my commandments, aa 
thy father David did walk, then I will length 
en thy days. 

15 And Solomon awoke; and behold, it was 
a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and 
stood before the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord, and offered up burnt-offerings, and 
offered peace-offerings, and made a feast to 
all his servants. 

16 H Then came there two women, that icere 
harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. 

17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I 
and this woman dwell in one house; and I 
was delivered of a child with her in the house. 

18 And it came to pass the third day after 
that I was delivered, that this woman was 
delivered also : and we were together; there 
ivas no stranger with us in the house, save 
we two in the house. 

19 And this woman's child died in the night; 
because she overlaid it. 

20 And she arose at midnight, and took my 
son from beside me, while thy handmaid 
slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her 
dead child in my bosom. 

21 And when I arose in the morning to give 
my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when 
I had considered it in the morning, behold, it 
was not my son, which I did bear. 

22 And the other woman said, Nay ; but the 
living is my son, and the dead is thy son. 
And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, 
and the living is my son. Thus they spake 
before the king. 

23 Then said the king, The one saith, ThJ3 
is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead ; 
and the other saith, Nay ; but thy son is the 
dead, and my son is the living. 

24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. 
And they brought a sword before the king. 

25 And. the king said, Divide the living 
child in two, and give half to the one, and 
half to the other. 

26 Then spake the woman whose the living 
child wasmnto the king, for her bowels yearn- 
ed upon her son, and she said, O my lord, 
give her the living child, and in no wise slay 
it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine 
nor thine, but divide it. 

27 Then the king answered and said, Give 
her the living child, and in no wise slay it: 
she is the mother thereof. 

28 And all Israel heard of the judgment 
which the king had judged ; and they feared 
the king: for they saw that the wisdom of 
God teas in him, to do judgment. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Solomon's princes. 7 His twelve officers for 
provision. 20, 24 The peace and largeness of 
his kingdom. 22 His daily provision. 26 His 
stables. 2d His wisdom. 
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Solomon'' s princes and officers. 

SO king Solomon was king over all Israel. 
- 2 And these were the princes which he 
had: Azariah the son of Zadok the priest; 

3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, 
scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the 
recorder. 

4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was 
over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar 
were the priests : 

5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over 
the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan 
was principal officer, and the king's friend: 

G And Ahishar was over the household: 
and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the 
tribute. 

7 If And Solomon had twelve officers over 
all Israel, which provided victuals for the 
king and his household : each man his month 
in a year made provision. 

8 And these are their names: The son of 
Hnr, in mount Ephraim : 

9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in 
Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon- 
beth-hanan : 

10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth ; to him 
pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher : 

11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region 
of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter 
of SolomorTto wife : 

12 Baana the son of Ahilud ; to him per- 
tained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth- 
shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jez- 
reel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even 
unto the place that is beyond Jokneam : 

13 The son of Geber, in Ramoth-gilead; to 
him pertained the towns of Jair the son of 
Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also 
pertained the region of Argob, which is in 
Bashan, threescore great cities with walls 
and brazen bars: 

14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo hadMaha.na.im : 

15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali ; he also took 
Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife : 

16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher 
and in Aloth : 

17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issa- 
char : 

18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin. 

19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country 
of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of 
the Amorites, and of 0<? king of Bashan ; 
and he was the only officer which was in 
the land. 

20 H Judah and Israel were many, as the 
sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating 
and drinking, and making merry. 

21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms 
from the river unto the land of the Philis- 
tines, and unto the border of Egypt: they 
brought presents, and served Solomon all 
the days of his life. 

22 H And Solomon's provision for one day 
was thirty measures of fine flour, and three- 
score measures of meal, 

23 Ten fat oxen, and,, twenty oxen out of 
the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides 
harts, and roe-bucks, and fallow-deer, and 
fatted fowl. 

24 For he had dominion over all the region 
on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to 



I. KINGS. The grandeur of his kingdom. 

Azzah, over all the kings on this side the 
river: and he had peace on all sides round 
about him. 

25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every 
man under his vine and under his fig-tree, 
from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days 
of Solomon. 

26 ^[ And Solomon had forty thousand stalls 
of horses for his chariots, and twelve thou 
sand horsemen. 

27 And those officers provided victual for 
king Solomon, and for all that came unto king 
Solomon's table, every man in his month : 
they lacked nothing. 

28 Barley also and straw for the horses and 
dromedaries brought they unto the place 
where the officers were, every man accord- 
ing to his charge. 

29 ^[ And God gave Solomon wisdom and 
understanding exceeding much, and large- 
ness of heart, even as the sand that is on the 
sea-sliore. 

30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the 
wisdom of all the children of the east coun- 
try, and all the wisdom of Egypt. 

31 For he was wiser than all men; than 
Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and dial 
col, and Darda, the sons of Mahol : and his 
fame was in all nations round about. 

32 And he spake three thousand proverbs : 
and his songs were a thousand and five. 

33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar- 
tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hys- 
sop that springeth out of the wall : he spake 
also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping 
things, and of fishes. 

34 And there came of all people to hear the 
wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the 
earth, which had heard of his wisdom. 

CHAP. V. 
1 Hiram sending to congratulate Solomon, is 
certified of his purpose to build the temple, 
and desired to furnish him with timber there- 
to. 7 Hiram blessing God for Solomon, and 
requesting food for his family, furnisheth him 
with trees. 13 The number of Solomon's work- 
men and labourers. 

AND Hiram king of Tyre sent his ser- 
vants unto Solomon ; for he had heard 
that they had anointed him king in the room 
of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of 
David. 

2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 

3 Thou knowest how that David my father 
could not build a house unto the name of the 
Lord his God, for the wars which were 
about him on every side, until the Lord put 
them under the soles of his feet. 

4 But now the Lord my God hath given 
me rest on every side, so that there is neither 
adversary nor evil occurrent. 

5 And behold, I purpose to build a house 
unto the name of the Lord my God, as the 
Lord spake unto David my father, saying 
Thy son whom I will set upon thy throne in 
thy room, he shall build a house unto my name. 

6 Now therefore command thou, that they 
hew me cedar-trees out of Lebanon ; and 
my servants shall be with thy servants : and 
unto thee will I give hire for thy servants 

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Hiram assists Solomon CHAP. VI. 

according to all that thou shah appoint: for 
thou knowest that there is not among us any 
tUat can skill to hew timber like unto the 
Bidonians. 

7 t And it came to pass, when Hiram heard 
the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced great- 
ly, and said, Blessed be the Lord this day, 
which hath given unto David a wise son 
over this great people. 

8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I 
have considered the things which thou sent- 
esf to me for: and I will do all thy desire 
concerning timber of cedar, and concerning 
timber of fir. 

9 My servants shall bring them down from 
Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey 
them by sea in floats unto the place that thou 
shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be 
discharged there, and thou shalt receive 
them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, 
in giving food for my household. 

10 So v Hiram gave Solomon cedar-trees 
and fir-trees according- to all his desire. 

11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thou 
sand measures of wheat for food to his house 



in the building of the temple. 
house, twenty cubits tew the length thereof, 
according to the breadth of the house; and 
ten cubits was the breadth thereof, before 
the house. 

4 And for the house he made windows of 
narrow lights. 

5 % And against the wall of the house he 
built chambers round about, against the 
walls of the house round about, both of the 
temple and of the oracle: and he made 
chambers round about. 

6 The nethermost chamber teas five cubits 
broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, 
and the third was seven cubits broad : for 
without in the wall of the house he made 
narrowed rests round about, that the beams 
should not be fastened in the walls of the 
house. 

7 And the house, when it was in building. 
was built of stone made ready before it was 

i brought thither: so that there was neither 
| hammer nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard 
j in the house, while it was in building. 
I 8 The door for the middle chamber was in 
the right side of the house : and they went 



hold, and twenty measures of pure oil : thus ! up with winding stairs into the middle charn 



gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. 
12 And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom. 



| ber. and out of the middle into the third. 
9 So he built the house, and finished it ; and 



as he promised him : and there was peace covered the house with beams and boards of 
between Hiram and Solomon ; and they two I cedar. 



made a league togetln 

13 1[ And king Solomon raised a levy out 
of all Israel ; and the levy was thirty thou- 
sand men. 

14 And he sent them to Lebanon ten thou- 
sand a month by courses ; a month they were 
in Lebanon, and two months at home. And 
Adoniram was over the levy. 

15 And Solomon had threescore and ten 
thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore 
thousand hewers in the mountains; 

16 Besides the chief of Solomon's officers 
which were over the work, three thousand 
and three hundred, which ruled over the 
people that wrought in the work. 

17 And the king commanded, and they 
brought great stones, costly stones, and hew- 
ed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. 

18 And Solomou's builders, and Hiram's 
builders did hew them,',\nd the stone-square rs: 
so they prepared timber and stones to build 
the house. 

CHAP. VI. 
I Tlieluildinrr of Solomon'' s temple. 5 The cham- 
bers thereof. Jl God's promise unto it. 15 The 
ceiling and adorning of it. 23 The chcrubims. 
31 The doors. 36 The court. 37 The time of 
building it. 

A ND it came to pass in the four hundred 
J\. and eightieth year after the children 
J»f Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, 
in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over 
Israel, in the month Zif, which is die second 
mouth, that he began to build die house of 
the Lord. 

2 And the house which king Solomon built 
for the Lord, the length thereof was three- 
score cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty 
cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 

3 And the porch before the temple of the 



10 And thenhebuWt chambers against all the 
house, five cubits high : and they rested on 
the house with limber of cedar. 

11 Tf And the word of the Lord came to 
Solomon, saying, 

12 Concerning this house which thou art in 
building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, 
and execute my judgments, and keep all inv 
commandments to walk in them; then will 1 
perform my word with thee, which I spake 
unto David thy father : 

13 And I will dwell among the children of 
Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. 

14 So Solomon built the house, and finish- 
ed it. 

15 And he built the walls of the house with- 
in with boards of cedar, both the floor of the 
house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he 
covered them on the inside with wood, and co- 
vered the floor of the house with planks of fir. 

16 And he built twenty cubits on the sides 
of the house, both the floor and the walls with 
boards of cedar : he even built them for it 
within, even for the oracle, even for the most 
holy place. 

17 And the house, that is, the temple before 
it, was forty cubits long. 

18 And the cedar of the house within was 
carved with knops and open flowers : all was 
cedar; there was no stone seen. 

19 And the oracle he prepared in the house 
within, to set there the ark of the covenant 
of the Lord. 

20 And the oracle in. the forepart teas twen- 
ty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in 
breadth, and twenty cubits in the height there- 
of: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and 
so covered the altar which teas of cedar. 

21 So Solomon overlaid the house within 
with pure gold : and he made a partition by 

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The adorning of the temple. I. KINGS, 

the chains of gold before the oracle; and he 
overlaid it with gold. 

22 And the whole house he overlaid with 
gold, until he had finished all the house : also 
the whole altar that was by the oracle he 
overlaid with gold. 

23 Tf And within the oracle he made two 
cherubims ©/"olive-tree, each ten cubits high. 

24 And five cubits was the one wing of the 
cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the 
cherub : from the uttermost part of the one 
wing unto the uttermost part of the other 
were ten cubits. 

25 And the other cherub teas ten cubits : 
both the cherubims were of one measure and 
one size. 

26 The height of the one cherub was ten 
cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 

27 And he set the cherubims within the in- 
ner house : and they stretched forth the wings 
of the cherubims, so that the wing of the 
one touched the one wall, and the wing of 
the other cherub touched the other wall; and 
their wings touched one another in the midst 
of the house. 

28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. 

29 And he carved all the walls of the house 
round about with carved figures of cherubims, 
and palm-trees, and open flowers, within 
and without. 

30 And the floor of the house he overlaid 
with gold, within and without. 

31 ^ And for the entering of the oracle he 
made doors ©/"olive-tree : the lintel and side- 
posts were a fifth part of the wall. 

32 The two doors also were of olive-tree ; 
and he carved upon them carvings of cheru- 
bims, and palm-trees, and open flowers, and 
overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon 
the cherubims, and upon the palm-trees. 

33 So also made he for the door of the temple, 
posts of olive-tree, a fourth part of the wall. 

34 And the two doors were of fir-tree : the 
two leaves of the one door were folding, and 
the two leaves of the other door were folding. 

35 And he carved thereon cherubims, and 
palm-trees, and open flowers; and covered 
them with gold, fitted upon the carved work. 

36 *f[ And he built the inner court with three 
rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar 
beams. 

37 If In the fourth year was the foundation of 
the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif: 

38 And in the eleventh year, in the month 
Bui (which is the eighth month) was the 
house finished throughout all the parts there- 
of, and according to all the fashion of it. So 
was he seven years in building it. 

CHAP. VII. 



, upon 
beams 



1 The building of Solomon's house. 2 Of the 
house of Lebanon. 6 Of the porch of pillars. 
7 Of the porch of judgment. 8 Of the house 
for Pharaoh's daughter. 13 Hiram's work of 
the two pillars. 23 Of the molten sea. 27 Of 
the ten bases. 38 Of the ten lavers, 40 and all 
the vessels. 

BUT Solomon was building his own 
house thirteen years, and he finished 
all his house. 
2 ^[ He built also the house of the forest of 



Solomon's other buildings. 
Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred 
cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, 
and the height thereof thirty cubits 
four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar 
upon the pillars. 

3 And it was covered with cedar above up- 
on the beams that lay on forty-five pillars, 
fifteen in a row. 

4 And there were windows in three rows, 
and light was against light in three ranks. 

5 And all the doors and posts were square 
with the windows: and light was asrainst 
light in three ranks. 

6 IT And he made a porch of pillars; the 
length thereof teas fifty cubits, and the breadth 
thereof thirty cubits : and the porch was be- 
fose them : and the other pillars and die 
thick beam were before them. 

7 ^[ Then he made a porch for the throne 
where he might judge, even the porch of 
judgment : and it was covered with cedar 
from one side of the floor to the other. 

8 Tf And his house where he dwelt had ano- 
ther court within the porch, which was of the 
like work. Solomon made also a house for 
Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to 
wife, like unto this porch. 

9 All these were ©/costly stones, according 
to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with 
saws, within and without, even from the foun- 
dation unto the coping, and so on the outside 
toward the great court. 

10 And the foundation was ©/costly stones, 
even great stones ; stones of ten cubits, and 
stones of eight cubits. 

11 And above were costly stones, after the 
measures of hewed stones, and cedars. 

12 And the great court round about was 
with three rows of hewed stones, and a row 
of cedar beams, both for the inner court of 
the house of the Lord, and for the porch of 
the house. 

13 Tf And king Solomon sent and fetched 
Hiram out of Tyre. 

14 He was a "widow's son of the tribe of 
Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, 
a worker in brass; and he was filled with 
wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to 
work all works in brass. And he came to 
king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 

15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eigh- 
teen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve 
cubits did compass either of them about. 

16 And he made two chapiters of molten 
brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars : the 
height of the one chapiter was five cubits, 
and the height of the other chapiter was five 
cubits : 

17 And nets of checker-work, and wreaths 
of chain-work, for the chapiters which were 
upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one 
chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. 

18 And he made the pillars, and two rows 
round about upon the one net-work, to cover 
the chapiters that were upon the top, with 
pomegranates : and so did he for the other 
chapiter. 

19 And the chapiters that were upon the 
top of the pillars were of lily-work in the 
porch, four cubits. 

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20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars 
had pomegranates also above, over against 
the belly which was by the net-work : and 
the pomegranates were two hundred in rows 
round about upon the other chapiter. 

21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of 
the temple : arid he set up the right pillar, 
and called the name thereof Jachin: and he 
set up the left pillar, and called the name 
thereof Boa/.. 

22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily- 
work : so was the work of the pillars finished. 

23 If And he made a molten sea, ten cubits 
from the one brim to the other : it teas round 
all about, and his height was five cubits : 
and a line of thirty cubits did compass it 
round about. 

24 And under the brim of it round about 
there were knops compassing it, ten in a cu- 
bit, compassing the sea round about : the 
knops were cast in two rows, when/it was cast. 

25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking 
toward the north, and three looking toward 
the west, and three looking toward the south, 
and three looking toward the east : and the 
sea was set above upon them, and all their 
hinder parts -were inward. 

26 And it was a hand-breadth thick, and 
the brim thereof was wrought like the brim 
of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained 
two thousand baths. 

27 *ff And he made ten bases of brass; four 
cubits was the length of one base, and four 
cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits 
the height of it. 

28 And the work of the bases teas on this 
manner : They had borders, and the borders 
were between the ledges : 

29 And on the borders that were between 
the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims : 
and upon the ledges there teas a base above : 
and beneath the lions and oxen icere certain 
additions made of thin work. 

30 And every base had four brazen wheels, 
and plates of brass : and the four corners 
thereof had undersetters : under the laver 
were undersetters molten, at the side of every 
addition. 

31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter 
and above was a cubit : but the mouth there- 
of was round after the work of the base, a 
cubit and a half : and also upon the mouth 
of it were gravings with their borders, four- 
square, not round. 

32 And under the borders were four wheels; 
*" and the axletrees of the wheels were joined 

to the base : and the height of a wheel was 
a cubit and half a cubit. 

33 And the work of the wheels was like the 
| work of a chariot wheel : their axletrees, 

and their naves, and their felloes, and their 
spokes, were all molten. 

34 And there were four undersetters to the 
four corners of one base : and the underset- 
ters were of the very base itself. 

35 And in the top of the base teas there 
a round compass of half a cubit high : and on 
the top of the base the ledges thereof and the 
borders thereof were of the same. 

36 For on the olates of the ledges thereof, 

12 M 



• VIII. utensils for Hie tempi e. 

and on the borders thereof, he graved cheru- 
bims, lions, and palm-trees, according to the 
proportion of every one, and additions round 
about. 

37 After this manner he made the ten bases : 
all of them had one casting, one measure, 
and one size. 

38 5T Then made he ten lavers of brass: 
one laver contained forty baths: and every 
laver was four cubits : and upon every one 
of the ten bases one laver. 

39 And he put five bases on the right side 
of the house, and five on the left side of 
the house : and he set the sea on the right 
side of the house eastward, over against the 
south. 

40 1f And Hiram made the lavers, and the 
shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an 
end of doing all the work that he made king 
Solomon for the house of the Lord : 

41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of 
the chapiters that were on the top of the two 
pillars; and the two net-works, to cover the 
two bowls of the chapiters which hereupon 
the top of the pillars; 

42 And four hundred pomegranates for the 
two net-works, even two rows of pomegra- 
nates for one net-work, to cover the two bo wla 
of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; 

43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the 
bases ; 

44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the 
sea; 

45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the 
basins: and all these vessels which Hiram 
made to king Solomon for the house of the 
Lord, were of bright brass. 

46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast 
them, in the clay-ground between Succoth 
and Zarthan. 

47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweigh- 
ed, because they were exceeding many: nei- 
ther was the weight of the brass found out. 

48 And Solomon made all the vessels that 
pertained unto the house of the Lord : the 
altar of gold, and the table of gold, where- 
upon the shew-bread was, 

49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five 
on the right rate, and five on the left, before 
the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, 
and the tongs of gold, 

50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the 
basins, and the spoons, and the censers of 
pure gold ; and the hinges of gold, both for 
the doors of the inner house, the most holy 
place, and for the doors of the house, towity 
of the temple. 

51 So was ended all the work that king So- 
lomon made for the house of the Lord. And 
Solomon brought in the things which David 
his father had dedicated : even the silver, and 
the gold, and the vessels, did he put among 
the treasures of the house of the Lord. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 The feast of the dedication of the temple. 1? 
and 54 Solomon's blessing. 22 Solomon' spray 
er. 62 His sacrifice of peace-offerings. 

THEN Solomon assembled the elders of 
Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, 
the chief of the fathers of the children of Is- 
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7%e dedication of the temple. 
rael, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that 
ihey might bring up the ark of the covenant 
of the Lord out of the city of David, which 
is Zion. 

.2 And a«l the men of Israel assembled them- 
selves unto king Solomon at the feast in the 
month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 

3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the 
priests took up the ark. 

4 And they brought up the ark of the Lord, 
find the tabernacle of the congregation, and 
all the holy vessels that were in the taberna- 
cle, even those did the priests and the Le- 
viten bring up. 

5 And king Solomon, mid all the congre- 
gation of Israel, that were assembled unto 
him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing 
sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor 
numbered for multitude. 

6 And the priests brought in the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord unto his place, into 
the oracle of the house, to the most holy 
place, even under the wings of the cherubims. 

7 For the cherubims spread forth their two 
wings over the place of the ark, and the che- 
rubims covered the ark and the staves there- 
of above. 

o And they drew out the staves, that the 
ends of the staves were seen out in the holy 
place before the oracle, and they were not 
seen without: and there they are unto thisday. 

•1) There was nothing in the ark save the 
two tables of stone, which Moses put there 
at Iloreb, when the Lord made a covenant 
with the children of Israel, when they came 
out of the land of Egypt. 

10 And it came to pass, when the priests 
were come out of the holy place, that the 
cloud filled the house of the Lord, 

It So that the priests could not stand to 
minister because of the cloud : for the glory 
of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord. 

12 1f Then spake Solomon, The Lord said 
{hat he would dwell in the thick darkness. 

13 I have surely built thee a house to dwell 
in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. 

14 And the king turned his face about, and 
blessed all the congregation of Israel:- and 
a!i the congregation of Israel stood ; 

15 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God 
of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto 
David my father, and hath with his hand ful- 
fiile d it, saying, 

10 Since the day that I brought forth my 
people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city 
out of nil the tribes of Israel to build a house, 
that my name might be therein ; but I chose 
David to be over "my people Israel. 

17 And it was in the heart of David my 
father to buil(j a house for the name of the 
L>rd God of Israel. 

HJ And the Lord said unto David my father, 
Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house 
unto my name, thou didst well that it was in 
thy heart. 

ll) Nevertheless, thou shait not build the 
house; but thy son that shall come forth out 
of thy loins, he shall build the house unto 
nv name. 

20 And the Lord bath performed his word 



KINGS. The prayer of Solomon, 

that he spake, and I am risen up in the room 
of David my father, and sit on the throne of 
Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built \\ 
house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. 

21 And I have set there ;i place for the ark, 
wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which 
he made with our fathers, when he brought 
them out of the land of Egypt. 

22 % And Solomon stood before the altar 
of the Lord in the presence of all the con- 
gregation of Israel, and spread forth his 
hands toward heaven : 

23 And he said, Lord God of Israel, there 
is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on 
earth beneath, who keepest covenant and 
mercy with thy servants that walk before 
thee with all their heart: 

24 Who hast kept with thy servant David 
my father that thou promisedst him : thou 
spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfill- 
ed it with thy hand, as it is this day. 

25 Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, 
keep with thy servant David my father th; 
thou promisedst him, saying, There shall m 
fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the thron 
of Israel ; so that thy children take heed V 
their way, that they walk before me as thoi 
hast walked before me. 

26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy won 
I pray thee, be verified, which thou spake; 
unto thy servant David my father. 

27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? 
behold the heaven and heaven of heavens 
cannot contain thee; how much less this 
house that 1 have builded ? 

28 Yet have thou respect unto tl>e prayer of 
thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord 
my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the 
prayer, which thy servant prayeth before 
thee to-day : 

29 That thine eyes may be open toward this 
house night and day, even toward the place 
of which thou hast said, My name shall be 
there: that thou may est hearken unto the 
prayer which thy servant shall make toward 
this place. 

30 And hearken thou to the supplication of 
thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when 
they shall pray toward this place l and hear 
thou in heaven thy dwelling-place: and when 
thou hearcst, forgive. 

31 ff If any man trespass against his neigh 
hour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause 
him to swear, and the oath come before thine 
altar in this house: 

32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and 
judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, 
to bring his way upon his head; and justify- 
ing the righteous, to give bum according to 
his righteousness. 

33 *ff When thy people Israel be smitten 
down before the enemy, because they have 
sinned against thee, and shall turn again to 
thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and 
make supplication unto thee in this house: 

34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive 
the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them 
again unto the land which thou gavest unto 
their fathers. 

35 T[ When heaven is shut up, and there is 
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and his thanksgiving, CHAP. 

no rain, because they have sinned against 
thee ; if they pray toward this place, and con- 
fess thy name, and turn from their sin, when 
thou a'fflictest them : 

36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive 
tne sin of thy servants, and of thy people Is- 
rael, that thou teach them the good Way 
wherein they should walk, and give rain 
upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy 
people for an inheritance. 

37 1T If there be in the land famine, if there 
be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if 
there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege 
them in the land of their cities, whatsoever 
plague, Avhatsoever sickness there be; 

38 What prayer and supplication soever be 
made by any man, or \yy all thy people Israel, 
which shall know every man the plague of 
his own heart, and spread forth his hands 
toward this house: 

39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling- 
place, and forgive, and do, and give to every 
man according to his ways, whose heart thou 
know est; (for thou, even thou only, knowest 
the hearts of all the children of men;) 

40 That they may fear thee all the days that 
they live in the land which thou gavest unto 
our fathers. 

41 Moreover, concerning a stranger, thaU's 
not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a 
far country for thy name's sake; 

42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, 
and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched- 
out arm •) when he shall come and pray to- 
ward tins house; N 

43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, 
and do according to all that the stranger call- 
eth to thee for: that all people of the earth 
may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy 
people Israel ; and that they may know that 
this house which I have builded is called by 
thy name. 

44 H If thy people go out to battle against 
their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send 
them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward 
the city which thou hast chosen, and toward 
the house that I have built for thy name. 

45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and 
their supplication, and maintain their cause. 

46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no 
man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with 
them, and deliver them to the enemy^o that 
they carry thern away captives unto the land 
of the enemy, far or near; 

47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in 
the land whither they were carried captives, 
and repent, and make supplication unto thee 
in the land of them that carried them captives, 
saying, We have sinned, and have done per- 
versely, we have committed wickedness ; 

43 And so return unto thee with all their 
heart, and with all their soul, in the land of 
their enemies which led them away captive, 
and pray unto thee toward their land, which 
thou gavestunto their fathers, the city which 
thou hastchoscn, and the house which I have 
built for thy name : 

49 Then hear thou their prayer and their 
supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place, 
and maintain their cause, 



VTII. at the dedication. 

50 And forgive thy people that have sinned 
against thee, and all their transgression* 
wherein they have transgressed against thee, 
and give them compassion before them who 
carried them captive, that they may have 
compassion on them : 

51 For they be thy people, and thine inheri- 
tance, which thou broughtest forth out of 
Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron : 

52 That thine eyes may be open unto the 
supplication of thy servant, and unto the sup- 
plication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto 
them in all that they call for unto thee. 

53 For thou didst separate them from among 
all the people of the earth, to be thine in- 
heritance, as thou spakest by the hand of 
Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our 
fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. 

54 And it was so, that when Solomon had 
made an end of praying all this prayer and 
supplication unto the Lord, he arose frombc- 
fore the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on 
his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. 

55 And he stood and blessed all the congre- 
gation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 

56 Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest 
unto his people Israel, according to all that 
he promised : there hath not failed one word 
of all his good promise, which he promised 
by the hand of Moses his servant. 

57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was 
with our fathers : let him not leave us, nor 
forsake us : 

58 That he may incline our hearts unto him, 
to walk in all his ways, and to keep his com- 
mandments, and his statutes, and his judg- 
ments, which he commanded our fathers. 

59 And let these my words wherewith I have 
made supplication before the Lord, be nigh 
unto the Lord our God day and night, that 
he maintain the cause of his servant, and the 
cause of his people Israel at all times, as the 
matter shall require : 

60 That all the people of the earth may know 
that the Lord is God, and iliat there is none 
else. 

61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with 
the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, 
and to keep his commandments, as at this day. 

62 ^[ And the king, and all Israel with him, 
offered sacrifice before the Lord. 

63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace- 
offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, 
two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hun- 
dred and twenty thousand sheep. So the 
king and all the children of Israel dedicated 
the house of the Lord. 

64 The same day did the king hallow the 
middle of tire court that was before the house 
of the Lord: for there he offered burnt-of- 
ferings, and meatofferings, and the fat of the 
peace-offerings : because the brazen altar 
that was before the Lord was too little to re- 
ceive the burnt-offerings, and meat-offerings, 
and the fat of the peace-offerings. 

65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, 
and all Israel with him, a great congregation, 
from the entering in of Hamath unto the river 
of Egypt, before the Lord our God. seven 
days and seven days, c«^ fourteen days. 

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God's covenant wWi Solomon. 
66 On the eighth day he sent the people 
away: and they blessed the king, and went 
unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for 
all the goodness that the Lord had done for 
David his servant, and for Israel his people. 

CHAP. IX. 

1 God's covenant in a vision with Solomon. 10 
The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiram. 
15 In Solomon's works the Gentiles were his 
bond-men, the Israelites honourable servants. 

24 Pharaoh's daughter removeth to her house. 

25 Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices. 26 His 
navy fetcheth gold from Ophir. 

AND it came to pass, when Solomon had 
finished the building of the house of the 
Lord, and the king's house, and all Solo- 
mon's desire which he was pleased to do, 

2 That the Lord appeared to Solomon the 
second time, as he had appeared unto him at 
Gibeon. 

3 And the Lord said unto him, I have heard 
thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast 
made before me : I have hallowed this house, 
which thou hast built, to put my name there 
for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall 
be there perpetually. 

4 And if thou wilt walk before me, as David 
thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and 
m uprightness, to do according to nil that T 
have commanded thee, and wilt keep my 
statutes and my judgments : 

5 Then I will establish the throne of thy 
kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised 
to David thy father, saying, There ^liall not 
fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. 

6 But if ye shall at all turn from following 
me, ye or your children, and will not keep 
my commandments and my statutes which I 
have set before yon, but go and serve other 
gods, and worship them : 

7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land 
which I have given them; and this house 
which I have hallowed for my name, will I 
cast out of my sight ; and Israel shall be a 
proverb and a by-word among all people : 

8 And at this house, which is high, every one 
that passeth by it shall be astonished, and 
shall hiss ; and they shall say, Why hath the 
Lord done thus unto this land, and to this 
house? 

9 And they shall answer, Because thev for- 
sook the Lord their God, who brought forth 
theirfathersoutofthelandofEgypt, and have 
taken hold upon other gods, and have wor- 
shipped them, and served them : therefore 
hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil. 

101T And it came to pass at the end of twen- 
ty year?, when Solomon had built the two 
houses, the house of the Lord, and the king's 
bouse, 

11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had fur- 
nished Solomon with cedar-trees and fir- 
trees, and with gold, according to all his de- 
sire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram 
twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 

12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see 
the cities which Solomon had given him; 
and they pleased him not. 

13 And he said, What cities rtrethese which 
thou hast given me, my brother ? And he 



L KL\GSr Solomon s yearly sacrifices. 

called them the IandofCabul unto this day. 

14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore ta- 
lents of gold. 

15 1f And this is the reason of the levy which 
king Solomon raised ; for to build the house 
of the Lord, and his own house, and Millo, 
and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and 
Megiddo, and Gezer. 

16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, 
and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and 
slain the Canaan ites that dwelt in the city, 
and given hjbr a present unto his daughter 
Solomon's wife. 

17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth 
horon the nether, 

13 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wil- 
derness, in the land, 

19 And all the cities of store that Solomon 
had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for 
his horsemen, and that which Solomon de- 
sired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, 
and in all the land of his dominion. 

20 And all the people that were left of the 
Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and 
Jebusites, which were not of the children of 
Israel, 

21 Their children that were left after them 
in the land, whom the children of Israel also 
were not able utterly to destroy, upon those 
did Solomon levy a tribute of bond-service 
unto this day. 

22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon 
make no bond-men : but they were men of 
war, and his servants, and his princes, and 
his captain?, and rulers of his chariots, and 
his horsemen. 

23 These were the chief of the officers that 
were over Solomon's work, five hundred <uu\ 
fifty, which bare rule over the people that 
wrought in the work. 

24 % But Pharaoh's daughter came up out 
of the city of David unto her house which 
SoJ-omon had built for her : then did he build 
Millo. 

2511 And three times in a year did Solomon 
offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon 
the altar which he built unto the Lord, and 
he burnt incense upon the altar that was be- 
fore the Lord. So he finished the house. 

26 If And king Solomon made a navy of ships 
in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the 
shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edotn. 

27 And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, 
shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with 
the servants of Solomon. 

28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from 
thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, 
and brought it to king Solomon. 

CHAP. X. 
1 The queen of Sheba admireth the wisdom of 
Solomon. 14 Solomon's gold. 16 His targets. 
18 The throne of ivory. 21 His vessels. 24 His 
presents. 2QHis chariots and horse. 28 His 
tribute. 

AND when the queen of Sheba heard of 
the fame of Solomon concerning the 
name of the Lord, she came to prove him 
with hard questions. 

2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very 

great train, with camels that bare spices, and 

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TIi£ queen of Sheba' s visit. 
very much gold, and precious stones : and 
when she whs come to Solomon, she com- 
muned with him of all that was in her heart. 

3 And Solomon told her all her questions: 
there was not any thing hid from the king, 
which he told her not. 

4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen 
all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he 
had built, 

5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting 
of lu's servants, and the attendance of his 
ministers, and their apparel, and his cup- 
bearer?, and his ascent by which he went up 
unto the kouse of the Lord; there was no 
more spirit in her. 

6 And she said to the king, It was a true 
report that I heard in mine own land of thy 
acts and of thy wisdom. 

7 Howbeit, I believed not the words, until 
I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and be- 
hold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom 
and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I 
heard. 

8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy 
servants, which stand continually before thee, 
and that hear thy wisdom. 

9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which de- 
lighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of 
Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for 
ever, therefore made he thee king, to do 
judgment and justice. 

10 And she gave the king a hundred and 
twenty talents of gold, and of spices very 
great store, and precious stones : there came 
no more such abundance of spices as these 
which the queen of Sheba gave to king 
Solomon. 

11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought 
gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great 
plenty of almug-trees, and precious stones. 

12 And the king made of the almug-trees 
pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the 
king's house, harps also and psalteries for 
singers : there came no such almug-trees, 
nor were seen unto this day. 

13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen 
of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she ask- 
ed, besides tJiat which Solomon gave her of 
iiis royal bounty. So she turned and went 
to her own country, she and her servants. 

II 1[ Now the weight of gold that came to 
Solomon in one year was six hundred three- 
score and six talents of gold, 

15 Besides that he had of the merchant- 
men, and of the traffick of the spice-mer- 
chants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and 
of the governors' of the country. 

10 1f And king Solomon made two hundred 
targets of beaten gold; six hundred shekels 
of gold went to one target. 

17 And he made three hundred shields of 
beaten gold; three pounds of gold went to 
one shield : and the king put them in the 
house of the .forest of Lebanon. 

J 8 If Moreover, the king made a great throne 
of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. 

19 The throne had six steps, and the top of 
the throne was round behind: and there 
were stays on either side on the place of the 
seat, and two lions stood beside the stavs. 



CHAP. XI. Solomon's magnificence. 

20 And twelve lions stood there on the one 
side and on the other upon the six steps: 
there was not the like made in any kingdom. 

21 If And all king Solomon's drinking ves- 
sels were of gold, and all the vessels of the 
house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure 
gold; none were of silver: it was nothing 
accounted of in the days of Solomon. 

22 For the king had at sea a navy of Thar- 
shish with the navy of Hiram : once in three 
years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing 
gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and pea- 
cocks. 

23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings 
of the earth for riches and for wisdom. 

24 ^[ And all the earth sought to Solomon, 
to hear his wisdom, which God had put in 
liis heart. 

25 And they brought every man his present, 
vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and 
garments, and armour, and spices, horses, 
and mules, a rate year by year. 

26 IT And Solomon gathered together cha- 
riots, and horsemen : and he had a thousand 
and four hundred chariots, and twelve thou- 
sand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the 
cities for chariots, and with the king at Jeru- 
salem. 

27 And the king made silver to be in Jeru- 
salem as stones, and cedars made he to be as 
the sycamore-trees that are in the vale, for 
abundance. 

28 *ft And Solomon had horses brought out 
of Egypt, and linen yarn : the king's mer- 
chants received the linen yarn at a price. 

29 And a chariot came up and went out of 
Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and 
a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for 
all the kings of the Hittites, and for the 
kings of Syria, did they bring them out by 
their means. 

CHAP. XL 



l Solomon's wives and concubines. 4 In his old 
age they draw him to idolatry. 9 God threaten- 
ed him. 14 Solomon's adversaries were Ha~ 
dad, who was entertained in Egypt, Q3Rezon, 
who reigned in Damascus, QQand Jeroboam, 
to whom jShijah prophesied. 41 Solomon's acts y 
reign, and death : Rekoboam succeedcth him. 

BUT king Solomon loved many strange 
women, together with the daughter of 
Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammon- 
ites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; 

2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord 
said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not 
go in to them, neither shall they come in 
unto you: for surely they will turn away 
your heart after their gods : Solomon clave 
unto these in love. 

3 And he had seven hundred wives, prin- 
cesses, and three hundred concubines : and 
his wives turned away his heart. 

4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was 
old, tiiat his wives turned away his heart 
after other gods : and his heart was not per- 
fect with the Lord his God, as was the heart 
of David his r ather. 

5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the 
goddess of the Zidonians, and after M ilcom 
the abomination of the Ammonites, 

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Solomon s idolatry, 

6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the 
Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as 
did David his father. 

. 7 Then did Solomon build a high place for 
Chemosh, the abomination of Aloab, in the 
hill that is before Jerusalem, and forMolech, 
the abomination of the children of Ammon. 

8 And likewise did he for all his strange 
wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed 
unto their gods. 

9 ^f And the Lord was angry with Solo- 
mon, because his heart was turned from the 
Lord God of Israel, which had appeared 
unto him twice, 

10 And had commanded him concerning 
this thing, that he should not go after other 
gods: but he kept not that which the Lord 
commanded. 

11 Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, 
Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou 
hast not kept my covenant and my statutes 
which f have commanded thee, I will surely 
rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it 
to thy servant. 

12 Notwithstanding, in thy days I will not 
do it for David thy father's sake: but I will 
rend it out of the hand of thy son. 

13 Howbeit, I will not rend away all the 
kingdom ; but will give one tribe to thy son, 
for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusa- 
lem's sake which I have chosen. 

14 Tf And the Lord stirred up an adversary 
unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite : he was 
of the king's seed in Edom. 

15 For it came to pass, when David was in 
Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was 
gone up to bury the slain, after he had smit- 
ten every male in Edom; 

16 (For six months did Joab remain there 
with all Israel, until he had cut off ever} 
mile in Edom :) 

17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edom- 
ifes of his father's servants with him, to go 
into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. 

18 Ancl they arose out of Midian, and came 
to Paran : and they took men with them out 
of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pha- 
raoh king' of Egypt; which gave him a house, 
and appointed him vietuals,and gave him land. 

19 And Hadad found great favour in the 
Fight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife 
the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tah- 
penes the queen. 

20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him 
Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned 
in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath Was in 
Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pha- 
raoh. 

21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt that 
David slept with his fathers, and that Joab 
the captain of the host was dead, Hadad 
said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may 
go to mine own country. 

2:2 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what 
hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou 
seekest to go to thine own country? And 
he answered, Nothing: howbeit, let me go 
in any wise. 

23 1| And God stirred him up another ad- 
versary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which 



I. KINGS. AhijaWs prophecy to Jeroboam, 

fled from his lord Hadade/er king of Zobah : 

24 And he gathered men unto him, and be- 
came captain over a band, when David slew 
them of Zobah : and they went to Damascus, 
and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. 

25 And he was an adversary to Israel all 
the days of Solomon, besides the mischief 
that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, 
and reigned over Syria. 

26 If And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an 
Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, 
whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow- 
woman, even he lifted up his hand against 
the king. 

27 And this was the cause that he lifted up 
his hand against the king: Solomon built 
Millo, and repaired the breaches of the citv 
of David his father. 

23 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty 
man of valour: and Solomon seeing" the 
young man t*!iat he was industrious, he made 
him ruler over all the charge of the house 
of Joseph. 

29 And it came to pass at that time when 
Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the 
prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in 
the way ; and he had clad himself with a 
new garment; and they two were alone in 
the field : 

30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that 
was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: 

31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten 
pieces: for thussaith the Lord, the God of 
Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out 
of die hand of Solomon, and will give ten 
tribes to thee : 

32 (But he shall have one tribe for my ser- 
vant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, 
the city which I have chosen out of all the 
tribes of Israel:) 

33 Because that they have forsaken me, 
and have worshipped AshtOreth the goddess 
of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the 
Moabites, and Milcom the god of the chil- 
dren of Ammon, and have not walked in my 
ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, 
and to keep my statutes and my judgments, 
as did David his father. 

34 Howbeit, I will not take the whole king- 
dom out of his hand: but I will make him 
prince all the days of his life for David my 
servant's sake, whom 1 chose, because lie 
kept my commandments and my statutes: 

35 But I will take the kingdom out of his 
son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even 
ten tribes. 

36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, 
that David my servant may have a light al- 
ways before me in Jerusalem, the city which 
I have chosen me to put my name there. 

37 And I will take thee, and thou aha It reign 
according to all that thy soul desireth, and 
shall be king over Israel. 

38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto 
all thatl command thee, and wilt walk in my 
ways, and do iliat is right in my sight, to keep 
my statutes and my commandments, as Da- 
vid my servant did; that I will be with thee, 
and build thee a sure house, as I built for 
David, and will give Israel unto thee. 

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Vaath of Solomon, and revolt CHAP. XII. 

39 And I will for this afilict the seed of Da- 
vid, but not for ever. 

40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jero- 
boam. And Jeroboam arose, and (led into 
Egypt, unto Shishakkingof Egypt, and was 
in Egypt until tlie death of Solomon. 

41 if And the rest of the acts of Solomon, 
and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they 
not written in the book of the acts of Solomon / 

4:2 And the time that Solomon reigned in 
Jerusalem over ail Israel teas forty years. 

43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and 
was buried in the city of David his father: 
andRehoboam his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAP. XH. 
J The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown 
Rikoboam, by Jeroboam make a suit of relax- 
ation unto him. G Rehoboam refusing the old 
tuck's counsel, by the advice of theyoung men, 
answercth the-in roughly. 16 Ten tribes revolt- 
ing, kill Jidoram, and make Rehoboam tojlce. 
2\ Rehoboam raising an army, is forbidden by 
Hhemaiah. 25. Jeroboam strengtheneth himself 
by cities, 26 and by the idolatry of the two 
calces. 

AND Rehoboaii: went to Shechem : for 
all Israel were come to Shechem to 
make him king. 

2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the 
5on of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of 
it, (for he was fled from the presence of king 
&oiomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) 

3 That they sent and called him. And Je- 
roboam and all the congregation of Israel 
came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, 

4 Thy father made our yoke grievous : now 
therefore make thou the grievous service of 
thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put 
tipon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. 

5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for 
three days, then come again to me. And the 
people departed. 

6 Tf And king Rehoboam consulted with the 
old men that stood before Solomon his father 
while he yet lived, and said, How do ye ad- 
vi?,e that I may answer this people ? 

7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou 
wilt be a servant unto this people "this day, 
and wilt serve them, and answer them, and 
speak good words to them, then they will be 
thy servants for ever. 

8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, 
which they had given him, and consulted 
with the young men that were grown up with 
him, and which stood before him : 

9 And he said unto them, What counsel 
give ye that we may answer this people, who 
have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke 
which thy father did put upon us lighter? 

10 And the young men that were grown up 
with him spake unto him, saving, Thus shalt 
thou speak unto this people* that spake unto 
thee, saying, Thy rattier made our yoke 
heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us {thus 
shalt thou say unto them, My little finger 
shall be thicker than my father's loins. 

11 And now whereas my father did lade you 
with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: 
mv father hath chastised you with whips, 
but I will chastise you with scorpions. 

12 ^1 So Jeroboam and ail the people came 



often tribes from Rehohomn, 
to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had 
appointed, saying, Come 'to me again the 
third day. 

13 And the king answered the people rough- 
ly, and forsook the old men's counsel that 
they gave him; 

14 And spake to them after the counsel ol 
the young men, saying, Mv father made your 
yoke heavy, and I will adef to your yoke": mv 
father also chastised you with whips, but I 
will chastise you with scorpions. 

15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto 
the people : for the cause was from the Lord, 
that he might perform his saying, which the 
Lord spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Je- 
roboam the son of Nebat. 

1G U So when all Israel saw that the king 
hearkened not unto them, the people an- 
swered the king, saying, What portion have 
we in David ? neither have ice inheritance in 
the son of Jesse: tf your tents, O Israel: 
now see to thine own house, David. So Is- 
rael departed unto their tents. 

17 But as for the children of Israel which 



17 But asfc 
welt in the 



reigned over them. 

18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, 
who was over the tribute; and all Israel 
stoned him with stones, that he died. There- 
fore king Rehoboam made speed to get him 
up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 

19 So Israel rebelled against the house of 
David unto this day. 

20 And it came to pass when all Israel 
heard that JerOboam .was come again, that 
they sent and called him unto the congrega- 
tion, and made him king over all Israel : 
there was none that followed the house ol 
David, but the tribe of Judah only. 

21 *ft And when Rehoboam was come to Je- 
rusalem, he assembled all the house of Ju- 
dah, with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred 
and fourscore thousand chosen men, which 
were warriors, to fight against the house of 
Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Reho- 
boam the son of Solomon. 

22 But the word of God came unto Shema- 
iah the man of God, saving, 

23 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solo- 
mon, king of Judah, and unto all the house 
of Judah and Benjamin, and to the* remnant 
of the people, saying, 

24 Thussaith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, 
nor fight against your brethren the children 
of Israel: return every man to his house; for 
this thing is from me. They hearkened there- 
fore to the word of the Lord, and returned 
to depart, according to the word of the Lord. 

25 *\\ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in 
mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein ; and 
went out from thence, and built Penuel. 

26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall 
the kingdom return to the house of David. 

27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the 
house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall 
the heart of this peopie turn again unto then 
lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, 
and they shall kill me, and go again to Re- 
hoboam king of Judah. 

28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and 
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Jeroboam's idolatry. % I. KINGS, 

made two calves of go\d, and said unto them, 
It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem : 
behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought 
thee up out of the land of Egypt. 

29 And he set the one in Beth-el, and the 
other put he in Dan. 

30 And this thing became a sin : for the 
people went to worship before the one, even 
unto Dan. 

31 And he made a house of high places, and 
made priests of the lowest of the people, 
which were* not of the sons of Levi. 

32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the 
eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the 
month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, 
and he offered upon the altar. So did he in 
Beth-el, sacrificing unto the calves that he 
had made : and he placed in Beth-el the 
priests of the high places which he had made. 

33 So he offered upon the altar which he 
had made in Beth-el tl*e fifteenth day of the 
eighth month, even in the month which he 
had devised of his own heart; and ordained 
a feast unto the children of Israel: and he 
offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 Jeroboam's hand, that offered violence to him 
that prophesied against his altar at Beth-cl, 
withereth, 6 and at the prayer of the prophet is 
restored. 7 The prophet, refusing the king's 
entertainment, departethfrom Beth-el. 11 An 
old prophet, seducing him, bringethhim back. 
20 He is reproved by God, 24 slain by a lion, 26 
buried by the old prophet, 31 who confirmeth 
iisjrrzphccy. 33 Jeroboam's obstinacy. 

AND behold, there came a man of God 
out of Judah by the word of the Lord 
unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the 
altar to burn incense. 

2 And he cried against the altar in the word 
of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar! thus 
saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be 
born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; 
and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the 
high places that burn incense upon thee, and 
men's bones shall be burnt upon thee. 

3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, 
This is the sign which the Lord hath spo- 
ken ; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the 
ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. 

4 And it came to pa3s when king Jeroboam 
heard the saying of the man of God, which 
had cried against the altar in Beth-el, that he 
put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay 
hold on him. And his hand, which he put 
forth against him, dried up, so that he could 
not pull it in again to him. 

5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes 
poured out from the altar, according to the 
sign which the man of God had given by the 
word of the Lord. 

6 And the king answered and said unto the 
man of God, Entreat now the face of the 
Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my 
hand may be restored me again. And the 
man of God besought the Lord, and the 
king's hand was restored him again, and be- 
came as it teas before. 

7 And the king said unto the man of God, 
( 'ome home with me, and refresh thyself, and 
I will give thee a reward. 



Tlie disobedient prophet 

8 And the man of God said unto the king, If 
thou wilt give me half thy house, I will not 
go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor 
drink water in this place: 

9 For so was it charged me by the word of 
the Lord, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink 
water, nor turn again by the same way that 
thou earnest. 

10 So he went another waj% and returned 
not by the way that he came to Beth-el. 

11 ^f Now there dwelt an old prophet in 
Beth-el; and his sons came and told him nil 
the works that the man of God had done that 
day in Beth-el: the words which he had 
spoken unto the king, them they told also to 
their father. 

12 And their father said unto them, What 
way went he ? for his sons had seen what 
way the man of God went which came from 
Judah. 

13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me 
the ass, So they saddled him the ass : and 
he rode thereon, 

14 And went after the man of God, and 
found him sitting under an oak : and he said 
unto him, Art thou the man of God that 
earnest from Judah ? And he said; I am. 

15 Then he said unto him, Come home with 
me, and eat bread. 

16 And he said, I may not return with thee, 
nor go in with thee : neither will I eat bread 
nor drink water with thee in this place : 

17 For it was said to me by the word of the 
Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink 
water there, nor turn again to go by the way 
that thou earnest. 

18 He said unto him, I am a prophet also 
as thou art ; and an angel spake unto me 
by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring 
him back with thee into thy house, that he 
may eat bread and drink water. But he lied 
unto him. 

19 So he went back with him* and did eat 
bread in his house and drank water. 

20 ^[ And it came to pass, as they sat at the 
table, that the word of the Lord came unto 
the prophet that brought him back : 

21 And he cried unto the man of God that 
came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the 
Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the 
mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the 
commandment which the Lord thy God 
commanded thee, 

22 But earnest back, and hast eaten bread 
and drunk water in the place, of the which 
the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, 
and drink no water; thy carcass shall not 
come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. 

23 T[ And it came to pass, after he had eaten 
bread, and after he had drunk, tijat.he sad- 
dled for him the ass, iowii, for the prophet 
whom he had brought back. 

24 And when he was gone, a lion met him 
by the way, and slew him : and his carcass 
was cast in the way, aud the ass stood by it, 
the lion also stood by the carcass. 

25 And behold, men passed by, and saw the 
carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing 
by the carcass: and they came and told ii'vn 

i the city where the old prophet dwelt. 
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rs slain, by a lion. CHAP, 

26 And when the prophet that brought him 
back from the way heard thereof, he said, It 
is the man of God, who was disobedient 
unto the word of the Lord: therefore the 
Lord hath delivered him unto the lion, which 
hath torn him, and .-lain him, according to 
the word of the Lord, which he spake unto 
him. 

27 And lie spake lo his sons, saying, Saddle 
me the ass. And they saddled him. 

28 And he went and found his carcass cast 
in the way, and the ass and the lion stand- 
ing by tiie carcass: the lion had not eaten 
the carcass, nor torn the ass. 

29 And the prophet took tip the carcass of 
the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and 
brought it back : and the old prophet came 
io the city, to mourn and to bury him. 

30 And he laid his carcass in his own grave: 
and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, 
my brother! 

31 And it came to pass, after he had buried 
him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When 
I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre 
wherein the man of God is buried; lay my 
bones beside his bones: 

32 For the saying which he cried by the 
word of the Lord against the altar in Beth- 
el, and against all the houses of the high 
places which are in the cities of Samaria, 
shall surely come to pass. 

33 ^f After this thing Jeroboam returned 
not from Ids evil way, but made again of the 
lowest of the people priests of the high 
places: whosoever would, he consecrated 
him, and he became one of the priests of the 
high places. 

34 And this thing became sin unto the house 
of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy 
it from off the face of the earth. 

CHAP. XIV. 
] .Jbijah being sick, Jeroboam sendeth his wife 
disguised with presents to the prophet Jihijah 
at Shiloh. 5 Ahijah forewarned by God, de- 
nounceth God's judgment. 11 Mij ah dieth and 
is buried. 19 JVadab succeedcth Jeroboam. 21 
Rehoboam' s wicked reign. 25Shishakspoileth 
Jerusalem. 29jlbijam succeedeth Rehoboam. 

4 T that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam 
^\. fell sick. 

2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I 
pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be 
not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and 
get thee to Shiloh : behold, there is Ahijah 
the prophet, whicl^told me that I should be 
king over this people. 

3 And take with thee ten loaves, and crack- 
nels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him : 
he shaU tell tliee what shall become of the 
child. 

4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, 
and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of 
Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his 
eyes were set by reason of his age. 

5 H And the Lord said unto Ahijah, Be- 
hold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a 
thing of thee for her son ; for he is sick : 
thus and thus shalt thou say unto her : for it 
shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall 
feign herself to be another wom/m. 

M* 



XIV. GooVs judgments against, Jeroboam. 

6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the 
sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, 
that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam ; 
why feignest thou thyself to be another ? for 
I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. 

7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord 
God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee 
from among the people, and made thee prince 
over my people Israel, 

8 And rent the kingdom away from the 
house of David, and gave it thee : and yet 
thou hast not been as my servant David, who 
kept my commandments, and who followed 
me with all his heart, to do that only which 
was right in mine eyes; 

9 But hast done evil above all that were be- 
fore thee : for thou hast gone and made thee 
other gods, and molten images, to provoke 
me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy 
back : 

10 Therefore behold, I will bring evil upon 
the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from 
Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, 
and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and 
will take away the remnant of the house of 
Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it 
be all gone. 

11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city 
shall the dogs eat ; and him that dieth in the 
field shall the fowls of the air eat: for die 
Lord hath spoken it. 

12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine 
own house : and when thy feet enter into the 
city, the child shall die. 

13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and 
bury him : for he only of Jeroboam shall 
come to the grave, because in him there is 
found some good thing toward the Lord God 
of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. 

14 Moreover, the Lord shall raise him up a 
king over Israel, who shall cutoff the house 
of Jeroboam that day : but what? even now. 

15 For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed 
is shaken in the water, and he shall root up 
Israel out of this good land, which he gave 
to their fathers, and shall scatter them be- 
yond the river, because they have made their 
groves, provoking the Lord to anger. 

16 And he shall give Israel up because of 
the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who 
made Israel to sin. 

17 ^f x4.nd Jeroboam's wife arose, and de- 
parted, and came to Tirzah : and when she 
came to the threshold of the door, the child 
died : 

18 And they buried him ; and all Israel 
mourned for him, according to the word of 
the Lord, which he spake by the hand of 
his servant Ahijah the prophet. 

19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, 
how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, 
they are written in the book of the Chroni- 
cles of tlie king's of Israel. 

20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned 
were two and twenty years: and he slept with 
his fathers ; and Nadab his son reigned in 
his stead. 

21 H A nd Rehoboam the son of Solomon 
reigned in Judalu Rehoboam was forty and 

i one years old when he began to reign ; and 
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Shisha/c spoileth Jerusalem. 

he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the 

city which the Lord did choose out of all 

the tribes of Israel, to put his name there : 

and his mother's name was Naamah an Am- 

monitess. 

22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the 
Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy 
with their sins which they had committed, 
•Above all that their fathers had done. 

23 For they also built them high places, and 
images and groves, on every high hili, and 
under every green tree. 

24 And there were also sodomite* in the 
land : ami they did according to all the abo- 
minations of the nations which the Lord 
cast out before the children of Israel. 

25 1T And it came to pass in the fifth year of 
king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt 
came up against Jerusalem : 

26 And he took away the treasures of the 
house of the Lord, and the treasures of the 
king's house; he even took away all: and 
he took away all the shields of gold which 
Solomon had made. 

27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead 
brazen shields, and committed them unto the 
hands of the chief of the guard, which kept 
the door of the king's house. 

23 And it was so, when the king went into 
the house of the Lord, that the guard bare 
them, and brought them back into the guard- 
chamber. 

29 *J Now the rest of the acts 6f Rehoboam, 
and all that he did, are they not written in 
the book of the Chronicles of the kings of 
Judah ? 

30 And there was war between Rehoboam 
and Jeroboam all their days. 

31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, 
and was buried with his fathers in the city of 
David. And his mother's name teas Naa- 
mah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son 
reigned in his stead. 

CHAP. XV. 
1 Abij am"s wicked reign. 8 Asa succeedeth him. 
9 Asa's good reign. 16 The war between Baa- 
ska and kim causetk him to make a league with 
Ben-hadad. QSJehoshaphat succeedeth Asa. 
25 JVadab : 's wicked reign. 27 Baasha conspi 
ring against him executeth Ahijali's prophecy. 
31 NadaVs acts and death. 33 Baasha'' s wick- 
ed reign. 
NOVV in the eighteenth year of king Je- 
roboam the son of Nebat reigned Abi- 
jam over Judah. 

2 Three years reigued he in Jerusalem. 
And his mother's name was Maachah, the 
daughter of Abishalom. 

3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, 
which he had done before him : and his heart 
was not perfect with the Lord his God, as 
the heart of David his father. 

4 Nevertheless, for David's sake did the 
Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusa- 
lem, to set up his son after him, and to esta- 
blish Jerusalem : 

5 Because David did that which was right 
in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not 
aside from any iking that he commanded 
him all the davs of his life, save only in the 

.iaatter of Uriah the Hittite. 



I. KINGS. Asa's good reign. 

6 And there was war between Rehoboam 
and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 

7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and 
all that he did, are they not written in the 
book of the Chronicles of the kings of Ju- 
dah ? And there was war between Abijam 
and Jeroboam. 

8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and 
they buried him in the city of David : and 
Asa his son reigned in his stead. 

9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam 
king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 

10 And forty and one years reigned he in 
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 
Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 

11 And Asa did that which was right in the 
eyes of the Lord, as did David his father. 

12 And he took away the sodomites out of 
the land, and removed all the idols that his 
fathers had made. 

13Andnlso Maachah his mother,even her he 
removed from being queen, because she had 
made an idol in a grove ; and Asa destroyed 
her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. 

14 But the high places Mere not removed : 
nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the 
Lord all his days. 

15 And he brought in the things which his 
father had dedicated, and the things which 
himself had dedicated, into the house of the 
Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels. 

16 TT And there was war between Asa and 
Baasha king of Israel all their days. 

17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against 
Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not 
suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king 
of Judah. 

13 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold 
that were left in the treasures of the house of 
the Lord, and the treasures of the king's 
house, and delivered them into the hand ot 
his servants : and king Asa sent them to Ben- 
hadad,theson ofTabrimon,theson of He/ion, 
king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 

19 There is a league between me and thee, 
and between my father and thy father : be- 
hold, I have sent unto thee a present of sil- 
ver and gold* come and break thy league 
with Baasha king of Israel, that he may de- 
part from me. 

20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, 
and sent the captains of the hosts which he 
had against the cities of Israel, and smote 
Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and 
all Cinneroth, with all ihe land of Naphtali. 

21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard 
thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, 
and dwelt in Tirzah. 

22 Then king Asa made a proclamation 
throughout all Judah ; none was exempted: 
and they took away the stones of Ramah, and 
the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had 
builded; and king Asa built with them Geba 
of Benjamin, and Mizpah. 

23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his 
might, and all that he did, and thecities which 
he built, are they not written in the book of 
the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? Never- 
theless in the time of his old age he was dis- 
eased in his feet. 

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Jchoshaphat sncceedeth Asa* CHAP. XVI. 

24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was 
buried with his fathers in the city of David 
his father : and Jehoshaphat his son reigned 
in his stead. 

25 *J. And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began 
to reign over Israel in the second year of 
Asa king of Judah, and reigued over Israel 
two years. 

26 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, 
And walked in the way of his father, and in 
his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 

27 if And Baasha the son of Ahijnh, of the 
house of Issachar, conspired against him ; 
and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which 
belonged to l\\e Philistines: for Nadab and 
all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. 

23 Even in the third year of Asa king of 
Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in 
his stead. 

29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, 
that hesmote all the house of Jeroboam ; he 
left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until 
he had destroyed him, according unto the 
saying of the Lord, which he spake by his 
servant Ahijnh the Shilonile: 

30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which 
he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by 
his provocation wherewith he provoked the 
Lord God of Israel to anger. 

31 *! Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and 
all that he did, are they not written in the 
book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 

32 And there was war between Asa and 
Baasha king of Israel all their days. 

33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah 
began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over 
all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. 

34 And he did e\il in the sight of the Lord, 
and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in 
his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1,7 Jehu's prophecy against Baasha. C FJah 
succeedcth him. 8 Zimri conspiring against 
Elah succcedeth him. 11 Zimri executeth Je- 
hu s prophecy. 15 Omri, made king by the sol- 
diers, forceth Zimri desperately to burn him- 
self. 21 The kingdom being divided, Omripre- 
vaileth against Tibni. 23 Omri buildeth Sa- 
maria. 2.3 His icickedrcign, 28 Ahab succeed- 
cth him. 29./?Aai's most wicked reign. 34 Jo- 
s/wa's curse upon Hiel the builder of Jericho. 

THEN the word of the Lord came to Je- 
hu the son of Hanani against Baasha, 
saying, 

2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the 
dust, and made thee prince over my people 
Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of 

1 Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to 
sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; 

3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of 
Baasha, and the posterity of his house ; and 
will make thy house like the house of Jero- 
boam the son of Nebat. 

4 Him that dielh of Baasha in the city shall 
the dogs eat ; and him that dieth of his in the 
fields shall the fowls of the air eat. 

5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and 
what he did, and his might, are they not writ- 
ten in the book of the Chronicles of the kings 
of Israel ? 

6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was 



Of Zimri and Omri, 
buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned 
in his stead. 

7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu 
the son of Hanani came the word of the Lord 
against Baasha, and against his house, even 
for all the evil that he did in the sight of the 
Lord, in provoking him to anger with the 
work of his hands, in being like the house of 
Jeroboam; and because he killed him. 

8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king 
of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha 10 
reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. 

9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his 
chariots, conspired against him, as he was in 
Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house 
of Arza, steward of his house in Tirzah. 

10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and 
killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of 
Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. 

11 II And it came to pass, when he began 
to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that 
lie slew all the house of Baasha : lie left him 
not one thatpisseth against a wall, neither of 
his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. 



12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of 
Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, 
which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the 
prophet, 

13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of 
Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by 
which they made Israel to sin, in provoking 
the Lord God of Israel to anger with their 
vanities. 

14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all 
that he did, are they not written in the hook 
of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 

15 ^7 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa 
king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in 
Tirzah. And the people were encamped 
against Gibbethon, which belonged to the 
Philistines. 

16 And the people iliatwere encamped heard 
say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain 
the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, 
the captain of the host, king over Israel that 
dav in the camp. 

I/' And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and 
all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 

J 8 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw 
that the city was taken, that he went into the 
palace of the king's house, and burnt the 
king's house over him with fire, and died, 

19 For his sins which he sinned in doing 
evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in 
the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which 
he did, to make Israel to sin. 

20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and 
his treason that he wrought, are they not 
written in the book of the Chronicles of the 
kings of Israel ? 

21*1 Then were the people of Israel divi- 
ded into two parts: half of the people fol- 
lowed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him 
king; and half followed Omri. 

22 But the people that followed Omri pre 
vailed against the people that followed Tibni 
the son of Ginath : so Tibni died, and Omri 
reigned. 

23 ^| In the thirty and first year of Asn <mg 
of Judah began *Omri to reign over IrsaeJ, 

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The wicked reign of Ahab. 
twelve years : six years reigned he in Tirzah. 

24 And he bought the hill Samaria of She- 
merfor two talents of silver, and built on the 
hill, and called the name of die city which 
lie built, after the name of Shemer, owner of 
the hill, Samaria. 

25 1f But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of 
the Lord, and did worse than all that were 
before him. 

26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam 
the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith 
he made Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord 
God of Israel to anger with their vanities. 

27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which 
he did, and his might that he shewed, are 
they not written in the book of the Chroni- 
cles of the kin^s of Israel 1 

28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was 
buried in Samaria : and Ahab his son reigned 
in his stead. 

29 1f And in the thirty and eighth year of 
Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of 
Omri to reign over Israel : and Ahab the son 
of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twen- 
ty and two years. 

30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the 
sight of the Lord above all that were before 
him. ; 

31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a 
light thing for him to walk in the sins of Je- 
roboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife 
Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the 
Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and 
worshipped him. 

32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in the 
house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 

33 And Ahab made a grove ; and Ahab did 
more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to 
anger than all the kings of Israel that were 
before him. 

34 H In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite 
build Jericho : he laid the foundation there- 
of in Abiram his first-born, and set up the 
gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, ac- 
cording to the word of the Lord, which he 
spake by Joshua the son of Nun. 

CHAP. XVII. 

J Elijah having 1 prophesied against Ahab, is sent 

to Cherith, where the ravens feed him. 8 He is 

sent to the widow of Zarephath. 17 He raiseth 

the widow' s son. 24 The woman believeth him. 

AND Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the 
inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, 
As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before 
whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain 
these years, but according to my word. 

2 And the word of the Lord came unto him, 
saying, 

3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, 
and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that 
is before Jordan. 

4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of 
the brook; and I have commanded the ravens 
to feed thee there. 

.5 So he went and did according unto the 
word of the Lord : for he went and dwelt 
by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 

6 And the ravens brought him bread and 
flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in 
the evening; and he drank of Uie brook, 



I. KINGS. Elijah raiseih the widow's son, 

7 And it came to pass after a while, that the 
brook dried up, because there had been no 
rain in the land. 

8 If And the word of the Lord came unto 
him, saying, 

9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which be- 
longeth to Zidon, and dwell there : behold, 
I have commanded a widow woman there 
to sustain thee. 

10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. 
And when he came to the gate of the city, 
behold, the widow woman was there gather- 
ing of sticks: and he called to her, and said, 
Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a ves- 
sel, that I may drink. 

11 And as she was going to fetch it, he call- 
ed to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a 
morsel of bread in thy hand. 

12 And she said, As the Lord thy God 
liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of 
meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: 
and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that 
I may go in and dress it for me ar*l my son, 
that we may eat it, and die. 

13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; 
and do as thou hast said : but make me there- 
of a little cake first, and bring it unto me, 
and after make for thee and for thy son. 

14 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, 
The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither 
shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that 
the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth. 

15 And she went and did according to the 
saying of Elijah : and she, and he, and her 
house, did eat many days. 

16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, nei- 
ther did the cruse of oil fail, according to 
the word of the Lord, which he spake by 
Elijah. 

17 And it came to pass after these things, 
that the son of the woman, the mistress of 
the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so 
sore, that there was no breath left in him. 

18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I 
to do with thee, Othou man of God ? ait thou 
come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, 
and to slay my son ? 

19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. 
And he took him out of her bosom, anH car- 
ried him up into a loft, where he abode, and 
laid him upon his own bed. 

20 And he cried unto the Lord, and said, 
O Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil 
upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by 
slaying her son ? 

21 And he stretched himself upon the child 
three times, and cried unto the Lord, and 
said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this 
child's soul come into him again. 

22 And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah ; 
and the soul of the child came into him again, 
and he revived. 

23 And Elijah took the child, and brought 
him down out of the chamber into the house, 
and delivered him unto his mother: and Eli- 
jah said, See, thy son liveth. 

24 H And the woman said to Elijah, Now 
by this I know that thou art a man of God, 
and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth 

I is truth. 

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Elijah meets xcWi Ahab. CHAP. 

CHAP. XVI n. 

1 In the extremity of famine Elijah sent t&Jihab, 
meetcth good Obadiah. V Obadiah bringeth 
Ahab to Elijah. 17 Elijah reproving Ahab, by 
fire from heaven convinceth Baal's prophets. 
41 Elijah by prayer obtaining rain, followeth 
Ahab to Jezrcel. 

AND U came to pass after many days, that 
the word of the Lord came to Elijah in 
the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto 
Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth, 

2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto 
Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Sa- 
maria. 

3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the 
governor of his house. (Now Obadiah fear- 
ed the Lord greatly: 

4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the 
prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took a 
hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in 
a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) 

5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the 
land unto all fountains of water, and unto all 
brooks: peradventure we may find grass to 
save the horses and mules alive, that we lose 
not all the beasts. 

€ So they divided the land between them 
to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way 
by himself, and Obadiah went another way 
by himself. 

7 ^[ And as Obadiah was in the way, be- 
hold, Elijah met him: and lie knew him, and 
fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my 
lord Elijah ? 

8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy 
lord, Behold, Elijah is here, 

9 And he said, What have I sinned, that 
thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the 
hand of Ahab, to slay me ? 

10 As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no 
nation nor kingdom whither my lord hath 
not sent to seek thee : and when they said, 
He is not there ; he took an oath of the king- 
dom and nation, that they found thee not. 

11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, 
Behold, Elijah is here. 

12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I 
am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the 
Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; 
and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he 
cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy 
servant fear the Lord from my youth. 

13 Was it not told my lord what I did when 
Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how 
I hid a hundred men of the Lord's prophets 
by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread 
and water? 

14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, 
Behold, Elijah is here; and he shall slay me. 

15 And E'jjah said, As the Lord of hosts 
liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely 
shew myself unto him to-day. 

16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told 
him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 

17 ^[ And it came to pass when Ahab saw- 
El ijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he 
that troubleth Israel ? 

18 And he answered, I have not troubled 
Israel ; but thou, and thy father's house, in 
that ye have forsaken the commandments of 



XVIII. His contest with the false prophets. 
the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim. 

19 Now therefore send, and gather to me 
all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the pro- 
phets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the 
prophets of the groves four hundred, which 
eat at Jezebel's table. 

20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Is- 
rael, and gathered the prophets together unto 
mount Carmel. 

21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and 
said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? 
if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal, 
then follow him. And the people answered 
him not a word. 

22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even 
I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but 
Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty 
men. 

23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks ; 
and let them choose one bullock for them- 
selves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on 
wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress 
the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and 
put no fire under : 

24 And call ye on the name of your gods, 
and I will call on the name of the Lord: 
and the God that answereth by fire, let him 
be God. And all the people answered and 
said, It is well spoken. 

25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of 
Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, 
and dress it first ; for ye are many ; and call on 
the name of your gods, but put no fire under, 

2G And they took the bullock which was 
given them, and they dressed it, and called 
on the name of Baal from morning even until 
noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But tliere 
was no voice, nor any that answered. And 
they leaped upon the altar which was made. 

27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah 
mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is 
a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, 
or he is in a journey, or peradventure he 
sleepeth, and must be awaked. 

28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves 
after their manner with knives and lancets, 
till the blood gushed out upon them. 

29 And it came to pass, when mid-day was 
past, and they prophesied until the time of 
the offering of the evening sacrifice, that 
there was neither voice, nor any to answer, 
nor any that regarded. 

30 And Elijah said unto all the people. 
Come near unto me. And all the people 
came near unto him. And he repaired the 
altar of the Lord that was broken down. 

31 And Elijah took twelve stones, accoirimg 
to the number of the tribes of the sons of Ja- 
cob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, 
saying, Israel shall be thy name: 

32 And with the stones he built an altar in 
the name of the Lord: and he made a trench 
about the altar, as great as would contain 
two measures of seed. 

33 And he put the wood in order, and cut 
the bullock in pieces, and laid Aim on the 
wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, 
and pour ii on the burnt-sacrifice, and on 
the wood. 

34 And lie said, Do it the second time. Ami 

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Elijah by prayer obtaincth rain* I* KINGS. 

they did it the second time. And he said, 
Do it the third time. And they did it the 
third lime. 

35 And the waterVan round about the altar; 
and he filled the trench also with water. 

36 And it came to pass at the time of the 
offering of tlie evening sacrifice, that Elijah 
the prophet came near and said, Lord- God 
of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be 
known this day that thou art God in Israel, 
and that I am thy servant, and that I have 
done all these things at thy word. 

37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this 
people may know that thou art the Lord 
God, and that thou hast turned their heart 
back again. 

38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and con- 
sumed the burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and 
the stones, and the dust, and licked up the 
water that was in the trench. 

39 And when all the people saw z7, they fell 
on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he 
is the God; the Lord, he is the God. 

40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the 
prophets of Baal ; let not one of them escape. 
And they took them: and Elijah brought 
them down to the brook Kishon, and slew 
them there. 

41 *[\ And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee 
up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of 
abundance of rain. 

42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. 
And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel ; 
and he cast himself down upon the earth, 
and put his face between his knees, 

43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look 
toward the sea. And he went up, and look- 
ed, and said, There is nothing/ And lie 
said, Go again seven times. 

44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, 
that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little 
cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. 
And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Pre- 
pare thy chariot, and get thee down, that 
the rain stop thee not. 

45 And it came to pass in the mean while, 
that the heaven was black with clouds and 
wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab 
rode, and went to Jezreel. 

46 And the hand of the Lord was on Eli- 
jah ; and he girded up his loins, and ran be- 
fore Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. 

CHAP. XIX. 
1 Elijah threatened by Jezebel, Jleeth to Becr- 
sheba. 4 In the wilderness being weary of his 
life, is comforted by an angel. 9 Jit Horeb God 
appeareth unto him, sending him to anoint 
Hazaei, Jehu, and Elisha. 19 Elisha taking 
leave of his fri ends , follow eth Elijah. 

AND Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah 
had done, and withal how he had slain 
all the prophets with the sword. 

2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Eli- 
jah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and 
more also, if I make not thy life as the life of 
one of them by to-morrow about this time. 

3 And when he saw that, he arose, and 
went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, 
which belongeth to Judah, and left his ser- 
vant there. 



God appeareth to him at Horeb, 

4 Tf But he himself went a day's journey 
into the wilderness, and came and sat down 
under a juniper-tree: and he requested for 
himself that he might die: and said, It is 
enough.; now, O Lord, take away my life; 
for I am not better "than my fathers. 

5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper- 
tree, behold, then an angel touched him, 
and said unto him, Arise and eat. 

6 And he looked, and behold, there was a 
cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of wa- 
ter at his head: and he did eat and drink, 
and laid him down again. 

7 And the angel of the Lord came again 
the second time, and touched him, and said, 
Arise and eat, because the journey is too 
great for thee. 

8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and 
went in the strength of that meat forty days 
and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. 

9 ^[ And he came thither unto a cave, and 
lodged there; and behold, the word of the 
Lord came to him, and he said unto him, 
What doest thou here, Elijah ? 

10 And he said, I have been very jealous 
for the Lord God of hosts: for the" children 
of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown 
down thine altars, and slain thy prophets 
with the sword ; and I, even I only, am left; 
and they seek my life, to take it away. 

11 And he said, Go forth, and stantl upon 
the mount before tlie Lord. And behold, 
the Lord passed by, and a great and strong 
wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces 
the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord 
teas not in the wind: and after the wind an 
earthquake; but the Lord was not in the 
earthquake : 

12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the , 
Lord was not in the fire : and after the fire 

mall voice. 



13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that 
he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went 
out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. 
And behold, there came a voice unto him, 
and said, What doest thou here, Elijah ? 

14 And he said, I have been very jealous 
for the Lord God of hosts: because the 
children of Israel have forsaken thy cove- 
nant, thrown down thine altars, and slain 
thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I 
only, am left; and they seek my life, to take 
it away. 

15 And the Lord said unto him, Go, return 
on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: 
and when thou comest, anoint Hazaei to be 
king over Syria: 

16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou 
anoint to be king over Israel : and Elisha 
the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt 
thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 

17 And it shali come to pass, that him that 
escapeth the sword of Hazaei shall Jehu 
slay: and him that escapeth from the sword 
of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 

18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in 
Israel, all the knees which have not.bowed 
unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not 
kissed him. 

19 Tf So he departed thence, and found 



Ben-hadad besicgeth Samaria, 
Elisha the son of Sliaphat, who teas plough- 
ing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, 
and he with the twelfth : and Elijah passed 
by him, and cast Ids mantle upon him. 

20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Eli- 
jah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my 
father and my mother, and then I will follow 
thee. And he said unto him, Go back again : 
for what have I done to thee ? 

21 And he returned back from him, and 
took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and 
boiled their flesh with the instruments of the 
oxen, and gave unto the people, and they 
did eat. Then he arose, and went after 
Elijah, and ministered unto him. 

CHAP. XX. 
I Ben-hadad not content with Jlhab'' s homage, 
besiegeth Samaria. 13 By the direction of a 
prophet, the Syrians are slain. ^iJls the pro- 
phet forewarned Jlhab, the Syrians trusting 
in the valleys, come against him. in Jlphek. 
28 By tkc word of the prophet, and God's 
judgment, the Syrians are smitten again. 31 
The Syrians submitting themselves, Jlkab 
sendeth Ben-hadad away with a covenant. 35 
The prophet, tinder the parable of a prisoner, 
making Jlhab to judge himself, denounceth 
God's judgment against him. 

AND Ben-hadad the king of Syria ga- 
thered all his host together: and there 
were thirty and two kings with him, and 
horses, ancl chariots: and lie went up and 
besieged Samaria, and warred against it. 

2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of 
Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus 
saith Ben-hadad, 

3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine ; thy 
wives also and thy children, even the good- 
liest, are mine. 

4 And the king of Israel answered and said, 
My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I 
am thine, and all that I have. 

5 And the messengers came again, and said, 
Thusspeaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although 
I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt 
deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy 
wives, and thy children ; 

6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to- 
morrow about this time, and they shall search 
thy house, and the houses of thy servants ; and 
it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in 
thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, 
and take it away. 

7 Then the king of Israel called all the 
elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray 
you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: 
ibr he sent unto me for my wives, and for my 
children, and for my silver, and for my gold, 
and I denied him not. 

8 And all the elders and all the people said 
unto him, Hearken notunto him, nor consent. 

9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers 
of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All 
that thou didst send for to thy servant at the 
first, I w r ill do : but this thing I may not do. 
And the messengers departed, and brought 
h'rm word again. 

^ 10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, 
The gods do so unto me, and more also, if 
the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handful: 
for all the people that follow me. 



CHAP. XX. TJie Syrians arc slain, 

11 And the king of Israel answered and 
said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on 
his harness boast himself as he that putteth 
it off. 

12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad 
heard this message as he was drinking, lie 
and the kings in the pavilions, that he said 
unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. 
And they set themselves in array against 
the city. 

13 ^TArul behold, there came a prophet 
unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith 
the Lord, Hast thou seen all this great mul- 
titude ? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand 
this day; and thou shalt know that I am the 
Lord. 

14 And Ahab said, By whom ? And he said, 
Thus saith the Lord, Even by the young 
men of the princes of the provinces. Then 
he said, Who shall order the battle? And 
he answered, Thou. 

15 Then he numbered the young men of 
the princes of the provinces, and they were 
two hundred and thirty two : and after them 
he numbered all the people, even all the 
children of Israel, being seven thousand. 

16 And they went out at noon. But Ben- 
hadad was drinking himself drunk in the 
pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and 
two kings that helped him. 

17 And the young men of the princes of the 
provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad 
sent out, and they told him, saying, There 
are men come out of Samaria. 

18 And he said, Whether they be come out 
for peace, take them alive; or whether they 
be come out for war, take them alive. 

19 So these young men of the princes of 
the provinces came out of the city, and the 
army which followed them. 

20 And they slew every one his man : and 
the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: 
and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped 
on a horse with the horsemen. 

21 And the king of Israel went out, and 
smote the horses and chariots, and slew the 
Syrians with a great slaughter. 

22 ^j And the prophet came to the king of 
Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen 
thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest : 
for at the return of the year the king of Syria 
will come up against thee, 

23 And the servants of the king of Syria 
said unto him, Their gods are gods of the 
hilis; therefore they were stronger than we; 
but let us fight against them in the plain, and 
surely we shall be stronger than they. 

24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, 
every man out of his place, and put captains 
in their rooms: 

25 And number thee an army, like the army 
that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and cha- 
riot for chariot: and we will fight against 
them in the plain, and surely we shall be 
stronger than they. And he hearkened unto 
their voice, and did so. 

26 And it came to pass at the return, of the 
year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, 
and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel, 

27 And the children of Israel were num- 
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A prophet reproveth Ahab. 
bered, and were all present, and went against 
them: and the children of Israel pitched 
before them like two little flocks of kids; 
but the Syrians filled the country. 

28 ^[ And there came a man of God, and 
spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus 
saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have 
said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he 
is not God of the valleys, therefore will I 
deliver all this great multitude into thy hand, 
and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 

29 And they pitched one over against the 
other seven days. And so it was, that in the 
seventh day the battle was joined : and the 
children of Israel slew of the Syrians a hun- 
dred thousand footmen in one clay. 

30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city ; 
and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven 
thousand of the men that were left. And 
Ben-hadad fled, and came into the cit} 7 , into 
an inner chamber. 

31 If And his servants said unto him, Be- 
hold now, we have heard that the kings of 
the house of Israel are merciful kings : let us, 
I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and 
ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king 
of Israel : peradventure he will save thy life. 

32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, 
and put ropes on their heads, and came to 
the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant 
Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let' me live. 
And he said, Is he yet alive 1 he is my brother. 

33 Now the men did diligently observe whe- 
ther any thing would come from him, and did 
hastily catch it : and they said, Thy brother 
Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. 
Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he 
caused him to come up into the chariot. 

34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The 
cities, which my father took from thy father, 
T will restore ; and thou shalt make streets 
for thee in Damascus, as my father made in 
Samaria. Then said Aliab, I will send thee 
away with this covenant. So he made a co- 
venant with him, and sent him away. 

35 ^f And a certain man of the sons of the 
prophets said unto his neighbour in the word 
of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. And 
the man refused to smite him. 

36 Then said he unto him, Because thou 
liast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, be- 
hold, as soon as thou art departed from me, 
a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he 
was departed from him, a lion found him, and 
slew him. 

37 Then he found another man, and said, 
Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote 
him, so that in smiting he wounded him. 

38 So the prophet departed, and waited for 
the kin£ by the way, and disguised himself 
with ashes upon his face. 

39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto 
the king : and he said, Thy servant went out 
into the midst of the battle ; and behold, a 
man turned aside, and brought a man unto 
me, and said, Keep this man : if by any means 
he be missing, then shall thy life be for his 
life, orelse thou shalt pay a talent of silver. 

40 And as thy servant was busy here and 
there, he was gone. And the king of Israel 



I. KINGS. AJiah desires Naboth 1 s vineyard, 

said unto him, So shall thy judgment be ; 
thyself hast decided it. 

41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away 
from his face ; and the king of Israel discern- 
ed him that he was of the prophets. 

42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the 
Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy 
hand a man whom I appointed to utter de- 
struction, therefore thy life shall go for his 
liie, and thy people for his people. 

43 And the king of Israel went to his house 
heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria. 

CHAP. XXL 

] Ahab being denied JSTaboth's vineyard, is griev- 
ed. 5 Jezebel writing letters against JVaboth, 
he is condemned of blasphemy. 15 Ahab taketh 
possession of the vineyard. 17 Elijah denounc- 
eth judgments against Ahab and, Jezebel. 25 
Wicked Ahab repenting, God deferreth the 
judgment. 

AND it came to pass after these things, 
iliat Naboth the Jezreelite had a vine- 
yard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the 
palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 

2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, 
Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for 
a garden of herbs," because it is near unto my 
house : and I will give thee for it a better 
vineyard than it; or if it seem good to thee, 
I will <?ive thee the worth of it in money. 

3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord for- 
bid it me, that I should give the inheritance 
of my fathers unto thee. 

4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and 
displeased, because of the word which Na- 
both the Jezreelite had spoken to him : for 
he had said, I will not give thee the inheri- 
tance of my fathers. And he laid him down 
upon his bed, and turned away his face, and 
would eat no bread. 

5 T[ But Jezebel his wife came to him, and 
said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that 
thou eatest no bread ? 

6 And he said unto her, Because I spake 
unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto 
him, Give me thy vineyard for money ; or 
else, if it please thee, I will give thee another 
vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not 
give thee my vineyard. 

7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost 
thou now govern the kingdom of Israel ? 
arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be 
merry : I will give thee the vineyard of Na- 
both the Jezreelite. 

8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and 
sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters 
unto the elders and to the nobles that were 
in his city, dwelling with Naboth. 

9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Pro- 
claim a fast, and set Naboth on high among 
the people : 

10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before 
him, to bear witness against him, saving. 
Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. 
And then carry him out, and stone him, that 
he may die. . , 

11 And the men of his city, even the elders 
and the nobles who were the inhabitants m 
his citv. did as Jezebel had sent unto them, 

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Ahab humbleth himself. CHAP. 

and as it was written in the letters which she 
had sent unto them. 

12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth 
on high among the people- 

13 And there came in two men, children of 
Belial, and sat before him : and the men of 
Belial witnessed against him, even against 
Naboth, in the presence of the people, say- 
ing, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. 
Then they carried him forth out of the city, 
and stoned him with stones, that he died. 

14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Na- 
ooth is stoned, and is dead. 

15 ^T And it came to pass, when Jezebel 
heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, 
that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take pos- 
session of the vineyard of Naboth the Jez- 
reelite, which he refused to give thee for mo- 
ney: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. 

16 ^[ And it came to pass, when Ahab heard 
that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to 
go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jez- 
reelite, to take possession of it. 

17 TT And the word of the Lord came to 
Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 

18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Is- 
rael, which is in Samaria : behold, he is in 
the vineyard pf Naboth, whither he is gone 
down to possess it. 

19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, 
Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed^ and 
also taken possession ? And thou shalt speak 
unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In 
the place where dogs licked the blood of Na- 
both shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. 

20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found 
me, O mine enemy ? And he answered, I 
have found thee : because thou hast sold thy- 
self to work evil in the sight of the Lord. 

21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and 
will take away thy posterity, and will cut off 
from Ahab him tliat pissetli against the wall, 
and him that is shut up and left in Israel, 

22 And will make thy house like the house 
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the 
house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the 
provocation wherewith thou hast provoked 
vie to anger, and made Israel to sin. 

23 And of Jezebel also spake die Lord, 
saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the 
wall of Jezreel. 

24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the 
dogs shall eat : and him that dieth in the 
field shall the fowls of the air eat. 

25 1[ But there was none like unto Ahab, 
which did sell himself to work wickedness in 
the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife 
stirred up. 

26 And he did very abominably in following 
idols, according to all thing's as did the A mo- 
rites, whom the Lord cast out before the 
children of Israel. 

27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard 
those words, that he rent his clothes, and put 
sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay 
in sackcloth, and went softly. 

28 And the word of the Lord came to Elir 
jah the Tishbite, saying, 

29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself 
before me? because he humbleth himself be 



XX 1 1 . He is seduced by false prophets. 

fore me, I will notbrin^the evil in his days: 

but in his son's days will I bring the evil iipcx) 

his house. 

CHAP. XXII. 

\Jihab, seduced by false prophets, according to 
the word of Micaiah, is slain at Ramoth-gi- 
lead. 37 The dogs lick up his blood, and Jiha- 
ziah succeedeth him. A\ JchoshaphaV s good 
reign, 45 his acts. 50 Jehoram succeedeth him. 
51 jShaziah's evil reign. 

AND they continued three years without 
war between Syria and Israel. 

2 And it came to pass in the third year, that 
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came dowu 
to the king of Israel. 

3 And the king of Israel said unto his ser- 
vants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is 
ours, and we be still, and take it not out of 
the hand of the king of Syria ? 

4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou 
go with me to battle to Ramoth-«nlead ? And 
Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am 
as thou art, my people as thy people, my 
horses as thy horses. 

5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of 
Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of 
the Lord to-day. 

6 Then the king of Israel gathered the pro- 
phets together, about four hundred men, and 
said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth- 
gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they 
said, Go up ; for the Lord shall deliver it 
into the hand of the king. 

7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here 
a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might 
inquire of him ? 

8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehosh- 
aphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the 
son of Imlah, by whom we -may inquire of 
the Lord : but I hate him : for he doth not pro- 
phesy good concerning me, but evil. Antl 
Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so* 

9 Then the king of Israel called an officer,, 
and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son ot 
Imlah. 

10 And the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat 
the king of Judah, sat each on his throne, 
having put on their robes, in a void place in 
the entrance of the gate of Samaria ; and all 
the prophets prophesied before them. 

11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah 
made him horns of iron : and he said, Thus 
saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push 
the Syrians, until thou have consumed them. 

12 And all the prophets prophesied so, say- 
ing, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper : 
for the Lord shall deliver it into the king's 
hand. 

13 And the messenger that was gone to call 
Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, 
the words of the prophets declare good unto 
the king with one mouth : let thy word, I 
pray thee, be like the word of one of them, 
and speak that which is good. 

14 And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, 
what the Lord saith unto me, that will I 
speak. 

15 IT So he came to the king. And the king 
said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against 
Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? 

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MicaiaJC s prophecy against Ahab. I. KINGS. 
And he answered him, Go, and prosper: Tor 
the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of 
the king. 

16 And the king said unto him, How many 
times shall 1 adjure thee that thou tell me no- 
thing but that wiiick is true in the name of 
the Lord? 

37 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered 
upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shep- 
herd: and the Lord said, These have no 
master; let them return every, man to his 
house in peace. 

18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehosha- 
phat, Did I not tell thee that he would pro- 
phesy no good concerning me, but evil ? 

19 And lie said, Hear thou therefore the 
word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on 
his throne, and all the hostof heaven standing 
by him on his right hand and on Ins left. 

20 And the Lord said, Who shall persuade 
Ahab, that he may go up and fall at.Ramoth- 
gilead '\ And one said on this manner, and 
another said on that manner. 

21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood 
before the Lord, and said, I will persuade 
hum 

22 And the Lord said unto him, Whe-re- 
■with ? And he said, I will go forth, and I will 
be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his pro- 
phets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade 
7/iw, and prevail also : go forth, and do so. 

23 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath 
put a lying spirit in the mouth of ah 1 these 
thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil 
concerning thee. 

24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah 
went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, 
and said, Which way went the Spirit of the 
Lord from me to speak unto thee ? 

25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt 
see in that day, when thou shalt go into an 
inner chamber to hide thyself. 

26 And the king of Israel said, Take Mi- 
caiah, and carry him back unto Anion -the 
governor of the city, and to Joashthe king's 
son ; 

27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this 
fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread 
of affliction, and with water of affliction, un- 
til I come in peace. 

28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all 
in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. 
And he said, Hearken, O people, every one 
of you. 

29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat 
the king of Judith went up to Ramoth-giiead. 

30 And the kingof Israel said unto Jehosha- 
phat, I will disguise myself, and enter into 
the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And 
the king of Israel disguised himself, and went 
into the battle 

31 But the king of Syria commanded his 
thirty and two captains that had rule over his 
chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor 
great, save only with the kingof Israel. 

32 And it came to pass, when the captains 
of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they 
said, Surely it in the king of Israel. An\\ 
they turned aside to fight against hiini and 
Jehoshaphat cried out, 



Jehoshaphat' s good reign. 

33 And it came to pass, when the captains 
of the chariots perceived that it was not the 
king of Israel, that they turned back from 
pursuing him. 

34 And a certain man drew a bow at a 
venture, and smote the king of Israel be- 
tween the joints of the harness: wherefore 
he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn 
thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for 
[ am wounded. 

35 And the battle increased that day : and 
the king was stayed up in his chariot "against 
the Syrians, and died at even : and the blood 
ran out of the wound into the midst of the 
chariot. 

36 And there went a proclamation through- 
out the host about the going down of the 
sun, saying, Every man to his city and every 
man to his own country. 

37 ^f So the king died, and was brought to 
Samaria; and they buried the king in Sa- 
maria. 

38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of 
Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood ; 
and they washed his armour; according unto 
the word of the Lord which he spake. 

39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all 
that he did, and the ivory house which lie 
made, and all the cities that he built, are 
they not written in theijookof the Chroni- 
cles of the kings of Israel ? 

40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Aha- 
ziah his son reigned in his stead. - 

41 ^[ And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa be- 
gan to rei^n over Judah in the fourth ye.tr 
of Ahab king of Israel. 

42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years 
old when he began to reign; and he reigned 
twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And 
his mother's name was Azubah the daughter 
of Shilhi. 

43 And he walked in all the way of Asa his 
father; he turned not aside from it, doing 
that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: 
nevertheless the high places were not taken 
away; for the people offered and burnt in- 
cense yet in the high places. 

44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the 
king of Israel. 

45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, 
and his might that he shewed, and how he 
warred, are they not written in the book of 
the. Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 

46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which 
remained in the days of his father Asa, he 
took out of the land. 

47 There was then no king hi Edom: a de- 
puty was king. 

48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to 
go to Ophir for gold : but they went not : for 
the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. 

49 Then said Ahazialv the son of Ahab unto 
Jehoshaphat, Let. my servants go with thy 
servauts in the ships. But Jehoshaphat 
would not. 

50^1 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fa- 
thers, and was buried with his fathers in the 
city of David his father: and Jehoram his 
son reigned in his stead. 

5J H Ahazmh the son of Ahab began to 
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reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth 
year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and 
reigned two vears over Israel. 
52 And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, 
and walked in the way of his father, and in 
the way of ilia mother, and in the way of 



Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel 
to sin : 

53 For he served Baal, and worshipped 
him, and provoked to anger the Lord God 
of Israel, accouding to all that his father had 
done. 



II The Second Book of the KINGS, commonly called, The Fourth Boohof the KINGS. 



CHAP. I. 

1 Jiloab rebelleth. StJIhaziah, sending- to Baal- 
' zebub, hath his judgment by FAijah. 5 Hlijah 
twice bringcth fire front heaven upon them 
whom .^haziah sent to apprehend him. 13 He 
piticth the third captain, and encouraged by 
an angel, tcllcth the Icing of his death. 17 Jc- 
horam succecdeth Jihaxiah. 
rjl HEN Moab rebelled against Israel after 
JL the death of A hab. 

2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice 
in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, 
and was sick : and lie sent messengers, and 
said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebuL 
the god of Ekron, whether I shall recoverof 
this disease. 

3 But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah 
the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the mes- 
sengers of the king of Samaria, and say 
unto them, Is it not because there is not a 
God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal- 
zebub the god of Ekron ? 

4 Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou 
slralt not come down from that bed on which 
thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And 
Elijah departed. 

5 ^[ And when the messengers turned back 
unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye 
now turned back ? 

6 And they said unto him, There came a 
man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn 
again unto the king that sent you, and say 
unto him, Thus saith the Lord, /* it not be- 
cause there is not a God in Israel, that thou 
sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of 
Ekron ? therefore thou shalt not come down 
from that bed on which thou art gone up, but 
shalt surely die. 

7 And he said unto them, What manner of 
man ?cas he which came up to meet you, and 
told you these words ? 

8 And they answered him, He was a hairy 
man, and girt with a girdle of leather about 
his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tish- 
bite. 

9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of 
fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him : 
and behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And 
In? spake unto him, Thou man of God, the 
king hath said, Come down. 

10 And Elijah answered and said to the cap- 
tain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let 
fire come down from heaven, and consume 
thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire 
from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 

11 Again also he sent unto him another cap- 
tain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered 
and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath 
the king said, Come down quickly. 

12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, 
If I be a man of God, let fire come down 
from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. 



And the fire of God came down from heaven, 
and consumed him and his fifty. 

13 \\ And he sent again a captain of the tliii I 
fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of 
fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees 
before Elijah, and besought him, and said 
unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my 
life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, 
be precious in thy sighti 

14 Behold, there came fire down from hea- 
ven, and burnt up the two captains of the 
former fifties with their fifties : therefore let 
my life now be precious in thy sight. 

15 And the angel of the Lord said unto 
Elijah, Go down with him : be not afraid of 
him. And he arose, and went down with 
him unto the king. 

16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the 
Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messen- 
gers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of 
Ekron, (is it not because there is no God in 
Israel to inquire of his word ?) therefore thou 
shalt not come down off that bed on which 
thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 

17 1[ So he died according to the word of 
the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And 
Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second 
year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat 
king of Judah; because he had no son. 

18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which 
he did, are they not written in the book of* 
the Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 

CHAP. II. 
1 Elijah^ taking his leave of Elisha, with his 
mantle divideth Jordan, 9 andgranting Elisha 
his reauest, is taken up by a fiery chariot into 
heaven. 12 Elisha, dividing Jordan with Eli- 
jah' ] s mantle, is acknowledged his successor. 
1G Theyoung prophets, hardly obtain in g leave 
to seek Elijah, could not find him. J 9 Elisha 
with salt healeth the unwholesome waters. 23 
Bears destroy the children that mocked Elisha. 

AND it came to pass, when the Lord 
would take up Elijah into heaven by a 
whirlwind, thatElitah went with Elisha from 
Gilgal. 

2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, 
I pray thee ; for the Lord hath sent me to 
Beth-el. And Elisha said unto him, As the 
Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not 
leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el. 

3 And the sons of the prophets that were at 
Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto 
him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take 
away thy master from thy head to-day ? And 
he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 

4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry 
here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent 
me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord 
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave 
thee. So they came to Jericho. 

5 And the sons of the prophets that were ai 

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Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, 
Knowest thou that the Lord will take away 
thy master from thy head to-day 1 And lie an- 
swered, Yea, I know it ; hold ye your peace. 

6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray 
thee, here ; for the Lord hath sent me to 
Jordan. And he said, As the Lord liveth, 
and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. 
And they two went on. 

7 And fifty men of (he sons of the prophets 
went, and stood to view afar off: and they 
two stood by Jordan. 

8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped 
it together, and smote the waters, and they 
were divided hither and thither, so that they 
two went over on dry ground. 

9 H And it came to pass, when they were 
gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask 
what I shall do for thee, before I be taken 
away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, 
let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 

10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard 
thing : nevertheless, if thou see me tvhen I 
am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; 
but if not, it shall not be so. 

11 And itcame to pass, as they still went on, 
and talked, that behold, there appeared a 
chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted 
them both asunder ; and Elijah went up by 
a whirlwind into heaven. 

12 ^[ And Elisha saw «7, and he cried, My 
father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and 
the horsemen thereof! And he saw him no 
more : and he took hold of his own clothes, 
and rent them in two pieces. 

13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that 
fell from him, and went back, and stood by 
the bank of Jordan ; 

14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell 
from him, and smote the waters, and said, 
Where is the Lord God of Elijah ? And when 
he also had smitten the waters, they parted 
hither and thither : and Elisha went over. 

15 And when the sons of the prophets which 
were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, 
The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And 
they came to meet him, and bowed them- 
selves to the ground before him. 

16 And they said unto him, Behold now, 
there be with thy servants fifty strong men : 
let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy mas- 
ter: lest peradventiire the Spirit of theXoRD 
hath taken him up, and cast him upon some 
mountain, or into some valley. And he said, 
Ye shall not send. 

17 And when they urged him till he was 
ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore 
fifty men ; and they sought three days, but 
found him not. 

18 And when they came again to him, (for 
he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, 
Did I not say unto you, Go not ? 

19 ^[ And the men of the city said unto 
Eliesha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of 
this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth : but 
the water is naught, and the ground barren. 

20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and 
put salt therein. And they brought it to him. 

21 And he went forth unto the spring of the 
waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, 



Elisha? s mockers destroyed. 
Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these 
waters ; there shall not be from thence any 
more death or barren land. 

22 So the waters were healed unto this dav, 
according to the saving of Elisha which lie 
spake. 

23 1f And he went up from thence unto Beth- 
el : and as he was going up by the way, there 
came forth little children out of the city, and 
mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou 
bald-head; go up, thou bald-head. 

24 And he turned back, and looked on them, 
and cursed them in the name of the Lord! 
And there came forth two she-bears out of 
the wood, and tare forty and two children of 
them. 

25 And he went from thence to mount Car- 
mel, andfrom thence he returned to Samaria. 

CHAP. III. 
Uehor aril's reign, AMesha rebelleth. V> Jeho- 
ram, with Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edam, 
being distressed for want of water, by Elisha 
obtaineth water, and promise of victory. 21 
The Moabites deceived by the colour of the 
water, coming to spoil, are overcome. 2(5 The 
king of Moab, by sacrificing the king of 
Edom?s son, raiseth the siege. 

NOW Jehoram the son of Ahab began to 
reign over Israel in Samaria in the eigh- 



eigh- 
teenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, 
and reigned twelve years. 

2 And he wrought evil in the sight of the 
Lord ; but not like his father, and like his 
mother : for he put away the image of Baal 
that his father had made. 

3 Nevertheless, he cleaved unto the sins of 
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made 
Israel to sin ; he departed not therefrom. 

4 *f[ And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep- 
master, and rendered unto the king of Israel 
a hundred thousand iambs, and a hundred 
thousand rams, with the wool. 

5 But itcame to pass, when Ahab was dead, 
that the king of Moab rebelled against the 
king of Israel. 

6 ^[ And king Jehoram went out of Sama 
ria the same time, and numbered all Israel 

7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the 
king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab 
hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with 
me against Moab to battle ? And he said, I 
will go up : I am as thou art, my people as 
thy people, and my horses as thy horses. 

8 And he said, Which way shall we go up? 
And he answered, The way through the wil- 
derness of Edom. 

9 So the king of Israel went, and the king 
of Judah, and the king of Edom : and they 
fetched a compass of seven days' journey : 
and there was no water for the host, and for 
the cattle that followed them. 

10 And the king of Israel said, Alas, that the 
Lord hath called these three kings together, 
to deliver them into the hand of Moab! 

11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here 
a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire 
of the Lord by him ? And one of the king of 
Israel's servants answered and said, Here is 
Elisha the son of Shaphat which poured wa- 
ter on the hands of Elijah. 

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12 And Jelioshaphat said, The word of the 
Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and 
Jelioshaphat and the king of Edom went 
down to him. 

13 And Eiisha paid unto the king of Israel, 
What have I to do with thee ? get thee to the 
prophets of thy father, and to the prophets 
of thy mother. And the king of Israel said 
unto him, Nay : *for the Lord hath called these 
three kings together, to deliver them into the 
hand of Moab. 

14 And Eiisha said, As the Lord of hosts 
liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it 
not that I regard the presence of Jeliosha- 
phat the king of Judah, I would not look to- 
ward thee, nor see thee. 

15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it 
came to pass, when the minstrel played, that 
the hand of the Lord came upon him. 

16 And lie said, Thus saith the Lord, Make 
this valley full of ditches. 

17 For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see 
wind, neither shall ye see rain ; yet that valley 
shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, 
both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. 

18 And this is but a light thing in the sight 
of the Lord : he will deliver the, Moabites 
also into your hand. 

19 And ye shall smite every fenced city, and 
every choice city, and shall fell every' good 
tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar 
every good piece of land with stones. 

20 And it came to pass in the morning, when 
the meat-offering was offered, that behold, 
there came water by the way of Edom, and 
the country was filled with water. 

21 11 And when all the Moabites heard that 
the kings were come up to fight against them, 
they gathered all that were able to put on ar- 
mour, and upward, and stood in the border. 

22 And they rose up early in the morning, 
and the sun shone upon the water, and the 
Moabites saw the water on the other side as 
red as blood : 

23 And they said, This is blood : the kings 
are surely slain, and they have smitten one 
another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. 

24 And when they came to the camp of 
[srael, the Israelites rose up and smote the 
Moabites, so that they fled before them: but 
they went forward smiting the Moabites, even 
\n their country. 

25 And they beat down the cities, and on 
every good piece of land cast every man his 
stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the 
wells of water, and felled all the good trees: 
only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones there- 
of; howbeit the slingers went about it, and 
smote it. 

26 1[ And when the king of Moab saw that 
the battle was too sore for him, he took with 
him seven hundred men that drew swords, to 
break through even unto the king of Edom : 
but they could not. 

27 Then he took his eldest son, that should 
have reigned in his stead, and offered him 
for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there 
was great indignation against Israel : And 
they departed from him, and returned to their 
oun land. 



. IV. 7'he widoic's oil multiplied* 

CHAP. IV. 

] Eiisha mnltiplicth the widow's oil. 8 Hegiveth 
a son to the good Slmnammite. 18 Heraiseth 
again her dead son. 38 j3t Qilgol he heulcth 
the deadly pottage. 42 He satisficth an hun- 
dred men with twenty loaves. 

NOW there cried a certain woman of the 
wives of the sons of the prophets unto 
Eiisha, saying, Thy servant my husband \a 
dead ; and thou knowest that thy servant did 
fear the Lord : and the creditor is come to 
take unto him my two sons to be bond- 
men. 

2 And Eiisha said unto her, What shall I do 
for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house ? 
And she said, Thy handmaid hath not any 
thing in the house save a pot of oil. 

3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels 
abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty ves- 
sels; borrow not a few. 

4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt 
shut, the door upon thee and upon thy sons, 
and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and 
thou shalt set aside that which is full. 

5 So she went from him, and shut the door 
upon her and upon her sons, who brought 
the vessels to her; and she poured out. 

6 And it came to pass, when the vessels 
were full, that she said unto her son, Bring 
me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There 
is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 

7 Then she came and told the man of God. 
And lie said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy 
debt, and live thou and thy children of the 
rest. 

8 If And it fell on a day, that Eiisha passed 
to Shunem, where was a great woman; and 
she constrained him to eat bread. And so 
it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned 
in thither to eat bread. 

9 And she said unto her husband, Behold 
now, I perceive that this is a holy man of 
God, which passeth by us continually. 

10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, 
on the wall; and let us set for him there a 
bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candle- 
stick : audit shall be, when hecometh to us, 
that he shall turn in thither. 

11 And it fell on a day, that he came thi- 
ther, and he turned into the chamber, and 
lay there. 

19 And he said to Geha/i his servant, Call 
this Shunammite. And when he had called 
her, she stood before him. 

13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her t 
Behold, thou hast been careful for us with 
all this care; what is to be done for thee? 
wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, tf 
to the captain of the host? And she answer- 
ed, I dwell among mine own people. 

14 And he said, What then is to be done 
for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she 
hath no child, and her husband is old. 

15 And he said, Call her. And when he 
had called her, she stood in the door. 

16 And he said, About this season, accord- 
ing to the time of life, thou shalt embrace h 
son. And she said. Nay, my lord, thou man 
of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid. 

17 And the woman conceived, and bare a. 

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II. KINGS. 



son at that season that Elisha had said unto 
her, according to the time oflife. 

18 If And when the child was grown, it fell 
on a day, that he went out to his father to 
the reapers. 

19 And he said unto his father, My head, 
my head. And lie said to a lad, Carry him 
to 1ms mother. 

20 And when he had taken him, and brought 
him to his mother, he sat on her knees till 
noon, and then died. 

21 And she went up, and laid him on the 
bed of the man of God, and shut the door 
upon him, and went out. 

22 And she called unto her husband ; and 
said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young 
men, and one of the asses, that I may run to 
the man of God, and come again. 

23 And he said, Wherefore will thou go to 
him to-day? it is neither new-moon, nor 
sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. 

21 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her 
servant, Drive, and go forward ; slack not 
ihy riding for me, except I bid thee. 

25 So she went and came unto the man of 
God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, 
when the man of God saw her afar oft', that 
he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yon- 
der is that Shunammite : 

26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and 
say unto her, Is it well with thee? Is it well 
with thy husband ? Is it well with the child ? 
And she answered, It is well. 

27 And when she came to the man of God 
to the hill, she caught him by the feet : but 
Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And 
the man of God said, Let her^alone; for her 
soul is vexed within her:, and the Lord 
hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. 

28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my 
lord ? did I not. say, Do not deceive me? 

29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy 
loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go 
thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him 
not; and if any salute thee, answer him not 
again : and lay my staff upon the face of the 
child. 

30 And the mother of the child said, As the 
Lord liveth, and#s thy soul liveth, I will not 
leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. 

31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and 
laid the staff upon the face of the child; but 
there was neither voice, nor hearing. Where- 
fore he wentagain to meet him, and told him, 
savin**, The child is not awaked. 

32 And when Elisha was come into the 
house, behold, the child was dead, and laid 
upon Ins bed. 

33 He went in therefore, and shut the door 
upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord. 

34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, 
and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his 
eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his 
hands: and he stretched himself upon the 
child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. 

35 Then he returned, and walked in the 
house to and fro; and went up, and stretch 



The deadly pottage healed. 



this Shunammite. So he called her. And 
when she was come in unto him, he said, 
Take up thy son. 

37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, 
and bowed lierself to the ground, a.id took 
up her son, and went out. 

38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal. And 
there was a dearth in the land ; and the S0113 
of the prophets were sitting before him : and 
he said unto his servant, Set on the great 
pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the 
prophets. 

39 And one went out into the field to gather 
herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered 
thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came 
and shred them into the pot of pottage : lor 
they knew them not. 

40 So they poured out for the men to ea 
And it came to pass, as they were eating 
the pottage, that they cried out, and said, 
thou man of God, there is death in the poi 
And they could not eat thereof. 

41 But he said, Then bring meal. And h 
cast?'/ into the pot; and he said, Pour oui 
for the people, that they may eat. And ther 
was no harm in the pot. 

42 *\ And there came a man from Baal-sha 
lisha, and brought the man of God bread o 
the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, am 
full ears of com in the husk thereof. And hi 
said, Give unto the people, that they may eat 

43 And his servitor said, What! should " 
set this before a hundred men ? He sai( 
again, Give the people, that they may eat 
for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, am 
shall leave thereof. 

44 So he set it before them, and they dii 
eat, and left thereof according to the won 
of the Lord. 

CHAP. V. 

I JVaaman, by the report of a captive maid, i 
sent to Samaria to be cured of his leprosy. 
Klisha, sending him to Jordan, cureth him. 1 
He refusing JSi'aaman'' s gifts granteth hi 
some of the earth. 20 Gehazi, abusing h< 
7>iastcrs name unto Naaman, is smitten witi 
leprosy. 



OW Naaman, captain of the host of the 
ig of Syria, was a great man with h 
mster, and honourable, because by him tl 



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Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he 
was also a mighty man in valour, hut he wai 
a leper. 

2 And the Syrians had gone out by compa 
nies, and had brought away captive out o 
the land of Israel a little maid; and she 
waited on Naaman's wife. 

3 And she said unto her mistress, Won! 
God my lord were with the prophet that is 
in Samaria ! for he would recover him of his 
leprosy. 

4 And one went in, and told his lord, say- 
ing, Thus and thus said the maid that is of 
the land of Israel. 

5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and 
1 will send a letter unto the king of Israel. 
And he departed, and look with him ten t; 



ed himself upon him: and the child sneezed lents of silver, and six thousand pieces of 
seven times, and the child opened his eves, j gold, and ten changes of raiment. 
36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call 6 And he brought the letter to the- king of 

2S6 



Nnama-rCs leprosy healed. 
Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come 
unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent 
Naaman nn servant to thee, that thou may- 
est recover" him of his leprosy. 

7 And it came to pass, when the king of Is- 
rael had read the letter, that he rent his 
clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to 
make alive, that this man doth soul unto me 
to recover a man of his leprosy ? Wherefore 
consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh 
a quarrel against me. 

8 If And it was so, when EUslia the man of 
God had heard that the king of Israel had 
rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, sav- 
ing, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes ? 
let Rim come now to me, and he shall know 
that there is a prophet in Israel. 

9 So Naaman came with his horses and 
with his chariot, and stood at the door of the 
house of Elisha. 

10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, 
saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven tunes, 
and thy Mesh shall come again to thee, and 

hou shalt be clean. 

A But Naaman was wroth, and went away, 
and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely 
come out to me, and stand, and call on the 
name of the Lord his God, and strike his 
hand over the place, and recover the leper. 

12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of 
Damascus, better than all the waters of Is- 
rael ? may I not wash in them, and be clean ? 
So he turned and went away in a rage. 

13 And his servants came near, and spake 
unto him, and said,, My father, {/'the prophet 
had bid thee do same great thing, wonkiest 
thou not have done it? how much rather 
then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be 
clean? 

14 Then went lie down, and dipped him- 
self seven limes in Jordan, according to the 
saying of the man of God: and his fiesh 
came again like unto the flesh of a little child, 
and he was clean. 

15 1[ And he returned to the man of God, 
he and all his company, and came and stood 
before him: and he said, Behold, now I 
know that there is no God in all the earth, 
but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, 
take a blessino of thy servant. 

16 But he said, ^ls'the Lord liveth, before 
whom I stand, I will receive none. And he 
urged him to takei^ ; but he refused. 

17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, 
I pray thee, be given to thy servant two 
mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will 
henceforth offer neither burnt-offering nor 
sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord. 

18 In this thing the Lord pardon thy ser- 
vant, that when my master gocth into the 
house of Rimmon to worship there, and he 
leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the 
house of Rimmon : when 1 bow' down my- 
self in the house of Rimmon, the Lord par- 
don thy servant in this thing. 

19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So 
he departed from him a little way. 

20 Tf But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the 
man of God, said, Behold, my master hath 
spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiv- 



CHAP. VI. Gehazi smitten with leprosy. 

ing at his hands that which he brought: but 
as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and 
take somewhat of him. 

21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And 
when Naaman saw him running after him, 
he lighted down from the chariot to meet 
him, and said, Is all well ? 

22 And he said, All is well. My master 
hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now ihere 
be come to me from mount Ephraim two 
young men of the sons of the prophets: give 
them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two 
changes of garments. 

23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two 
talents. And he urged him, and bound two 
talents *f silver in two bags, with two changes 
of garments, and laid them upon two of his 
servants; and they bare them before him. 

24 And when he came to the tower, he took 
them from their hand, and bestowed tJiem in 
the house : and he let the men go, and they 
departed. 

25 But he went in, and stood before his 
master : and Elisha said unto him, Whence 
earnest thou, Gehazi ? And he said, Thy ser- 
vant went no whither. 

26 And he said unto him, Went not my 
heart with thee, when the man turned again 
from his chariot to meet thee ? Is it a time 
to receive money, and to receive garments, 
and olive-yards, and vineyards. .and sheep, and 
oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants? 

27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall 
cleave unto thee and unto thy seed for ever. 
And he went out from his presence a leper 
as white as snow. 

, CHAP. VI. 
1 Elisha, giving leave to the yoiutg prophets to 
enlarge their dwellings, canseth iron to swim. 
8 He dis close th the king of Syria's counsel. 
]3 The army tchich was sent to Dothan to ap- 
prehend Elisha, is smitten with blindness : 
I'd being brought into Samaria, they are dis- 
missed in peace. 24 The famine in Samaria 
causcth women to eat their own children. 30 
The king sendeth to slay Elisha. 

AND the sons of the prophets said unto 
- Elisha, Behold now, the place where 
we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 

2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and 
take thence every man a beam, and let us 
make us a place there, where we may dwell. 
And he answered, Go ye. 

3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, 
and go with thy servants. And he answer- 
ed, I will go. 

4 So he went with them. And when they 
came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 

5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe- 
head fell into the water: and he cried, and 
said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. 

6 And the man of God said, Where fell it ? 
And he. shewed him the place. And he cm 
do;vn a stick, and cast it in thither; and the 
iron did swim. 

7 Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. 
And he put out his hand, and took it. 

8 ^[ Then the king of Syria warred against 
Israel, and took counsel with his servants, 
saying, In such and such a place shall be my 
camp. 



The Syrians struck blind* II. KINGS 

9 And the man of God sent unto the king 
of Israel, saying, Beware that thon pass not 
such a place; for thither the Syrians are 
come down. 

JO And the king of Israel sent to the place 
which the man of God told him and warned 
him of, and saved himself there, not once 
nor twice. 

Jl Therefore the heart of the king of Syria 
was sore troubled for this thing ; and lie call- 
ed his servants, and said unto them, Will ye 
not shew me which of us is for the king- of 
Israel ? 

12 And one of his servants said. None, my 
lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is 
in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words 
that thou speakest in thy bed-chamber. 

13 And he said, Go, and spy where he is, 
that I may send and fetch him. And it was 
told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothaii. 

14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and 
chariots, and a great host : and they came 
by night, and compassed the city about. 

15 And when the servant of the man of God 
was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a 
host compassed the city both with horses and 
chariots. And his servant said unto him, 
Alas, my master! how shall we do? 

16 And he answered, Fear not: for thev 
that be with us are more than they that be 
with them. 

17 And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I 
pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. 
And the Lord opened the eyes of the young 
man ; and he saw : and behold, the moun- 
tain was full of horses and chariots of fire 
round about Elisha. 

18 And when they came down to him, Elisha 
prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this 
people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he 
smote them with blindness, according to the 
word of Elisha. 

19 <f[ And Elisha said unto them, This is 
uot the way, neither is this the city: follow 
me, and I will bring youlo the man whom 
ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. 

20 And it came to pass^when they were 
come into Samaria, that Ktisha said, Lord, 
open the eyes of these men, that they may 
see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and 
thev saw; and behold, they were in the midst 
of Samaria. 

21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, 
when he saw them, My father, shall I smite 
them? shall I smite them? 

22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite 
them* wouldest thou smite those whom thou 
hast taken captive with thy sword and with 
thy bow? set bread and water before them, 
that they may eat and drink, and go to their 
master. 

23 And he prepared great provision for 
them: and when they had eaten and drunk, 
he sent them away, and they went to their 
master. So the bands of Syria came no 
more into the land of Israel. 

24 And it came to pass after this, that Ben- 
hadad king of Svria gathered all his host, 
and went up, and besieged Samaria 



The famine in Samaria. 
ria: and behold, they !>esieged it, until an 
ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of 
silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove'* 
dung for five pieces of silver. 

26 And as the Icing of Israel was passing by 
upon the wall, there cried a woman unto 
him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 

27 Anil he said, If the Lord do not help 
thee, whence shall I help thee ? out of the 
barn -floor, or out of the wine-press ? 

28 And the king said unto her, What aileth 
thee ? And she answered, This woman said 
unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him 
to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow. 

29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him : 
and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy 
son, that we may eat him: and slie hath hid 
her son. 

30 If And it came to pass, when the king 
heard the words of the woman, that he rent 
his clothes ; and he passed by upon the wail, 
and the people looked, and behold, he had 

<!-Ao\zo\c\\\t witliin iif»r>n his flpsli 



nckcloth within upon his flesh 

31 Then he said, God do so and more also 
to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Sha 
phat shall stand on him this day. 

32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the 
elders sat with him; and the ^zn^sentamai 
from before him: but ere the messengi 
came to him, he said to the elders, See v 
how this son of a murderer hath sent to tak 
away my head? look, when the messengi 
cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast 
the door: is not the sound of his master's feet 
behind him? 

33 An I while he yet talked with them, be- 
hold, the messenger came down unto him : 
and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord : 
what should I wait for the Lord any longer ? 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Elisha prophesieth incredible plenty in Sama- 
ria. 3 Four lepers venturing on the host of the 
Syrians, bring- tidings of their flight. 12 The 
king finding by spies the news to be true, 
spoilcth the tents of the Syrians. 17 The lord, 
who would not believe the prophecy of plenty , 
having the charge of the gate, is trodden to 
death in the press. 

THEN Elisha said, Hear ye the word of 
the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, To- 
morrow about this time shall a measure of 
fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two mea- 
sures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of 
Samaria. 

2 Then a lord on whose hand the kin«* lean- 
ed answered the man of God, and said, Be- 
hold, if the Lord would make windows in 
heaven, might this thing be ? And he said, 
Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, 
but shalt not eat thereof. 

3 ^[ And there were four leprous men at 
the entering in of the gate : and they said one 
to another, Why sit we here until we die ? 

4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then 
the famine is in the city, and we shall die 
there: and if we sit still here, we die also, 
Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the 
host of the Svrians : if they save us alive, we 
shall live ; and if they kill us, we shall but die. 

5 And thev rose up in the twilight to go unto 



25 And there was a great famine in Sama- ' the camp of the Svrians: and when they 

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Sudden flight of the Syrians. 

were come to the uttermost part of the camp 

of Syria, behold, there was no man there. 

6 For the Lord had made the host of the 
Syrians to iiear a noise of chariots, and a 
Moise of horses, even the noise of a great host: 
and they said one to another, Lo, the king of 
Israel hath hired against us the kings of the 
Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to 
come upon us. 

7 Wherefore they arose and fled in the twi- 
light, and left their ients, and their horses, 
and their asses, even the camp as it was, and 
tied for their life. 

8 And when these lepers came to the utter- 
most part of the camp, they went into one 
tent, and did eat and drink, and carried 
thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and 
went and hid it: and came again, and enter- 
ed into another tent, and carried thence also, 
and went and hid it. 

9 Then they said one to another, We do 
not well : this day is a day of good tidings, 
and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the 
morning-light, some mischief will come upon 
us : now therefore come, that we may go and 
fell the king's household. 

10 So they came and called unto the por- 
ter of the city : and they told them, saying, 
We came to "the camp of the Syrians, and 
behold, tliere teas no man there, neither 
voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, 
and the tents as they were. 

11 And he called the porters; and they told 
it to the kind's house within. 

12 If And the king arose in the night, and 
said unto his servants, I will now shew you 
what the Syrians have done to us. ,They 
know that we be hungry ; therefore are they 

§one out of the camp, to hide themselves in 
le field, saying, When they come out of the 
city, we shall catch them alive, and get into 
the city. 

13 And one of his servants answered and 
said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the 
horses that remain, which are left in the city, 
(behold, they are as all the multitude of Is- 
rael that fife left in it: behold, I say, they 
are even as all the multitude of the Israelites 
that are consumed:) and let us send and see. 

14 They took therefore two chariot horses; 
and the king sent after the host of the Sy- 
rians, saying, Go and see. 

15 And they went after them unto Jordan : 
and lo, all the way was full of garments and 
vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in 
their haste. And the messengers returned, 
and told the king. 

16 And the people went out, and spoiled the 
tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine 
flour was sold for a shekel, and two mea- 
sures of barley for a shekel, according to 
the word of the Lord. 

17 5T And the king appointed the lord on 
whose hand he leaned to have the charge of 
the gate: and the people trode upon him in 
the gate, and he died, as the man of God had 
said, who spake when the king came down 
to him. 

18 And it came to pass as the man of God 
had speken to the king, saving, Two mea- 

13 N 



CHAP. VIII. The Shunammite's land restored ., 
sures of barley for a shekel, and a measure 
of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow 
about this time in the gate of Samaria : 

19 And that lord answered the man of God, 
and said, Now, behold, if the Lord should 
make windows in heaven, might such a tiling 
be ? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it 
with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 

20 And so it fell out unto him : for the peo- 
ple trode upon him in the gate, and he Jiea, 

CHAP. VIII. 

1 7%eShunammite, having left her country seven 
years, to avoid the forewarned famine, f&r 
Elisha' s miracle'' s sakehathher land restored 
by the king. 7 Haiacl being sent with a pre- 
sent by Ben-hadad. to Elisha at Damascus, 
after he had heard the prophecy, killeth his 
master, and succeedeth him. 16 Jehoram 1 s 
wicked reign in Judah. 20 Edom and IAbnah 
revolt. "23J3haziah succeedeth Jehoram. 25 
Ahaiiah's wicked reign. 28 He visiteth Jeho- 
ram wounded, at Jczreel. 

THEN spake Elisha unto the woman, 
whose son he had restored to life, say- 
ing, Arise, and go thou and thy household, 
and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn : 
for the Lord hath called for a famine ; and k 
shall also come upon the land seven years. 

2 And the woman arose, and did after the 
saying of the man of God : and she went 
with tier household, and sojourned in the 
land of the Philistines seven years. 

3 And it came to pass at the seven years' 
end, that die woman returned out of the land 
of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry 
unto the king for her house, and for her land. 

4 And the king talked with Gehazi the ser- 
vant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I 
pray thee, all the great things that Elisha 
hath done. 

5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the 
king how he had restored a dead body to life, 
that behold, the woman, whose son he had 
restored to life, cried to the king for her 
house and for her land. And Gehazi said, 
My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this 
is her son, whom Elisha restored to life. 

6 And when the king asked the woman, she 
told him. So the king appointed unto her 
a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was 
hers, and all the fruits of the field since the 
da}' that she left the land, even until now. 

7 If And Elisha came to Damascus,: and 
Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and 
it was told him, saying, The man of God i* 
come hither. 

8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a 
present in thy hand, and go, meet the man 
of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, 
saying, Shall I recover of this disease ? 

9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a 
present with him, even of every good thing 
of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came 
and stood before him, and said,Thy son Ben- 
hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, 
saying, Shall I recover of this disease ? 

10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto 
him, Thou mayest certainly recover : how- 
beit, the Lord hath shewed me, that he shall 
surely die. 

11 And he settled his countenance stead- 
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Jehoram- s wicked reign, II. KINGS. 

fastly, until he was ashamed : and the man 
of God wept. 

12 And Hazael said, Why weepetli my lord ? 
And lie answered, Because I know the evil 
that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: 
their strong holds wilt thou set on tire, and 
their young men wilt thou slay with the 
sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip 
up their women with child. 

13 And Hazael said, But what ! is thy ser- 
vant a dog, that he should do this great thing ? 
And Elisha answered,The Lord hath shew- 
ed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. 

14 So he departed from Elisha, and came 
to his master; who said to him, What said 
Elisha to thee ? And he answered, He told 
me that thou shouldest surely recover. 

15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that 
he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, 
and spread it on his face, so that he died: 
and Hazael reigned in his stead. 

16 ^[ And in the fifth year of Joram the son 
of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being 
tiien king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je- 
hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. 

17 Thirty and two years old was he when 
he began to reign; and he reigned eight 
years in Jerusalem. 

18 And he walked in the way of the kings 
of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the 
daughter of Ahab was his wife : and he did 
evil in the sight of the Lord. 

19 Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah, 
for David his servant's sake, as he promised 
him to give him always a light, and to his 
children. 

20 H In his days Edom revolted from under 
the hand of Judah, and made a king over 
themselves. 

21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the 
chariots with him : and he rose by night, 
and smote the Edomites which compassed 
him about, and the captains of the chariots : 
and the people fled into their tents. 

22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand, 
of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah re- 
volted at the same time. 

23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and 
all that he did, are they not written in the 
hook of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? 

21 And Joram slept with his fathers, and 
was buried with his fathers in the city of Da- 
vid ; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 

25 1f In the twelfth year of Joram the son of 
Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of 
Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. 

20 Two and twenty years old teas Ahaziah 
when lie began to reign ; and he reigned one 
year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name 
was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of 
Israel. 

27 And he walked in the way of the house 
of Ainb, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, 
as did the house of Ahab: for he teas the 
son-in-law nf the house of Ahab. 

28 U" And lie went with Joram the son of 
Ahab to the war against Hazael kinjr of 
Syria in Ramoth-gilead ; and the Syrians 
wounded Joram. 

29 And king Joram went back to be healed 



Jehu anointed king, 
in Jezreel of tl»e wounds which the Syrians 
had given him at Ramah, when he fought 
against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah 
the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down 
to see Joram the son ot Ahab in Jezreel, be- 
cause he was sick. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 Elisha sendcth a young prophet with instruc- 
tions to anoint Jehu at Ramoth-gilead. A The 
prophet having done his message, fleeth. H 
Jehu being made king by the soldiers, killeth 
Joram in the field of JsTaboth. 27 Ahaziah is 
slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem. 30 
Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a window, 
and^aten by dogs. 

\ ND Elisha the prophetcalled one of the 
-TjL children of the prophets, and said unto 
him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of 
oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead: 

2 And when thou comest thither, look out 
there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son 
of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up 
from among his brethren, and carry him to 
an inner chamber: 

3 Then take the box of oil, and pour U on 
his head, and say, Thus saith the Lord, 1 
have anointed thee king over Israel. Then 
open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 

4 So the young man, even the young man 
the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 

5 And when he came, behold, the captains 
of the host were sitting; and he said, I have 
an errand to thee, O ( apt aim And Jehu said, 
Unto which of all us'.' And he said, To thee, 
O captain. 

6 And he arose, and went into the house; 
and he poured the oil on his head, and said 
unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Is- 
rael, I have anointed thee king over the peo- 
ple of the Lord, even over Israel. 

7 And thou shall smite the house of Ahab 
thy master, that I may avenge the blood of 
my servants the prophets, and the blood of 
all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of 
Jezebel. , 

8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish : 
and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth 
against the wall, and him that is shut up and 
left in Israel : 

9 And I will make the house of Ahab like 
the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and 
like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah : 

10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the 
portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none 
to bury her. And he opened the door, and 
fled. 

11 ^[ Then Jehu came forth to the servants 
of his lord : and one said unto him, Is all 
well \ wherefore came this mad fellow to 
thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the 
man, and his communication. 

12 And they said, It is false ; tell us now. 
And he said, Thus and thus spake ne to me, 
saying, Thus saith the Lord, I have anoint- 
ed thee king over Israel. 

J 3 Then they hasted, and took every man 
his garment, and put it under him on the top 
of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, say- 
ing, Jehu is king. 

14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son 

of Nimshi. conspired against Joram. (Now 

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Jehu slayeth Joram. 

Joram had kept Ramolh-"ilead, he and all 

Israel, because of Hazael king ol Syria. 

15 But king Joram was returned to be heal- 
ed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Sy- 
rians had given him, when he fought with 
Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it 
be your minds, then let none go forth no?' es- 
cape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. 

16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to 
Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah 
kin* of Judah was come down to see Joram. 

irknd therestooda watchman on the tower 
in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Je- 
hu as he came, and said, I see a company. 
And Joram said, Take a horseman and send 
to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace ? 

18 So there went one on horseback toineet 
him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it 
peace ? And Jehu said, What hast thou to 
do with peace? turn thee behind me. And 
the watchman told, saying, The messenger 
came to them, but he cometh not again. 

19 Then he sent out a second on horse- 
back, which came to them, and said, Thus 
saith the king, Is it peace ? And Jehu an- 
swered, What hast thou to do with peace? 
turn thee behind me. 

20 And the watchman told, saying, He came 
even unto them, and cometh not again : and 
the driving is like the driving of Jehu the 
son of Nimshi ; for he driveth furiously. 

21 And Joram said, Make ready. And his 
chariot was made ready. And Joram king 
of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went 
out, eacli in his chariot, and they went out 
against Jehu, and met him in the portion of 
Naboth the Jezreelite. 

22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw 
Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu ? And 
he answered. What peace, so long as the 
whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her 
witchcrafts are so many ? 

23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, 
and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O 
Ahaziah. 

24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full 
strength, and smote Jehoram between his 
arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, 
and he sunk down in his chariot. 

25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, 
Take up, and cast him in the portion of the 
field of Naboth the Jezreelite : for remem- 
ber how that, when I and thou rode together 
after Ahab his father, the Lord laid this 
burden upon him; 

26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood 
of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith 
the Lord; and I will requite thee in this 
plat, saith the Lord. Now therefore take 
and cast him into the plat of ground, accord- 
ing to the word of the Lord. 

27 11 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah 
saw this, he fled by the way of the garden- 
house. And Jehu followed after him, and 
said, Smite him also in the chariot. And 
they did so at the going up to Gur, which is 
by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and 
died there. 

28 And his servants carried him in a chariot 
to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepul- , 



CHAP. X. Jezebel is eaten by dogs. 

chre with his fathers in the city of David. 

29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son 
of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. 

30 1[ And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, 
Jezebel heard of it ; and she painted her 
face, and tired her head, and looked out at a 
window. 

31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she 
said, HadTAmn peace, who slew his master? 

32 And he lifted up his face to the window, 
and said, Who is on my side ? who ? And 
there looked out to Kim two or three eunuchs. 

33 And he said, Throw her down. So 
they threw her down : and some of her blood 
was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: 
and heVode her under foot. 

34 And when he was come in, he did eat 
and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed 
woman, and bury her : for she is a king's 
daughter. 

35 And they went to bury her: but they 
found no more of her than the skull, and the 
feet, and the palms of her hands. 

36 Wherefore they came again, and told 
him. And he said, This is the word of the 
Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah 
the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jez- 
reel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: 

37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be ns 
dung upon the face of the field in the portion 
of Jezreel ; so that they shall not say, This 
is Jezebel. 

CHAP. X. 
1 Jehu, by his letters causeth seventy of Ahab's 
children to he beheaded. 8 He excuseth the fact 
by the prophecy of Elijah. 12 Jit the shearing- 
house he slayeth two and forty of Ahaziah' s 
brethren. 15 He taketh Jehonadab into his 
company. 18 By subtilty he destroy eth all the 
worshippers of Baal. 29 Jehu follow eth Jero- 
boam's sins. 32 Hazael oppresseth Israel. 35 
Jchoahaz succeedeth Jehu. 

AND Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. 
And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Sa- 
maria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the 
elders, and to them that brought up Allah's 
children, saying, 

2 Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, 
seeing your master's sons are with you, and 
there are with you chariots and horses, a 
fenced city also, and armour; 

3 Look even out the best and meetest of 
your master's sons, and set him on his father's 
throne, and fight for your master's house. 

4 But. they were exceedingly afraid, and 
said, Behold, two kings stood not before 
him : how then shall we stand ? 

5 And he that was over the house, and he 
that was over the city, the elders also, and 
the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, 
saying, We are thy servants, and will do all 
that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any 
king : do thou that whichis good in thine eyes. 

6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to 
them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will 
hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of 
the men your master's sons, and come to me 
to Jezreel by to-morrow this time. (Now 
the king's sons being 1 seventy persons, were 
with the great men ot the city", which brought 
them up.) 

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II. 



7- And itcarae to pass, when the letter came 
?o them, that they took the king's sons, and 
slew seventy persons, and put their heads in 
baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. 

8 ^J And there came a messenger, and told 
him, saying, They have brought the heads 
of the lung's sons. And he said. Lay ye 
them in two heaps at the entering in of the 
gate until the morning. 

9 And it came to pass in the morning, that 
he went out, and stood, and said to all the 
people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspi- 
red against my master, and slew him : but 
who slew all these ? 

10 Know now that there shall fall unto the 
earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which 
the Lord spake concerning the house of 
Ahab : for the Lord hath done tiiat which 
he spake by his servant Elijah. 

11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the 
house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great 
men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until 
he left him none remaining. 

12 ^[ And he arose and departed, and came 
to Samaria. And as he urns at the shearing- 
house in the way, 

13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah 
king of Judah, and said, YV no are ye I And 
{hey answered, We are the brethren of Aha- 
ziah; and we go down to salute the children 
of the king and the children of the queen. 

14 And he said, Take them alive. And 
they took them alive, and slew (hem at the 
pit of the shearing-house, even two and forty 
men* neither left he any of them. 

15 if And when he was departed thence, 
he lighted on Jehonadab the sou of Reehab 
coming' to meet him: and he saluted him, 
and said to him, Is thy heart right, as my 
heart is with thy heart I And Jehonadab 
answered, It is. If it be, give me thy hand. 
And he gave Mm his hand; and he took him 
up to him into the chariot. 

16 And he said, Come with me, and see my 
zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride 
in his chariot. 

17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew 
ail that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till 
he had destroyed him. according to the say- 
ing of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah. 

18 ^[ And Jehu gathered all the people to- 
gether, and said unto them, Ahab served 
Baal a little ; but Jehu shall serve him much. 

19 Now therefore call unto me all the pro- 
phets of Baal, all his servants, and all his 
priests; let none be wanting: for I have a 
great sacrifice to do to Baal : whosoever 
shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu 
did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might 
destroy the worshippers of Baal. 

20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn as- 
sembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. 

21 And Jehu sent through all Israel : and 
al! the worshippers of Baal came, so that 
there was not a man left that came not. And 
they came into the house of Baal; and the 
house of Baal was full IV, n one end to ano- 
ther. 

22 And he said unto him that was over the 
vestry. Bring forth vestments For all the wor- 



KINGS. Hie worshippers of Baal desto-oyed. 
shippers of Baa). And he brought them 
forth vestments. 

23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son 
of Reehab, into the house of Baal, and said 
unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and 
look that there be here with you none of the 
servants of the Lord, but the worshippers 
of Baal only. 

24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices 
and burnt-offerings, Jehu appointed four- 
score men without, and said, If any of the 
men whom I have brought into your hands 
escape, he that letteth him go. Ins life shall 
be for the life of him. 

25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had 
made an end of offering the burnt-offering, 
that Jehu said to the guard and to the cap- 
tains, Go in, and slay them; let none come 
forth. And they smote them with the ed^c 
of the sword; and the guard and the cap- 
tains cast them out, and went to the city of 
the house of Baal. 

26 And they brought forth the images out 
of the house of Baal, and burned them. 

27 And they brake down the image of Baa!, 
and brake down the house of Baal, and made 
it a draught-house unto this day. 

28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 

29 *f[ Howbeit, from the sins of Jeroboam 
the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, 
Jehu departed not from after them, to wit^ 
the golden calves that icere in Beth-el, and 
that were in Dan. 

30 And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because 
thou hast done weii in executing that which 
is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto 
the house of Ahab according to all that was 
in my heart, thy children of the fourth gene- 
ration shall sit. on the throne of Israel. 

31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the 
law of the Lord God of Israel with all his 
heart : for he departed not from the sins of 
Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. 

32 ^[ In those days the Lord began to cut 
Israel short : and Hazael smote them in ail 
the coasts of Israel ; 

33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of 
Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and 
the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the 
river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. 

34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all 
that he did, and all his might, are they not 
written in the book of the Chronicles of the 
kings of Israel ? 

35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and 
they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz 
his son reigned in his stead. 

36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Is- 
rael in Samaria was twenty and eight years. 

CHAP. XL 
Uehoash, being saved by Jekosheba his aunt, 
from Athaliali's m.assacre of the seed royal, 
is kid six years in the house of God. A.Tehoia- 
da giving order to the captains, in the seventh 
year anuinteth him Icing. 13 Alhaliah is slain. 
17 Jekoiada restoretk the worship of God. 

AND when Athaiiah the mother of Aha- 
ziah saw that her son was dead, she 
arose and destroyed all the seed royal. 
2 But Jehoshcb'a, the daughter of king So- 
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Jehoash is anointed king. 
ram, sister of Ahaxiah, took Joash the son 
of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the 
king's sons which were slain; and they hid 
him, even him and his nurse, in the bed-cham- 
ber, from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 

3 And lie was with her hid in the house of 
the Lord six years. And Athaliah did reign 
over the land. 

4 % And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and 
fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the 
captains and the guard, and brought them to 
him into the house of the Lord, and made a 
covenant with them, and took an oath of 
them in the house of the Lord, and shewed" 
them the king's son. 

5 And he commanded them, saying, This is 
the thing that ye shall do : A third part of you 
that enter in on the sabbath shall even be 
keepers of the watch of the king's house; 

6 And a third part shall be at the gate of 
»Sur ; and a third part at the gate behind the 
guard : so shall ye keep the watch of the 
house, that it be not broken down. 

7 And two parts of all you that go forth on 
the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch 
of the house of the Lord about the king. 

8 And ye shall compass the king round 
about, every man with his weapons in his 
hand : and he that cometh within the ranges, 
k't him be slain. And be ye with the king 
as he goeth out and as he cometh in. 

9 And the captains over the hundreds did 
according to all thing's that Jehoiada the 
priest commanded : and they took every man 
liis men that were to come in on the sanbath, 
with them that should go out on the sabbath, 
and came to Jehoiada the priest. 

10 And to the captains over hundreds did 
the priest give king David's spears and shields, 
that were in the temple of tlie Lord. 

11 And the guard stood, every man with his 
weapons in his hand, round about the king, 
from the right corner of the temple to the left 
corner of the temple, along by the altar and 
the temple. 

12 And he brought forth the king's son, and 
put the crown upon him, and gave him the 
testimony; and they made him king, and 
anointed him; and they clapped their hands, 
and said, God save theking. 

13 U" And when Athaliah heard the noise of 
the guard- And of the people, she came to 
the people into the temple of the Loud. 

14 And when she looked, behold, the king 
*:tood by a pijlar, as the manner was, anckhe 
princes and the trumpeters bv the king, and 
all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew 
with trumpets. And Athaliah rent her clothes, 
and cried, Treason, treason ! 

15 But Jehoiada the priest commanded the 
captains of the hundreds, the officers of the 
host, and said unto them, Have her forth 
without the ranges : and him that followeth 
her kill with the sword. For the priest had 
Faid, Let her not be slain in the house of the 
Lord. 

16 And they laid hands on her; and she 
went by the way by the which the horses 
«tame into the king's house : and there was 
she slain. 



CHAP, XII. His good reign. 

17 ^f And Jehoiada made a covenant be- 
tween the Lord and the king and the peo- 
ple, that they should be the Lord's people : 
between the king also and the people. 

18 And all the people ofthe land wentinto the 
house of Baal, and brake it down ; his altar? 
and his images brake they in pieces thorough- 
ly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before 
the altars. And the priest appointed officers 
over the house of the Lord. 

19 And he took the rulers over hundred?, 
and the captains, and the guard, and all the 
people ofthe land; and they brought down 
the king from the house of the Lord, and 
came by the way of the gate of the guard to 
the king's house. And he sat on the throne 
ofthe kings. 

20 And all the people ofthe land rejoiced, 
and the city was in quiet : and they slew 
Athaliah with the sword beside the king's 
house. 

21 Seven years old was Jehoash when he 
began to reign. 

CHAP. XII. 



1 Jehoash reigncthwell all the days of Jehoiada. 
4 He giveth order for the rep air ofthe temple. 
17 Hazael is diverted from Jerusalem by a pre- 
sent of the halloioed treasures. 19 Jehoash be- 
ivg slain by his servants^ Amaziah succeedcth 
him. 

IN the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash be- 
gan to reign ; and forty years reigned he 
in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 
Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 

2 And Jehoash did that which was right in 
the sight of the Lord all his days wherein 
Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 

3 But the hi° h places were not taken away : 
the people still sacrificed and burnt incense 
in the high places. 

4 H And Jehoash said to the priests, All the 
money ofthe dedicated things that is brought 
into the house of the Lord, eve?ithe money 
of every one that passeth the account, the 
money that every man is set at, and all the 
money that cometh into any man's heart to 
bring into the-house of the Lord, 

5 Let the priests take it to them, every man 
of his acquaintance: and let them repair 
the breaches of the house, wheresoever any 
breach shall be found. 

6 But it was so, that in the three and twen- 
tieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not 
repaired the breaches ofthe house. 

7 Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada 
the priest, and the other priests, and sail 
unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches 
of the house ? now therefore receive no 
more money of your acquaintance, but deli- 
ver it for the breaches of the house. 

8 And the priests consented to receive v.o 
more money ofthe people, neither to repair 
the breaches ofthe house. 

9 But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and 
bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside 
the altar, on the right side as one cometh into 
the house ofthe Lord : and the priests that 
kept the door put therein all the money thai 
was brought into the house of the Lord. 

10 And it was so, when they saw that there 

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teas much money in the chest, that the king's 
scribe and the high priest came up, and they 
put up in bags, and told the money that was 
found in the house of the Lord. 

11 And they gave the money, being told, 
into the hands of them that did the work, 
that had the oversight of the house of the 
Lord : and they laid it out to the carpenters 
and builders, that wrought upon the house 
ot' the Lord, 

12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, 
and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair 
me breaches of the house of the Lord, and 
for all that was laid out for the house to re- 
paii it. 

13 Howbeit, there were not made for the 
liouse of the Lord bowls of silver, snuffers, 
basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or ves- 
sels of silver, of the money that was brought 
into the house of the Lord : 

14 But they gave that to the workmen, and 
repaired therewith the house of the Lord. 

15 Moreover, they reckoned not with the 
men, into whose hand they delivered the 
money to be bestowed on workmen : for they 
dealt faithfully. 

16 The trespass-money and sin-money was 
not brought into the house of the Lord : it 
was the priests'. 

17 1[ Then Hazael king of Syria went up, 
and fought against Gath, and took it : and 
Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. 

18 And Jehoash king of Judah took all the 
hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Je- 
horam, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of 
Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallow- 
ed things, and all the gold that was found in 
the treasures of the house of the Lord, and 
in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael 
king of Syria : and he went away from Je- 
rusalem. 

19 *[[ And the rest of the acts of Joash, and 
all that he did, are they not written in the 
book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 

20 And his servants arose, and made a con- 
spiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Mil- 
Jo, which goeth down to Silla. 
, 21 For Joznchar the son of Shimeath, and 
Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, 
smote him, and he died; and they buried 
him with his fathers in the city of David : 
and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAP. XIII. 

J Jehoahaz his wickedreign. 3 Jchoahaz oppress- 
ed by Hazael, is relieved by prayer. 8Joask 
succeedeth him. W His wicked reign. 12 Jero- 
boam succcedeth him. 14 Elisha dying, prophe- 
sielh to Joash three victories over the Syrians. 
20 The Moabites invading the land, Elisha? s 
bones raise up a dead man. 22 Hazael dying, 

. Joash getteth three victories over Bcn-hadad. 

IN the three and twentieth year of Joash 
the son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jeho- 
ahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Is- 
rael in Samaria, and reigned seventeen 
years. 

2 And he did that which was evil in the 
sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of 
Jeroboar.i the son of Nebat, which made Is- 
rael to sin ; he departed not therefrom. 

3 ^[ And the anger of the Lord was kift- 



II. KINGS. Sickness of Elisha, 

died against Israel, and he delivered them 
into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and 
into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Ha 
zael, all their days. 

4 And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and 
the Lord hearkened unto him : for he saw 
the oppression of Israel, because the king of 
Syria oppressed them. 

5 (And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so 
that they went out from under the hand of 
the Syrians : and the children of Israel dwelt 
in their tents, as before time. 

6 Nevertheless they departed not from the 
sins of the house of J eroboam, who made Is- 
rael sin, hut walked therein : and there re- 
mained the grove also in Samaria.) 

7 Neither did he leave of the people to Je- 
hoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, 
and ten thousand footmen; for the king of 
Syria had destroyed them, and had mado 
them like the dust by threshing. 

8^[ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, 
and all that he did, and his might, are they 
not written in the book of the Chronicles of 
the kings of Israel ? 

9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and 
they buried him in Samaria : and Joash his 
son reigned in his stead. 

10 % In the thirty and seventh year of Jo- 
ash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of 
Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, 
and reigned sixteen years. 

11 And he did that which was evil in the 
sight of the Lord ; he departed not from all 
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat <, who 
made Israel sin ; hut he walked therein. 

12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all 
that he did, and his might wherewith he 
fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are 
they not written in the book of the Chroni- 
cles of the kings of Israel ? 

13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and 
Jeroboam sat upon his throne; and Joash 
was buried in Samaria with the kings of 
Israel. 

14 H Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sick- 
ness whereof he died. And Joash the king 
of Israel came down unto him, and wept 
over his face, and said, O my father, my fa- 
ther ! the chariot of Israel, and the horse- 
men thereof! 

15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and 
arrows. And he took unto him bow and ar- 
rows. 

16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thy 
hand upon the bow. And he put his hantl 
upon it : and Elisha put his hands upon the 
king's hands. 

17 And he said, Open the window eastward. 
And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. 
And he shot. And he said, The arrow of 
the Lord's deliverance, and the arrow of de- 
liverance from Syria : for thou shalt smite the 
Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed 
them. 

18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he 
took them. And he said unto the king of 
Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote 
thrice, and staved. 

19 And the man of God was wroth with him, 
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His bones revive a dead man. 
and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five 
or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria 
till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now 
thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. 

20 \\ And Elisha died, and they buried him. 
And the bands of the Moabites invaded the 
land at the coming in of the year. 

21 And it came to pass, as they were bury- 
ing a man, that behold, they spied a band of 
meu ; and they cast the man into the sepul- 
chre of Elisha: and when the man was let 
down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he 
revived, and stood up on his feet. 

22 IT But Hazael king of Syria oppressed 
Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 

23 And the L,ord was gracious unto them, 
and had compassion on them, and had respect 
unto them, because of his covenant with 
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not 
destroy them, neither cast he them from his 
presence as yet. 

24 So Hazael king of Syria died ; and Ben- 
hadad his son reigned in his stead. 

25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took 
again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son 
of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out 
of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. 
Three times did Joash beat him, and recov- 
ered the cities of Israel. 

CHAP. XIV. 
I Amaziah his good reign. 5 His justice on the 
murderers of his father. 1 His victory over 
Edom. 8 Amaziah provoking Jehoash. is oner- 
come and spoiled. 16 Jeroboam succeedeth Je- 
hoash. VI Amaziah slain by a conspiracy. 21 
Azariah succeedeth him. 23 Jeroboam's wick- 
ed reign. 29 Zachariah succeedeth him. 
IN the second year of Joash son of Jehoa- 
haz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the 
son of Joash king of Judah. 

2 He was twenty and five years old when he 
began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine 
years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name 
was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 

3 And he did that which was right in the 
sight of the Lord, yet not like David his fa- 
ther : he did according to all things as Joash 
his father did. 

4 Howbeit, the high places were not taken 
away : as yet the people did sacrifice, and 
burnt incense on the high places. 

5 ^1 And it came to pass, as soon as the 
kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he 
slew his servants which had slain the king 
his father. 

6 But the children of the murderers he slew 
not : according unto that which is written in 
the book of the law of Moses, wherein the 
Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall 
not be pit to death for the children, nor the 
children be put to death for the fathers; but 
every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 

7 He slew of Edom in the valley of Salt ten 
thousand, and took Selah by war, and called 
the name of it Joktheel unto this day. 

8 ^[ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Je- 
hoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu 
king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one 
another in the face. 

9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to 



CHAP. XIV. Amaziah is overcome by Jehoash, 
Amaziah king of Judah, saying. The thisde 
that teas in Lebanon sent to the cedar that 
teas in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter 
to my son to wife : and there passed Dy a 
wild beast that teas in Lebanon, and trode 
down the thistle. 

10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy 
heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and 
tarry at home : for why shouldest thou med- 
dle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even 
thou, and Judah with thee 1 

11 But Amaziah would not hear. There- 
fore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he 
and Amaziah king of Judah looked one ano- 
ther in the face at Beth-shemesh, which be- 
longeth to Judah. 

12 And Judah was put to the worse befoYe 
Israel ; and they fled every man to their tents. 

13 And Jehoash king of Israel took Ama- 
ziah king of Judah, the sou of Jehoash the 
son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came 
to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of 
Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the 
corner-gate, four hundred cubits. 

14 And he took all the gold and silver, and 
all the vessels that were found in the house 
of the Lord, and in the treasuresof the king's 
house, and hostages,and returned to Samaria. 

15 Tf Now (he rest of the acts of Jehoash 
which he did, and his might, and how he 
fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they 
not written in the book of the Chronicles of 
the kings of Israel? 

16 Anu Jelioasli Sfep triS ?± f?!! ,ftna : * nti 
was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel, 
and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. ' 

17 ^f And Amaziah the son of Joash king of 
Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son 
of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 

18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are 
they not written in the book of the Chroni- 
cles of the kings of Judah ? 

19 Now they made a conspiracy against him 
in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but 
they sent after him to Lachish, andslewhim 
there. 

20 And they brought him on horses : and he 
was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers fa 
the city of David. 

21 IT And all the people of Judah took Aza- 
nah, which was sixteen years old, and made 
him king instead of his father Amaziah. 

22 He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, 
after that the king slept with his fathers. 

23 U In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the 
son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the 
son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in 
Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. 

24 And he did that tvhich was evil in the 
sight of the Lord : he departed not from all 
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who 
made Israel to sin. 

25 He restored the coast of Israel from the 
entering of Hamaih unto the sea of the plain, 
according to the word of the Lord God of 
Israel, which he spake by the hand of his ser- 
vant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, 
which was of Gath-hepher. 

26 For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, 
tliat it was very bitter : for there was not 

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Azariatis good reign. 11. KINGS 

any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for 
Israel. 

27 And the Lord said not that he would 
blot out the name of Israel from under hea- 
ven : but he saved them by the hand of Je- 
roboam the son of Joash. 

28 % Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, 
and all that he did, and his might, how he 
warred, and how he recovered Damascus, 
and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for 
Israel, are they not written in the book of 
the Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 

29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, 
*ven with the kings of Israel ; and Zachariah 

ins son reigned in his stead. 
CHAP. XV. 
1 Azariah his good reign. 5 He dying a leper, 
Jotham succeedeth. 8 Zachariah, the last of 
Jehu's generation, reigning ill, is slain by 
Shallum. 13 Shallum, reigning a month, is 
•?lain by Menahem. 16 Mcnahem strengthen- 
ed himself by Pul. 21 Pekahiah succeedeth 
him. 23 Pekahiah is slain by Pekah. 27 Pekah 
is oppressed by Tiglath-pileser, and slain by 
Jloshea. 32 Jotham' s good reign. 36 Ahaz suc- 
ceedeth him. 

IN the twenty and seventh year of Jerobo- 
am king of Israel began Azariah son of 
Amaziah king of Judah to reign. 
2 Sixteen years old was he when he began 
to reign, and he reigned tw© and fifty years 
in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was 
Jecholiah of Jerusalem, 



3 And he did that which was right in the *j 



Of Menahem, Pekahiah, SfC. 

14 For Menahem the son of Gadi went up 
from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote 
Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and 
slew him, and reigned in his stead. 

15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and 
his conspiracy which he made, behold, they 
are written in the book of the Chronicles of 
the kings of Israel. 

16 Tf Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and 
all that were therein, and the coasts thereof 
from Tirzah : because they opened not t» 
him, therefore he smote it; and\x\\ the women 
therein that were with child he ripped up. 

17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah 
king of Judah began Menahem the son of 
Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten 
years in Samaria. 

18 And he did that which was evil in the 
sight of the Loud : he departed not all his 
days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of 
Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 

19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against 
the land : and Menahem gave Pul a thousand 
talents of silver, that his hand might be with 
him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. 

20 And Menahem exacted the money of Is- 
rael, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of 
each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the 
kingof Assyria. So the king of Assyria turn- 
ed back, and stayed not there in the land. 

21 1f And the rest of the acts of M enahem, 
and all that he did, are they not written in 



^uiui me Lord, according to all that his 
father Amaziah had done ; 

4 Save that the high places were not remo- 
ved : the people sacrificed and burnt incense 
still on the high places. 

5 5 And the Lord smote the king, so that 
he was a leper unto the day of his death, and 
dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the 
king's son was over the house, judging the 
people of the land. 

6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and 
all that he did, are they not written in the 
book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 

7 So Azariah slept with his fothirs; and they 
buried him with his fathers in the city of David; 
and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. 

8 H In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah 
kingof Judah did Zachariah the son of Jero- 
boam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. 

9 And he did that which was evil in the 
eight of the Lord, as his fathers had done : 
he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam 
the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 

10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspi- 
icd against him, and smote him before the 
people, and slew him, and reigned in hisstead. 

11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, 
behold, they are written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 

12 This was the word of the Lord which 
•he "snake unto Jehu, Sayin-, Thy sons shall 
g ',t on the throne of Israel unto the tourth 
generation. And so it came to pass. 

13 H Shallum the son of Jabesh began to 
rei«m in the nine and thirtieth year of Uz- 
xiah king of Judah ; and he reigned a full 
month in Samaria. 



cf the Chronicles of die kings of 



Israel ? 

22 And Menahem slept with his fathers; and 
Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. 

23 if In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of 
Judah, Pekahiah the son of Menahem began 
to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned 
two years. 

24 And he did that which was evil in the 
sight of the Lord : he departed not from 
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who 
made Israel to sin. 

25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a cap- 
tain of his, conspired against him, and smote 
him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's 
house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him 
fifty men of the Gileadites : and he killed 
him, and reigned in his room. 

26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, 
and all that he did, behold, they are written 
in the book of the Chronicles of the kings 
of Israel. 

27 II In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah 
king of Judah, Pekah the son of Remaliah 
began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and 
reigned twenty years. 

28 And he did that which was evii in the 
sight of the Lord : he departed not from the 
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who 
made Israel to sin. 

29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel 
came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and 
took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Ja- 
noah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, 
and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and 
carried them captive to Assyria. 

30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a con- 
spiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, 

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We idolatry of Ahaz. CHAP. XVI, XVII 

and smote him, and slew him, and reigned 
in his stead, in the twentieth year of J odium 
the son of Uzziah. 

31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and 
ail that he did, behold, they are written in 
the book of the Chronicles of the kings of 
Israel. 

32 1J In the second year of Pekah the son 
of Reinaliah king of Israel began Jotham 
die son of Uzziah king of Judali to reign. 

33 Five and twenty years old was he when 
he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen 
.years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name 
gvas Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. 

34 And he did that which was right in the 
sight of the Lord : he did according to all 
that his father Uzziah had done. 

35 If Howbeit, the high places were not 
removed : the people sacrificed and burned 
incense still in the nigh places. He built the 
higher gate of the house of the Lord. 

36 TT Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, 
and all that he did, are they not written in 
the book of the Chronicles of the kings of 
JMah? 

37 In those days the Lord be^an to send 
against Judah, Rezin the king ot Syria, and 
Pekah the son of Remaliah. 

38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and 
was buried with his fathers in the city of 
David his father: And Ahaz his son reigned 
in his stead. 

CHAP. XVI. 

I Ahaz his wicked reign. 5 Ahaz assailed by Re- 
zin and Pekah, hireth Tiglath-pileser against 
them. \OAhaz sending a pattern of an altar 
from Damascus to Urijah, diverteth the bra- 
zen altar to his own devotion. 17 He spoileth 
the temple. 19 Hczekiah succeedeth him. 

IN the seventeenth year of Pekah the son 
of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham 
king of Judah began to reign. 

2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he be- 
gan to reign, and reigned sixteen years in 
Jerusalem, and did not that which was right 
in the sight of the Lord his God, like David 
his father. 

3 But he walked in the way of the kings of 
Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through 
die fire, according to the abominations of the 
heathen, whom the Lord cast out from be- 
fore the children of Israel. 

4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in 
the high places, and on the hills, and under 
every green tree. 

5ifl «*©£ Rezin king of Syria and Pekah 
son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to 
Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, 
but could not overcome him. 

6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recover- 
ed Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from 
Elath : and the Syrians came to Elath, and 
dwelt there unto this day. 

7 So Ahaz sent messengers !o Tiglath-pile- 
ser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant 
and thy son : come up, and save me out of 
the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the 
hand of the king of Israel, which rise up 
against me. 

o And Ahaz took the silver and gold that 
N* 



lie Sfoilelli the temple. 
was found in die house of the Lord, and ia 
the treasures of the king's house, and sent 
it for a present to the kin^ of Assyria. 

9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto 
him : for the king of Assyria went up again*! 
Damascus, and took it, and carried Hie peo- 
ple of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. 

10 "If And king Ahaz went to Damascus to 
meet Tidath-pileser king of Assyria, and 
saw an altar that was at Damascus : and king 
Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion cf 
the altar, and the pattern of it, according to 
all the workmanship thereof. 

11 And Urijah the priest built an altar ac- 
cording to all that king Ahaz had sent front 
Damascus : so Urijah the priest made it 
against king Ahaz came from Damascus. 

12 And when the king was come from Da- 
mascus, the king saw the altar: and the 
king approached to the altar, and offered 
thereon. 

13 And he burnt his burnt-offering and lib 
meat-offering, and poured his drink-offer- 
ing, and sprinkled the blood of his peace-of- 
ferings upon the altar. 

14 And he brought also the brazen altar, 
which was before the Lord, from the fore- 
front of the house, from between the altar 
and the house of the Lord, and put it on the 
north side of the altar. 

15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the 
priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the 
morning burnt-offering, and the evening 
meat-offering, and die kind's burnt-sacrifice, 
and his meat-offering, with the burnt-offer- 
ing of all the people of the land, and their 
meat-offering, and their drink-offerings; and 
sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt- 
offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice : 
and the brazen altar shall be for me to in- 
quire by. 

16 Thus did Urijah the" priest, according to 
ail that king Ahaz commanded. 

17 H And king Ahaz cutoff the borders of 
the bases, and removed the laver from off 
them; and took down the sea from off the 
brazen oxen that were under it, and put it 
upon a pavement of stones. 

18 And the covert for the sabbath that tlipy 
had built in the house, and the king's entry 
without, turned he from the house of the 
Lord for the king of Assyria. 

19 "IT Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which 
he did, are they not written in the book of die 
Chronicles of "the kings of Judah ? 

20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and 
was buried with his fathers in die city of Da- 
vid: and Hezekiah his son reigned in hi* 
stead. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 Ho she a his wicked reign. 3 Being subdv cd by 
Shalmaneser, he conspireth against him. with 
So king of Egypt. 5 Samaria for their sins is 
captivated. 7fy Thfi strange nations, ipfiim 
were transplanted in Samaria, being plagued 
with lions, make a mixture cf religions. 

IN the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah 
began Hoslurn the son of ESah, to reign 
in Samaria over Israel nine years. 
2 And lie did that which was evil in the sig&t 
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Samaria is captivated, II. KINGS. 

of- the Lord, but not as the kings of Israel 
that were before him. 

3 % Against him came up Shalmaneser king 
of Assyria ; and Hoshea became his servant, 
and gave him presents. 

4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy 
in Hoshea : for he had sent messengers to So 
king of Egypt, and brought no present to 
the king of Assyria, as he had done year by 
year : therefore the king of Assyria shut him 
up, and bound him in prison. 

5 Tf Then the king of Assyria came up 
throughout all the land, and went up to Sa- 
maria, and besieged it three years. 

6 *ft In the ninth year of Hoshea the king 
of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel 
away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah 
and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in 
the cities of the Medes. 

7 For so it was, that the children of Israel 
had sinned against the Lord their God, which 
had brought them up out of the land of 
Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king 
of Egypt, and had feared other gods, 

8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen 
whom the Lord cast out from before the 
children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, 
which they had made. 

9 And the children of Israel did secretly 
those things that were not right against the 
Lord their God, and they built them high 
places in all their cities, Irom the tower of 
the watchmen to the fenced city, 

10 And they set them up images and groves 
in every high hill, and under every green 
tree : 

11 And there they burnt incense in all the 
high places, as did the heathen whom the 
Lord carried away before them ; and 
wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord 
to anger: 

12 For they served idols, whereof the Lord 
had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. 

13 Yet the Lord testified against Israel, 
and against Judah, by all the prophets, and 
by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your 
evil ways, and keep my commandments, and 
my statutes, according to all the law which 
[ commanded your fathers, and which I sent 
to you by my servants the prophets. 

14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear, 
but hardened their necks, like to the neck of 
their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord 
their God. 

15 And they rejected his statutes, and his co- 
venant that he made with their fathers, and 
his testimonies which he testified against 
them; and they followed vanity, and became 
vain, and went after the heathen that were 
round about them, concerning whom the 
Lord had charged them, that they should 
not do like them. 

16 And they left all the commandments of 
the Lord their God, and made them molten 
images, even two calves, and made a grove, 
and worshipped all the host of heaven, and 
served Baal. 

17 And they caused their sons and their 
daughters to pass through the fire, and used 
divination and enchantments, and sold them- 



A mixture of religions. 
selves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to 
provoke him to anger. 

18 Therefore the Lord was very an^ry with 
Israel, and removed them out of his sight : 
there was none left but the tribe of Judah 
only. 

19 Also Judah kept not the commandments 
of the Lord their God, but walked in die sta- 
tutes of Israel which they made. 

20 A nd the Lord rejected all the seed of Is- 
rael, and afflicted them, and delivered them 
into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast 
them out of his sight. 

21 For he rent Israel from the house of Da- 
vid ; and they made Jeroboam the son of Ne- 
batking: and Jeroboam drave Israel from fol- 
lowing the Lord, and made them sin a great 
sin. 

22 For the children of Israel walked in all 
the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they de- 
parted not from them ; 

23 Until the Lord removed Israel out of ln*3 
sight, as he had said by all his servants the 
prophets. So was Israel carried away out 
of their own land to Assyria unto this day. 

24 ^f And the king of Assyria brought men 
from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from 
Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sephar- 
vaim, and placed them in the cities of Sama- 
ria instead of the children of Israel : and they 
possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities 
thereof. 

25 And so it was at the beginning of their 
dwelling there, that they feared not the 
Lord : therefore the Lord sent lions among 
them, which slaw some of them. 

26 Wherefore they spake to the king of As- 
syria, saying, The nations which thou hast 
removed, and placed in the cities of Sama- 
ria, know not the manner of the God of the 
land: therefore he hath sent lions among 
them, and behold, they slay them, because 
they know not the manner of the God of the 
land. 

27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, 
saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom 
ye brought from thence ; and let them go and 
dwell there, and let him teach thetn the man 
ner of the God of the land. 

28 Then one of the priests whom they had 
carried away from Samaria came and dwelt 
in Beth-el, and taught them how they should 
fear the Lord. 

29 Hovvbeit, every nation made gods of their 
own, and put them in the houses of the high 
places which the Samaritans had made, every 
nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. 

30 And the men of Babylon made Succoth- 
benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, 
and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 

31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tar- 
tak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children 
in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, 
the gods of Sepharvaim. 

32 So they feared the Lord, and made 
unto themselves of the lowest of them priests 
of the high places, which sacrificed for them 
in the houses of the high places. 

33 They feared the Lord, and served 
their own gods, after the manner of the na 

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HczekiaKs good reign. CHAP. 

tions whom they carried away from thence. 

34 Unto this day they do after the former 
manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do 
they after their statutes, or after their ordi- 
nances, or after the law and command- 
ment which the Lord commanded the chil- 
dren of Jacob, whom he named Israel ; 

35 With whom the Lord had made a cove- 
nant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not 
fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, 
nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 

36 But the Lord, who brought you up out 
of the land of Egypt with great power and a 
stretched-out arm, him shall ye fear, and him 
shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacri- 
fice. 

37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, 
and the law, and the commandment which 
he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for 
evermore ; and ye shall not fear other gods. 

33 And the covenant that I have made with 
you ye shall not forget; neitliersha.ll ye fear 
other gods. 

39 But the Lord your God ye shall fear ; 
and he shall deliver you out of the hand of 
all your enemies. 

40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they 
did after their former manner. 

41 So these nations feared the Lord, and 
served their graven images, both their chil- 
dren, and their children's children: as did 
their fathers, so do they unto this day. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
J Hezckiah his good reign. 4 He destroy eth ido- 
latry, and prospereth. 9 Samaria is carried 
captive for their sins. 13 Sennacherib inva- 
ding Judah, is pacified by a tribute. 17 Rab- 
shafceh sent by Sennacherib again, revileth 
Hezekiah, and by blasphemous persuasions 
soliciteth th& people to revolt. 

NOW it came to pass in the third year of 
Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that 
Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah be- 
gan to reign. 

2 Twenty and five years old was he when 
he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty 
and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's 
name also was A bi the daughter of Zachariah. 

3 And he did that which was right in the 
sight of the Lord, according to all that Da- 
vid his father did. 

4 % He removed the high places, and brake 
the images, and cut down the groves, and 
brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Mo- 
ses had made : for unto those days the chil- 
dren of Israel did burn incense to it: and he 
called it Nehushtan. 

5 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel ; so 
that after him was none like him among all 
the kings of Judah, nor any that were be- 
fore him. 

6* For he clave to the Lord, and departed 
not from following him, but kept his com- 
mandments, which the Lord commanded 
Moses. 

7 And the Lord was with him: and he 
prospered whithersoever he Went forth : and 
he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and 
served him not. 

8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, 



XVIII. Sennacherib besiegeth Hezekiah, 
and the borders thereof, from the tower of 
the watchmen to the fenced city. 

9 H And it came to pass in the fourth vear 
of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh 
year of Hoshea son of Elah kin^ of Israel, 
that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up 
against Samaria, and besieged it. 

10 And at the end of three vears they took 
it: even in the sixth year of rlezekiah, (that 
is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel,) 
Samaria was taken. 

11 And the king of Assyria did carry away 
Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah 
and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in 
the cities of the Medes : 

12 Because they obeyed not the voice of the 
Lord their God, but transgressed his cove- 
nant, and all that Moses the servant of the 
Lord commanded, and would not hear them, 
nor do them. 

13 H Now in the fourteenth year of king 
Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria 
come up against all the fenced cities of Ju- 
dah, and took them. 

14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the 
king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have of- 
fended; return from me: that which thou 
puttest on me I will bear. And the king of 
Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of 
Judah three hundred talents of silver and 
thirty talents of ^old. 

15 And Hezekiah gave him all the silver 
that was found in the house of the Lord, and 
in the treasures of the king's house. 

16 At that time did Hezekiah cut oft' Die 

Cold from the doors of the temple of the 
ord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah 
king of Judah had overlaid, ai\d gave it to 
the king of Assyria. 

17 U And the king of Assyria sent Tartan 
and Rabsaris and Rab-shakeh from Lachish 
to king Hezekiah with a great host against 
Jerusalem: and they went up, and came to 
Jerusalem : and when they were come up, 
they came and stood by the conduit of the 
upper pool, which is in the highway of the 
fuller's field. 

18 And when they had called to the king, 
there came out to them Eliakim the son of 
Hilkiah, which was over the household, and 
Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of 
Asaph the recorder. 

19 And Rab-sliakeh said unto them, Speak 
ye now to Hezekiah, Thus satth the great 
king, the king of Assyria, What confidence 
is this wherein thou trustest? 

20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain 
words,) I have counsel and strength for the 
war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that 
thou rebellest against me? 

21 Now behold, thou trustest upon the staff 
of this bruised; reed, even upon Egypt, on 
which if a man lean, it will go into. his hand, 
and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt 
unto all that mist on him. 

22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord 
our God: is not that he whose high places 
and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, 
and hath said to Jadah and Jerusalem, Ye 
shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem 1 

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Rab-shakeh? s blasphemy. 

23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges 
to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will de- 
liver thee two thousand horses, if thou be 
able on thy part to set riders upon them. 

24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of 
one captain of the least of my master's ser- 
vants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots 
and for horsemen ? 

25 Am I now come up without the Lord 
against this place to destroy it ? The Lord 
said to me, Go up against this land, and de- 
stroy it. 

26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, 
and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, 
Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the 
Syrian language; for we understand it: and 
falk not with us in the Jews' language in the 
ears of the people that are on the wall. 

27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, Hath 
iny master sent me to thy master, and to thee, 
to speak these words 1 hath he not sent me 
to the men which sit on the wall, that they 
may eat their own dung, and drink their own 
piss with you ? 

28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with 
a loud voice in the Jews' language, and 
spake, saving, Hear the word of the great 
king, the king of Assyria : 

29 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah 
deceive you : for he shall not be able to deli- 
ver you out of his hand : 

30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in 
the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely de- 
liver us, and this city shall not be delivered 
into the hand of the king of Assyria. 

31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah : for thus 
saith the king of Assyria, Make an agree- 
ment with me by a present, and come out to 
me, and then eat ye every man of his own 
vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and 
drink ye every one the waters of his cistern : 

32 Until I come and take you away to a 
i.ind like your own land, a land of corn and 
wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land 
of oil-olive and of honey, that ye may live, 
and not die: and hearken not unto Heze- 
kiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The 
Lord will deliver us. 

33 Hath any of the gods of the nations de- 
livered at all his land out oi the hand of the 
king of Assyria? 

34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of 
Arpad ? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, 
Hena, and Ivah 1 have they delivered Sa- 
maria out of my hand ? 

35 Who are they among all the god3 of the 
countries that have delivered their country 
out of my hand, that the Lord should deli- 
ver Jerusalem out of my hand 1 

36 But the people held their peace, and an- 
swered him not a word : for the king's com- 
mandment was, saying, Answer him not. 

37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, 
which was over the household, and Shebna 
the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the 
recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes 
rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh. 

CHAP. XIX. 

J Hcztkiuh mourning, sendeth to Isuiak to pray 

for them. 6 Isaiah comfvrtetk them. 8 Senna- 



II. KINGS. Hezekiah mourning, is comforted, 
cherib going to encounter Tirhakah, sendeth 
a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah. 14 Hezeki- 
ah his prayer. 20 Isaiah his prophecy of the 
pride and destruction of Sennacherib, and the 
good of Zion. 35 An angel slayeth the As- 
syrians. 36 Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh 
by his own soiis. 

AND it came to p;iss, when king Heze- 
kiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, 
and covered himself with sackcloth, and 
went into the house of the Lord. 

2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the 
household, and Shebna the scribe, and the 
elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, 
to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 

3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Heze- 
kiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of 
rebuke, and blasphemy : for the children are 
come to the birth, and Hiere is not strength 
to bring forth. 

4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear all 
the worcls of Rab-shakeh, whom the king 
of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach 
the living God; and will reprove the words 
which the Lord thy God hath heard : where- 
fore lift up thy prayer for die remnant that 
are left. 

5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came 
to Isaiah. 

6 51 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall 
ye say to your master, Thus saith the Lord, 
Be not afraid of the words which thou hast 
heard, with which the servants of the king 
of Assyria have blasphemed me. 

7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and 
he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to 
his own land; and I will cause him to fall 
by the sword in his own land. 

3 Tf So Rab-shakeh returned, and found 
the king of Assyria warring against Libnah : 
for he had heard that he was departed from 
Lachish. 

9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king 
of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight 
against thee : he sent messengers again unto 
Hezekiah, saying, 

10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king 
of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom 
thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem 
shall not be delivered into "the hand of the 
king of Assyria. 

11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings 
of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroy- 
ing them utterly : and shaltthou be delivered ? 

12 Have the gods of the nations delivered 
them which my fathers have destroyed ; as 
Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the 
children of Eden which were in Thelasar? 

13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the 
king of Arpad, and the king of the city of 
Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah 1 

14 H And Hezekiah received the letter o» 
the hand of the messengers, and read it : And 
Hezekiah went up into the house of the 
Lord, and spread it before the Lord. 

15 And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord 
and said, O Lord God of Israel, which 
dwellest between the cherubims, thou art 
the God, even thou alone, of ail the king- 
doms of the earth ; thou hast made heavea 
and earth. 

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16 Lord, bow down thine ear, an 1 hear 
open, Lord, thine eyes, and see : and hear 
the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent 
him to reproach the living God. 

17 Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria 
have destroyed the nations and their lands, 

T.3 And have cast their gods into the fire: 
for they were no gods, but the work of men's 
hands, wood and stone : therefore they have 
destroyed them. 

19 Now therefore, O Lord our God, I be- 
seech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that 
all the kingdoms of the earth may know that 
thou art the Lord God, even thou only. 

20 TJ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to 
Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God 
of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to 
me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I 
have heard. 

21 This is the word that the Lord hath 
epoken concerning him; The virgin the 
daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and 
laughed thee to scorn ; the daughter of Je- 
rusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 

2*2 Whom hast thou reproached and blas- 
phemed 1 and against whom hast thou exalt- 
ed thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on 
high \ even against die Holy One of Israel. 

23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached 
the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude 
of my chariots I am come up to the height of 
the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and 
will cut down the tall cedar-trees thereof, 
and the choice fir-trees thereof: and I will 
enter into the lodgings of his borders, and 
into the forest of his Carmel. 

24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, 
and with the sole of my feet have I dried up 
all the rivers of besieged places. 

25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have 
done it, and of ancient times that I have 
formed it? now have I brought it to pass, 
that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced 
cities into ruinous heaps. 

26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small 
power, they were dismayed and confounded; 
they were as the grass of the field, and as the 
green herb, as the grass on the house-tops, 
and as corn blasted Defore it be grown up. 

27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, 
and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. 

28 Because thy rage against me and thy 
tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore 
I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle 
in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the 
way by which thou earnest. 

29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye 
shall eat this year such things as grow of 
themselves, and in the second year that which 
springeth of the same* and in the third year 
sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and 
eat the fruits thereof. 

30 And the remnant that is escaped of the 
house of Judah shall yet again take root 
downward, and bear fruit upward. 

31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a 
remnant, and they that escape out of mount 
Zion : the teal of the Lord of hosts shall do 
this. 

32 Therefore thus saith the Lord concern- 



XX. An angel alayeth the Assyrians. 

ing the king of Assyria, He shall not come 
into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor 
come before it with shield, nor cast a bank 
against it. 

33 By the way that he came, by the same 
shall he return, and shall not come into this 
city, saith the Lord. 

34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for 
mine own sake, and for my servant David's 
sake. 

35 ^[ And it came to pass that night, that 
the angel of the Lord went out, and smote 
in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred four- 
score and five thousand : and when they 
arose early in the morning, behold, they 
mere all dead corpses. 

L'o* So Sennacherib king of Assyria depart- 
ed, and went and returned, and dwelt at 
Nineveh. 

37 And it came to pass, as he was worship- 
ping in the house of Nisroch his god, that 
Adjammelech and Sharezer his sons smote 
him with the sword : and they escaped into 
the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his 
son reigned in his stead. 

CHAP. XX. 
1 Hezekiah having received a message of death, 
by prayer hath his life lengthened. 8 The sua. 
gocih ten degrees backward fur a sig?i of that 
prom-ise. 12 Berodach-baladan, sending to vi- 
sit Hezekiah, because of the iconder, hath no- 
tice of his treasures. 14 Isaiah understandivg 
thereof for ettlleth the Babylonian captivity. 
20 Manasseh succeedeth Hczekiah. 

IN those days was Hezekiah sick un!o 
death. And the prophet Isaiah the son 
of Amoz came to him, and said unto him. 
Thus saith the Lord, Set thy house in or- 
der; for thou shalt die, and not live. 

2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and 
prayed unto the Lord, saying, 

3 I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now 
how I have walked before thee in truth and 
with a perfect heart, and have done that 
which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah 
wept sore. 

4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was 
gone out into the middle court, that the 
word of the Lord came to him, saying, 

5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the cap- 
tain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the 
God of David thy father, I have heard thy 
prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will 
heal thee : on the third day thou shalt go up 
unto the house of the Lord. 

6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen year? ; 
and I will deliver thee and this city out of 
the hand of the king of Assyria; and 1 will 
defend this city for mine own sake, and for 
my servant David's sake. 

7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. 
And they took and laid it on the bile, and 
he recovered. 

8 *-{[ And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What 
shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, 
and that I shall go up into the house of the 
Lord the third day? 

9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have 
of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing 
that he hath spoken : shall the shadow go 
forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees / 

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10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a light 
thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: 
nay, but let the shadow return backward ten 
degrees. 

11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the 
Lord: and he brought the shadow ten de- 
crees backward, by which it had gone down 
in the dial of Ahaz. 

12 If At that time Berod ich-baladan, the 
son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent ietters 
and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had 
heard that Hezekiah had been sick. 

13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, 
and shewed them all the house of his pre- 
cious things, the silver, and the gold, and the 
spices, and the precious ointment, and all 
the house of his armour, and all that was 
found in his treasures : there was nothing in 
his house, nor in all his dominion, that Heze- 
kiah shewed them not. 

14 *[[ Then came Isaiah the prophet unto 
king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What 
said these men ? and from whence came they 
unto thee ? And Hezekiah said, They are 
come from a far country, even from Babylon. 

15- And he said, What have they seen in 
thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All 
the things that are m my house have they 
seen: there is nothing among my treasures 
that I have not shewed them. 

16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiali, Hear 
the word of the Lord. 

17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in 
thy house, and thai which thy fathers have 
laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried 
into Babylon : nothing shall be left, saith the 
Lord. 

13 And of thy sons tlvat shall issue from 
thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take 
away; and they shall be eunuchs in the 
palace of the king of Babylon. 

19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good 
is the word of the Lord which thou hast 
spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if 
peace and truth be in my days ? 

20 ^f And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, 
and all his might, and how he made a pool, 
and a conduit, and brought water into the 
city, are they not written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 

21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: 
and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 Manasseh his reign. 3 His great idolatry. 10 
His wickedness causeth "prophecies against 
Judah. 17 Jimon succeedeth him. 19 Anion's 
wicked reign. 23 He beir.g slain by his ser- 
vants, and those murderers slain by the peo- 
ple, Josiah is made king. 



MANASSEH was twelve years old when 
he began to reign, and reigned fifty 
and five years in Jerusalem. And his mo- 
ther's name was Hephzi-bah. 
2 And he did that which was evil in the sight 
«>f the Lord, after the abominations of the 
heathen, whom the Lord cast out before 
the children 'of Israel. 



which Hezekiah his father had destroyed, 
and he reared up altars for Baal, and made 



Maiiasseli's reign and idolatry, 
a grov^, as did Aliab king of Israel ; and 
worshipped all the host of heaven, and served 
them. 

4 And he built altars in the house of the 
Lord, of which the Lord said. In Jerusa- 
lem will I put my name. 

5 And he built altars for all the host of hoa- 
ven in the two courts of the house of the 
Lord. 

6 And he made his son pass through the fire, 
and observed times, and used enchantments, 
and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: 
he wrought much wickedness in the sight of 
the Lord, to provoke him to anger. 

7 And he set a graven image of the grove 
that he had made in the house, of which the 
Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, 
In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have 
chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put 
my name for ever: 

8 Neither will I make the feet of Israel move 
any more out of the land which I gave their 
fathers; only if they will observe to do ac- 
cording to all that I have commanded them, 
and according to all the law that my servant 
Moses commanded them. 

9 But they hearkened not: and Manasseh 
seduced them to do more evil than did the 
nations whom the Lord destroyed before the 
children of Israel. 

10 ^f And the Lord spake by his servants 
the prophet?, saying, 

11 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath 
done these abominations, and hath done 
wickedly above all that the Amorites did, 
which were before him, and hath made Judah 
also to sin with his idols : 

12 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of 
Israel, Behold, I am bringing suck evil upon 
Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever hear- 
eth of it, both his ears shall tingle. 

13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the 
line of Samaria, and the plummet of the 
house of Aliah: and I will wipe Jerusalem 
as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turn- 
ing it upside down. 

14 And I will forsake the remnant of mine 
inheritance, and deliver them into the hand 
of their enemies ; and they shall become a 
prey and a spoil to all their enemies ; 

15'Because they have done that which was 
evil in my sight, and have provoked me to 
anger, since the day their fathers came forth 
out of Egypt, even unto this day. 

16 Moreover, Manasseh shed innocent blood 
very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from 
one end to another; besides his sin where- 
with he made Judah to sin, in doing that 
which was evil in the sight of the Lorp. 

17 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, 
and all that he did, and his sin that he sin- 
ned, are they not written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 

13 A nd Manasseh slept with his fathers, and 
was buried in the garden of his own house, 
in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son 
reigned in his stead. 



3 For he built up again the high places 19 ^ Amon mas twenty and two years old 



when he began to reign, and he reigned two 

years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name 

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CHAP. XXII, XXIII. Prophecy respecting Jerusalem. 



was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz 
of Jotbah. 

20 And he did that which was evil in the 
bight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh did. 

21 And he walked in all the way that his fa- 
ther walked in, and served the idols that his 
father served, and worshipped them : 

22 And he forsook the Lord God of his 
fathers, and walked not in the way of the 
Lord. 

23 If And the servants of Anion conspired 
against him, and slew the king in his own 
house. 

24 And the people of the land slew all them 
that had conspired against king Anion ; and 
the people of the land made Josiah his son 
king in his stead. 

25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon which 
he did, are they not written in the hook of 
the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 

26 And he was buried in his sepulchre in 
the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son 
reigned in his stead. 

CHAP. XXII. 
I Josiah his good reign. 3 He taketh care for 
the repair of the temple. 8 Hilkiah having 
found the book of the law, Josiah sendeth to 
Huldah to inquire of the I^ord. 15 Huldah 
prophesieth the destruction of Jerusalem, but 
respite thereof in Josiah' s time. 

JOSIAH was eight years old when he be- 
gan to reign, and he reigned thirty and 
one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's 
name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah 
of Boscath. 

2 And he did that which was right in the 
eight of the Lord, and walked in all the way 
of David his father, and turned not aside to 
the right hand or to the left. 

3 ^[ And it came to pass in the eighteenth 
year of king Josiah, that the king sent Sha- 
phan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshul- 
lain, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, 
saying, 

4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he 
may sum the silver which is brought into the 
house of the Lord, which the keepers of the 
door have gathered of the people : 

5 And let them deliver it into the hand of 
the doers of the work, that have the over- 
sight of the house of the Lord : and let them 
give it to the doers of the work, which is m 
the house of the Lord, to repair the breaches 
of the house, 

6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and ma- 
sons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to 
repair the house. 

7 Howbeit, there was no reckoning made 
with them of the money that was delivered 
into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. 

8 % And Hilkiah the high priest said unto 
Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book 
of the law in the house of the Lord. And 
Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he 
read it. 

9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the 
king, and brought the king word again, and 
said, Thy servants have gathered the monev 
that was found in the house, and have deli- 
vered it into the hand of them that do the 



work, that have the oversight of the house 
of the Lord. 

10 A nd Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, 
saying, Hilkiah the priesthath delivered nieu 
book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 

11 And it came to pass, when the king had 
heard the words of the book of the law, that 
he rent his clothes. 

12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the 
priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and 
Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan 
the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the 
king's, saying, 

13 Go ye, inquire of the Lord for me, and 
for the people, and for all Judah, concerning 
the words of this book that is found : for 
great is the wrath of the Lord that is kin- 
dled against us, because our fathers have not 
hearkened unto the words of this book, to do 
according unto all that which is written con- 
cerning us. 

14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and 
Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went 
unto Huldah the prophetess, the wifeofSha!- 
lum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, 
keeper of the wardrobe ; (now she dwelt in 
Jerusalem in the college;) and they commu- 
ned with her. 

15 II And she said unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord God of Israel, Tell the man that 
sent you to me, 

16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will 
bring evil upon this place, and upon the las - 
habitants thereof, even all the words of the 
book which the king of Judah hath read: 

17 Because they have forsaken me, and have 
burned incense unto other gods, that they 
might provoke me to anger with all the works 
of their hands ; therefore my wrath shall be 
kindled against this place, and shall not be 
quenched. 

18 But to the king of Judah which sent you 
to inquire of the Lord, thus shall ye say to 
him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, As 
touching the words which thou hast heard ; 

19 Because thy heart was tender, and thou 
hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when 
thou heardest what I spake against this 
place, and against the inhabitants thereof, 
that they should become a desolation and a 
curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept 
before me; I also have heard thee, saith the 
Lord. 

20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto 
thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into 
thy grave in peace ; and thine eyes shall not 
see all the evil which I will bring upon thid 
place. And they brought the king word again. 

CHAP.^ XXIII. 
1 Josiah causrth the book to be read in a solemn 
assembly. 3 He reneweth the covenant of the 
Lord. A He destroy eth idolatry. \5He hurn- 
eth dead men's bones upon the altar of Beth- el, 
as was fore-prophesied. 21 He keepeth a most 
solemn passover. 24 He putteth away witches 
and all abomination. 26 God's final wrath 
against Judah. 29 Josiah provoking Pharaoh- 
nechoh, is slain at Megiddo. 31 Jchoahaz suc- 
ceeding him, is imprisoned by Pharaoh-nechoh, 
who made Jehoiakim king. 'iQJehoiakim'j 
wicked reign. 

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II. KINGS. 



A ND the king sent, and they gathered 
xjL unto him all the elders of Judah and of 
Jerusalem. 

2 And the king went up into the house of 
the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and 
the priests, and the prophets, and all the 
people, both small and great : and he read 
in their ears all the words of the book of die 
covenant which was found in the house of 
the Lord. 

3 *\ And the king stood by a pillar, and made 
a covenant before the Lord, to walk after 
the Lord, and t? keep his commandments, 
and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all 
their heart, and all their soul, to perforin the 
words of this covenant that were written in 
this book. And all the people stood to the 
covenant. 

1 And the king commanded Hilkiah the 
high priest, and the pnvsts of the second or- 
der, and the keepers of the door, to bring 
forth out of the temple of the Lord all the 
vessels that were made for Baal, and for the 
ffrove, and for aJl the host of heaven : and he 
burned them without Jerusalem in the fields 
of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto 
Beth-el. 

5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, 
whom the kings of Judah had ordained to 
burn incense in the high places in the cities 
of Judah, and in the places round about Jeru- 
salem; them also that burned incense unto 
Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to 
the planets, and to all the host of heaven. 

And he brought out the grove from the 
house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto 
the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook 
Kidron, and stamped & small to powder, and 
cast the powder thereof upon the graves of 
the children of the people. 

7 And he brake down the houses of the so- 
domites that were by the house of the Lord, 
where the women wove hangings for the 
grove. 

8 And he brought all the priests out of the 
cities of Judah, and defiled the high places 
where the priests had burnt incense, from 
Geba to Beer-sheba, and brake down the 
high places of the gates that were in the en 
tering in of the gate of Joshua the governor 
of the city, which were on a man's left hand 
at the gate of the city. 

9 Nevertheless, the priests of the high places 
came not up to the altar of the Lord in Je- 
rusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened 
bread among their brethren. 

10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the 
Valley of the children of Hinnom, that no 
man might make his son or his daughter to 
pass through the fire to Molech. 

11 And he took away the Horses that the 
kin^s of Judah had given to the sun, at the 
entering in of the house of the Lord, by the 
chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, 
which was in the suburbs, and burned the 
chariots of the sun with fire. 

12 And the altars that were on the top of 
the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings 
of Judah had made, and the altars which Ma- 



His zeal and reformation. 



nasseh had made in the two courts of the 
house of the Lord, did the king beat down, 
and brake them down from thence, and cast 
the dust of them into the brook Kidron. 

13 And the high places that were before 
Jerusalem, which icerc on the right hand of 
the mount of Corruption, which Solomon the 
king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the 
abomination of the Zidonians, and for Che- 
mosh the abomination of the Moabites, and 
for Milcom the abomination of the children 
of Amnion, did the king defile. 

14 And he brake in pieces the images, and 
cut down the groves, and filled their places 
with the bones of men. 

15 TT Moreover, the altar that was at Beth- 
el, and the high place which Jeroboam the 
ton of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had 
made, both that altar and the high place he 
brake down, and burned the high place, and 
stamped it small to powder, and burned the 
grove. 

16 And as Josiah turned himself, he spied 
the sepulchres thnt were there in the mount, 
and sent, and took the bones out of the se- 
pulchres, and burned them upon the altar, 
and polluted it, according to the word of the 
Lord which the man of God proclaimed, 
who proclaimed these words. 

17 Then he said, What title is that that I see? 
And the men of the city told him, It is the 
sepulchre of the man of God, which came 
from Judah, and proclaimed these things that 
thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el. 

18 And he said, Let him alone; let no man 
move his bones. So they let his bones alone, 
with the bones of the prophet that came out 
of Samaria. 

19 And all the houses also of the high places 
that were in the cities of Samaria, which the 
kings of Israel had made to provoke the 
LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did 
to them according to all the acts that he had 
done in Beth-el. 

20 And he slew all the priests of the high 
places that were there upon the altars, and 
burnt men's bones upon them, and returned 
to Jerusalem. 

21 If And the king commanded all the peo- | 
pie, saying, Keep the passover unto the 
Lord your God, as it is written in the book 
of this covenant. 

22 Surely there was not holden such a pass- 
over from the days of the judges that judged 
Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Is- 
rael, nor of the kings of Judah; 

23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, 
wherein this passover was holden to the 
Lord in Jerusalem. 

24 *R Moreover, the workers with familiar 
spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and 
the idols, and all the abominations that were 
spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, 
did Josiah put away, that he might perforin 
the words of the law which were written in 
the book that Hilkiah the priest fjtind in the 
house of the Lord. 

25 And like unto him was there no king be- 
fore him, that turned to the Lord with all 
his heart, and with all his soul, and with all 

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his might, according to all the law of Moses; 

neither after him arose there any like him. 

26 IT Notwithstanding, the Loud turned not 
from the fierceness of his great wrath, where- 
with his anger was kindled against Judah, 
because of all the provocations that Manas- 
6e!i had provoked him withal. 

27 And the Lord said, I will remove Judah 
also out of my sight, as I have removed Is- 
rael, and will cast off this city Jerusalem 
which I have chosen, and the house of 
u hieli I said, My name shall be there. 

28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and 
all that he did, are they not written in the 
book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 

29 ^[ In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of 
Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to 
the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went 
against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, 
when he had seen him. 

30 And his servants carried him in a chariot 
dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Je- 
rusalem, and buried him in his own sepul- 
chre. And the people of the land took 
Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed 
him, and made him king in his father's 
stead. 

'31 ^[ Jehoahaz was twenty and three years 
old when he began to reign ; and he reigned 
three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's 
namettvw Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah 
of Libnah. 

32 And he did that which teas evil in the 
sight of the Lord, according to all that his 
fathers had done. 

33 And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands 
at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he 
might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the 
land to a tribute of a hundred talents of sil- 
ver, and a talent of gold. 

34 And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakimthe 
son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his 
father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, 
and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to 
Egypt", and died there. 

35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the 
•;old to Pharaoh ; but he taxed the land to 
give the money according to the command- 
ment of Pharaoh : he exacted the silver and 
lite gold of the people of the land, of eveiy 
one according to his taxation, to give it unto 
Pharaoh-nechoh. 

36 H Jehoiakim was twenty and five years 
eld when he began to reign ; and he reigned 
eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's 
nanvj was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah 
of Rumah. 

37 And he did that which was evil in the 
eight of the Lord, according to all that his 
fathers had done. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
] Jehoiakim., first subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, 
then rebelling against him, pmcureth his otcn 
ruin. Q Jehoiachin succeedtth him. 7 The king 
of Egypt is vanquished by the king of Baby- 
lon. 8 Jehoiachin'' s evil reign. 10 Jerusalem is 
taken, and carried captive into Babylon. 17 
'/.edekiah is made king, and reigneth ill unto 
the utter destruction of Judah. 

[N his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Baby- 
lon came up, and Jehoiakim became his 



CHAP. XXIV. Jehaiakifrfs rebellion and ruin, 
servant three years : then he turned and re- 
belled against him. 

2 And the Lord sent against him bands of 
theChaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and 
bands of the Moabites, and bands of the chil- 
dren of Amnion, and sent them against J udah 
to destroy it, according to the word of the 
Lord, which he spake by his servants the 
prophets. 

3 Surely at the commandment of the Lord 
came this upon Judah. to remove them out 
of his sight, for the sins of M anasseh, accord- 
ing to all that he did ; 

4 And also for the innocent blood that he 
shed, (for he filled Jerusalem with innocent 
blood,) which the Lord would not pardon. 

5 *[ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, 
and all that he did, are they not written in the 
book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah i 

6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and 
Jehoiachin Ins son reigned in his stead. 

7 And the king of Egypt came not again any 
more out of his land : for the kimj of Baby- 
lon had taken from the river of Egypt unto 
the river Euphrates all that pertained to the 
king of Egypt. 

8 % Jehoiachin teas eighteen years old when 
he began to reign, ana he reigned in Jeru- 
salem three months. And his mother's name 
was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of 
Jerusalem. 

9 And he did that which was evil in the sight 
of the Lord, according to all that hi? father 
had done. 

10 Tf At that time the servants of Nebuchad- 
nezzar king of Babylon came up against Je- 
rusalem, and the city was besieged. 

11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 
came against the city, and his servants did 
besiege it. 

12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went 
out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mo- 
ther, and his servants, and his princes, and 
his officers: and the king of Babylon took 
him in the eighth year of his reign. 

13 And he carried out thence all the trea- 
sures of the house of the Lord, and the trea- 
sures of the king's house, and cut in pieces 
all the vessels of gold which Solomon king 
of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, 
as the Lord had said. 

14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and 
all the princes, and all the mighty men of 
valour, even ten thousand captives, and all 
the craftsmen, and smiths : none remained* 
save the poorest sort of the people of the land. 

15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Ba- 
bylon, and the king's mother, and the king's 
wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the 
Jand, those carried he into captivity from 
Jerusalem to Babylon. 

16 And all the "men of might, even seven 
thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thou 
sand, all that were strong ami apt for war, 
even them the king of Babylon brought cap- 
tive to Babylon. 

17 % And the king of Babylon made Mat- 
taniah his father's brother king in his stead, 
and changed hie name to Zedekiah. 

18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old 
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Zedekiah taken and blinded. U. KINGS 

when he began to reign, and he reigned 
eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's 
name was Harnutal, the daughter of Jere- 
miah of Libnah. 

10 And he did thai which was evil in the 
sight of the Lord, according to all that Je- 
hoiakim had done. 

20 For through tiie anger of the Lord it 
came to pass in Jerusalem, and Judah, until 
he had cast them out from his presence, that 
Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Baby- 
fon. 

CHAP. XXV. 
I Jerusalem is besieged. 4 Zedekiah taken, his 
sons slain, his eyes put out. 8 JVcbuzar-adan 
defaceth the city, carrieth the remnant, except 
a few poor labourers, into captivity. 13 Spoileth 
and carrieth away the treasures. 18 The no- 
bles are slain at Riblah. 22 Gedaliah, who 
was set over them that remained, being- slain, 
therestfi.ee into Egypt. '11 Euil-mcrodach ad- 
vanceth Jehoiachin in his court. 

AND it came to pass in the ninth year of 
his reign, in the tenth month, in the 
tenth day of the month, tliai Nebuchadnez- 
zar king of Babylon came, he, and all his 
host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against 
it ; and they built forts against it round about. 

2 And the city was besieged unto the ele- 
venth year of king Zedekiah. 

3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month 
the famine prevailed in the city, and there 
was no bread for the people of the land. 

4 If And the city was broken up, and all the 
men of war fled by night by the way of the 
gate between two walls, which is by the 
king's garden : (now the Chaldees were 
against the city rouud about;) and the king- 
went the way toward the plain. 

5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued 
after the king, and overtook him in the plains 
of Jericho : and all his army were scattered 
from him. 

6 So they took the king, and brought him 
u\y to the king of Babyloa to Riblah ; and 
they gave judgment upon him. 

7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah be- 
fore his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zede- 
kiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, 
and carried him to Babylon. 

8 U And in the fifth month, on the seventh 
day of the month, (which is the nineteenth 
year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Baby- 
lon,) came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the 
guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto 
Jerusalem : 

Aiid he burnt the house of the Lord, and 
the king's house, and all the houses of Jeru- 
salem, and every great man's house burnt he 
with fire. 

10 And all the army of the Chaldees, that 
were with the captain of the guard, brake 
down the walls of Jerusalem round about. 

11 Now the rest of the people that were left 
in the city, and the fugitives that fell away 
to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of 
the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the captain 
of the guard carry away. 

12 But the captain of the guard left of the 

Coor of the land to be vine-dressers andhus- 
andmen. 



Gedaliah is slain, 

13 And the pillars of brass that were in the 
house of the Lord, and the bases, and the 
brazen sea that was in the house of the Lord, 
did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried 
the brass of them to Babylon. 

14 And the pots, and the shovels, and the 
snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels 
of brass wherewith they ministered, took they 
away. 

15 And the fire-pans, and the bowls, and 
such things as were of gold, in gold, and of 
silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took 
away. 

16 The two pillars, one sea, and the bases 
which Solomon had made for the house of 
the Lord ; the brass of all these vessels was 
without weight. 

17 The height of the one pillar was eigh- 
teen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was 
brass : and the height of the chapiter three 
cubits; and the wreathen work, and pome- 
granates upon the chapiter round about, all 
of brass : and like unto these had the second 
pillar with wreathen work. 

13 TJ And the captain of the guard took Se- 
raiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the 
second priest, aud the three keepers of the 
door : 

19 And out of the city he took an officer 
that was set over the men of war, and five 
men of them that were in the king's presence, 
which were found in the city, and the prin- 
cipal scribe of the host, which mustered the 
people of the land, and threescore men of the 
people of the land that were found in the city : 

20 And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard 
took these, and brought them to the king of 
Babylon to Riblah : 

21 And the king of Babylon smote them, 
and slew them at Riblah in the land of Ha- 
niatli. So Judah was carried away out of 
their land. 

22 U And as for the people that remained 
in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnez- 
zar king of Babylon had left, even over them 
he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikani, the 
son of Shaphan, ruler. 

23 And when all the captains of the armies, 
they and their men, heard that the king of 
Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there 
came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael 
the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son 
of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhu- 
met.Ii the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the 
son of a Maachathite, they and their men. 

24 And Gedaliah sware to them, and to 
their men, and said unto them, Fear not to 
be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in 
the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and 
it shall be well with you. 

25 But it came to pass in the seventh month, 
that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son 
of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten 
men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he 
died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that 
were with him at Mizpah. 

2(>And all the people, both small and great, 
and the captains of the armies, arose, and 
came to Egypt : for they were afraid of the 
Chaldees. 

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CHAP. I. 



27 % And it came to pass in the seven and 
thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin 
king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the 
seven and twentieth day of the month, thai 
Evil-merodaeh king" of Babylon in the year 
that he began to reign did lift up the head of 
Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 

28 And he spake kindly to him, and set his 



The posterity of Abraham. 



throne above the throne of the kings that 
were with him in Babylon ; 

29 And changed his prison garments: and 
he did eat bread continually before him all 
the days of iiis life. 

30 And hid allowance was a continual al- 
lowance given him of the king, a daily rate 
for every day, all the days of his life. 



H The First Book of 
CHAP. I. 

1 Adam's line to JYW/t. 5 The sons of Japheth. 
8 The sons of Ham. 17 77te sons of Shem. 24 
Shan's line to Abraham. 29 IshmaeVs sons. 
32 The sons of Keturah. 34 The posterity of 
Abraham by Esau. 43 The Icings of Edom. 51 
The dukes of Edom. 

ADAM, Sheth, Enosh, 
2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 

3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 

4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 

5 *}[ The sons of Japheth ; Gomer, and Ma- 
gog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and 
Meshech, and Tiras. 

6 And the sons of Gomer ; Ashchenaz, and 
Riphath, and Togarmah. 

7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and 
Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 

8 1[ The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, 
Put, and Canaan. 

9 And the sons of Cush ; Seba, and Havi- 
iah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. 
And the sons of Raamah ; Sheba, and De- 
dan. 

10 And Cush begat Nimrod. He began to 
be mighty upon the earth. 

11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Ana- 
mim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 

12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom 
came the Philistines,) and Caphtorim. 

13 And Canaan begat Zidon his first-born, 
and Heth, 

14 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and 
the Girgashite, 

15 And the Hivite, and the Archite, and 
the Sinite, 

16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, 
and the Hamathite. 

17 H The sons of Shem ; Elam, and Asshur, 
and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, 
and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. 

18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and She- 
lah begat Eber. 

19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the 
name of the one was Peleg; because in his 
days the earth wasdivided: and his brother's 
name was Joktan. 

20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and She- 
leph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 

21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 

22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 

23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. 
All these were the sons of Joktan. 

21 H Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 

25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 

26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 

27 Abram ; the same is Abraham. 

28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ish- 
jnael. 

29 U These are their generations. The 



the CHRONICLES. 

first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, 
and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 

30 Mislnna, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, 
and Tema, 

31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These 
are the sons of Ishmael. 

32 1f Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's 
concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshau, 
and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and 
Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan ; Sheba, 
and Dedan. 

33 And the sons of Midian ; Ephah, and 
Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, andEldaah. 
All these are the sons of Keturah. 

34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of 
Isaac; Esau, and Israel. 

35 if The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, 
and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. 

36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman,andOmar t 
Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and 
Amalek. 

37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, 
Shammah, and Mizzah. 

38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Sho- 
bal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and 
Ezer, and Dishan. 

39 And the sons of Lotan ; Hori, and Ho* 
mam : and Timna was Lotan's sister. 

40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Mana- 
hath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And 
the sons of Zibeon ; Aiah, and Anah. 

41 The sons of Anah ; Dishon. And the 
sons of Dishon ; Amram, and Eshban, and 
Ithran, and Cheran. 

42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, 
and Jakan. The sons of Dishan ; Uz, and 
Aran. 

43 If Now these are the kings that reigned 
in the land of Edom before any king reigned 
over the children of Israel; Bela the son of 
Beor: and the name of his city «;#sDinhabab. 

44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son 
of Zera of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 

45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of 
the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. 

46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad 
the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the 
field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the 
name of his city was Avith. 

47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of 
Mazrekah reigned in his stead. 

48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of 
Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 

49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal -liana a 
the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 

50 And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad 
reigned in his stead : and the name of his 
city was Pai; and his wife's name was Me- 
hetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daugh* 
ter of Mezahab. 

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51 % Hadad died, also. And the dukes of 
Edom were ; duke Timnuh, duke Alhih, 
duke Jetheth, 

52 thike Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pi- 
uon, 

53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 

54 Duke Magdiel, duke Irani. These are 
the dukes of Edom. 

CHAP. II. 

1 The sons of Israel. 3 The posterity of Judah 
by Tamar. 13 The children of Jesse. IS The 
posterity of Caleb the son of Hezron. 2r//tz- 
ron" s posterity by the daughter of Machir. 25 
Jerahmeel' s posterity, 34 Sheshan's posterity. 
42 Another branch of Caleb's posterity. 50 The 
posterity of Caleb the son of Hur. 

fllHESE are the sons of Israel ; Reuben, 
Jl Simeon, Levi, and Judali, Issachar, and 

Zebulun, 

2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, 
Gad, and Asher. 

3 If The sons of Judah ; Er, and Onan, and 
Shelah : ickick three were born unto him of 
the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. A nd 
Er, the first-tarn of Judali, was evil in the 
sight of the Lord ; and he slew him. 

4 And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him 
Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah 
were five. 

5 The sons of Pharez ; Hezron, and Ha- 
raul. 

6 And the sons of Zerah ; Ziinri, and Ethan, 
and Ileman, and Calcol, and Dara : five of 
them in all. 

7 And the sons of Carmi ; Achar, the trou- 
bler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing 
accursed. 

8 And the eons of Ethan ; Azariah. 

9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born 
unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Che- 
iubai. 

10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Am- 
iniuadab begat Nahshon, prince of the chil- 
dren of Judah; 

11 And Nahshon begat Sahna, and Salma 
begat Boaz, 

12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat 
Jesse. 

13 ^j And Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, 
and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the 
third, 

14 Netbaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 

15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh : 

16 Whose sisters wert Zeruiah, and Abi- 
gail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and 
jnab, and Asahel, three. 

17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father 
of Aiuasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. 

13 % And Caleb the son of Hezron begat 
children of A/ubah his wife, and of Jerioth : 
her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, 
and Ardon. 

19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took 
unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. 

20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Be- 
zaleel. 

21 H And afterward Hezron went in to the 
daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, 
whom he married when he was threescore 
years old ; and she bare him Segub. 



I. CHRONICLES. and (heir descendants. 

22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three 
and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 

23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the 
towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath and 
the towns thereof, even threescore cities. 
All these belonged to the sons of Machir the 
father of Gilead. 

24 And after that Hezron was dead in Ca- 
leb-ephratah, then Abiah, Hezron's wife bare 
him Ashur the father of Tekoa. 

25 If And the sons of Jerahmeel the first- 
born of Hezron were, Ram the first-born, 
and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahi- 
jah. 

26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose 
name teas Atarah: she was the mother o* 
Onam. 

27 And the sons of Ram, the first-born of 
Jerahmeel, were, JVlaaz, und Jamin, and 
Eker. 

28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, 
and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Na 
dab, and Abishur. 

29 And the name of the wife of Abishur teas 
Abihail; and she bare him Ahban,andMolid. 

30 And the sons of Nadab ; Seled, and Ap- 
paim : but Seled died without children. 

31 And the sons of Appaim ; Ishi. And the 
sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children 
of Sheshan: Ahiai. 

32 And the sons of Jada the brother of 
Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Je- 
ther died without children. 

33 And the sons of Jonathan ; Peleth, and 
Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeeh 

34 T[ Now Sheshan had no sons, but daugh- 
ters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyp- 
tian, whose name was Jarha. 

35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha 
his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai 

36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan 
begat Zabad, 

37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Eplilal 
begat Obed, 

33 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat 
Azariah, 

39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez 
begat Eleasah, 

40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisa- 
mai bvgat Shallum, 

41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jeka- 
miah begat Elishama. 

42 TT Now the sons of Caleb the brother of 
Jerahmeel were, Mesha his first-born, which 
was the father ofZiph; and the sons of Ma- 
reshah the father of Hebron. 

43 And the sons of Hebron ; Korah, and 
Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 

44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of 
Jorkoam : and Rekem begat Shammai. 

45 And the son of Shammai was Maon : and 
Maon was the father of Beth-zur. 

46 And Ephah, Caleo's concubine, bare 
Haran, and Moza, and Ga/.ez: and Haran 
begat Gazez. 

47 And the sons of Jahdai ; Regem, and 
Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephnlt, 
and Shaaph. 

48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare She- 
bcr, and Tirhanah. 

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49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Mad- 
inannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, 
and the father of Gibea: and the daughter 
of Caleb was Achsah. 

50 ^[ These were the sons of Caleb the son 
of Hur, the first-born of Ephralah ; Shobal 
the father of Kirjath-jcarira, 

51 Sal ma the father of Beth-lehcm, Hareph 
the father o( Beth-gader. 

52 And Shobal tke father of Kirjath-jearim 
had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahe- 
thites. 

53 And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the 
Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shuma- 
thites, and the Mishraites: of them came the 
Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. 

54 The sons of Salma ; Beth-lehem, and 
the Netaphathites,Atarotb, the house of Joab, 
and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. 

55 And the families of the scribes which 
dwelt at Jabez; the Tiraihites, the Shimea- 
thitcs, and Suchathites. These are the Ke- 
nites that came of Hemath, tiie father of the 
house of Rechab. 

CHAP. III. 

I The sons of David. 10 His line to Zedekiah. 17 

Tke successors of Jeconiah. 

NOW these were the sons ofDavid, which 
were born unto him in Hebron ; the 
first-born Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreel- 
ttess; the second, Daniel of Abigail the Car- 
melitess : 

2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah 
the daughter of Taimai king of Geshur : tlie 
fourth, Adonijah the 3on of Hasigifh: 

3 The fifth, Shcphatiah of AfeitaT: the sixth, 
Ithreani by Eglah his wife. 

4 These six were born unto him in Hebron ; 
and there he reigned seven years and six 
months: and in Jerusalem h e reigned thirty 
and three years. 

5 And these were born unto him in Jeru- 
salem ; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, 
and Solomon, four, of Bath -slut a the daugh- 
ter of Ammicl : 

6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 

7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 

8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, 
pine. 

9 These were ^ the sons ofDavid, besides 
the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their 
sister. 

10 IF And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, 
Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his 
son, 

11 Joram his sou. Ahaziah his son, Joash 
his son, 

12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jo- 
tham his son, 

13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Ma- 
tiasseh his son, 

14 Anion his son, Josiah his son. 

15 And the sons of Josiah were, the first- 
born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the 
third Zedekiah, tlie fourth Shallum. 

16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah 
his son, Zedekiah his son. 

17 ^| And the sons of Jeconiah ; Assir, Sa- 
lathiel his son. 

IS Malchirum also, and Pedaiah, and She- 



III, IV. The posterity of J 'udah, 

nazar, Jccamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 

19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubba- 
bel, and Shimei: and tlie sons of Zerubba- 
bel; Mcshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelo- 
mith their sister : 

20 And Hushubah, and Ohei, andBerechi- 
ah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. 

21 And the sons of Hananiah ; Pelatiah, 
and Jesaiah : the sons of Rephaiah, the sons 
of Arnan, tlie sons of Obadiah, the sons of 
Shechaniah. 

22 And the sons of Shechaniah ; Shcma- 
iah : and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, 
and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and 
Shapliat, six. 

23 And the sons of Neariah ; Elioenai, and 
Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. 

24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, 
and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, aud 
Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven. 

CHAP. IV. 
1, 11 The posterity of Judah by Caleb the sov of 
Hur. 5 Of ' A'shur the posthumous so?i of Hez- 
ron. 9 Of Jabez, and his prayer. 21 The poste- 
rity of Shelah. 24 The posterity and cities oj 
Simeon. 39 Their conquest of Gedor, and of 
the Amalekites in mount Seir. 

THE sons of Judah : Pharez, Hezron, and 
Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 

2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Ja- 
hath ; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. 
These are the families of tlie Zorathites. 

3 And these were of the father of Etam , 
Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash : and the 
name of their sister was Hazelelponi : 

4 AndPenuel thefatherofGedor, andEzer 
the father of Hushah. These are the sons 
of Hur, the first-born of Ephratah, the fatner 
of Beth-lehem. 

5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two 
wives, Helah and Naarah. 

6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and He- 
pher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These 
were the sons of Naarah. 

7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, and 
Jezoar, and Ethnan. 

8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, aud 
the families of Aharhel the son of Hamiii. 

9 ^f And Jabez was more honourable than 
his brethren : and his mother called his name 
Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sor- 
row. 

10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, 
saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me in- 
deed, and enlarge my coast, and that thy hand 
might be with me, and that thou wouldest 
keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me* 
And God granted him that which he re- 
quested. 

11 H AndChelub the brotner of Shuah be- 
gat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton. 

12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Pa- 
seah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. 
These are the men of Rechah. 

13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and 
Seraiah : and the sons of Othniel; Hathath. 

14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah : and Se- 
raiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of 
Charashim*, for they were craftsmen. 

15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephun- 

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The posterity of Simeon. 

neh ; Ira, Elah, and Naam : and the sons of 

Elah, even Kenaz. 

16 And the sons of Jehaleleel ; Ziph, and 
Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. 

17 And the sons of Ezra were Jether, and 
Mered, and Epher, and Jalon : and she bare 
Miriam, and Shainmai, andlshbah the father 
ofEshtemoa. 

18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the 
fatlier of Gedor, and Heber the father of 
Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. 
And these «re the sons of Bithiah the daugh- 
ter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. 

19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sis- 
ter of Naham, the father of Keilah the Gar- 
mite, and Eshtemoa the Maachadiite. 

20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, 
andRinnah, Ben-hanan,and Tiion. Andthe 
sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. 

21 U Tiie sons of Shelah the son of Judah 
were, Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah 
the father of Mareshah, and the families of 
the house of them that wrought fine linen, of 
the house of Ashbea, 

22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, 
and Joash, and Saraph, who had the domin- 
ion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these 
are ancient things. 

23 These were the potters, and those that 
dwelt among plants and hedges : there they 
dwelt with the king for his work. 

24 *\[ The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, 
and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: 

25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mish- 
ma his son. 

26 And the sons of Mishma ; Hamuel his 
son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. 

27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six 
daughters : but his brethren had not many 
children, neither did all their family multiply 
like to the children of Judah. 

23 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Mo- 
ladah, and Hazar-shual, 

29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and atTolad, 

30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at 
Ziklag, 

31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-su- 
sim,andatBeth-birei,andatShaaraim. These 
icere their cities unto the reign of David. 

32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, 
Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities : 

33 And all their villages that were round 
about the same cities unto Baal. These were 
their habitations, and their genealogy. 

34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Jo- 
shah the son of Amaziah, 

35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, 
the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 

30 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jesho- 
haiah, and Asaiali, and Adiel, and Jesirniel, 
and Benaiah, 

37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of 
A lion, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Sliimri, 
the son of Shemaiah. 

33 These mentioned by their names were 
princes in their families: and the house of 
i heir fathers increased greatly. 

39 U And the> went to the entrince of Ge- 
dor, even unto the east side of the valley, to 
seek pasture for their fucks. 



1. CHRONICLES. The line of Reuben, 

40 And they found fat pasture and good, and 
the land too* wide, and quiet, and peaceable; 
for they of Ham had dwell there of old. 

41 And these written by name came in the 
days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote 
their tents, and the habitations that were 
found there, and destroyed them utterly unto 
this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because 
there teas pasture there for their flocks. 

42 And some of them, even of the sons of 
Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount 
Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and 
Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sous 
of Ishi. 

43 And they smote the rest of the Amalek- 
ites that were escaped, and dwelt thereunto 
this dav. 

CHAP. V. 

I The line of Reuben {who lost his birthright) 
unto the captivity. 9 Their habitation and 
conquest of the Hagarites. 11 The chief men, 
and habitations of Gad. 18 The number and 
conquest of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tri be of 
Manasseh. 23 The habitations and chief men 
of that half-tribe. 25 Their captivity for their 
sin. 

NOW the sons of Reuben, the first-born 
of Israel, (for he was the first-born ; but, 
forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his 
birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph 
the son of Israel : and the genealogy is not 
to be reckoned after the birthright. 

2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, 
and of him came the chief ruler; but the 
birthright was Joseph's:) 

3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the first-bom. 
of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, 
and Carmi. 

4 The sons of Joel ; Shemaiah his son, Gog 
his son, Shimei his son, 

SMicah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son t 

6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser 
king of Assyria carried away captive : he 
was prince of the Reubenites. 

7 And his brethren by their families, (when 
the genealogy of their generations was reck- 
oned,) were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 

8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of She- 
ma, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even 
unto Nebo, and Baal-meon : 

9 And eastward he inhabited unto the enter- . 
ing in of the wilderness from the river Euphra- 
tes : because their cattle were multiplied in 
the land of Gilead. 

10 And in the days of Saul they made war 
with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand : 
and they dwelt in their tents throughout all 
the east land of Gilead. 

II H And the children of Gad dwelt over 
against them, in the land of Bashan unto Sal- 
cah : 

12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, 
and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 

13 And their brethren of the house of their 
fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and 
Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and 
Heber, seven. 

14 These are the children of Abihail the 
son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of 
Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Je- 
shishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz ; 

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The sons of Levi. 

15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, 
chief of the house of their lathers. 

16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and 
in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sha- 
ron, upon their borders. 

17 All these were reckoned by genealogies 
in the days of Jotharn king of Judah, and in 
the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. 

18 H The sons of Reuben, and the Gaditcs, 



CHAP. VI. The families of Gershom, (« 

8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok be 
gat Ahimaaz, 

9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Aza- 
riah begat Johanan, 

10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is 
that executed the priest's office in (he temple 
that Solomon built in Jerusalem :) 

11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Ama- 
rial) be^at Ahitub, 



and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant 12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok 

men, men able to bear buckler and sword, * begat Shallum, 

and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, 13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah 



trere four and forty thousand seven bundled 
and threescore, that went out to the war. 

19 And they made war with the Hagarites, 
with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. 

20 And they were helped against them, and 
the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, 
and all that were with them : for they cried 
to God in the battle, and he was entreated of 
them; because they put their trust in him. 

21 And they took away their cattle; of their 
camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hun- 
dred and fifty thousand, and of asses two 
thousand, and of men a hundred thousand. 

22 For there fell down many slain, because 
the war was of God. And they dwelt in then- 
steads until the captivity. 

23 If And the children of the half-tribe of 
Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased 
from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, 
and unto mount Hermon. 

24 And these were the heads of the house 
of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and 
Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hoda- 
viah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, fa- 
mous men, and heads of the house of their 
fathers. 

25^1 And they transgressed against the God 
of their fathers, and went a whoring after the 
gods of the people of the land, whom God 
destroyed before them. 

26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spi- 
rit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of 
Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he car- 
ried them away, even the Reubenites, and the 
Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and 
brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and 
Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 The sons of Levi. 4 The line of the priests 
t unto the captivity. 16 The families of Ger- 
s shorn, Kohath, and Merari. 49 The offi.ee of 
! Aaron and his line unto Ahimaaz. 54 The ci- 
ties of the priests and Levites. 
HM H E sons of Levi ; Gershon, Kohath, and 

JL Merari. 

2 And the sons of Koliath ; Amram, Izhar, 
and Hebron, and Uzziel. 

3 And the children of Amram ; Aaron, and 
Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron • 
Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 

4 ^[ Eleazar begat Pninehas, "Pninehas be- 
gat Abishua, 

5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki be- 
gat Uzzi, 

6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah 
begat Meraioth, 

7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah 
begat Ahitub, 



be^at Azariah, 

14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Sera 
iah begat Jehozadak, 

15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, 
when the Lord carried away Judah and Je- 
rusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 

16 *f[ The sons of Levi ; Gershom, Kohath, 
and Merari. 

17 And these be the names of the sons of 
Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. 

18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, 
and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 

19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. 
And these are the families of the Levites 
according to their fathers. 

20 Of Gershom ; Libni his son, Jahath his 
son, Zimmah his son, 

21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his 
son, Jeaterai his son. 

22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his 
son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 

23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, 
and Assir his son, 

24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah 
his son, and Shaul his son. 

25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and 
Ahimoth. 

26 As for Elkanah : the sons of Elkanah ; 
Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, 

27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah 
his son. 

28 And the sons of Samuel; the first-born 
Vashni, and Abiah. 

29 The sons of Merari ; Mahli, Libni his 
son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, 

30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah 
his son. 

31 And these are they whom David set over 
the service of song in the house of the Lord, 
after that the ark had rest. 

32 And they ministered before the dwelling- 
place of the tabernacle of the congregation 
with singing, until Solomon had built the 
house of the Lord in Jerusalem : and then 
they waited on their office, according to their 
order. 

33 And these are they that waited with 
their children. Of the sons of the Kohath- 
ites; Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the 
son of Shemuel, 

34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jero- 
ham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toali, 

35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, 
the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 

36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the 
son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 

37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the 
son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 

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Office of Aaron and his sons. I. CHRONICLES 
33 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the 
son of Levi, the son of Israel. 

39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on 
his right hand, even Asaph the son of Bere- 
chiah, the son of Shimea, 

40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, 
the son of Malchiah, 

41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the 
son of Adaiah, 

42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, 
the son of Shimei, 

43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, 
1'ie son of Levi. 

44 And their brethren the sons of Merari 
stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of 
Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son ofMailuch, 

45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Ama- 
ziah, the son of Hilkiah, 

46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the 
son of Shamer, 

47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the 
son of Merari, the son of Levi. 

48 Their brethren also the Levites were 
appointed unto all manner of service of the 
tabernacle of the house of God. 

49 ^[ But Aaron and his sons offered upon 
the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the 
altar of incense, and were appointed for all 
the work of the place most holy, and to 
make an atonement for Israel, according to 
all that Moses the servant of God had com- 
manded. 

50 And these are the sons of Aaron ; Elea- 
zar his son, Phiuehas his sou, Abishua his 



.01 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah 
Fiis son, 

52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahi- 
tub his son, 

53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 

54 H Now these are their dwelling-places 
throughout their castles in their coasts, of 
the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Ko- 
hathites : for theirs was the lot. 

55 And they gave them Hebron in the land 
of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round 
about it. 

56 But the fields of the city, and the villages 
thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Je- 
phunneh. 

57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the 
cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of 
refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and 
Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 

58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with 
her suburbs, 

59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth- 
shcmesh with her suburbs: 

60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin ; Geba 
with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her su- 
burbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. AH 
their cities throughout their families were 
thirteen cities. 

01 And unto the sons of Kohath which were 
left of the family of that tribe, were cities 
given out of the half-tribe, namely, out of 
the \\?i\i-lribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. 

62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout 
their families were given out of the tribe of 
Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and 



TVie cities of the priests. 
out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the 
tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities, 

63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by 
lot, throughout their families, out of tho 
tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, 
and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 

64 And the children of Israel cave to the 
Levites tliese cities with their suburbs. 

65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of 
the children of Judah, and out of the tribe 
of the children of Simeon, and out of the 
tribe of the children of Benjamin, these 
cities, which are called by their names. 

66 And the residue of the families of the 
sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out 
of the tribe of Ephraim. 

67 And they gave unto them, of the cities 
of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with 
her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her 
suburbs, 

68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and 
Beth-horon with her suburbs, 

69 And Ajalon with her suburbs, and Gatb- 
rimmon with her suburbs: 

70 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh ; 
Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with 
her suburbs, for the family of the remnant 
of the sons of Kohath. 

71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given 
out of the family of the half-tribe of Manas- 
seh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and 
Ashtaroth with her suburbs: 

72 And out of die tribe of Issachar ; Kedesh 
with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 

73 AndRamoth with her suburbs, and Anera 
with her suburbs : 

74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal 
with her suburbs, and Abdon with her su- 
burbs, 

75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Re- 
hob with her suburbs : 

76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali ; Kedesh 
in Galiiee with her suburbs, and Hamroon 
with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with he 
suburbs. 

77 Unto the rest of the children of Mera 
were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, 
Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her 
suburbs : 

78 And on the other side Jordan by Jeri- 
cho, on the east side of Jordan, were given 
them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in 
the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah 
with her suburbs, 

79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and 
Mephaath with her suburbs : 

80 And out of the tribe of Gad ; Ramoth ia 
Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim 
with her suburbs, 

81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and 
Jazer with her suburbs. 

CHAP. VII. 

I The sons of Issachar, 6 of Benjamin, 13 of 
Naphtali, 14 of Manasseh, 20, 23 and of 
Ephraim. 21 The calamity of Ephraim by the 
men of Oath. 23Beriahisborn. 28Ephraim's> 
habitations. 30 The sons of Asher. 

WOW the sons of Issachar were Tola, 

I I and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 
2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Re- 

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ITie sons of Benjamin, Naptitall 
phaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, 
and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, 
to wit, of Tola : they were valiant men of 
might in their generations; whose number 
teas in the days of David two and twenty 
thousand and six hundred. 

3 And the sons of Uzzi ; Izrahiah : and the 
eons of Izrahiah ; Michael, and Obadiah, and 
Joel, Ishiah, five; all of them chief men. 

4 And with them, by their generations. 
alter the house of their fathers, were bands 
of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand 
men : for they had many wives and sons. 

5 And their brethren among all the families 
of Issachar were valiant men of might, reck- 
oned in all by their genealogies fourscore 
and seven thousand. 

6 ^ The sons of Benjamin ; Bela, and Be- 
cher, and Jediael, three. 

7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, 
and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; 
heads of the house of their fathers, mighty 
men of valour; and were reckoned by their 
genealogies twenty and two thousand and 
thirty and four. 

8 And the eons of Becher; Zemira, and 
Joash, and Eliezer, and Eiioenai, and Omri, 
and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and 
Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. 

9 And the number of tiiem, after their ge- 
nealogy by their generations, heads of the 
bouse of their fathers, mighty men of valour, 
teas twenty thousand and two hundred. 

10 The sons also of Jediael ; Bilhan : and 
the sons of Bilhan ; Jeusb, and Benjamin, 
and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, 
and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. 

11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the 
heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, 
cere seventeen thousand and two hundred 
soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. 

12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the chil- 
dren of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. 

13 1[ The sons of Naphtali ; Jahziel, and 
Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of 
Bilhah. 

14 ^[ The sons of Manasseh ; Ashriel, whom 
?he bare: {hut his concubine the Aramitess 
bii'c Machir the father of Gilead : 

15 And Machir took to wife the sister of 
Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name 
teas Maachah ;) and the name of the second 
was Zelophehad : and Zelophehad had 
daughters. 

16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare 
a son, and she called his name Pcresh ; and 
the name of his brother was Sheresh ; and 
his sons tcere Ulam, and Rakem. 

17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These 
tcere the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, 
the son of Manasseh. 

18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, 
and Abiezer, and Mahalah. 

19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, 
and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. 

20 *H And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, 
and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and 
Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 

21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his 
eon, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of 

14 O 



CHAP. VIII. Manasseh, Ephraim, Asher, Spe, 
Gath that were born in that land slew, be- 



cause they came down to take away their 
cattle. 

22 And Ephraim their father mourned many 
days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 

23 ^[ And when he went in to his wife, she 
conceived and bare a son, and he called his 
name Beriah, because it went evil with his 
house. 

24 (And his daughter w as Sherah, who built 
Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and 
Uzzen-sherah.) 

25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, 
and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, 

26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Eli- 
shama his son, 

27 Non his son, Jehoshua his son. 
23 ^1 And their possessions and habitation? 

were Beth-el, and the towns thereof, and 
eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with 
the towns thereof; Shechem also and the 
towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns 
thereof: 

29 And by the borders of the children of 
Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taa- 
nach and her towns, Megiddo and her tow of, 
Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the chil- 
dren of Joseph the son of Israel. 

30 «[ The sons of Asher ; Imnah, and Isuah, 
and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. 

31 And the sons of Beriah ; Heber, and Mal- 
chiel, who is the father of Birzavith. 

32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, 
and Hotham, and Shua their sister. 

33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and 
Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the chil- 
dren of Japhlet. 

34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Roh- 
gah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 

35 And the sons of his brother Helem ; Zo- 
phah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. 

36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harne- 
pher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, 

37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamnia, and Shil- 
shah, and Ithran, and Beera. 

38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and 
Pispah, and Ara. 

39 And the sons of Ulla ; Arab, and Haniel, 
and Rezia. 

40 All these were the children of Asher, 
heads of their father's house, choice and 
mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. 
And the number throughout the genealogy 
of them that were apt to the war and to bat- 
tle was twenty and six thousand men. 

CHAP. VIII. 

1 The sons and chief men of Benjamin. 33 The 

stock of Savl and Jonathan. 

NOW Benjamin begat Bela his first-bom, 
Ashbei the second, and Aharah tne 
third, 

2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 

3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and 
Gera, and Abihud, 

4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 

5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. 

6 And these are the sons of Ehud : these are 
the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of 
Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: 

7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he 
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The stock of Said and Jonathan. I 
removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. 

8 And Shaharaiin begat children in the 
country of Moab, after he had sent them 
away; Hush im and Baara were his wives. 

9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, 
and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, 

10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. 
These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 

11 And of Hushim lie begat Abilub, and 
Elpaal. 

12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, 
and Shame**, who built Ono, and Lod, with 
the towns thereof: 

13 Beriah also, and Shema, who icere heads 
of the fathers of the inliabitants of Ajalon, 
who drove away the inhabitants of Gath : 

14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 

15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 

16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Jolia, the 
sons of Beriah* 

17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and He- 
zeki, ai.d Heber, 

18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, 
the sons of Elpaal; 

19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 

20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 

21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, 
the sons of Shimhi ; 

22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 

23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, 

24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Anto- 
thijah, 

25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of 
Shashak ; 

26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and 
Athaliah, 

27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the 
sons of Jeroham. 

28 These were heads of the fathers, by their 
generations, chief men. These dwelt in Je- 
rusalem. 

29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibe- 
on; whose wife's name was Maaehah : 

30 And his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, 
and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, 

31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. 

32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these 
also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, 
over against them. 

33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat 
Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi- 
shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 

34 And the son of Jonathan teas Merib- 
baal ; and Merib-baal begat Micah. 

35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and 
IVi elech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. 

36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoa- 
dah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and 
Zimri; and Zhnri begat Moza, 

37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his 
son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 

38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are 
these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and 
Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. Ail 
these were the sons of Azel. 

39 And the sons of Eshek Ids brother were, 
Ulum his first-born, Jehush the second, and 
Eliphelet the third. 

40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men 
of valour, areliers, and had many sons, and 



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sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. Ail these 
are of the sons of Benjamin. 

CHAP. IX. 

1 The original of Israel's and Jv.dah's genealo- 
gies. 2 The Israelites, 10 the priests-, M and 
the Lcvitcs, with the Ncthiniins which dwelt- 
in Jerusalem. 27 The charge of vertain Le- 
vites. 35 The. stock of Saul and Jonathan. 
^O all Israel were reckoned by geneaio-. 
k_7 gies; and behold, they wet e written in 
the book of the kings of Tsrael and Judah, 
who were carried away to Babylon for their 
transgression. . 

2 ^[ Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in 
their possessions in their cities were, the Is- 
raelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethi- 
nims. 

3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of 
Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and 
of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh : 

4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of 
Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of. 
the children of Pharez the son of Judah. 

5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the first- 
born, and his sons. 

6 And of the sons of Zerah ; Jeuel, and 
their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 

7 And of the sons of Benjamin ; Sallu the 
son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the 
son of Hasenuah, 

8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and 
Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and 
Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of. 
Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 

9 And their brethren, according to their 
generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. 
All these men were chief of the fathers in 
the house of their fathers. 

10 ^[ And of the priests } Jedaiah, and Je- 
hoiarib, and Jachin, 

11 And Azariahthe son of Hilkiah, the son 
of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son < 
Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the 
house of God ; 

12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the so 
of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maa 
siai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, 
the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshille 
mith, the son of Immer; 

13 And their brethren, heads of the house 
of their fathers, a thousand and seven hun- 
dred and threescore ; very able men for the 
work of the service of the house of God. 

14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son 
of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of 
Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 

15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and 
Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zich- 
ri, the son of Asaph; 

16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the 
son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Bere- 
chiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that 
dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. 

17 And the porters were Shallum, and Ak- 
kub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their 
brethren: Shallum was the chief; 

18 Who hitherto waited in the king's gate 
eastward : they were porters in the compa- 
nies of the children of Levi. 

19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of 
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about the temple. 

Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren 
of the house of his father, the Korahites, 
were over the work of the service, keepers 
of the gates of the tabernacle : and their fa- 
thers, being over the host of the Lord, were 
keepers ot the entry. 

20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the 
ruler over them in time past, and the Lord 
was with him. 

21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah 
was porter, of the door of the tabernacle of 
the congregation. 

523 All these which were chosen to be por- 
ters i n the gates were two hundred and twelve. 
These were reckoned by their genealogy in 
their villages, whom David and Samuel the 
seer did ordain in their set office. 

23 So they and their children had the over- 
sight of the gates of the house of the Lord, 
namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wfcrds. 

2-1 In four quarters were the portersj toward 
the east, west, north, and south. 

25 And their brethren, which were in their 
villages, were to come after seven days from 
time to time with them. 

26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, 
were in their set office, and were over the 
chambers and treasuries of the house of God. 

27^[ And they lodged round about the 
house of God, because the charge was upon 
them, and the opening thereof every morn- 
ing pertained to them. 

28 And certain of them had the charge of 
the ministering vessels, that they should bring 
them in and qut by tale. 

29 Some o( them also were appointed to over- 
see the vessels, and all the instruments of the 
sanctuary, and thefnTe flour, and the wine, and 
the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. 

30 And some of the sons of the priests made 
the ointment of the spices. 

31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who 
was the first-born of Shallum the Korahite, 
had the set office over the things that were 
made in the pans. 

32 And other of their brethren, of the sons 
of the Kohathites, were over the shew-bread, 
to prepare it every sabbath. 

33 And these are the singers, chief of the 
fathers of the Levites, who remaining' in the 
chambers were free : for they were employ- 
ed in that work day and night. 

34 These chief fathers of the Levites were 
chief throughout their generations; these 
dwelt at Jerusalem. 

35 If And in Gibeon dwelt the father of 
Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maa- 
chah : 

36 And his first-born son Abdon, then Zur, 
and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, 

37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, 
and Mikloth. 

38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they 
also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, 
over against their brethren. 

39 And Ner begat Kish , and Kish begat. 
Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi- 
shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 

40 And the son of Jonathan «*w Merib-baal : 
and Merib-baal begat Micah. 



CHAP. X. Saul's overthrow and death. 

41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and 
Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz. 

42 And Ahaz beeat Jarah : and Jarah be- 
gat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; 
and Zimri begat Moza; 

43 And Moza begat Binea ; and Rephaiah 
his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 

44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are 
these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and 
Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: the&e 
were the sons of Azel. 

CHAP. X. 

ZSauVs overthrow and death. 8 The Philistines 
triumph over Saul. 11 The kindness of Ja~ 
besh-gilead toward Saul and his sons. 13 
Saul's sin, for which the kingdom was trans' 
latedfrom him to David. 

]UOW the Philistines fought against Is- 

I 1 rael ; and the men of Israel fled from be- 
fore the Philistines, and fell down slain in 
mount Gilboa. 

2 And the Philistines followed hard after 
Saul, and after his sons ; and the Philistines 
slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi- 
shua, the sons of Saul. 

3 And the battle went sore against Sau!, 
and the archers hit him, and he was wound- 
ed of the archers. 

4 Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, 
Draw thy sword, and thrust me through 
therewith, lest these uncircumcised come 
and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would 
not : for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a 
sword, and fell upon it. 

5 And when his armour-bearer saw that 
Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, 
and died. 

6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all 
his house died together. 

7 And when all the men of Israel that were 
in the valley saw that they fled, and that 
Saul and his sons were dead, then they for- 
sook their cities, and fled : and the Philistines 
came and dwelt in them. 

8 T[ And it came to pass on the morrow/ 
when the Philistines came to strip the slain, 
that they found Saul and his sons fallen iu 
mount Gilboa. 

9 And when they had stripped him, they 
took his head, and his armour, and sent into 
the land of the Philistines round about,to carry 
tidings unto their idols, and to the people. 

10 And they put his armour in the house o£ 
their gods, and fastened his head in the tem- 
ple of Dagon. 

II f And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all 
that the Philistines had done to Saul, 

12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took 
away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his 
sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buri- 
ed their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and 
fasted seven days. 

13 II So Saul died for his transgression which 
he committed against the Lord, even against 
the word of the Lord, which he kept not, 
ancKaiso for asking counsel of one that had 
a famiTiar spirit, to inquire of At ; 

14 And inquired not Of the Lord : there- 
fore he slew him, and turned the kingu<)m 
unto David the son of Jesse, 
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David is made king of Israel, 

CHAP. XI. 

I David by a general! consent is made king at 
Hebron. 4 He winneth the castle of Zionfrom 
the Jebusites by JoaV s valour. IQA catalogue 
of Dfavid's mighty men. 

THEN all Israel gathered themselves to 
David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we 
ere thy bone and thy flesh. 

2 And moreover in time past, even when 
Saul was king, thou wasthe that leddestout 
and broughtest in Israel : and the Lord thy 
God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my peo- 
ple Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my 
people Israel. 

3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to 
the king to Hebron; and David made a co- 
venant with them in Hebron before the 
Lord; and they anointed David king over 
Israel, according to the word of the Lord by 
Samuel. 

4 IF And David and all Israel went to Jeru- 
salem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites 
were, the inhabitants of the land. 

5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to Da- 
vid, Thou shalt not come hither. Neverthe- 
less David took the castle of Zion, which is 
the city of David. 

6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the 
Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So 
Joab the son of Zeruiah went iirst up, and 
was chief. 

7 And David dwelt in the castle ; therefore 
they called it, The city of David. 

8 And he built the city round about, even 
from Millo roundabout: and Joab repaired 
the rest of the city. 

9 So David waxed greater and greater: for 
the Lord of hosts was with him. 

10 Tf These also are the chief of the mighty 
men whom David had, who strengthened 
themselves with him in his kingdom, and 
with all Israel, to make him king according 
to the word of the Lord concerning Israel. 

11 And this is the number of the mighty 
men whom David had; Jashobeama Hach- 
monite, the chief of the captains : he lifted 
up his spear against three hundred slain by 
him at one time. 

12 And after him was Eleazar the son of 
Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three 
inighties. 

13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, 
and there the Philistines were gathered to- 
gether to battle, where was a parcel of 
ground full of barley; and the people fled 
from before the Philistines. 

14 And they set themselves in the midst of 
thai parcel, and delivered it, and slew the 
Philistines ; and the Lord saved them by a 
great deliverance. 

15 H Now three of the thirty captains went 
clown to the rock to David, into the cave of 
Adullam ; and the host of the Philistines en- 
camped in the valley of Rephaim. 

16 And David was then in the hold, and the 
Philistines' garrison was then atBeth-lehem. 

17 And David longed, and said. Oh that 
one would give me drink of the water of the 
w^!l of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate ! 

18 And the three brake tlirough the host of 



I. CHRONICLES. His mighty men. 

the Philistines, and drew water out of the 
well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, 
and took it, and brought it to David: but 
David would not drink of it, but poured it 
out to the Lord, 

19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I 
should do this thing: shall I drink the blood 
of these men that have put their lives in jeo- 
pardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives 
they brought it. Therefore he would not 
drink it. These things did these three migh- 
tiest. 

20 *\[ And Abishai the brother of Joab, he 
was chief of the three : for lifting up his 
spear against three hundred, he slew them, 
and had a name among the three. 

21 Of the three, he was more honourable 
than the two ; for he was their captain : how- 
beit he attained not unto the first three. 

22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a 
valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many 
acts ; he slew two lion-like men of Moab : 
also he went down and slew a lion in a pitiw 
a snowy day. 

23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of 
great stature, five cubits high ; and in the 
Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's 
beam ; and he went down to him with a 
staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyp- 
tian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 

24 These things did Benaiah the son of Je- 
hoiada, and had the name among the three 
mighties. 

25 Behold, he was honourable among the 
thirty, but attained not to the jirsl three : and 
David set him over his guard. 

26 Tf Also the valiant men of the armies 
were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan 
the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 

27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pe- 
lonite, 

28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi- 
ezerthe Antothite, 

29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Aho- 
hite, 

30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the 
son of Baanah the Netophathite, 

31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that 
pertained to the children of Benjamin, Be- 
naiah the Pirathonite, 

32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the 
Arbathite, 

33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the 
Shaalbonite, 

34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jo- 
nathan the son of Shage the Hararite, 

35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, 
Eliphal the son of Ur, 

36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the 
Pelonite, 

37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of 
Ezbai, 

38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the 
son of Haggeri, 

39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Be- 
rothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son 
of Zeruiah, 

40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb thelthrite, 

41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of 
Ahlai, 

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7%ose who came to David 

42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, 
a captain of the Iteubenites, and thirty with 

43 Hunan the son of Maachah, and Josha- 
phat the Mithnite, 

44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Je- 
hiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, 

45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his 
brother, 'the Tizite, 

46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and 
Joshaviab, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah 
the Moabite, 

47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Meso- 
L-aite. 

CHAP. XII. 

I The companies that came to David at Zihlag. 

23 The armies that came to him at Hebron. 

NOW these are they that came to David 
to Zikiag, while he yet kept himself 
close because of Saul the son of Kish : and 
they were among the mighty men, helpers of 
die war. 

2 They were armed with bows, and could 
use both the right hand and the left in hurl- 
ing 1 stones, and shooting arrows out of a 
bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. 

3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the 
sons of Shcmaah the Gibeathite ; and Jeziel, 
and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth ; and Be- 
rachah, and Jehu the Antothite, 

4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man 
among the thirty, and over the thirty ; and 
Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and 
Jozabad the Gederathite, 

5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and 
Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 

6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and 
Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, 

7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of 
Jeroham of Gedor. 

8 And of the Gadites there separated them- 
selves unto David into the hold to the wil- 
derness men of might, and men of war Jit 
for the battle, that could handle shield and 
buckler, whose faces were like the faces of 
lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the 
mountains ; 

9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab 
the third, 

10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the 
fifth, 

11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 

12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 

13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the ele- 
venth. 

14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains 
of the host : one of the least was over a hun- 
dred, and the greatest over a thousand. 

15 These are they that went over Jordan 
in the first month, when it had overflown all 
his banks; and they put to flight all thein of 
the valleys, both toward the east, and toward 
the west. 

16 And there came of the children of Ben- 
jamin and Judah to the hold unto David. 

17 And David went out to meet them, and 
answered and said unto them, If ye become 
peaceably unto me to help me, my heart 
shall be knit unto you : but if ye be come to 
betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is 



CHAP. XII. at Zikiag and Hebron. 

no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers 
look thereon, and rebuke it. 

18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who 
was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine 
are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of 
Jesse : peace, peace be unto thee, and peace 
be to thy helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. 
Then David received them, and made them 
captains of the band. 

19 And there fell some of Manasseh to Da- 
vid, when he came with the Philistines 
against Saul to battle : but they helped them 
not : for the lords of the Philistines upon ad- 
visement sent him away, saying, He will fall 
to hismaster Saul to thejeopardy oj'ouv heads. 

20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him 
of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Je- 
diael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, 
and Zilthai, captains of the thousands thai 
were of Manasseh. 

21 And they helped David against the band 
of Hie rovers : for they were all mighty men 
of valour, and were captains in the host. 

22 For at that time day by day there came 
to David to help him, until it was a great 
host, like the host of God. 

23 ^ And these are the numbers of the 
bands that were ready armed to the war, and 
came to David to Hebron, to turn the king- 
dom of Saul to him, according to the word 
of the Lord. 

24 The children of Judah that bare shield 
and spear were six thousand and eight hun- 
dred, ready armed to the war. 

25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men 
of valour for the war, seven thousand and 
one hundred. 

26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and 
six hundred. 

27 And Jehbiada was the leader of the 
Aaronites, and with, him were three thousand 
and seven hundred ; 

28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of va 
lour, and of his father's house twenty and 
two captains. 

29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kin- 
dred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto 
the greatest part of them had kept the ward 
of the house of Saul. 

30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty 
thousand and eight hundred, mighty men o'f 
valour, famous throughout the house of their 
fathers. 

31 And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eigh- 
teen thousand, which were expressed %y 
name, to come and make David king. 

32 And of the children of Issachar, which 
were men that had understanding of the times, 
to know what Israel ought to do; the heads 
of them were two hundred; and all their 
brethren were at their commandment. 

33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to bat- 
tle, expert in war, with all instruments of 
war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: 
they were not of double heart. 

34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and 
with them with shield and spear thirty and 
seven thousand. 

35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty 
and eight thousand and six hundred,. 

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David bringeih up the ark. I. CHRONICLES. Prosperity of his kingdom. 

36 And of Asher, such as went forth to bat- 1 saying, How shall I bring the ark of God 



tie, expert in war, forty thousand 

37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the 
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half- 
tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instru- 
ments of war for the battle, a hundred audi 
twenty thousand. 

38 Ail these men of war, that could keep 
rank, came v ith a perfect heart to Hebron, 
to make David king over all Israel: and all 
the rest also of Israel were of one heart to 
make David king. 

39 And there they were with David three 
days, eating and drinking : for their brethren 
had prepared for them. 

40 Moreover, they that were nigh them, 
ecen unto Issachar, and Zebulun, and Naph- 
tali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, 
and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, 
cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and 
wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abun- 
dantly: for there was joy in Israel* 

CHAP. XIII. 
I David fetcheth the ark with great solemnity 
from Kirjath-jearim. 9 Una being smitten, 
the ark is left at the house of Obed-edom. 

AND David consulted with the captains 
of thousands, and hundreds, and with 
every leader. 

2 And David said unto all the congregation 
of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that 
it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad 
unto our brethren every where, that are left 
in all the land of Israel, and with them also 
to the priests and Levites which are in their 
cities and suburbs, that they may gather 
themselves unto us : 

3 And let us bring again the ark of our God 
to us : for we inquired not at it in the davs 
of Saul. 

4 And all the congregation said that they 
would do so: for the thing was right in the 
eyes of all the people. 

5 So David gathered all Israel together, 
from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering 
of Hematli, to bring the ark of God from Kir- 
jath-jearim. 

6 And David went up, and all Israel, to 
Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which be- 
longed to Judah, to bring up thence the ark 
of God the Lord, that dwelleth between the 
cherubims, whose name is called on it. 

7 And they carried the ark of God in a new 
cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uz- 
za and Ahio drave the cart. 

S And David and all Israel played before 
God wiih all their might, and with singing, 
and with harps, and with psalteries, and with 
timbrels,and with cymba!s,and with trumpets. 

9 *fi And when they came unto the thresh- 
ing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand 
to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. 

10 And the anger of the Lord was kindled 
against Uzza, and he smote him, because he 
put his hand to the ark : and there he died 
before God. 

11 And David was displeased because the 
Lord had made a breach upon Uzza: where- 
fore thatplace is calledPerez-uzzato this day. 

\2 And David was afraid of God that day, ] 



home to me ? 

13 So David brought not the ark home to 
himself to the city of David, but carried it 
aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 

14 And the ark of God remained with the 
family of Obed-edom in his house three 
months. And the Lord blessed the hou*e 
of Obed-edom, and all that he had. 

CHAP. XIV. 

I Hiram's kindness to David. 2 David's felicity 
in people, loivcs, and children. 8 His two vic- 
tories over the Philistines. 

NOW Hiram king of Tyre sent messen- 
gers to David, and timber of cedars, with 
masons and carpenters, to build liim a house. 

2 And David perceived that the Lord had 
confirmed him king over Israel, for his king- 
dom was lifted up on high, because of Ins 
people Israel. 

3 1[ And David took more wives at Jerusa- 
lem : and David begat more sons and daugh- 
ters. 

4 Now these are the names of his children 
which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and 
Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 

5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet, 

6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 

7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliph- 
alet. 

8 ^[ And when the Philistines heard that 
David was anointed king over all Israel, all 
the Philistines went up to seek David. And 
David heard of it, and went out against them. 

9 And the Philistines came and spread them- 
selves in the valley of Rephaim. 

10 And David inquired of God, saying, Shall 
I go up against the Philistines ? and wilt thou 
deliver them into my hand? And the Lord 
said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them 
into thy hand. 

II So they came up to Baal-perazim; and 
David smote them there. Then David said, 
God hath broken in upon mine enemies by 
my hand like the breaking forth of waters : 
therefore they called the name of that place 
Baal-perazim. 

12 And when they had left their gods there, 
David gave a commandment, and they were 
burned with fire. 

13 And the Philistines yet again spread them- 
selves abroad in the valley. 

14 Therefore David inquired again ofGod:_ 
and God said unto him, Go not up after them ; 
turn away from them, and come upon them 
over against the mulberry-trees. 

15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a 
sound of going in the tops of the mulberry- 
trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle : 
for God is gone forth before thee, to smite 
the host of the Philistines. 

16 David therefore did as God commanded 
him: and they smote the host of the Philis- 
tines from Gibeon even to Gazer. 

17 And the fame of David went out into all 
lands; and the Lord brought the fear of him 
upon all nations. 

CHAP. XV. 

1 David, having prepared a place for the ark. 

ordereth the vriests and Levites to bring it 

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The removing of the ark. CHAP. 

from Obed-edom. 25 He perforvicth the so- 
lemnity thereof with great joy. 29JUichal de- 
spiscth him. 

AND David made liim houses in the city 
of David, and prepared a place lor the 
ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 

2 Then David said, None ought to carry 
the ark of God but the Levites: for them 
hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of 
God, and to minister unto him for ever. 

3 And David gathered all Israel together to 
Jerusalem, to brin^ up the ark of the Lord 
unto his place, which he had prepared for it. 

4 And David assembled the children of 
Aaron, and the Levites: 

-5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, 
and his brethren a hundred and twenty: 

6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, 
and his brethren two hundred and twenty: 

7 Of the sons of Gershom ; Joel the chief, 
and his brethren a hundred and thirty : 

8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the 
chieff and his brethren two hundred: 

9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, 
and his brethren fourscore: 

10 Of the sons of Uzziel ; Amminadab the 
chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve. 

11 And David called for Zadok and Abia- 
thar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uri- 
el, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, 
and Amminadab, . - - 

12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of 
the fathers of the Levites: sanctify your- 
selves, bothye and your brethren, that ye may 
bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel 
unto the place thai I have prepared for it. 

13 For because ye did it not at the first, the 
Lord our God made a breach upon us, for 
that we sought him not after the due order. 

14*So the priests and the Levites sanctified 
themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord 
God of Israel. 

15 And the children of the Levites bare the 
ark of God upon their shoulders with the 
staves thereon, as Moses commanded, ac- 
cording to the word of the Lord. 

16 And David spake to the chief of the Le- 
vites to appoint their brethren to be the 
singers with instruments of music, psalteries, 
and harps, and cymbals, sounding, by lifting 
up the voice with joy. 

17 So the Levites appointed Ileman the son 
of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son 
of Berechiah : and of the sons of Merari 
their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 

13 And with them their brethren of the se- 
cond degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, 
and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, 
Eliab, and Benaiah, andMaaseiah, and Mat- 
tit hiah, and EUpheleh, and Mikneiah, and 
Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. 

19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and 
Ethan, were appointed to sound with cym- 
bals of brass ; 

20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemi- 
ramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, 
:\m\ Maasciah, and Benaiah, with psalteries 
on Alamo th ; 

21 Ami Mattitliiah, and EUpheleh, and Mik- 
neiah, and Obed-edom', and Jeiel, and -Aza- 



XV, XVI. David's joy on that occasion. 
ziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. 

22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, 
teas for song: he instructed about the song, 
because he was skilful. 

23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were door- 
keepers for the ark. 

24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and 
Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and 
Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow 
with the trumpets before the ark of God : 
and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keep- 
ers for the ark. 

25 T[ So David and the elders of Tsrael, and 
the captains over thousands, went to bring 
up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out 
of the house of Obed-edom with joy. 

26 And it came to pass, when God helped 
the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant 
of the Lord, that they offered seven bul- 
locks and seven rams. 

27 And David was clothed with a robe of 
fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the 
ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the 
master of the song with the singers: David 
also had upon him an ephod of linen. 

28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord with shouting, and 
with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, 
and with cymbals, making a noise with psal- 
teries and harps. 

29 ^[ And it came to pass, as the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord came to the city of 
David, that Michal the daughter of Saul 
looking out at a window saw king David 
dancing and playing: and she despised him 
in her heart. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 David's festival sacrifice. 4 He orderctk a 
choir to sing thanksgiving. 7 The psalm iif 
thanksgiving. 37 He appointeth ministers, 
porters, priests, and musicians } to attend con- 
tinually on the ark. 
SO they brought the ark of God, and set 
it in the midst of the tent that David 
had pitched for it : and they offered burnt- 
sacrifices and peaee-ofierings before God. 

2 And when David had made an end of 
offering the burnt-offerings and the peace- 
offerings, he blessed the people in the name 
of the Lord. 

3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, br th 
man and woman, to every one a loaf of 
bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a fla- 
gon of wine. 

4 TT And he appointed certain of the 1 e- 
vites to minister before the ark of the Lord, 
and to record, and to thank and praise the 
Lord God of Israel : 

5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zecha- 
riah, Jeiel, and Sl^miramoth, and Jehiel, 
and Mattitliiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and 
Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and 
with harps; but Asaph made a sound with 
cymbals ; 

6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with 
trumpets continually before the ark of the 
covenant of God. 

7 ^1 Then on that day David delivered first 
this psalm to thank the Lord, into the hand 
of Asaph and his brethren. 

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8 Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his 
name, make known his deeds among the 
people. 

9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk 
ye of all his wondrous works. 

10 Glory ye in his holy name : let the heart 
of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 

11 Seek the Lord and his strength, seek 
fiis face continually. 

12 Remember his marvellous works that he 
hath done, his wonders, and the judgments 
cf his mouth; 

13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye chil- 
dren of Jacob, his chosen ones. 

14 He is the Lord our God ; his judgments 
are in all the earth. 

15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; 
the word which he commanded to a thousand 
generations; 

16 Even of the covenant which he made 
With Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac* 

17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacoo, 
for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting 

. covenant, 

18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land 
of Canaan* the lot of your inheritance; 

* 19 "When" ye were but few, even a few, and 
1 strangers in it. 

20 Arid when they went from nation to na- 
3 tion, arid from owe kingdom t& another people ; 

21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: 
yea, lie reproved kings for their sakes, 

22 Sayui<g\ Touch not mine anointed, and 
do v my prophets no harm. 

23 Sing unto the Lord, all the earth ; shew 
forth from day to day his salvation. 

24,t)eclare his glory among the heathen; 
his marvellous works among all nations. 

25 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be 
praised : he also is to be feared above all 
gods. 

26 For all the gods of the people are idols : 
t>ut tire Lord made the heavens. 

27 Glory and honour are in his presence ; 
strength and gladness are in his place. 

28 Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the 
people,give unto the Lord glory and strength. 

29 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto 
nisname* bring an offering, and come be- 
fore him : worship the Lord in the beauty 
of holiness 

30 Fear before him, all the earth : the world 
also shall be stable, that it be not moved. 

31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the 
«arth rejoice: and let men say among the 
nations, The Lord reigneth. 

32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: 
let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. 

33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing 
out at the presence of the Lord, because he 
cometh to judge the earth. 

34 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is 
good; for his mercy endureth for ever. 

35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our sal- 
vation, and gather us together, and deliver us 
from the heathen, that we may give thanks 
to thy holy name, and glory in thv praise. 

36 Blessed he the Lord God of Israel for 
ever and ever. And all the people said, 
Amen, and praised the Lord. 



Nathan's message to hi&- 

37 % So he left there before the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord, Asaph and his bre- 
thren, to minister before the ark continually, 
as every day's work required : 

38 And Obed-edom with their brethren, 
threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the 
son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be portera: 

39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren 
the priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord 
in the high place that was at Gibeon, 

40 To offer burnt-ofterings unto the Lord 
upon the altar of die burnt-offering continu- 
ally morning and evening, and to do accord- 
ing to all that is written in the law of the 
Lord, which he commanded Israel ; 

41 And with them Heman and Jeduthua, 
and the rest that were chosen, who were 
expressed by name, to give thanks to the 
Lord, because his mercy endureth forever; 

42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, 
with trumpets and cynibals for those that 
should make a sound, and with musical in- 
struments of God. And the sons of Jedu- 
thun were porters. 

43 And all the people departed even' man 
to his house : and David returned to" bless 
his house. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 Jfath an first approving the purpose of Davii, 
to build God a house, 3 after by the icerd of 
God forbiddeth him. 11 He promiseth him 
blessings and benefits in kis seed. lQDavid*a 
prayer and thanksgiving. 

NOW it came to pass, as David sat in his 
house, that David said to Nathan the 
prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, 
but the ark of the covenant of the Lord re- 
maineth under curtains. 

2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that 
is in thy- heart; for God is with thee. 

3 ^[ And it came to pass the same night, that 
the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 

4 Go and tell David my servant, Thussaith 
the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house 
to dwell in : 

5 For I have not dwelt in a house since the 
day that I brought up Israel unto this da) : 
but have gone from tent to tent, and from xwe 
tabernacle to another. 

6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Is- 
rael, spake I a word to any of the judges of 
Israel, whom I commanded to feed my peo- 
ple, saying, Why have ye not built me a house 
of cedars ? 

7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my 
servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
I took thee from the sheep-cote, even from 
following the sheep, that thou shouldest be 
ruler over my people Israel : 

8 And I have been with thee whithersoever 
thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine 
enemies from before thee, and have made 
thee a name like the name of the great men 
that are in the earth. 

9 Also I will ordain a place for my people 
Israel, and will plant them, and they shall 
dwell in their place, and shall be moved no 
more ; neither shall the children of wicked- 
ness waste them any more, as at the begin- 
ning, 

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10 And since the time that I commanded 
judges to be over my people Israel. Moreo- 
ver, I will subdue all thine enemies. Fur- 
thermore, I tell thee that the Lord will build 
thee a house. 

1 1 H And it shall come to pass, when thy 
days be expired that thou must go to be with 
thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after 
thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will 
establish his kingdom. 

12 He shall build me a house, and I will 
establish his throne for ever. 

13 I will be his father, and he shall be my 
son : and I will not take my mercy away 
from him, as I took it from him that was be- 
fore thee : 

14 But I will settle him in my house and in 
my kingdom for ever : and his throne shall 
be established for evermore. 

15 According to all these words, and ac- 
cording to all this vision, so did Nathan speak 
unto David. 

16 U And David the king came and sat be- 
fore the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord 
God, and what is my house, that thou hast 
brought me hitherto ? 

17 And yet this was a small thing in thine 
eyes, O God; for thou hast also spokeu of 
thy servant's house for a great while to come, 
and hasj. regarded me according to the estate 
of a man of high degree, O Lord God. 

18 What can David speak more to thee for 
the honour of thy servant ? for thou know- 
est thy servant. 

19 O Lord, for thy servant's sake, and ac- 
cording to thine own heart, hast thou done 
all this greatness, in making known all these 
great things. 

20 O Lord, there is none like thee, neither 
is there any God besides thee, according to 
all that we have heard with our ears. 

21 And what one nation in the earth is 
like thy people Israel, whom God went 
to redeem, to be his own people, to make 
thee a name of greatness and terribleness, 
by driving out nations from before thy 
people, whom thou hast redeemed out of 
Egypt ? 

22 For thy people Israel didst thou make 
thine own people for ever ; and thoa, Lord, 
becamest their God. 

23 Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that 
thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, 
and concerning his house, be established for 
ever, and do as thou hast said. 

24 Let it even be established, that thy name 
may be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord 
of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to 
Israel : and let the house of David thy ser- 
vant be established before thee. 

25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy ser- 
vant that thou wilt build him a house : there- 
fore thy servant hath found in his heart to 
pray before thee. 

26 And now, Lorij, thou art God, and hast 
promised this goodness unto thy servant: 

27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless 
the house of thy servant, that it may be be- 
fore thee for ever: for thou blessest, OLord, 
and it shall be blessed for ever. 



XVIIL JliC victories of David* 

CHAP. XVIIL 

1 David subducth the Philistines and the Moab- 
itcs. 3 Hesmiteth Hadarezer and the Syrians. 
9 Tou sendeth H adoram with presents to bless 
David. 11 The presents and the spoil David 
dedicateth to Ood. 13 Heputtcth garrisons in 
Edam. \A David's ojjiccrs. 

NOW after this it came to pass that David 
smote the Philistines, and subdued them, 
and took Gath and her towns out of the 
hand of the Philistines. 

2 And he smote Moab ; and the Moabites 
became David's servants, and brought gifts. 

3 H And David smote Hadarezer king of 
Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to estab- 
lish his dominion by the river Euphrates. 

4 And David took from him a thousand cha- 
riots, and seven thousand horsemen, and 
twenty thousand footmen : David also 
howghed all the chariot-parses, but reserv- 
ed of them a hundred chariots. 

5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came 
to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew 
of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 

6 Then David put garrisons in Syria-da- 
mascus; and the Syrians became David's 
servants, and brought gifts. Thus the Lord 
preserved David whithersoever he went. 

7 And David took the shields of gold that 
were on the servants of Hadarezer, and 
brought them to Jerusalem. 

8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, 
cities of Hadarezer, brought David very 
much brass, wherewith Solomon made the 
brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels 
of brass. 

9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard 
how David had smitten all the host of Hada- 
rezer king of Zobah ; 

10 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, 
to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate 
him, because he had fought against Hada- 
rezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had 
war with Tou ;) and with him all manner of 
vessels of gold, and silver, and brass. 

11 T[ Them also kin^ David dedicated unto 
the Lord, wii.li the silver and the gold that 
he brought from all these nations; from 
Edom, and from Moab, and from the children 
of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and 
from Amalek. 

12 Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah 
slew of the Edomites in the valley of Salt 
eighteen thousand. 

13 H And he put garrisons in Edom ; and 
all the Edomites became David's servants. 
Thus the Lord preserved David whitherso- 
ever he went. 

14 H So David reigned over all Israel, and 
executed judgment and justice among all nis 
people. 

15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over 
the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Alii 
lud, recorder ; 

16 And Zadok the son of Alii tub, and Abi- 
melech the son of Abiathar, were the priests ; 
and Shavsha was scribe ; 

17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was 
over the Cherethites and the Pelethites ; and 
the sons of David were chief about the king, 

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HantuCs ungratefulness. 

CHAP. XIX. 



.1 David's messengers sent to comfort Hanun the 
son of Nahash r are villainously entreated. 6 
The Ammonites strengthened by the Syrians, 
are overcome by Joab and Abishai. 1(5 Sho- 
phach making a new stipply of the Syrians, is 
slain by David. 

NOW it came to pass after this, that Na- 
hash the king of the children of Amnion 
died, and his son reigned in his stead. 

2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto 
Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father 
shewed kindness to me. And David sent 
messengers to comfort him concerning his 
father. So the servants of David came into 
the land of the children of Ammon to Ha- 
nun, to comfort him. 

3 But the princes of the children of Ammon 
said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David 
doth honour thy father, that he hath sent 
comforters unto thee? are not his servants 
come unto thee for to search, and to over- 



CHRONICLES. Rabbdh besieged and taken. 

15 And when the children of Ammon saw 
that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled 
before Abishai his brother, and entered into 
the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. 

16 % And when the Syrians saw that they 
were put to the worse before Israel, they 
sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians 
that were beyond the river : and Shophach 
the captain of the host of Hadarezer went 
before them. 

17 And it was told David; and he gathered 
all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came 
upon them, and set the battle in array against 
them. So when David had put the battle in 
array against the Syrians, they fought with 



throw, and to spy out the land ? 
,4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, 
and shaved them, and cut off their garments 
in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent 
them away. 

5 Then there went certain, and told David 
Jiow the men were served. And he sent to 
meet them : for the men were greatly 
ashamed. And the kin£ said, Tarry at Je- 
richo until your beards be grown, and then 
return. 

6 If And when the children of Ammon saw 
that they had made themselves odious to Da- 
vid, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent 
a thousand talents of silver to hire them cha- 
riots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and 
out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah. 
.7 So they hired thirty and two thousand 
chariots, and the king of Maachah and his 
people, who came and pitched before Me- 
deba. And the children of Ammon gathered 
themselves together from their cities, and 
came to battle. 

8 And when David heard of it, he sent Jo- 
ab, and all the host of the mighty men. 
. 9 And the children of Ammon came out, 
and put the battle in array before the gate of 
the city : and the kings that were come were 
by themselves in the field. 

10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was 
set against him before and behind, he chose 
onto? all the choice of Israel, and put them 
in array against the Syrians. 

1 1 And the rest of the people he delivered 
unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and 
they set themselves in array against the chil- 
dren of Ammon. 

12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong 
forme, then thou shalt help me: but if the 
children of Ammon be too strong for thee, 
then I will help thee. 

13 Be of good courage, and let us behave 
ourselves valiantly for our people, and for 
the cities of our God: and let the Lord do 
that which is good ha his sight. 

•14 So Joab and the people that were with 
him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the 
b.attle; and they fled before him. 



him. 



18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and 
David slew ot the Syrians seven thousand 
men wliich fought in chariots, and forty thou- 
sand footmen, and killed Shophach the cap- 
tain of the host. 

19 And when the servants of Hadarezer 
saw that they were put to the worse before 
Israel, they made peace with David, and be- 
came his servants: neither would the Syrians 
help die children of Ammon any more. 

CHAP. XX. 

IRabbah is besieged by Joab, spoiled by David, 

andthe people thereof tortured. 4 Three giants 

are slain in three several overthrows of the 

Philistines . 

AND it came to pass, that after the year 
was expired, at the time that kings 
go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of 
the army, and wasted the country of the chil- 
dren of Ammon, and came and besieged 
Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. 
And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. 

2 And David took the crown of their king 
from off his head, and found it to weigh a ta- 
lent of gold, and there were precious stones 
in it; and it was set upon David's head : and 
he brought also exceeding much spoil out of 
the city. 

3 And he brought out the people that were 
in it, and cut them with saws, and with har- 
rows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt 
David with all the cities of the children of 
Ammon. And David and all the people re- 
turned to Jerusalem. 

4 U And it came to pass after this, that there 
arose war at Gezer with the Philistines : at 
which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew 
Sippai, that was of the children of the giant : 
and they were subdued. 

5 And there was war again with the Philis- 
tines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew 
Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, 
whose spear's staff was like a weaver's 
beam. 

6 And yet again there was war at Gath, 
where was a man of great stature, whose 
fingers and toes were four and twenty, six 
on each hand, and six on each foot : and he 
also was the son of the giant. 

7 But when he defied fisrael, Jonathan the 
son of Shimea, David's brother, slew him. 

8 These were born unto the giant in Gath ; 
and they fell by the hand of David, and by 

j the hand of his servants. 
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David numbers the people. CHAP. 

CHAP. XXI. 

J David tempted by Satan, forceth Joab to num- 
ber the people. 5 The number of the people be- 
ing- brought, David repenteth of it. 9 David 
having three plagues propounded by Gad, 
cko'tseth the pestilence. 14 Jlfter the death of 
seventy thousand, David by repentance pre- 
vcvteth the destruction of Jerusalem. IS Da- 
vid by Oad"s direction, purchaseth Oman's 
threshing-floor, where having built an altar, 
God giveth a sign of his favour by fire, and 
stay elk the plague. 28 David sacriftceth there, 
being- restrained from Gibeon by fear of the 
angel. 

AND Satan stood up against Israel, and 
provoked David to number Israel. 

2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers 
of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer- 
sheba even to Dan ; and bring the number of 
them tome, that I may know it. 

3 And Joab answered, The Lord make his 
people a hundred times so many more as 
they be : but, my lord the king, are they not 
ail my lord's servants? why then doth my 
lord require this thing? why will he be a 
cause of trespass to Israel ? 

4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed 
against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, 
and went throughout all Israel, and came to 
Jerusalem. 

5 ^[ And Joab gave the sum of the number 
of the people unto David. And all they of 
Israel were a thousand thousand and a hun- 
dred thousand men that drew sword: and 
Judah was four hundred threescore and ten 
thousand men that drew sword. 

G But Levi and Benjamin counted he not 
among them : for the king's word was abo- 
minable to Joab. 

7 And God was displeased with this thing, 
therefore he smote Israel. 

8 And David said unto God, I have sinned 
greatly, because I have done this thing : but 
now, I beseech thee, do away the iniqui- 
ty of thv servant; for I have done very fool- 
ishly. * 

9 If And the Lord spake unto Gad, David's 
seer, saying, 

10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith 
the Lord, I offer thee three things; choose 
thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 

11 So Gad came to David, and said unto 
liim, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee 

\ .12 Either three years' famine ; or three 
months to be destroyed before thy foes, 
while .that the sword of thine enemies over- 
taketh thee; or else three days the sword of 
the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, 
and the angel of the Lord destroying through- 
out all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore 
advise thyself what word I shall bring again 
to him that sent me. 

13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great 
strait : let me fall now into the hand of the 
Lord; for very great are his mercies: but 
let me not fall into the hand of man. 

14 % So the Lord sent pestilence upon Is- 
rael : and there fell of Israel seventy thou- 
sand men. 

15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem 
to destroy it: and as he was' destroying* the 



XXI. He builds an altar. 

Lord beheld, and he repented him of the 
evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It 
is enough, stay now thy hand. And the an- 
gel of the Lord stood by the threshing-floor 
of Oman the Jebusite. 

16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw 
the angel of the Lord stand between the 
earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword 
in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. 
Then David and the elders of Israel, who 
were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon then- 
faces. 

17 And David said unto God, /* it not I 
that commanded the people to be numbered ? 
even I it is that have sinned and done evil 
indeed; but .as for these sheep, what have 
they done ? let thy hand, I pray thee, O 
Lord my God, be on me, and on my father's 
house ; "but not on thy people, that they 
should be plagued. 

18 If Then the angel of the Lord com 
manded Gad to say to David, that David 
should go up, and set up an altar unto the 
Lord in the threshing-floor of Oman the 
Jebusite. 

19 And David wentup at the saying of Gad, 
which he spake in the name of the Lord. 

20 And Oman turned back, and saw the 
angel; and his four sons with him hid them- 
selves. Now Oman was threshing wheat. 

21 And as David came to Oman, Oman 
looked, and saw David, and went out of the 
threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David 
with his face to the ground. 

22 Then David said to Oman, Grant me the 
place qtiliis threshing-floor, that I may build 
an altar therein unto the Lord : thou shall 
grant it me for the full price : that the plague 
may be stayed from the people. 

23 And Oman said unto David, Take it to 
thee, and let my lord the king do that which 
is good in his eyes : lo, I give thee the oxen 
also for burnt-offerings, and the threshing in- 
struments for wood, and the wheat for tlte 
meaj-o fieri ng; I give it all. 

24 And king David said to Oman, Nay; but 
I will verily buy it for the full price : for I will 
not take that which is thine for the Lord, 
nor oFer burnt-offerings without cost. 

25 So David gave to Oman for the place six 
hundred shekels of gold by weight. 

26 And David built there an altar unto the 
Lord, and offered burnt-offerings and peace- 
offerings, and called upon the Lord; and he 
answered him from heaven by fire upon the 
altar of burnt-offering. 

27 And the Lord commanded the angel ; 
and he put up his sword again into the sheath 
thereof. 

28 Tf At that time when David saw that the 
Lord had answered him in the threshing- 
floor of Oman the Jebusite, then he sacri- 
ficed there. 

29 For the tabernacle of the Lord, which 
Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar 
of the burnt-offering, were at that season in 
the high place at Gibeon. 

30 But David could not go before it to in- 
quire of God : for he was afraid because of 
the sword of the angel of the Lord. 

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Preparations for the temple, 
CHAP. XXII. 



1 David, foreknowing the place of the temple, 
prepareth abundance for the building of it. 6 
He instructeth Solomon in Qod^s promises, 
and his duty in building the temple. 17 He 
chargeth the princes to assist his son. 

THEN David said, This is the house of 
the Lord God, and this is the altar of 
the burnt-offering for Israeli 

2 And David commanded to gather toge- 
ther the strangers that were in the land of Is- 
rael; and he set masons to hew wrought 
stones to build the house of God. 

3 And David prepared iron in abundance 
for the nails for the doors of the gates, and 
for the joinings; and brass in abundance 
without weight; 

4 Also cedar-trees in abundance: for the 
Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much 
cedar-wood to David. 

5 And David said, Solomon my son is young 
and tender, and the house tliat is to be build- 
ed for the Lord must be exceeding magni- 
fical, of fame and of glory throughout all 
countries : I will therefore now make pre- 
paration for it. So David prepared abun- 
dantly before, his death . 

6 1J Then he called for Solomon his son, 
ond charged him to build a house for the 
Lord God of Israel. 

7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as 
for me, it was in my mind to build a house 
unto the name of the Lord my God. 

8 But the word of the Lord came to me, say- 
ing, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and 
hast made great wars : thou shall not build a 
house unto my name, because thou hast shed 
much blood upon the earth in my sight. 

9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who 
shall be a man of rest; and I will give him 
rest from all his enemies round about: for 
his name shall be Solomon, and I will give 
peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. 

10 He shall build a house for my name; 
and he shall be my son, and I will be his fa- 
ther ; and I will establish the throne of his 
kingdom over Israel forever. 

11 Now, my son, the Lord be with thee ; 
and prosper thou, and build the house of the 
Lord thy God, as he hath said of thee. 

12 Only the Lord give thee wisdom and 
understanding, and give thee charge con- 
cerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the 
law of the Lord thy God. 

13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest 
heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments 
which the Lord charged Moses with con- 
cerning Israel: be strong, and of good cou- 
rage; dread not, nor be dismayed. 

14 Now behold, in my trouble I have pre- 
pared for the house of the Lord a hundred 
thousand talents of gold, and a thousand 
thousand talents of silver; and of brass and 
iron without weight; for it is in abundance: 
timber also and stone have I prepared; and 
thou mayest add thereto. 

15 Moreover, there are workmen with thee 
in abundance, hewers and workers of stone' 
and timber, and all manner of cunning men 



CHRONICLES. Solomon made ictng, 

16 Of the gold, the 6ilver, and the brass, 
and the iron, there is no number. Arise, 
therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be 
with thee. 

17 % David also commanded all the princes 
of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, 

18 Is not the Lord your God with you ? and 
hath he not given you rest on every side? 
for he hath given the inhabitants of the land 
into my hand; and the land is subdued be- 
fore the Lord, and before his people. 

19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek 
the Lord your God; arise therefore, and 
build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to 
bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, 
and the holy vessels of God, into the house 
that is to be built to the name of the Lord. 



for every manner of work. 



CHAP. XXIII. 

1 David in his old age maketk Solomon king. 2 
The number and distribution of the J^evitcs. 
7 The families of the Gershonites. 12 The sons 
of Kohath. 21 The sons of Merari. 24 The of- 
fice of the Levites. 
SO when David was old and full of days, he 
made Solomon his son king over Israel. 

2 f And he gathered together all the princes 
of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 

3 Now the Levites were numbered from the 
age of thirty years and upward: and their 
number by their polls, man by man, was 
thirty and eight thousand. 

4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were 
to set forward the work of the house of the 
Lord; and six thousand were officers am* 
judges: 

5 Moreover, four thousand were porters; 
and four thousand praised the Lord with tho 
instruments which I made, said David, to 
praise therewith. 

6 And David divided them into courses 
among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, 
Kohath, and Merari. 

7 ^ Of the Gershonites were Laadan and 
Shimei. 

8 The sons of Laadan ; the chief teas JehieU 
and Zetham, and Joel, three. 

9 The sons of Shimei ; Shelomith, and Ha- 
ziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief 
of the fathers of Laadan. 

10 And the sons of Shimei jtere, Jahath, 
Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four 
were the sons of Shimei. 

11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the 
second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many 
sons ; therefore they were in one reckoning, 
according to their father's house. 

12 Tf The sons of Kohath ; Amram, Izhar, 
Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 

13 The sons of Amram ; Aaron and Moses ; 
and Aaron was separated, that he should 
sanctify the most holy things, he and his 
sons for ever, to bur.i incense before the 
Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in 
his name for ever. 

14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, 
his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. 

15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and 
Eliezer. 

16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was 



I the chief. 



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The office of the Levites. CHAP. 

17 A ad the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah 
the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons ; 
hut the sons of Rehabiah were very many. 

18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. 

19 Of the sons of Hebron ; Jeriah the first, 
Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and 
Jekameam the fourth. 

20 Of the sons of Uzziel ; Micah the first, 
and Jesiali the second. 

21 Tf Tiie sons of Merari ; Mahli, and Mushi. 
Tlie sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. 

22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but 
daughters: and their brethren the sons of 
Risfi took them. 

23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and 
Jeremoth, three. 

24 H These were the sons of Levi after the 
house of their fathers ; even the chief of tlie 
fathers, as they were counted by number of 
names by their polls, that did the work for 
the service of the house of the Lord, from 
the age of twenty years and upward. 

1 25 For David said. The Lord God of Israel 
Lath given rest unto his people, that they 
may dwell in Jerusalem for ever; 

26 And also unto the Levites : they shall no 
more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of 
it for the service thereof. 

27 For by the last words of David the Le- 
vites tcere numbered from twenty years old 
and above : 

28 Because their office was to wait on the 
sons of Aaron for the service of the house of 
the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, 
and in the purifying of all holy things, ami 
the work of the service of the house of Cod; 

29 Both for the shew-bread, and for the fine 
fiour for meat-offering, and for the unleaven- 
ed cakes, and for that which is baked in the 
pan, and for that which is fried, and for all 
manner of measure and size; 

30 And to stand every morning to thank and 
praise the Lord, and likewise at even ; 

31 And to offer all burnt-sacrifices unto the 
Lord in the sabbaths, in the new-moons, 
and on the set feasts, by number, according 
to the order commanded unto them, conti- 
nually before the Lord : 

32 And that they should keep the charge of 
the tabernacle of the congregation, and the 
charge of the holy place, and the charge of 

;the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the ser- 
vice of the house of the Lord. 
CHAP. XXIV. 
IVie divisions of the sons of Aaron by lot into 
four and twenty orders. 20 The Kohathites, 
27 and the Mcrarites divided by lot. 

NOW these are the divisions of the sons 
of Aaron. The sons of Aaron ; Nadab, 
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 

2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their 
Cither, and had no children : therefore Elea- 
zar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. 

3 And David distributed them, both Zadok 
of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the 
sons of Ithamar, according to their oiSces in 
their service. 

d And there were more chief men found of 
the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Itha- 
mar; and thus were tlie.y divided. Among 



XXIV. The orders of the pHests* 

the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief 
men of the house of their fathers, and eight 
among the sons of Ithamar according to the 
house of their fathers. 

5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort 
with another; for the governors of the sanc- 
tuary, and governors of the house of God, 
were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons 
of Ithamar. 

6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the 
scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before 
the king, and the princes, and Zadok the 
priest, and Ahimelech the son 'f Abiathar, 
and before the chief of the fathers of the 
priests and Levites: one principal household 
being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for 
Ithamar. 

7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, 
the second to Jedaiah, 

8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 

9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mija- 
min, 

10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to 
Abijah, 

11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to She- 
can in h, 

12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to 
Jakim, 

13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth 
to Jeshebeab, 

11 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to 
limner, 

15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth 
to Aphses, 

16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twen- 
tieth to Jehezekel, 

17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the 
two and twentieth to Gamul, 

18 The three and twentieth to Dclaiah, the 
four and twentieth to Maaziah. 

19 These were the orderings of them Ih 
their service to come into the house of the 
Lord, according to their manner, under 
Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Is- 
rael had commanded him. 

20 5f And the rest of the sons of Levi were 
these: Of the sons of Am ram ; Siiubael: of 
the sons of Shubael ; Jehdeiah. 

21 Concerning Rehabiah : of the sons of 
Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah. 

22 Of thelzharites; Shelomoth: of the sons 
of Shelomoth ; Jahath. 

23 And the sons of Hebron. ; Jeriah the 
first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third,. 

Jekameam the fourth. 

24 Of the sons of Uzziel ; Michah : of the 
sons of Michah; Shamir. 

25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah : of 
the sons of Isshiah ; Zechariah. 

26 The sons of Merari were Mahli, and 
Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno. 

27 H The sons of Merari by Jaaziah ; Beno, 
and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. 

28 Of Mahli cami Eleazar, who had no sons. 

29 Concerning Kish : the son of Kish wa& 

30 The sons also of Mushi ; Mahli, and Eder, 
and Jerimoth. These tcere the sons of the 
Levites after the house of their fathers. 

31 These likewise cast lots over against 

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The offices and divisions of I. CHRONICLES 

their brethren tiie sons of Aaron in the pre- 
sence of David the king, and Zariok, and 
Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of 
the priests and Levites, even the principal 
fathers over against their vounger brethren. 

chap, xxv. 

1 The number and offices of the singers. 8 Their 
division hv lot, info four and twenty orders. 

MOREOVER David and the captains of 
the host separated to the service of the 
sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jedu- 
thun, who should prophesy with harps, with 
Esalteries, and with cymbals : and the num- 
er of the workmen according to their ser- 
vice was : 

2 Of the sons of Asaph ; Zaccur, and Jo- 
seph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons 
of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which 
prophesied according to the order of the king. 

3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of J edut him; Ge- 
daliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, 
and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their 
father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, 
to give thanks and to praise the Lord. 

4 Of Heman: the sons of Ileman; Bukkiah, 
Mattaniah, Uzzie!, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, 
Hananiah, Hanani, Eliatliah, Giddaiti, and 
Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Maliothi, Ho- 
thir, and Mahazioth : 

5 All these were the sons of Ileman the 
king's seer in the words of God, to lift up lire 
horn. And God gave to Hemau fourteen 
sons and three daughters. 

6 All these were under the hands of their 
father for song in the house of the Lord, 
with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the 
service of the house of God. according to the 
king's order to Asaph. Jeduthw.n, and Heman. 

7 So the number of them, with their bre- 
thren that were instructed in the songs of 
the Lord, even all that were cunning, was 
two hundred fourscore and eight. 

8 1f And they cast lots, ward against ward) 
as well the small as the great, the teacher as 
lhe scholar. 

9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to 
Joseph : the second to Gedaiiah, who, with 
his brethren and sons, were twelve : 

10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and 
his brethren, were twelve: 

11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his 
brethren, were twelve: 

12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and 
his brethren, were twelve : 

13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and 
his brethren, were twelve: 

14 The seventh to JeshareJah, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, were twelve : 

15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, 
and ins brethren, were twelve: 

16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, icere twelve : 

17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and 
his brethren, were twelve : 

18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, icere twelve : 

19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, were twelve : 

20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, icere twelve: 



the singers and porters. 

21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his 
sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 

22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, were twelve : 

23 Tlie sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, were twelve: 

24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, 
his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 

25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, were twelve: 

26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, were twelve: 

27 The twentieth to Eiiathah, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, were twelve: 

28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, 
his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 

29 The two and twentieth to Giddatti, he, 
his sons, and his brethren, icere twelve: 

30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, 
he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 

31 The four and twentieth, to Romamti-ezer, 
he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve. 

CHAP. xxvr. 

1 The divisions of the porters. 13 The gates as- 
signed by lot. 20 The I.evites that had charge 
of the treasures. 39 Officers and judges. 

C CONCERNING the divisions of the por- 
'. ters: Of the Korhites was Meshele- 
miah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 

2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Ze- 
ehariah the first-born, Jediael the second, 
Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 

3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, 
Elioenai the seventh. 

4 Moreover the sons of Obed-edom icere, 
Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the se- 
cond, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, 
and Nethaneel the fifth, 

5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, 
Peulthai the eighth : for God blessed him. 

6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons 
born, that ruled throughout the house of their 
father: for they were mighty men of valour. 

7 The sons of Shemaiah : Othni, and Re- 
phaei, and Ohed, Elzabad, whose brethren 
were strong men, ESihu, and Semachiah. 

8 All these of the sons of Obed-edom : they 
and their sons and their brethren, able men 
For strength for the service, icere threescore 
and two of Obed-edom. 

9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, 
strong men, eighteen. 

10 Also Hosah of the children of Merari, 
had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he 
was not the first-born, yet his father made 
him the chief,) 

11 Hitkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, 
Zechariah the fourth : all the sons and bre- 
thren of Hosah were thirteen. 

12 Among these were the divisions of the 
porters, even among the chief men, having 
wards one against another, to minister in the 
house of the Lord. 

13 IT And they cast lots, as well the small 
as the great, according to the house of their 
fathers, for every gate. 

14 And the lot'eastward fell to Sbelemiah. 
Then for Zechariah his sou, a wise coun- 
sellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out 
northward. 

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The Levites to keep the treasures. CHAP. 

15 To Obcd-edom southward ; and to his 
sons the house of Asuppim. 

16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came 
forth westward, wilh the gate Shallecheth, 

by the causeway of the going up, ward 
against ward. 

17 Eastward were six Levites, northward 
four a day, southward four a day, and toward 
Asuppirn, two and two. 

18 At Farbar westward, four at the cause- 
way, and two at Parbar. 

19 These are the divisions of the porters 
among the sons of Kore, and amoii^ the sons 
ofMerari. 

20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was overijie 
treasures of the house of God, and over tlie 
treasures of the dedicated things. 

21 As concerning- the sons of Laadan ; the 
sonsoftheGershonite Laadan, chief fathers, 
even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieii. 

22 The sons of Jehieii ; Zethain, and Joel 
his brother, whirfh\ Here over the treasures 
of the house of the Lord. 

23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, 
the Hebronites, and the Uzzielit.es: 

24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the 
son of Moses, itras ruler of the treasures. 

25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah 
his son, and Jeshaiah liis son, and Jorarn his 
son, and Zichri his son, and Sheiomilh his 
son. 

26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were 
overall the treasures of the dedicated things, 
which David the king, and the chief fathers, 
the captains over thousands and hundreds, 
and the captains of the host had dedicated. 

27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they 
dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord. 

28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul 
the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, 
and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated ; 
and whosoever had dedicated any thing; it 
was under the hand of Shelomith, and of 
his brethren. 

29 f Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his 
sons were for the outward business over Is- 
rael, for officers and judges. 

30 And of the Hebronites, TIashabiah and 
his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and 
seven hundred, were officers among them of 
Israel on this side Jordan westward in all 
the business of the Lord, and in the service 

y of the king. 
Y 31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the 
1 chief, even among the Hebronites, according 
to the generations of his fathers. In the foi> 
tieth year of the reign of David they were 
sought for, and there were found among them 
mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead. 
32 And his brethren, men of valour, were 
two thousand and seven hundred chief fa- 
thers, whom king David made rulers over 
■the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half- 
tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertain- 
ing to God, and affairs of the king, 

CHAP. XXVII. 
1 The twelve captains for every several month. 
16 The princes of the twelve tribes. 23 The 
numbering- of the people is hindered. 25 Da- 
vid's several officers. 



XXVII. line captains for every month. 

NOW the children of Israel after their 
number, to wit, the chief fathers, and 
captains of thousands and hundreds, and 
their officers that served the king in any mat- 
ter of the courses, which came in and went 
out month by month throughout all the 
months of the year, of every course were 
twenty and four thousand. 

2 Over the first course for the first month 
was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel : and in 
his course were twenty and four thousand. 

3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of 
all the captains of the host for the first month. 

4 And over the course of the second month 
was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course 
was Mikloth also the ruler: iti his course 
likewise were twenty and four thousand. 

5 The third captain of the host for the third 
month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a 
chief priest: and in his course were twenty 
and four thousand. 

6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty 
among the thirty, and above the thirty : and 
in his course was Annnizabad his son. 

7 The fourth captain for the fourth month 
was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zeba- 
diah his son after him: and in his course 
were twenty and four thousand. 

8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was 
Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course 
were twenty and fonr thousand. 

9 The sixth captain for the sixth month 
was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite : and 
in his course were twenty and four thousand. 

10 The seventh captain for the seventh 
month was Helez the Pelonite, of the chil- 
dren of Ephraim : and in his course were 
twenty and four thousand. 

11 The eighth, captain for the eighth month 
was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zar- 
hites: and in his course were twenty and 
four thousand. 

12 The ninth captain for the ninth month- 
wtis Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benja- 
mites: and in liis course were twenty and 
four thousand. 

13 The tenth captain for the tenth month 
was Maharai the Netophathite, of tlie Zar- 
hites : and in his course were twenty and 
four thousand. 

14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh 
month was Benaiah the Pirathonke, of the 
children of Ephraim : and in his course tcere 
twenty and four thousand. 

15 The twelfth capiamiov the twelfth month 
was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel : and 
in his course were- twenty and foes thousand. 

16 ^[ Furthermore over the tribes of Israel t 
the ruler of the Reubenites was EJiezer the 
son of Zichri : of the Simeonites, Shepha- 
tiah the son of Maachah : 

17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of 
Kemue! : of the Aaro*iites, Zadok : 

18 Of Judah, Elihu r one of the brethren of 
David : of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael : 

19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah tlie son of Obadi 
ah : of Naphtali, Jerimoth the sou of Azriel : 

20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hosheatlve 
son of Azaziah: of the half-tribe of Manas- 
seh, Joel the son of PedaiaJi : 

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David's several officers. I. CHRONICLES. 

21 Of the \vA\Uribe of Manasseh in Giiead, 
Iddo the son of Zeoharinh : of Benjamin, 
Jaasiel the son of Abner: 

22 Of Kan, Azareel the son of Joroham. 
These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. 

23 H But David took not the number of 
iJieiH from twenty years old and under: be- 
cause the Lord had said he would increase 
Israel like to the stars of the heavens. 

24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to num- 
ber, but lie finished not, because there fell 
wrath for it against Israel ; neither was the 
number put in the account of the chronicles 
of king David. 

25 % And over the king's treasures was 
Azmaveth the son of Adiel : and over the 
store-houses in the fields, in the cities, and 
in the villages, and in the castles, teas Je- 
honathan the son of tJzziah : 

26 And over them that did the work of the 
field for tillage of the ground teas Ezri the 
son of Chelub: 

27 And over the vineyards teas Shime", the 
Ramathite: over the increase of the vine- 
yards for the wine-cellars was Zabdi the 
Sbiphmite : 

28 And over the olive-trees and the syca- 
more-trees that were in the low plains teas 
Baal-hanan the Gederite : aud over the cel- 
lars of oil teas Joash : 

29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon 
was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the 
nerds that were in the valleys was Shaphat 
the son of Adlai. 

SO Over the camels also was Obil the Ish- 
maelitc : and over the asses was Jehdeiah 
the Meronothite: 

31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the £Ia- 
gerite. All these were the rulers of the sub- 
stance which was king David's. 

32 Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a 
counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe : and 
Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was widi the 
king's sons: 

33 And Ahithophel was the king's counsel- 
lor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's 
companion : 

34 And after Ahithophel teas Jehoiada the 
son of Benaiah, and Abiathar : and the gen- 
eral of the king's army was Joab. 

CHAP. XXVIII. 
1 David, in a solemn assembly, having declared 
God' s favour to him, and promise to his son 
Solomon, exhorteth them to fear God. 9, 20 
He encourageth Solomon to build the temple. 
11 He giveih him patterns for the form, and 
gold and silver for the materials. 

AND David assembled all the princes of 
Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the 
captains of the companies that ministered to 
the king by course, and the captains over the 
thousands, and captains over the hundreds, 
and the stewards over all the substance and 
possession of the king, and of his sons, with 
the officers, and with the mighty men, and j 
with all the valiant men unto Jerusalem. 
2 Then David the king stood up upon his 
feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and 



His exhortation and charge. 
nant of the Lord, and for the footstool of 
our God, and had made ready for the build- 



my people : As for me, I liad in my heart to 
build a house of rest for the ark of the cove- 



3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not 
build a house for my name, because thou hast 
been a man of war,' and hast shed blood. 

4 Howbeit the Lord God of Israel chose 
me before all the house of my father to be 
king over Israel for ever : for he hath cho- 
sen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house 
of Judah, the house of my father; and among 
the sons of my father he liked me to make 
me king over all Israel : 

5 And of all my sons, (for the Lord hath 
given me many sons.) he hath chosen Solo- 
mon my son tositupon the throne of the king- 
dom of the Lord over Israel. 

6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, 
he shall build my house and my courts : for 
I have chosen him to be my son, and I will 
be his father. 

7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for 
ever, if he be constant to do my command- 
ments and my judgments, as at this day. 

8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel, 
the congregation of the Lord, and in the au- 
dience of our God, keep and seek for all the 
commandments of the Lord your God: that 
ye may possess this good land, and leave U 
for an inheritance for your children after you 
for ever. 

9 ^1 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou 
the God of thy father, and serve him with a 
perfect heart, and with a willing mind : for 
the Lord searcheth all hearts, and under- 
standeth ail the imaginations of the thoughts: 
if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; 
but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off 
for ever. 

10 Take heed now : for the Lord hath cho- 
sen thee to build a house for the sanctuary : 
be strong, and do it. 

11 Tf Then David gave to Solomon his son 
the pattern of the porch, and of the houses 
thereof, and of ihe treasuries thereof, and of 
the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner 
parlours thereof, and of the place of the mer- 
cy-seat, 

"t2 And the pattern of all that he had by the 
Spirit, of the courts of the houseofthe Lord, 
and of all the chambers round about, of the 
treasuries of the house of God, and of the 
treasuries of the dedicated things : 

13 Also for the courses of the priests and 
the Levites, and for all the work of the ser- 
vice of the house of the Lord, and for all the 
vessels of service in the house of the Lord. 

14 He gave o£ gold by weight for things ot 
gold, forall instruments of all mannerof ser- 
vice; silver also for all instruments of silver 
by weight, -for all instruments of every kind 
of service: 

15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of 
gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight 
for every candlestick, and for the lamps there- 
of : and for the candlesticks of silver by 
weight, both for the candlestick, and also for 
the lamps thereof, according to the use of 
every candlestick. 



16 And by weight he gave gold for the ta- 
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David's gifts for th e temple. CHAP. 

bles of shew-bread, for every table ; and like- 
wise silver for the tables of silver: 
If Also pure gold for the flesh-hooks, and 
the bowls, and the cups : and for the golden 
basons he gave gold by weight for every ba- 
son ; and likewise silver by weight for every 
bason of silver : 

18 And for the altar of incense refined gold 
by weight : and gold for the pattern of the 
chariot of the cherubims, thatspread out their 
nir/gs, and covered the ark of the covenant 
of the Lord. 

19 All this, said David, the Lord made 
me understand in writing by his hand upon 
tne, even all the works of this pattern. 

20 A nil David said to Solomon his son, Be 
strong, and of £ood courage, and do it : fear 
not, nor be dismayed, for the Lord God, 
even my God, will be with tiiee ; he will not 
fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast 
finished all the work for the service of tiie 
house of the Lord. 

21 And behold, the courses of the priests 
and the Levites, even they shall be with thee 
for all the service of the house of God: and 
there shall be with thee for all manner of 
workmanship every willing skilful man, for 
any manner of service : also the princes and 
all the people will be wholly at thy command- 
ment. 

CHAP. XXTX. 
1 David by his example and intreaty, Geauseth 
the princes and people to offer willingly. 10 
David's thanksgiving andpraycr. 20 The peo- 
ple having blessed God and sacrificed, make 
Solomon king. 26 David's reign and death. 

FURTHERMORE David the king said 
unto all the congregation, Solomon my 
son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet 
young and tender, and the work is great ; for 
the palace is not for man, but for the Lord 
God. 

2 Now I have prepared with all my might 
lor the house of my God the gold for things 
try be made of gold, and the silver for things 
of silver, and the brass for things of brass, 
the iron for things of iron, and wood for 
things o( wood; onyx-stones, and stones to 
be set, glistering stones, and ofdiverscolours, 
and all manner of precious stones, and mar- 
ble stones in abundance. 

3 Moreover, because I have set my affec- 
tion to the house of my God, I have of mine 
own proper good, of gold and silver, which I 
have given to the house of my God, over 
and above all that I have prepared for the 
holy house, 

4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of 
the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents 
of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the 
houses withal : 

5 The gold for things of gold, and the sil- 
ver for things of silver, and for all manner of 
work to be made, by the hands of artificers. 
And who then is willing to consecrate his 
service this day unto the Lord? 

6 II Then the chief of the fathersand princes 
of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of 
thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers 
over the king's work, offered willingly, 



XXIX. His thanksgiving and prayer. 

7 And gave for the service of the house of 
God of gold five thousand talents and teu 
thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand ta- 
lents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, 
and one hundred thousand talents of iron. 

8 And they with whom pre ciovs stones were 
found gave them to the treasure of the house 
of the Lord, by the hand of Jehiel the Ger- 
shonite. 

9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they 
offered willingly, because with perfect heart 
they offered willingly to the Lord : and Da- 
vid the king also rejoiced with great joy. 

10 ^[ Wherefore David blessed the Lord 
before all the congregation : and David said, 
Blessed be thou, Lord God of Israel our fa- 
ther, for ever and ever. 

11 Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the 
power, and the glory, and the victory, and 
the majesty : for all that is in the heaven and 
in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O 
Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. 

12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and 
thou reignest overall; and in thy hand is 
power and might ; and in thy hand it is to 
make great, and to give strength unto all. 

13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, 
and praise thy glorious name. 

14 But who am I, and what is my people, 
that we should be able to offer so willingly 
after this sort? for all things come of thee, 
and of thine own have we given thee. 

15 For we are strangers before thee, and 
sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days 
on the earth are as a shadow, and iliere is 
none abiding. 

16 O Lord our God, all this store that we 
have prepared to build thee a house for thy 
holy name comelh of thy hand, and is all 
thine own. 

17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the 
heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As 
for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have 
willingly offered all these things : and now 
have I seen with joy thy people, which are 
present here, to offer willingly unto thee. 

18 O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of 
Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the 
imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy 
j -jople, and prepare their heart unto thee : 

19 And give unto Solomon my son a per- 
fect heart, to keep thy commandments, thv 
testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all 
these things, and to build the palace,y«r the 
which I have made provision. 

20 ^[ And David said to all the congrega- 
tion, Now bless the Lord your God. And 
all the congregation blessed the Lord God 
of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, 
and worshipped the Lord, and the king. 

21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the 
Lord, and offered burnt-offerings unto the 
Lord, on the morrow after that day, even a 
thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a 
thousand lambs, with their drink-offerings, 
and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel : 

22 And did eat and drink before the Lord 
on that day with great gladness. And they 
made Solomon the son of David king the se- 
cond time, and anointed him unto the Lord 

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Solomon is made king'. 
to be the chief governor, 
priest. 

23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the 
Lord as king instead of David his father, 
and prospered ; and all Israel obeyed him. 

24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, 
and all the sons likewise of king David, sub- 
mitted themselves unto Solomon the king. 

2.") And the Lord magnified Solomon ex- 
ceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and be- 
stowed upon him suck royal majesty as had 
not been on any king before him in* Israel. 

26 Tf Thus David the son of Jesse reigned 
over all Israel. 



II. CHRONICLES. His strength and wealth. 

d Zadok to be j 27 And the time that he reigned over Israel 

teas forty years; seven years reigned he iu 

Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned 

he in Jerusalem. 

28 And he died in a good old age, fall of 
days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his 
son reigned in his stead. 

29 Now the acts of David the king, first and 
last, behold, they are written in the book of 
Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan 
the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, 

30 With all his reign and his might, and the 
times that went over him, and over Israel, 
and over ail the kingdoms of the countries. 



f The Second Book of the CHRONICLES. 



CHAP. I. 

I The solemn offering of Solomon at Gibe on . 7 
Solomon's choice of wisdom is blessed by God. 
13 Solomon's strength and wealth. 

AND Solomon the son of David was 
strengthened in his kingdom, ami the 
Lord his God was with him, and magnified 
him exceedingly. 

2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to 
the captains of thousands and of hundreds, 
and to the judges, and to every governor in 
all Israel, the chief of the fathers. 

3 So Solomon, and all the congregation 
with him, went to the high place that was at 
Gibeon ; for there was the tabernacle of the 
congregation of God, which Moses the ser- 
vant ot. the Lord had made in the wilder- 
ness. 

4 But the ark of God had David brought 
up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which 
David had prepared for it : for he had pitch- 1 
ed a tent for itat Jerusalem. 

5 Moreover, the brazen altar, thatBezaleel 
the son of Uri, the son of Hnr, had made, he 
put before the tabernacle of the Lord: 
and Solomon and the congregation sought 
unto it. 

6 And Solomon went up thither to the bra- 
zen altar before the Lord, which was at the 
tabernacle of the congregation, and offered 
a thousand burnt-offerings upon it. 

7 ^[ In that night did God appear unto So- 
lomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall 
give thee. 

8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast 
shewed great mercy unto David my father, 
and hast made me to reign in his stead. 

9 Now, O Lord God, let thy promise unto 
David my father be established: for thou 
hast made me king over a people like the 
dnst of the earth iu multitude. 

10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, 
that I may go out and come in before this 
people: for who can judge this thy people, 
tftat is so great ? 

II And God said to Solomon, Because this 
was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked 
riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of 
thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long 
life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge 
for thyself, that thou mayest judge my peo- 
ple, over whom I have made thee king: 

12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto 
thee ; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, j i»i< 



md honour, such as none of the kings have 
had t\v<\t have been before thee, neither shall 
there any after thee have the like. 

13 51 Then Solomon cwme from his journey 
to the high place that was at Gibeon to Je- 
rusalem, from before the tabernacle of die 
congregation, and reig*ed over Israel. 

14 And Solomon gathered chariots and 
horsemen : and he had a thousand and four 
hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horse- 
men, which he placed in the chariot-cities, 
and with the king at Jerusalem. 
- 15 And the king made silver and gold at 
Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar- 
trees made he as the sycamore-trees that are 
in the vale, forabundance. 

16 And Solomon had horses brought out of 
Egypt, and linen yarn : the king's merchants 
received the linen yarn at a price. 

17 And they fetched up, and brought forth 
out of Egypt achariot for six hundred shekels 
of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty : 
and so brought they out horses for all the 
kings of the^Hittites, and for the kings of 
Syria, by their means. 

CHAP. II. 
"1 arid 17 Solomon's labourers for the building of 
the temple. 3 His embassage to Huram for 
workmen and provision of stuff. 11 Huram 
sendeth him a kind answer. 

AND Solomon determined to build a 
house for the name of the Lord, and 
a house for his kingdom. 

2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten 
thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore 
thousand to hew in the mountain, and three 
thousand and six hundred to oversee thern. 

3 51 And Solomon sent to Huram the king 
of Tyre, saying, As th*>u didst deal with 
David my father, and didst send him cedars 
to build him a house to dwell therein, even 
so deal with me. 

4 Behold, I build a house to the name of 
the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and 
to burn before him sweet incense, a -l for 
the continual shew-bread, and for the burnt- 
offerings morning and evening, on the sab- 
baths, and on the new-moons, and on the 
solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This 
is an ordinance for ever to Israel. 

5 And the house which I build is great : 
for g>cat is our God above all gods. 

6 But who is able to build him a house, see- 
the heaven and heaven of heavens can- 

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His message to Hiiram. CHAP. III. 

not contain him ? who am I then tliai I should 
build him a house, save only to burn sacrifice 
before him ? 

7 Send me now therefore a ultra cunning to 
work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and 
in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, 
and that can skill to grave with the cun- 
ning men that are with me in .ludah and 
in Jerusalem, whom David my father did 
provide. 

o Send me also cedar-trees, fir-trees, and 
algum-trees out of Lebanon : (for J know 
that thy servants can skill to cut timber in 
Lebanon;) and behold, my servants shall be 
with thy servants, 

9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: 
for the house which I am about to build shall 
be wonderful great. 

10 And behold, I will give to thy servants, 
the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand 
measures of beaten wheat, ami twenty thou- 
sand measures of barley, and twenty thou- 
sand baths of wine, and twenty thousand 
baths of oil. 

11 1f Then Huram the king of Tyre an- 
swered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, 
Because the Lord hath loved his people, 
he hath made thee king over them. 

12 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the 
Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and 
earth, who hath given to David the king a 
wise son, endued with prudence and under- 
standing, that might build a house for the 
Lord, and a house for his kingdom. • 

13 And now 1 have sent ,a cunning man, 
endued with understanding, of Huram mv 
father's, 

14 The son of a woman of the daughters of- 
Dan, and his father uas a man of Tvre, skil- 
ful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, 
in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in 
blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson ; also 
to grave any manner of graving, and to find 
out every device which shall be put to him, 
with thy cunning men, and with the cunning 
men of my lord David thy father. 

15 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, 
the oil, and the wine which my lord hath 
spoken of, let him send unto his servants ; 

10 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, 
as much as thou shalt need: and we will 
bring it to thee in floats by sea to.Toppa ; and 
thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. 

17 If And Solomon numbered all thes'tran- 
cers that icere in the land of Israel, after the 
numbering wherewith David his father had 
numbered them; and they were found a hun- 
dred and fifty thousand and three thousand 
and six hundred. 

10 And he set threescoue and ten thousand 
of them to be bearers of burdens, ami four- 
score thousand to be hewers in the mountain, 
and three thousand and six hundred over- 
seers to set the people a-work. 
CHAP. III. 

1 The place and time of building the temple. 3 
The measure and ornaments of tic house. 10 
The cherubims. 14 The vail and pillars. 



TT1 HEN Solomon began to build the house 
1 of lite Lord at Jerusalem in mount Mo- 



Thc measure, S^ i c. of the temple. 
riah, where the LORD appeared unto Da- 
vid his father, in the place that David had 
prepared in the threshing-floor of Oman the 
Jebusite. 

2 And he began to build in the second day 
of the second month, in the fourth year of 
his reign. 

3 *[ Now these are the things wherein So- 
lomon was instructed for the building of the 
house of God. The length by cubits after 
the first measure teas threescore cubits, and 
the breadth twenty cubits. 

4 And the porch that was in the front of the 
house, the length of it teas according to the 
breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the 
height was a hundred and twenty: and he 
overlaid it within with pure gold. 

5 And the greater house he ceiled with fir- 
tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and 
set thereon palm-trees and chains. 

6 And he garnished the house with precious 
stones for beauty : and the gold was gold of 
Parvaim. 

7 He overlaid also the house, the beam?, the 
posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors 
thereof, with gold ; and graved cherubims 
on the walls. 

3 And he made the most holy house, the 
length whereof teas according to the breadth 
of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth 
thereof twenty cubits: ami he overlaid it 
with fine gold, amounting to six hundred 
talents. 

9 And the weight of the nails was fifty she- 
kels of gold. And he overlaid the upper 
chambers with gold. 

10 And in the most holy bouse he made two 
cherubims of image- work, and overlaid them 
with gold. 

11 % And the wings of the cherubims were 
twenty cubits long": one wing of the one 
cherub was i\\e cubits, reaching to the wall 
of the house : and the other wing was like- 
wise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the 
other cherub. 

¥2 And one wing of the other cherub was 
five cubits, reaching to the wall of the 
house : and the other wing was five cu- 
bits also, joining to the wing of the other 
cherub. 

13 The wings of these cherubims spread 
themselves forth twenty cubits : and they 
stood on their feet, and their faces were in- 
ward. 

14^1 And he made the vail ofbhie, and pur- 
ple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought 
cherubims thereon. 

15 Also he made before the house two pil- 
lars of thirty and five cubits high, and the 
chapiter that was on the top of each of them 
was five cubits. 

lb* And he made chains, as in the oracle, 
and put them on the heads of the pillars; 
and made a hundred pomegranates, and put 
them on the chains. 

17 And he reared up the pillars before the 
temple, one on the right hand, and the other 
on the left; and called the name of that on 
the right hand Jachin, and tlie name of that 
on the left Boaz. 

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The altar of brass, larcrs, SfC, 
CHAP. IV. 

I The altar of brass. 2 The molten sea upon 
twdce oxen. 6 The ten lavcrs, eandlcstichs, 
and tables. 9 The courts, and Lkr instruments 
of brass. 19 The instruments of gold. 

MOREOVER he made an altar of brass, 
twenty cubits the length thereof, and 
twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten 
cubits tlie height thereof. 

2 % Also lie made a molten sea of ten cu- 
bits from brim to brim, round in compass, 
and five cubits the height thereof; and a line 
•f thirty cubits did compass it round about. 

3 And under it was the similitude of oxen, 
which did compass it round about: ten in a 
Cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two 
rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. 

4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking 
toward the north, and three looking toward 
the west, and three looking toward the south, 
and three looking toward the east : and the 
sea teas sel above upon them, and ail their 
hinder parts were inward. 

5Andthethicknessofitttvrs a hand-breadth, 
and the brim of it like the work of the brim 
of a cup, with flowers of iilies ; and it re- 
ceived and held three thousand baths. 

6 *[ He made also ten 1 avers, and put five on 
the right hand, and five on the left, to wash 
in them : such tilings as they offered for the 
burnt-offering they washed in them; but Use 
sea teas for the priests to wash in. 

7 And he made ten candlesticks of gold 
according to their form, and set them in the 
temple, five on the right hand, and five on 
the left* 

8 He made also ten tables, and placed Oiem 
in the temple, five on the right side, and five 
on the left. And he made a hundred basons 
■pf gold. 

9 T[ Furthermore he made the court of the 
priests, and the great court, and doors for the 
court, and overlaid tiie doors of them with 
brass. 

10 And he set the sea on the right side of 
the east end, over against the south. 

II And Huram made the pots, and the 
shovels, and the basons. And Huram finish- 
ed the work that he was to make for king 
Solomon for trie house of God; 

12 To wit, the two pillars, and the pom- 
mels, and the chapiters which were on the 
top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths 
to cover the two pommels of the chapiters 
which were on the top of the pillars ; 

13 And four hundred pomegranates on the 
two wreaths ; two rows of pomegranates on 
each wreath, to cover the two pommels of 
the chapiter* wlt'ichwre upon the pillars. 

14 He made also bases, and lavers made he 
upon the bases; 

15 One sea, and twelve oxen under it. 

16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the 
flesh-hooks, and all their instruments, did 
Huram his father make to king Solomon for 
the house of the Lord, of bright brass. 

17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast 
them, in the clay ground between Succoth 
and Zeredathah. 

18 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in 



II. CHRONICLES. Tte ark placed in the oracle, 
great abundance : for the weight of the bets* 
could not be found out. 

19 % And Solomon made all the vessels that 
icere for the house of God, the golden altar 
also, and the tables whereon the skew-bread 
was set ; 

20 Moreover the candlesticks with their 
lamps, that they should burn after the niau- 
ner before the oracle, of pure gold; 

21 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the 
tongs, rorttfc he of gold, and that perfect gold ; 

22 And the snVffers, nnd the basons, and 
the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold : 
and the entry of the house, the inner doors 
thereof for the most \w\y place, and the doors 
of the house of the temple, were of gold. 

CHAP. V. 

1 The dedicated treasures. 2 The. solemn iudnr- 
tisn ef the ark into the oracle. It God betxg 
praised giveth a visible sign of his favour. 
ra^HUS all the work that Solomon made 
A for the house of the Lord was finish- 
ed : and Solomon brought in all the things 
that David his father had dedicated ; and the 
silver, and die gold, and all the instruments, 
put he among the treasures of die house of 
God. 

2 % Then Solomon assembled the elder? of 
Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the 
chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, 
unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord out of the city of Da- 
vid, which is Zion. 

3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assem- 
bled themselves unto the king in the feast 
which was in the seventh month. 

A And all the elders of Israel came; and the 
Levltes took up the ark. 

5 And they brought up the ark, and the ta- 
bernacle of the congregation, and all the holy 
vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did 
the priests and the Levites bring i\\), 

6 Also king Solomon, and all the congre- 
gation of Israel that were assembled unto 
him before the ark, sacrificed sheep 
oxen, which C3uld not be told aor numbered 
for multitude. 

7 And the priests brought in the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the 
oracle of the house, into the most holy place, 
even under the wings of the cherubims : 

8 For the cherubims spread forth their 
v, ings over the place of the ark, and the che- { 
rubims covered the ark, and the staves thereof 
above. 

9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, 
that the ends of the staves were seen from 
the ark before the oracle ; but they were m* 
seen without. And there it is unto this day. 

10 There tens; nothing hi the ark save the 
two tables which Moses put therein at Ho- 
reb, when the Lord made a covenant with 
the children of Israel, when they came out of 
Egyi«t. 

11 % And it came to pass, when the priests 
were come out of the holy place : (forallthe 
priests that were present were sanctified, and 
did not then wait by course: 

12 Also the Levites which were, the singers, 
all o{ them of Asaph, of Hemau, of Jedu- 

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StkmoR praiseth God. CHAP. VI 

tnun, with their sons and their brethren; be- 
mg arrayed in white linen, having cymbals 
and psalteries and harps, stood at the east 
end of the altar, and with them a hundred 
and twenty priests sounding with trumpets :) 

13 It canie even to pass, as the trumpeters 
and singers were as one, to make one sound 
to be heard in praising and thanking the 
Lord ; and when they lifted up their voice 
with the trumpets and cymbals and instru- 
ments of music, and praised the Lord, say- 
tug) For he is good ; for his mercy endureth 
for ever : that then the house wr.s filled with 
a cloud, even the house of the Lord; 

14 So that the priests could not stand to 
minister by reason of the cloud : for the glory 
of the Lord had filled the house of God. 

CHAP. VI. 

1 Solomon havin/r blessed the people, llenseth 
God. 12 Solomon's prayer in the consecration 
of the temple, upon the brazen scaffold. 
MM HEN said Solomon, The Lord hath 
JL said that he would dwell in the thick 
darkness. 

2 But I have built a house of habitation for 
thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. 

3 And the king turned his face, and blessed 
tiie whole congregation of Israel : and all 
the congregation of Israel stood. 

4 And he said, Blessed be the Lord Grnlof 
Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that 
which he spake with his mouth to my father 
David, saying, 

5 Since the day that I brought forth my 
people out of the land of Egypt I chose no 
city among all the tribes of Israel to build a 
house in, that my name might be there; nei- 
ther chose I any man to be a ruler over my 
people Israel : 

(i But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my 
name might be there ; and have chosen Da- 
vid to be over my people Israel; 

7 Now it was in the heart of David my fa- 
ther to build a house for the name of die 
Lord God of Israel ; 

o But the Lord said to David my father, 
Forasmuch as it was in thy heart to build a 
house for my name, thou didst well in that it 
was in thy heart : 

9 Notwithstanding, thou shalt not build the 
bouse ; but thy son which shall come forth 
out of thy loins, he shall build the house for 
my name. 

10 The Lord therefore hath performed his 
word that he hath spoken : for I am risen op 
in the room of David my father, and am set 
on the throne of Israel, as the Lord pro- 
mised, and have built the house for the name 
of the Lord God of Israel. 

11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is 
the covenant of the Lord, that he made with 
the children of Israel. 

12 ^T And he stood before the altar of the 
Lord in the presence of all the congrega- 
tion of Israel, and spread forth his hands? 

13 (For Solomon had made a brazen scaf- 
fold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, 
and three cubits highland had set it in the 
midst of the court : and upon it he stood, and 
kneeled down upon his kaees before all the 



His prayer at the consecration. 
congregation of Israel, and spread forth his 
hands toward heaven,) 

14 And said, O Lord God of Israel, there 
is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the 
earth ; which keepest covenant, and sheerest 
mercy unto thy servants, that walk before 
thee with all their hearts: 

15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant 
David my father that which thou hast pro- 
mised him • and spakest with thy mouth, 
and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is 
this day. 

It3 Now therefore, O Lord God of Israel, 
keep with thy servant David my father that 
which thou hast promised him, saying, There 
shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit 
upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy 
children take heed to their way to walk in 
my law, as thou hast walked before me. 

17 Now then, O Lord God of Israel, let 
thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken 
unto thy servant David. 

18 But will God in very deed dwell with 
men on the earth ? Behold, heaven and the 
heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how 
much less this house which I have built ! 

19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of* 
thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord 
my God, to hearken unto the cry and the 
prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee: 

20 That thine eyes may be open upon this 
house day and night, upon the place whereof 
thou hast said, that thou wouldest put thy 
name there; to hearken unto the prayer 
which thy servant prayeth toward this place. 

21 Hearken therefore unto rhe supplications 
of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, 
which they shall make toward this place: 
hear thou "from thy dwelling-place, even from 
heaven; and when thou nearest, forgive. 

22 ^J If a man sin against his neighbour, 
and an oath be laid upon him to make him 
swear, and the oath come before thine altar 
in this house; 

23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, 
and judge thy servants, by requiting the wick- 
ed, by recompensing his way upon his own 
head : and by justifying the righteous, by giv- 
ing him according to his righteousness. 

24 ^[ And if thy people Israel be put to the 
worse before the enemy, because they have 
sinned against thee; and shall return and 
confess thy name, and pray and make suppli- 
cation before thee in this house; 

25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and 
forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring 
them again unto the land which thou gavest 
to them and to their fathers. 

2651 When the heaven is shut up, and there 
is no rain, because they have sinned ngainst 
thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and 
confess thy name, and turn from their sin, 
when thou dost afflict them ; 

27 Then hear thou from heaven, and for- 
give the sin of thy servants, and of thy peo- 
ple Israel, when thou hast taught them the 
good way wherein they should walk ; and 
send rain upon thy land, which thou hast 
given unto thy people for an inheritance. 

28 "f[ If there be dearth in the land, if there 

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be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew 



locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies be- 
siege them in the cities of their land; what- 
soever sore, or whatsoever sickness there be : 

29 Then what prayer, or what supplication 
soever shall be made of any man, or of all 
thy people Israel, when everyone shail know 
his own sore, and his own grief, and shall 
spread forth his hands in this house; 

30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwell- 
ing-place, and forgive, and render unto every 
man according unto all his ways, whose 
heart thou knowest* (for thou only knowest 
the hearts of the children of men :) 

3L That they may fear thee, to walk in thy 
ways, so long as they live in the land which 
thou gavest unto our fathers. 

32 "ft Moreover, concerning the stranger, 
which is not of thy people Israel, but is come 
from a far country for thy great name's sake, 
and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched-out 
arm; if they come and pray in this house ; 

33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even 
from thy dwelling-place, and do according to 
all that the stranger caileth to thee for; that 
all people of the earth may know thy name, j 
and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and 



Solomon's solemn sacrifice', 

chap. vir. 

1 God having given testimony to Solomon's 
prayt-r by fire from heaven, and glory in the 
temple, the people worship him. A Solomon's 
solemn sacrifice. 8 Solomon having kept the 
feast of tabernacles and the feast oj the dedi- 
cation of the altar, dismisseth the people. 12 
God appearing to Solomo?i, giceth htm pro- 
mises upon condition. 

]¥OW when Solomon had made an end of 
A.-1 praying, the fire came down from hea- 
ven, and consumed the burnt-offering and 
the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord 
filled the nonse. 

2 And the priests could not enter into the 
house of the Lord, because the glorv of the 
Lord had filled the Lord's house. 

3 And when all the children of Israel saw 
how the fire came down, and the glorv of 
the Lord upon the house, they bowed them- 
selves with their faces to the ground upon 
the pavement, and worshipped, and pniise<" 
the Lord, saying, For he is good : for in 
mercy enduret'n for ever, 

4 ^[ Then the king and all the people offer- 
ed sacrifices before the Lord. 

5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of 
twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hun- 



n- 

"! 



may know that this house which 1 have built j dred and twenty thousand sheep. So the 
is called by thy name. j kinjj and all the people dedicated the house 

34 W thy people go out to war against their I of God. 

enemies by the way that thou shaltsend them, 1 6 And the priests waited on their offices : 
and they pray unto thee toward this city I the Levites also with instruments of music 
which thou hastchosen, and the house which | of the Lord, which David the king' had 
1 have built for thy name ; I made to praise the Lord, because his mercy 

35 Then hear thou from the heavens their end.ureth for ever, when David praised by 



prayer and then* supplication, and maintain 
their cause. 

36 Jf they sin against thee, (for there is no 
man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry 
with them, and deliver them over before their 
enemies, and they carry them away captives 
unto a land far off* or near; 

37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the 
land whither they are carried captive, and 
turn and pray unto thee in the land of their 
captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have 
done amiss, and have dealt wickedly ; 

33 If they return to thee with all their heart 
and with all their soul in the land of their 
captivity, whither they 'have carried them 
captives, and pray toward their land which 
thou gavest unto "their fathers, and toward 
the city which thou hast chosen, and toward 
the house which I have built for thy name ; 

39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even 
from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and 
tiir.ir supplication^ and maintain th^ircisuse, 
and forgive thy people which have sinned 
against thee. 

40 Nov/, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine 
eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent 
unto the prayer that is made in this place. 

41 Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into 
tTiy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy 
strength : let thy priests, O Lord God, be 
clothed with salvation, and let thy saints re- 
joice in goodness. 

42' O Lord God, turn not away the face of 
fhine anointed : remember the mercies of 
David thv servant. 



their ministry ; and the priests sounded trum- 
pets before them, and ail Israel stood. 

7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle 
of the court that was before the house of the 
Lord: for there he offered burnt-offerings, 
and the fat of the peace-offerings, because 
the brazen altar which Solomon had made 
was not able to receive the burnt-offerings, 
and the meat-offerings, and the fat. 

8*71 Also at the same time Solomon kept the 
feast seven days; and all Israel with him, a 
very great congregation, from the entering 
in of ■ Hamalh unto the river of Egypt. 

9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn 
assembly : for they kept the dedication of the 
altar-seven days, and the feast seven days. 

10 And on the three and twentieth day of 
the seventh month he sent the people away,; 
into their tents, glad and merry in heart for 
the goodness that the Lord had shewed unto 
David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his 
people. 

11 Tims Solomon finished the house of the 
Lord, and the king's house: and all that 
came into Solomon's heart to make in the 
house of the Lord, and in his own house, 
he prosperously effected. 

12 -H And the Lord appeared to Solomon 
by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy 
prayer, and have chosen this place to myself 
for a house of sacrifice. 

13 If 1 shut up heaven that there be no rain, 
or if I command the locusts to devour the 
land, or if I send pestilence among my peo- 
ple; 

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God appears to Solomon. CHAP. V 

14 If my people, which are called by my 
name, shall humble themselves, and pray, 
and seek mv face, and lurn from their wick- 
ed ways: then will I bear' from heaven, and 
v, il'fir^vetht ir.:in. and will heal their land. 

15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine 
ears attent unto* the prayer that is made in 
this place. 

16 For now have I chosen and sanctified 
this house, that my name may be there for 
ever: and mine eyes and my heart shall be 
there perpetually. 

J 7 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before 
me, as David thy father walked, and do ac- 
cording to all that I have commanded thee, 
and shalt observe my statutes and my judg- 
ments : 

18 Then will I establish the throne of thy 
kingdom according as I have covenanted 
with David thy father, saying. There shall 
not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. 

19 But if ye turn away, and forsake my sta- 
tutes and my commandments, which 1 have 
set before you, and s4ia!l go and serve other 
gods, and worship them ; 

20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots 
out of my land which I have given them; 
and this house, which I have sanctified for 
my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will 
make xtto be a proverb and a by-word among 
all nations. 

21 And this house, which is high, shall be 
an astonishment to every one that passeth by 
if; so that he shall say, Why hath the Lord 
done thus unto this land, and unto this house? 

22 And it shall be answered, Because they 
forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which 
brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, 
and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped 
them, and served them : therefore hath lie 
brought all this evil upon them. 

CHAP. VIII. 
J Solomon's burit&ings. 1 The Gentiles which 
were left Solomon mahelh tributaries, hut the 
Israelites rulers. 11 Pharaoh's daughter<re- 
vioveth to her house. 12 Solomon's yearly so- 
lium sacrifices. 14 He appointrth the priests 
and Lecit.es to their places. I? The navy fctch- 
cth gold from Oph ir. 

AND it came to pass at the end of twenty 
years, wherein Solomon had built the 
house of the Lord, and his own house, 

2 That the cities which Huramhad restored 
to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused 
the children of Israel to dwell there. 

3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, 
and prevailed against it. 

4 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, 
and aH the store-cities, which lie built in 
Hamath. 

5 Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and 
Beth-horon the nether, fenced-cities, with 
walls, ffates, and bars; 

And Baalath, and all the store-cities that 
Solomon had, and all the chariot-cities, and 
the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solo- 
mon desired to l>uild in Jerusalem, and in 
Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his 
dominion. 

7 % As for all the people that were left of 



HI, IX. His yearly sacrifices 

the Hittites, ;md the Amorites, and the Pe- 
rizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jehusites, 
which were not of Israel, 

8 Bnt of their children, who were left after 
them in the land, whom the children of Israel 
consumed not. them did Solomon make to 
pay tribute until this day. 

9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon 
make no servants for his work ; but they 
irerc men of war, and chief of his captains, 
and captains of ids chariots and horsemen. 

10 And these were the chief of king Solo- 
mon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, 
that bare rule over the people. 

1J Tf And Solomon brought up the daugh- 
ter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto 
the house that he had built for her: for he 
said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of 
David king of Israel, because the places arc 
holy, whereunto the ark of the Lord hath 
come. 

12 % Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings 
unto the Lord on the altar of the Lord, 
which he had built before the porch, 

13 Even after a certain rate every day, of- 
fering according to the commandment of 
Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new- 
moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times 
in the year, even in the feast of unleavened 
bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the 
feast of tabernacles. 

14 *| And he appointed, according to the 
order of David his father, tiie coursesof the 
priests to their service, and the Levites to 
their charges, to praise and minister before 
the priests, as the duty of every day required : 
the porters also by their courses at every gate: 
for so had David the man of God commanded. 

15 And they departed not from the com- 
mandment of the king unto the priests and 
Levites concerning any matter, or concern- 
ing the treasures. 

\\S Now all the work of Solomon was pre- 
pared unto the day of the foundation of the 
house of the Lord, and until it was finished. 
So the house of the Lord was perfected. 

17 ^[ Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, 
and to Eloth, at the sea-side in the land of 
Edom. 

18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his 
servants, ships, and servants that had know- 
ledge of the sea ; and they went with the ser- 
vants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence 
four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and 
brought them to king Solomon. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 The queen of Shrba admircth the wisdom of 
Solomon. 1Z Solomon' s gold. 15 His targets. 
17 The throne of ivory. 20 His vessels. 23 His 
presents. 25 His chariots and horses. 26 His 
tributes. 29 His reign and death. 

AND when the queen of Sheba heard of 
the fame of Solomon, she came to prove 
Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, 
with a very great company, and camels that 
bare -spices, and gold in abundance, and pre- 
cious stones : and when she was come to 
Solomon, she communed with him of all that 
was in her heart. 

2 And Solomon told her all her questions z 
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The queen of Shelas visit. II. CHRONICLES 

ami there was nothing hid from Solomon 
which he told her not. 

3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen 
the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that 
he had built, 

4 And the meat of his table, and the sitting 
of his servants, and the attendance of his 
ministers, and their apparel ; his cup-bear- 
ers also, and their apparel; and his ascent 
by which lie went up into the house of the 
Lord ; there was no more spirit in her. 

5 And she said to the king, It was a true 
report which I heard in mine own land of 
thine acts, and of thy wisdom : 

G Howbeit, I believed not their words, un- 
til I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and 
behold, the one half of the greatness of thy 
wisdom was not told me : for thou exceed- 
est the fame that I heard. 

7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these 
thy servants, which stand continually before 
thee, and hear thy wisdom. 

8 Blessed be the Lord thy God, which de- 
lighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to 
be king for the Lord thy God : because thy 
God loved Israel, to establish them forever, 
therefore made he thee king over them, to 
do judgment and justice. 

9 And she gave the king a hundred and 
twenty talents of gold, and of spices great 
abundance, and precious stones : neither 
was there any such spice as die queen of 
Sheba gave king Solomon. 

10 And the servants also of Huram, and the 
servants of Solomon, which brought gold from 
Ophir, brought algum-trees and precious 
stones. 

11 And the king made of the algum-trees 
terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the 
king's palace, and harps and psalteries for 
singers : and there were none such seen be- 
fore in the land of Judali. 

12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of 
Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, 
besides that which she had brought unto the 
king. So she turned, and went away to her 
own hint}, she and her servants. 

13 5i~ Now the weight of gold that came to 
Solomon in one year was six hundred and 
threescore and six talents of gold; 

14 Besides that which chapmen and mer- 
chants brought. And all the kings of Arabia 
and governors of the country brought gold 
and silver to Solomon. 

15^1 And king Solomon made two hundred 
targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels 
of beaten jjold went to one target. 

16 And three hundred shields made he of 
beaten gold : three hundred shekels of gold 
went to one shield. And the king put theia 
in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 

17 if Moreover, the king made a great throne 
of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 

13 And there were six steps to the throne, 
with a footstool of gold, which were fastened 
to the throne, and stays on each side of the sit- 
ting-plaee, and two lions standing by the stays: 

19 And twelve lions stood there on the one 
side and on the other upon the six steps. There 
was not the like made in any kingdom. 



Solomon's reign and death, 

20 TJ" And all the drinking vessels of kin" 
Solomon were o/gold, and all the vessels oT 
the house of the forest of Lebanon were of 
pure gold : none were of stiver; it was not any 
thin* accounted of in the days of Solomon." 

21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish 
with the servants of Huram : every three 
years once came the ships of Tarshish bring- 
ing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and pea- 
cocks. 

22 And kin^ Solomon passed all the kings 
of the eartli in riches and wisdom. 

23 U And all the kings of the earth sought 
the presence of Solomon, to hear lib wis- 
dom, that God had put in his heart. 

24 And they brought every man his present, 
vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and rai- 
ment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules^ 
a rate year by year. 

25 5F And Solomon had four thousand stalte 
for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand 
horsemen ; whom he bestowed in the cha- 
riot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 

26 % And he reigned over ail the kings firoa 
the river even unto the land of the Philb 
tines, and to the border of Egypt. 

27 And the king made silver m Jerusalem 
as stones, and cedar-trees made he as the 
sycamore-tree3 that are in the low plains in 
abundance. 

28 And they brought unto Solomon horses 
out of Egypt, and out of all lands. 

29 1\ Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, 
first and last, are they not written in the 
book of Nathan the prophet, and in the pro- 
phecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the 
visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the 
son of Nebat? 

30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over 
all Israel forty years. 

31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and 
he was buried in the city of David his father : 
and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAP. X. 

1 The Israelites assembled at Shechcm. to eroten. 
Rehoboam, by Jeroboam, make a suit of relax- 
ation unto him. 6 Rehoboam , refusing- the old 
men's counsel, by the advice of young men aft, 
szcereth them roughly. iG Ten tribes revolting 
kill Iladoram, and make Rehoboam to flee. 

AND Rehoboam went to Shechem : for 
to Shechem were all Israel come to 
make him king. 

2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the 
son of Nebat, who teas is Egypt, whither he 
had fled from the presence of Solomon the 
king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out 
of Egypt. 

3 And they sent and called him. So Jero- 
boam and all Israel came and spake to Re- 
hoboam, saying, 

4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now 
therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous 
servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke 
that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. 

5 And he said unto them, Come again unt* 
me after three days. And the people departed. 

6 % And king Rehoboam took counsel with 
the old men that had stood before Solomon 
his father while he yet lived, saying, \Y hat 

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Revolt of ike ten tribes . CHAP, 

counsel give ye me to return answer to this 
people ? 

7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou 
be kind to tins people, and please them, and 
speak good words to them, they will be thy 
servants for ever. 

8 But he forsook the counsel which the old 
men gave him, and took counsel with the 
young men that were brought up with him, 
that stood before him. 

9 And he said unto them, What advice give 
ye, that we may return answer to this peo- 
ple, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease 
somewhat the yoke that thy father did put 
upon us ? 

10 And the young men that were brought 
up with him, spake unto him, saying, Thus 
shalt thou answer the people that spake unto 
thee, saying, Thyfathermadeouryoke heavy, 
but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; 
thus shalt thou say unto them, My little fin- 
ger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 

11 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke 
upon you, I will put more to your yoke : my 
father chastised you with whips, but I will 
cJiastise you with scorpions. 

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to 
Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, 
saying, Come again to me on the third day. 

13 And the king answered them roughly; 
and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of 
the old men, 

14 And answered them after the advice of 
the young men, saying, My father made your 
yoke heavy, but I will add thereto : my fa- 
ther chastised you with whips, but I will 
chastise you with scorpions. 

15 So the king hearkened not unto the peo- 
ple : for the cause was of God, that the 
Lord might perform his word, which he 
spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite 
to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 

16 H And when all Israel saw that the king 
would not hearken unto them, the people 
answered the king, saying, What portion 
have we in David? and we have none in- 
heritance in the son of Jesse : every man to 
your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see 
to thine own house. So all Israel went to 
their tents. 

17 But as for the children of Israel thai 
dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam 
reigned over them. 

18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that 
was over the tribute • and the children of Is- 
rael stoned him with stones, that he died. 
But king Rehoboam made speed to get him 
up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 

19 And Israel rebelled against the house of 
David unto this day. 

CHAP. XL 

\ Rehoboam raising an army to subdue Israel, 
is fotbid^en by Shemaiah. 5 He strengthened 
his ki.gdom with forts and provision. 13 The 
priests and Levitts, and such as feared God, 
forsaken by Jeroboam, strengthen the king- 
dom of. Judah. 1$ The wives and children of 
Rehoboam. 

AND when Rehoboam was come to Je- 
rusalem, he gathered of the house of 
15 P 



XL Rehoboam raiseth an army. 

Judah and Benjamin a hundred and four- 
score thousand chosen men which were war- 
riors, to fight against Israel, that he might 
bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. 

2 But the word of the Lord came to She- 
maiah the man of God, saying, 

3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solo- 
mon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Ju- 
dah and Benjamin, saying, 

4 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, 
nor fight against your brethren : return every 
man to his house : for this thing is done of 
me. And they obeyed the words of the Lord, 
and returned from going against Jeroboam. 

5 ^[ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, 
and built cities for defence in Judah. 

6 He built even Beth-lehem, and Etnm, 
and Tekoa, 

7 And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Aduliam, 

8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 

9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 

10 And Zorah, and Ajalon, and Hebron, 
which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fenced 
cities. 

11 And he fortified the strong holds, and 
put captains in them, and store of victual, 
and of oil and wine. 

12 And in every several city he put shields 
and spears, and made them exceeding strong, 
having Judah and Benjamin on his side. 

13 ^[ And the priests and the Levites that 
were in all Israel resorted to him out of all 
their coasts. 

14 (For the Levites left their suburbs and 
their possession, and came to Judah and Je- 
rusalem : for Jeroboam and his sons had cast 
them off from executing the priest's office 
unto the Lord : 

15 And he ordained him priests for the high 
places, and for the devils, and for the calves 
which he had made.) 

16 And after them out of all the tribes of 
Israel, such as set their hearts to seek the 
Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to 
sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers. 

17 So they strengthened the kingdom of 
Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of So- 
lomon strong, three years : for three years 
they walked in the way of David and Solo- 
mon. 

18 Ij" And Rehoboam took him Mahalath 
the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David 
to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab 
the son of Jesse; 

19 Which bare him children, Jeush, and 
Shamariah, and Zaham. 

20 And after her he took Maachah the 
daughter of Absalom ; which bare him Abi- 
jah, and Altai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. 

21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the 
daughter of Absalom above all his wives 
and his concubines: (for he took eighteen 
wives, and threescore concubines; and be~ 
gat twenty and eight sons, and threescore 
daughters^ 

22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of 
Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his 
brethren : for he thought to make him king* 

23 And lie dealt wisely, and dispersed of all 
his children throughout all the countries of 

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Abijah succeedeth kirn. 



Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city : 

and he gave them victual in abundance. 

i And he desired many wives. 

CHAP. XII. 

\ Rehoboam forsaking the Lord, is punished by 

Shishak. 5 He and the princes repenting at 

the preaching of Shemaiah, are delivered from 

destruction, but not from spoil. 13 The reign 

and death of Rehoboam. 

AND it came to pass, when Rehoboam 
had established the kingdom, and had 
strengthened himself, he forsook the law of 
the Lord, and all Israel with him. 

2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year 
of king Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt 
came up against Jerusalem, because they 
had transgressed against the Lord, 

3 With twelve hundred chariots, and three- 
score thousand horsemen : and the people 
were without number that came with him 
out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, 
and the Ethiopians. 

4 And he took the fenced cities which per- 
tained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. 

5 1T Then came Shemaiah the prophet to 
Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, 
that were gathered together to Jerusalem 
because of Shishak, and said unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, 
and therefore have I also left you in the 
hand of Shishak. 

6 Whereupon the princes of Israel, and the 
king humbled themselves; and they said, 
The Lord is righteous. 

7 And when the Lord saw that they hum- 
bled themselves, the word of the Lord came 
to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled 
themselves; therefore I will not destroy 
them, but I will grant them some deliver- 
ance ; and my wrath shall not be poured out 
upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. 

8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; 
that they may know my service, and the ser- 
vice of the kingdoms of the countries. 

9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against 
Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of 
the house of the Lord, and the treasures of 
the king's house ; he took all : he carried 
away also the shields of gold which Solomon 
had made. 

10 Instead of which, king Rehoboam made 
shields of brass, and committed them to the 
hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the 
entrance of the king's house. 

11 And when the king entered into the 
house of the Lord, the guard came and 
fetched them, and brought them again into 
the guard-chamber. 

12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath 
of the Lord turned from him, that he would 
not destroy him altogether : and also in Ju- 
dah things went well. 

13 ^[ So king Rehoboam strengthened him- 
aelf in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Reho- 
boam was on^ and forty years old when he 
began to reign, and he reigned seventeen 
years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord 
had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to 
put his name there. And his mother's Dame 

was I^'aamah an Anur?nitess. 



14 And he did evil, because he prepared 
not his heart to seek the Lord. 

15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and 
last, are they not written in the book of 
Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer 
concerning genealogies? And there icere 
war3 between Rehoboam and Jeroboam 
continually. 

16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, 
and was buried in the city of David : and 
Abijah his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAP. XIII. 
\Jibijah succeeding, maketh war against Jero 
boam. 4Hedeclareth the right of his cause. 
13 Trusting in God he overcometh Jeroboam, 
21 The wives and children of jibijah. 

NOW in the eighteenth year of king Jero- 
boam began Abijah toVeign over Judah, 

2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. 
His mother's name also was Michaiah the 
daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there 
was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 

3 And Abijah set the battle in array with 
an army of valiant men of war, even four 
hundred thousand chosen men : Jeroboam 
also set the battle in array against him with 
eight hundred thousand chosen men, being 1 
mighty men of valour. 

4 Tl And Abijah stood up upon mount Ze - 
maraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and 
said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel* 

5 Ought ye not to know that the Lord Got! 
of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to 
David for ever, even to him and to his sons 
by a covenant of salt ? 

6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat the ser- 
vant of Solomon the son of David, is risen 
up, and hath rebelled against his lord. 

7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, 
the children of Belial, and have strengthened 
themselves against Rehoboam the son of So- 
lomon, when Rehoboam was young and ten- 
der-hearted, and could not withstand them. 

8 And now ye think to withstand the king- 
dom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of 
David; and ye be a great multitude, and 
there are with you golden calves, which 
Jeroboam made you for gods. 

9 Have ye not cast out the priests of the 
Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, 
and have made you priests after the manner 
of the nations of other lands ? so that who- 
soever cometh to consecrate himself with a 
young bullock and seven rams, the same 
may be a priest of them that are no gods. 

10 But as for us, the Lord is our God, and 
we have not forsaken him and the priests, 
which minister unto the Lord, are the sons 
of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their 
business: 

11 And they burn unto the Lord every 
morning and every evening burnt-sacrifices 
and sweet incense : the shew-bread also' set 
they in order upon the pure table; and the 
candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof to 
burn every evening : for we keep the charge 
of the Lord our God ; but ye have forsaken 
him. 

12 And behold, God himself is with us for 
our captain, and his priests with sounding 

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CHAP. XIV, XV. 



Asa overthraweth Zerah. 



trumpets to cry alarm against you. O chil- 
dren of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord 
God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. 

13 % But Jeroboam caused an ambushment 
to come about behind them: so they were 
before Judah, and the ambushment was be- 
hind them. 

14 And when Judah looked back, behold, 
the battle was before and behind : and they 
cried unto the Lord, and the priests sound- 
ed with the trumpets. 

15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout : 
and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to 
pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel 
before Abijah and Judah. 

16 And the children of Israel fled before 
Judah : and God delivered them into their 
hand. 

17 And Abijah and his people slew them 
with a great slaughter: so there fell down 
slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen 
men. 

18 Thus the children of Israel were brought 
under at that time, and the children of Ju- 
dah prevailed, because they relied upon the 
Lord God of their fathers. 

19 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and 
took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns 
thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns there- 
of, and Ephraim with the towns thereof. 

20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength 
again in the days of Abijah: and the Lord 
struck him, and he died. 

21 If But Abijah waxed mighty, and mar- 
ried fourteen wives, and begat twenty and 
two sons, and sixteen daughters. 

22 And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and 
his ways, and his sayings, are written in the 
story of the prophet Iddo. 

CHAP. XIV. 

\ Asa succeeding destroy eth idolatry. 6 Having 

peace, he strengthened his kingdom with forts 

and armies. 9 Calling on God, he overlhrow- 

eth Zerah, and spoileth the Ethiopians. 

SO Abijah slept with his fathers, and they 
buried him in the city of David : and 
Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days 
the land was quiet ten years. 

2 And Asa did that which was good and 
right in the eyes of the Lord his God : 

3 For he took away the altars of the strange 
gods, and the high places, and brake down 
the images, and cut down the groves: 

4 And commanded Judah to seek the Lord 
God of their fathers, and to do the law and 
the commandment. 

5 Also he took away out of all the cities of 
Judah the high places and the images: and 
the kingdom was quiet before him. 

6 IT And he built fenced cities in Judah : for 
the land had rest, and he had no war in those 
years; because the Lord had given him rest. 

7 Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us 
build these cities, and make about them walls, 
and towers, gates, and bars, while the land 
is yet before us; because we have sought the 
Lord our God, we have sought him, and he 
hath given us rest on every side. So they 
built, and prospered. 

8 And Asa had an army of men that bare 



targets and spears, out of Judah three hun- 
dred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that 
bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and 
fourscore thousand : all these were mighty 
men of valour. 

9 H And there came out against them Ze- 
rah the Ethiopian, with a host of a thousand 
thousand, and three hundred chariots; and 
came unto Mareshah. 

10 Then Asa went out against him, and 
they set the battle in array in the valley ol 
Zephathah at Mareshah. 

11 And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, 
and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to 
help, whether with many, or with them that 
have no power: help us, O Lord our God; 
for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go 
against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our 
God ; let not man prevail against thee. 

12 So the Lord smote the Ethiopians be- 
fore Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethio- 
pians fled. 

13 And Asa and the people that were with 
him pursued them unto Gerar : and the Ethi- 
opians were overthrown, that they could not 
recover themselves; for they were destroy- 
ed before the Lord, and before his host; and 
they carried away very much spoil. 

14 And they smote all the cities round about 
Gerar; for the fear of the Lord came upon 
them: and they spoiled all the cities; for 
there was exceeding much spoil in them. 

15 They smote also the tents- of cattle, and 
carried away sheep and camels in abundance, 
and returned to Jerusalem. 

CHAP. XV. 

1 Asa with Judah and many of Israel, moved by 
the prophecy ofAzariah the son of Oded, make 
a solemn covenant with God. 16 He putteth 
down Maachah his mother for her idolatry. 
18 He bringcth dedicated things into the house 
of God, and enjoyeth a long peace. 

AND the Spirit of God came upon Aza 
riah the son of Oded: 

2 And he went out to meet Asa, and said 
unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah 
and Benjamin ; The Lord is with you, while 
ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will 
be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he 
will forsake you. 

3 Now for a a long season Israel hath been 
without the true God, and without a teaching 
priest, and without law. 

4 But when they in their trouble did turn 
unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought 
him, he was found of them. 

5 Anjl in those times there was no peace to 
him that went out; nor to him that came in, 
but great vexations were upon all the inha- 
bitants of the countries. 

6 And nation was destroyed of nation, and 
city of city: for God did vex them with all 
adversity. 

7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your- 
hands be. weak; for your work shall be re- 
warded. 

8 And when Asa heara' these words, and the 
prophecy of Oded the nronhrt, .«<? took cou- 
rage, and put away tne abominable /dois ot:: 
of all the laad of Judah and Benjamin, aod 

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Judah covenanieth with God. II. CHRONICLES*, 
out of the cities which he had taken from 
mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the 
Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord. 

9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, 
and the strangers with them out of Ephraim 
and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they 
fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when 
they saw that the Lord his God was with him. 

10 So they gathered themselves together at 
Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth 
.year of the reign of Asa. 

11 And they offered unto the Lord the same 
time, of the spoil which they had brought, se- 
ven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 

12 And they entered into a covenant to seek 
the Lord God of their fathers with all their 
heart and with all their soul; 

13 That whosoever would not seek the 
Lord God of Israel should be put to death, 
whether small or great, whether man or wo- 
man. 

14 And tlfey sware unto the Lord with 
loud voice, and with shouting, and with trum- 
pets, a»d with cornets. 

15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath : for 
they had sworn with all their heart, and 
sought him with their whole desire ; and he 
was found of them: and the Lord gave them 
rest round about. 

16 H And also concerning" Maachah the 
motherof Asa the king, he removed her from 
being- queen, because she had made an idol 
in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and 
stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 

17 Cut the high places were not taken away 
out of Israel : nevertheless the heart of Asa 
was perfect all his days. 

18 ^T And he brought into the house of God 
the things that his father had dedicated, and 
that he himself had dedicated, silver, and 
gold, and vessels. 

19 And there was no more war unto the five 
and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 Asa, by the aid of the Syrians, droerteth Baa- 
sha from building of Ramah. 7 Being reprov- 
ed thereby by Hanani, heputteth him in prison. 
J.1 Among his other acts in his disease he seek- 
ethnot to God, but to the* physicians. 13 His 
. ' death and burial. 



XN the six and thirtieth year of the reign 
of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up 
against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent 
that he might let none go out or come in to 
Asa king of Judah. 

2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out 
of the treasures of the house of the Lord and 
of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad 
kiugof Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 

3 There is a league between me and thee, 
as there wees between my father and thy fa- 
ther: behold* I have sent thee silver and 
gold ; go, break thy league with Baasha king 
of Israel, that he may depart from me. 

4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, 
and sent the captains of his armies against 
the cities of Israel ; and they smote Ijon, and 
Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store-cities 
of Naphtali. 

5 And it came to pass* when Baasha heard 



Asa's sickness and death, 
it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let 
his work cease. 

6 Then Asa the king took all Judah; and 
they carried away the stones of Ramah, and 
the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was 
building, and he buiit therewith Geba and 
Pdizpah. 

7 5F And at that time Hanani the seer came 
to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, 
Because thou hast relied on the king of 
Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, 
therefore is the host of the king of Svria es- 
caped out of thy hand. 

8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims 
a huge host, with very many chariots and 
horsemen ? yet, because thou didst rely on 
the Lord, he delivered them into thy hand. 

9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro 
throughout the whole earth, to shew himself 
strong in the behalf of them whose heart is 
perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done 
foolishly : therefore from henceforth thou 
shalt have wars. 

10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and. 
put him in a prison-house* for he was in a 
rage with him because of this thing. And Asa 
oppressed some of the people the same time. 

11 If And behold, the acts of Asa, first and - 
last, lo, they are written in the book of the 
kings of Judah and Israel. 

12 And Asa in the thirty a*id ninth year of 
his reign was diseased in his feet, until his 
disease was exceeding great: yet in his dis- 
ease he sought not to the Lord, but to the 
physicians. 

13 And Asa slept with his fathers,, and died 
in the one and fortieth year of his reign. 

14 And they buried him in his own sepul- 
chres which he had made for himself in the 
city of David, and laid him in the bed which 
was filled with sweet odours, and divers kinds 
of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: 
and they made a very great burning for him. 

CHAP. XVII. 

1 Jehoshaphat succeeding Asa, reigneth well, and 
prospereth. 1 He sendeth Invites with the 
princes to teach Judah. 10 His enemies being 
terrified by God, some of them bring him pre- 
sents and tribute. 12 His greatness, captains, 
and armies. 

AND Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his 
stead, and strengthened himself against 
Israel. 

2 And he placed forces in all the fenced 
cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land 
of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which 
Asa his father had taken. 

3 And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, be- 
cause he walked in the first ways of his 
father David, and sought not unto iBaaiim ; 

4 But sought to the LORD God of his fa- 
ther, and walked in his commandments, and 
not after the doings of Israel. 

5 Therefore the Lord established the king- 
dom in his hand; and all Judah brought to 
Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches 
and honour in abundance. 

6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of 
the Lord: moreover he took away the high 
places and groves out of Judah. 

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.jekoshajyka? s greatness. 

7 U Also in the third year of his re'rgn he 
sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to 
Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Netha- 
neel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities 
of Judah. 

8 And with them he sent Levites, cvenShe- 
niaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and 
Asaliel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, 
and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adoni- 
iah, Levites; and with them Elishama and 
Jehoram, priests. 

And they taught in Judah, and had the 
book of thelaw of the Lord with them, and 
went about throughout all the cifies of Ju- 
dah, and taught the people. 

10 *[ And the fear of the Lord fell upon all 
the kingdoms of the lands that were round 
about Judah, so that they made no war 
against Jehoshaphat. 

11 Also some of the Philistines brought Je- 
hoshaphat presents, and tribute-silver; and 
the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thou- 
sand and seven hundred rams, and seven 
thousand and seven hundred he-goats. 

12^]" And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceed- 
ingly; and he built in Judah castles, and 
cities of store. 

13 And he had much business in the cities 
of Judah : and the men of war, mighty men 
of valour, were in Jerusalem. 

14 And these are the numbers of them ac- 
cording to the house of their fathers: Of Ju- 
dah, the captains of thousands ; Adnah the 
chief, and with him mighty men of valour 
three hundred thousand. 

15 And next to him was Jehohanan the cap- 
tain, and with him two hundred and four- 
score thousand. 

16 And next him was Amasiah the son of 
Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto 
the Lord ; and with him two hundred thou- 
sand mighty men of valour. 

17 Ana of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man 
of valour, and with him armed men with bow 
and shield two hundred thousand. 

18 And next him was Jehozabad. and with 
him a hundred and fourscore thousand ready 
pre pared for the war. 

19 These waited on the king, besides those 
whom the king put in the fenced cities 
throughout all Judah. 

CHAP. XVIII. 

I Jehoshaphat joined in affinity with Ahab, is 
persuaded to go with him against Ramoth-gi- 
iead. 4 Ahab, seduced by false prophets, ac- 
cording to the word of Micaiah, is slain there. 

MOW Jehoshaphat had riches and honour 

II in abundance, and joined affinity with 
Ahab. 

2 And after certain years he went down to 
Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep 
and oxen for him in abundance, and for the 
people that he hadvnih him, and persuaded 
him to go up with him to Ramoth-giiead. 

3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Je- 
hoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with 
me to Ramoth-giiead ? And he answered him, 
I am as thou art, and my people as thy peo- 
ple ; and tee trill be with thee in the war. 

4 5f And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of 



CHAP. XVIII. AluiVs false propU 

Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, 'at the word &£ 
the Lord to-day. 

5 Therefore the king of Israel gathered to- 
gether of prophets four hundred men, and 
said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gi- 
iead to battle, or shall I forbear ? And they 
said, Go up ; for God will deliver it into the 
king's hand. 

6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a 
prophet of the Lord besides, that we might 
inquire of him ? 

7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehosha-* 
phat, There is yet one man, by whom we 
may inquire of the Lord : but I hate him ; 
for he never prophesieth good unto me, but 
always evil : the same is Micaiah the son of 
Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the 
kirig say so. 

8 And the king of Israel called for one of 
his officers, and said, Fetxdi quickly Micaiah 
the son of Imla. 

9 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat 
kin»- of Judah sateither of them on his throne, 
clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void 
place at the entering in of the gate of Sama- 
ria : and all the prophets pr# phesied before 
them. 

10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah 
had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus 
saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push 
Syria until they be consumed. 

11 And all the prophets prophesied so, say- 
ing, Go up to Ramoth-giiead, and prosper : 
for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of 
the king. 

12 And the messenger that went to call Mi- 
caiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words 
of the prophets declare good to the king 
with one assent; let thy word therefore, I 
pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak 
thou good. 

13 And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, 
even what my God saith, that will I speak. 

14 And when he was come to the king, the 
king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to 
Ramoth-giiead to battle, or shall I forbear? 
And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and 
they shall be delivered into your hand. 

15 And the king said to him, How many 
times shall I adjure thee that thou say no- 
thing but the truth to me in the name of the 
Lord ? 

16 Then he said, I did see all Israel scatter 
ed upon the mountains, as sheep that have 
no shepherd : and the Lord said, These 
have no master ; let them return therefore 
every man to his house in peace. 

17 And the king of Israel said to Jehosha- 
phat, Did I not tell thee that he would not 
prophesy good unto me, but evil? 

18 Again he said, Therefore hear the word 
of the Lord ; I saw the Lord sitting upon 
his throne, and all the host of heaven stand- 
ing on his right hand and on his left. 

19 And the Lord said, Who shall entice 
Ahab king of Israel, that he»may go up and 
fall at Ramoth-giiead ? And one spake say- 
ing after this manner, and another saying af- 
ter that manner. 

20 Then there came out a spirit, and stood 
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AJiab ts slam at Ramoth-gUead, II. CHRONICLES. Jehoshapkat visits his kingdom. 

out to meet him, and said to king Jehosha- 
phat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and 
love them that hate the Lord ? therefore is 
wrath upon thee from before the Lord. 

3 Nevertheless, there are good things found 
in thee, in that thou hast taken away the 
groves out of the land, and hast prepared thy 
heart to seek God. 

4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: 
and he went out again through the people 
from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and 
brought them back unto the Lord God of 
their fathers. 

5 H And he set judges in the land through- 
out all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, 

6 And said to the judges, Take heed what 
ye do : for ye judge not for man, but for the 
Lord, who is with you in the judgment. 

7 Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord 
be upon you : take heed and do it : for there 
is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor re- 
spect of persons, nor taking of gifts. 

8 % Moreover, in Jerusalem did Jehosha- 
phat set of the Levites, and a/* the priests, and 
of thp chief of the fathers of Israel, for the 
judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, 
when they returned to Jerusalem. 

9 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall 
ye do in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and 
with a perfect heart. 

10 And what cause soever shall come to 
you of your brethren that dwell in their ci- 
ties, between blood and blood, between law 
and commandment, statutes and judgments, 
ye shall even warn them that they trespass 
not. against the Lord, and so wrath come 
upon you, and upon your brethren : this do, 
and ye shall not trespass. 

11 And behold, Amariah the chief priest is 
over you in all matters of the Lord ; and Ze- 
badiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the 
house of Judah, for all the king's matters : 
also the Levites shall be officers before you. 
Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be 
with the good. 

CHAP. XX. 
1 Jehoshaphat in his fear proclaimeth a fast. 5 
His prayer. 14 The prophecy of Jahaziel. 20 
Jehoshaphat exhorteth the people, and setteth 
singers to praise the J^ord. 22 The great over- 
throw of the enemies. 26 The people having 
blessed God at Berachah, return in triumph. 
31 Jehoshaphat s reign. 35His convoy of ships, 
which he made withAhaziah, according to the 
prophecy of Eliezer, unhappily perished. 



before the Lord, and said, I will entice him 
And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith ? 

21 And he said, I will go out, and be a lying 
spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And 
the LORD said, Thou shalt entice him, 
and thou shalt also prevail : go out and do 
even so. 

22 Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath 
put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy 
prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil 
against thee. 

23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah 
came near, and smote Micaiah upon the 
cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit 
of the Lord from me to speak unto thee ? 

24 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see 
on that day when thou shaltgointo an inner 
chamber to hide thyself. 

25 Then the kingof Israel said, Take ye 
Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the 
governor of the city, and to Joash the king's 
son ; 

26 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this 
fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread 
of affliction and with water of affliction, until 
I return in peace. 

27 And Micaiah said, If thou certainly re- 
turn in peace, then hath not the Lord spoken 
by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people. 

28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat 
the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 

29 And the king of Israel said unto Je- 
hoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will 
go to the battle ; but put thou on thy robes. 
So the king of Israel disguised himself; and 
they went to the battle. 

30 Now the king of Syria had commanded 
the captains of the chariots that were with 
him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, 
stive only with the king of Israel. 

31 And it came to pass, when the captains 
of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they 
said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore 
they compassed about him to fight : but Je- 
hoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped 
him ; and God moved them to depart from 
him. 

32 For it came to pass, that when the cap- 
tains of the chariots perceived that it was 
not the king of Israel, they turned back again 
from pursuing him. 

33 And a certainman drew a bow at a ven- 
ture, and smote the king of Israel between 
the joints of the harness: therefore he said 
to his chariot-man, Turn thine hand, that 
thou mayest carry me out of the host ; for I 
am wounded. 

34 And the battle increased that day : how- 
beit the king of Israel stayed himself up in 
his chariot against the Syrians until the even : 
and about the time of the sun going down he 
died. 

CHAP. XIX. 
1 Jehoshaphat, reproved by Jehu, visitetk kis 
kingdom. 5 His instructions to the judges, 
Sto the priests and Levites. 

AND Jehoshaphat the king of Judah re- 
turned to his house in peace to Jerusa- 
lem. 
2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went 



IT came to pass after this also, that the 
children of Moab, and the children of 
Amnion, and with them other besides the Am- 
monites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 

2 Then there came some that told Jehosha- 
phat, saying, There cometh a great multi- 
tude against thee from beyond the sea on this 
side Syria ; and behold, they be in Hazazon- 
tamar, which is En-gedi. 

3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself 
to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast 
throughout all Judah. 

4 And Judah gathered themselves together, 
to ask help of the Lord ; even out of all the 
cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord. 

5 *H And Jehoshaphat stood in the congre- 

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His fast and prayer. CHAP. XX 

gation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house 
of the Lord, before the new court, 

6 And said, O Lord God of our fathers, art 
not thou God in heaven ? and rulest not thou 
over all the kingdoms of the heathen ? and 
in thy hand is there not power and might, so 
that none is able to withstand thee? 

7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive 
out the inhabitants of this land before Un- 
people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of 
Abraham thy friend for ever ? 

tf And they dwelt therein, and have built 
thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 

9 If, when evilcometh upon us, as tiie sword, 
judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand 
before this house, and in thy presence, (for 
thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee 
in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. 

10 And now, behold, the children of Am- 
nion and Moab, and mount Seir, whom thou 
wou'dest not let Israel invade, when they 
came out of the land of Egypt, but they turn- 
ed from them, and destroyed them not; 

11 Behold, / say, how they reward us, to 
come to cast us out of thy possession, which 
thou hast given us to inherit. 

12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them ? 
for we have no might against this great com- 
pany that cometh against us; neither know 
we what to do : but our eyes are upon thee. 

13 And all Judah stood before the Lord, 
with their little ones, their wives and their 
children. 

14 1[ Then upon Jahaziel the son of Ze- 
ehariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, 
the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons 
of Asaph, came the Spirit of the Lord in 
the midst of the congregation ; 

15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and 
ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king 
Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, 
Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this 
great multitude; for the" battle is not yours, 
but God's. 

16 To-morrow go ye down against them : 
behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and 
ye shall find them at the end of the brook, 
before the wilderness of Jeruel. 

17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: 
set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the sal- 
vation of the Lord with you, O Judah and 
Jerusalem: fear not, nor" be dismayed; to- 
morrow go out against them : for the Lord 
will be with you. 

18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with 
his face to the ground : and all Judah and 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the 
Lord, worshipping the Lord. 

19 And the Levites, of the children of the 
Kohathites, and of the children of the Kor- 
hites, stood up to praise the Lord God of 
Israel with a loud voice on high. 

20 ^ And they rose early in the morning, 
and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: 
and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood 
and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabi- 
tants of Jerusalem: Believe in the Lord your 
God, so shall ye be established; believe his 
prophet?, .-o shall ye prosper. 

'21 And when he had consulted with the 



He overthrotceth his enemies. 
people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, 
and that should praise the beauty of holi- 
ness, as they went out before the army, and 
to say, Praise the Lord ; for his mercy en- 
dureih for ever. 

22 1[ And when they began to sing and to 
praise, the Lord set ambushments against 
the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount 
Seir, which were come against Judah ; and 
they were smitten. 

23 For the children of Ammon and Moab 
stood up against the inhabitants of mount 
Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and 
when they had made an end of the inhabi- 
tants of Seir, every one helped to destroy 
another. 

24 And when Judah came toward the watch- 
tower in the wilderness, they looked unto 
the multitude, and behold, they were dead 
bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. 

25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people 
came to take away the spoil of them, they 
found among them in abundance both riches 
witli the dead bodies, and precious jewels, 
which they stripped off for themselves, more 
than they could cany away : and they were 
three days in gathering of the spoil, it was 
so much. 

26 ^[ And on the fourth day they assembled 
themselves in the valley of Berachah ; for 
there they blessed the Lord : therefore the 
name of "the same place was called, The 
valley of Berachah, unto this day. 

27 Then they returned, every man of Ju- 
dah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the 
fore-front of them, to go again to Jerusalem 
with joy : for the Lord had made them to 
rejoice over their enemies. 

28 And they came to Jerusalem with psal- 
teries and harps and trumpets unto the house 
of the Lord. 

29 And the fear of God was on all the king- 
doms of those countries, when they had heard 
that the i^ord fought against the enemies 
of Israel. 

30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet : 
for his God gave him rest round about. 

31 ^J And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: 
he was thirty and five years old when he be- 
gan to reign, and he reigned twenty and five 
years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name 
was Azubah the daughter of Shiihi. 

32 And he walked in the way of Asa his 
father, and departed not from it, doing that 
which was right in the sight of the Lord. 

33 Howbeit, the high places were not taken 
away : for as yet the people had not prepared 
their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 

34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, 
first and last, behold, they are written in the 
book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is men- 
tioned in the book of the kings of Israel. 

35 ^[ And after this did Jehoshaphat king of 
Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Is- 
rael, who did very wickedjy : 

36 And he joined himself with him to make 
ships to go to Tarshish : and they made the 
ships in Ezion-geber. 

37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of 
Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat. 

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JehcraniZs tricked reign, 
saying, Because thou hast joined thyself 
with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy 
works. And the ships were broken, that 
.they were not able to go to Tarshish. 

CHAP. XXI. 

I. Jehoram succeeding Jehoshaphat, slayeth his 
brethren. 5 His wicked reign. SEdom and 
fjibnah revolt. 12 The prophecy of Elijah 
against him ill writing. 16 The Philistines 
and Arabians oppress him. IS His incurable 
disease, infamous death, and burial. 



"\[OW Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, 
i^F and was buried with iiis fathers in the 
And Jehoram his son reigned 



irity of David 
in his stead. 

2 And he had brethren the sons of Jehosha- 
phat, Azariaii, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, 
and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah : 
all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king 
of Israel. 

3 And their father gave them great gifts of 
silver, and of gold, and of precious things, 
with fenced cities in Judah: but the king- 
dom gave he to Jehoram ; because he was 
the first-born. 

4 Now when Jehoram was risen up to the 
kingdom of his father, he strengthened him- 
self, aud slew all his brethren with the sword, 
and divers also of the princes of Israel. 

5 *T Jehoram was thirty and two years old 
when he began to reign, and lie reigned 
eight years in Jerusalem. 

6 And he walked in the way of the kings 
of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab : for 
he had the daughter of Ahab to wife : and he 
wrought tJiat which ivas evil in the eyes of 
the Lord. 

7 Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the 
house of David, because of the covenant that 
he had made with David, and as he promised 
to give a light to him and to his sons for ever. 

8^[ In his days theEdomites revolted from 
tinder the dominion of Judah, and made 
themselves a king. 

9 Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, 
and all his chariots with him : and he rose 
up by night, and smote the Edomites which 
compassed him in, and the captains of the 
chariots. 

10 So the Edomites revolted from under 
the hand of Judah unto this day. The same 
time also did Libnah revolt from under his 
handy because he had forsaken the Lord 
God of his fathers. 

11 Moreover, he made high places in the 
mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabi- 
tants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, 
and compelled Judah thereto. 

12 *$ And there came a writing to him from 
Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the 
Lord God of David thy father, Because 
thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehosha- 
phat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king 
of Judah, 

13 But hast walked in the way of the kings 
of Israel, and hast made Judah and the in- 
habitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like 
to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and 
also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's 
house, which were better than thyself: 



II. CHRONICLES. and infamous death. 

14 Behold, with a great plague wiJl die 
Lord smite thy people, and thy children, 
and thy wives, and all thy goods: 

15 And thou shait have great sickness bv 
disease of thy bowels, until thv bowels fall 
out by^reason of the sickness day by day. 

16 *J Moreover, the Lord stirred up against 
Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of 
the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: 

17 And they came up into Judah, and brake 
into it, and carried away all the substance 
that was found in the king's house, and his 
sons also, and his wives; so that there was 
never a son left him, save Jehoahaz the 
youngest of his sons. 

18 *}[ And after all this the Lord smote him 
in his bowels with an incurable disease. 

19 And it came to pass, that in process of 
time, after the end of two years, his bowels 
fell out by reason of his sickness : so he died 
of sore diseases. And his people made no 
burning for him, like the burning of his fa- 
thers. 

20 Thirty and two years old was he when 
he began to reign, and he reigned in Jeru- 
salem eight years, and departed without be- 
ing desired: howbeit they buried him in the 
city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the 
kings. * ' 

CHAP. XXII. * 



\ Ahaziah succeeding, reigneth wickedly. 5 In 
his confederacy wUh Jcram the soji of Ahab, 
he is slain by Jehu. 10 Athaliah destroying 
all the seed royal, save Joash, whom Jehosha- 
beath his aunt hid, usurp eth the kingdom. 

AND the inhabitants of Jerusalem made 
Ahaziah his youngest son king in his 
stead : for the band of men that came with 
the Arabians to the camp had slain all the 
eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king 
of Judah reigned. 

2 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah 
when he began to reign, and he. reigned one 
year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also 
wets Athaliah the daughter of Omri. 

3 He also walked in the ways of the house 
of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor 
to do wickedly. 

4 Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the 
Lord like the house of Ahab : for they were 
his counsellors, after the death of his father, 
to his destruction. 

5 If He walked also after their counsel, and 
went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of 
Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria 
at Ramoth-gilead : and the Syrians smote 
Jo ram. 

6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel 
because of the wounds which were given 
him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael 
king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Je- 
horam king of Judah went down to see Jeho- 
ram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he 
was sick. 

7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of 
God by coming to Joram : for when he? was 
come, "he went out with Jehoram against 
Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had 
anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. 

8 And it came to pass, that when Jehu was 

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Alhaliak $ usurpation, 
executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, 
and found the princes of Judah, and the sons 
of the brethren of Ahaziah, tJiat ministered 
to Ahaziah, he slew them. 

9 And he sought Ahaziah : and they caught 
nhn, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought 
him to Jehu : and when they had slain him, 
they buried him : Because, said they, lie is 
the son of Jehoshaphaf, who soughtthe Lord 
with all his heart, So the house of Ahaziah 
nad no power to keep still the kingdom. 

10 IT But when Athaliah the mother of Aha- 
ziah saw that her son was dead, she arose, 
and destroyed all the seed royal of the house 
of Judah. 

11 But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the 
king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and 
stole him from among the king's sons that 
were slain, and put him and his nurse in a 
bed-chamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daugh- 
ter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada 
the priest, (for she was the sister of Aha- 
ziah.) hid lrirn from Athaliah, so that she slew 
him not. 

12 And he was with them hid in the house 
of God six years : and Athaliah reigned over 
the land. 

CHAP. XXIII. 
I Jehoiada having set things in order, maketh 
Joash king. 12 Athaliah is slain. 10 Jehoiada 
restoreth the worship of God. 

. 4 ND in the seventh year Jehoiadastrength- 
XjL ened himself, and took the captains of 
hundreds, Azariah the sonjpf Jeroham, and 
lshmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah 
the son of Obed, and Maaseirh the son of 
Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, 
into covenant with him. 

2 And they went about in Judah, and ga- 
thered the Levites out of all the cities of Ju- 
dah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, 
and they came to Jerusalem. 

3 And all the congregation made a cove- 
nant with the king in the house of God. And 
he said unto them, Behold, the king's son 
shall reign, as the Lord hath said of the sons 
of David. 

4 This is the thing that ye shall do ; A third 
part of you entering on the sabbath, of the 
priests and of the Levites, shall be porters 
of the doors; 

5 And a third part shall be at the king's 
house ; and a third part at the gate of the 
foundation : and all the people shall be in the 
courts of the house of the Lord. 

6 But let none come into the house of the 
Lord, save the priests, and they that minister 
of the Levites; they shall go in, for they tire 
holy : but all the people shall keep the watch 
of the Lord. 

7 And the Levites shall compass the king 
round about, every man with his weapons in 
his hand; and whosoever el$g cometh into 
the house, he s.!mll be put to death : but be 
ye with the king when he cometh in, and 
when he goeth out. 

3 So the Levites and all Judah did accord* 

ing to all things that Jehoiada the priest had 

commanded, and took every man Ids men 

that w«re to come in on the sabbath, with 

p* 



CHAP. XX-lII, XXIV. anddea'Ju 

them that were to go out on the sabbath : 
for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the 
courses. 

9 Moreover, Jehoiada the priest delivered 
to the captains of hundreds spears, and buck- 
lers, an>i shields, that had been king David's, 
which were in the house of God* 

10 And he set all the people, every man 
having his weapon in his hand, from the 
right side of the temple to the left side of the 
temple, along by the altar and the temple, 
by the king round about. 

11 Then they brought out the king's son, 
and put upon him the crown, and gave him 
the testimony, and made him king. And 
Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and 
said, God save the king. 

12 ^[ Now when Athaliah heard the noise 
of the people running and praising the king, 
she came to the people into the house of the 
Lord : 

13 And she looked, and behold, the king 
stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the 
princes and the trumpets by the king: and 
all the people of the land rejoiced, and 
sounded with trumpets ; also the singers 
with instruments of music, and such as taught 
to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her 
clothes, and said, Treason, treason ! 

14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out 
the captains of hundreds that were set over 
the host, and said unto them. Have her forth 
of the ranges : and whoso folio we th her, let 
him be slam with the sword. For the priest 
said, Slay her not in the house of the Lord. 

15 So they laid hands on her ; and when 
she was come to the entering of the horse- 
gate by the king's house, they slew her there. 

"16 If "And Jehoiada made" a covenant be- 
tween him, and between all the people, and 
between the king, that they should be the 
Lord's people. 

17 Then all the people went to the house . 
of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his 
altars and his images in pieces, and slew 
M-.it Can the priest of Baal before the altars. 

18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of 
the house of the Lord by the hand of the 
priests the Levites, whom David had distri- 
buted in the house of the Lord, to offer the 
burnt-offerings of the Lord, as it is written 
in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with 
singing, as it ivas ordained by David. 

19 And he set the porters at the gates of die 
house of the Lord, that none whieh was un- 
clean in any thing should enter in. 

20 And he took the captains of hundreds, 
and the nobles, and the governors of the 
people, and all the people of the land, and 
brought down the king from the house of the 
Lord : and they came through the high gate 
into the king's bouse, and set the king upon 
the throne of the kingdom. 

21 And all the people of the land rejoiced : 
and the city was quiet, after that they had 
slain Athaliah with the sword. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
I Joash reigiictli well all the days of Jehoiada. 
4 He gieeth order for the. repair of the tem- 
pi:. 15 Jehoiada his death "and honourable 
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The good reign of Joash. 
burial. 17 Jo ash falling to idolatry, slayeth 
Zechariah the son of Jehoiada. 23 Joash is 
spoiled by the Syrians, and stain by Zabad 
andJehozabad. 27 Amaziah succcedeth him. 

JOASH was seven years old when he be- 
gan to reign, and he reigned forty years 
in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was 
Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 

2 And Joash did that which icas right in the 
^ight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada 
the priest. 

3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; 
and he begat sons and daughters. 

4 1[ And it came to pass after this, that Joash 
was minded to repair the house of the Lord. 

5 And he gathered together the priests and 
the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto 
the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel 
money to repair the house of your God from 
year to year, and see that ye hasten the mat- 
ter. Howbeit the Levites hastened if not. 

6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, 
and said unto him, Why hast thou not re- 
quired of the Levites to bring in out of Ju- 
dah and out of Jerusalem the collection, ac- 
cording to the commandment of Moses the 
servant of the Lord, and of the congrega- 
tion of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness? 

7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked wo- 
man, had broken up the house of God ; and 
also all the dedicated things of the house of 
the Lord did they bestow upon Baalim. 

8 And at the king's commandment they 
made a chest, and set it without at the gate 
of the house of the Lord. 

9 And they made a proclamation through 
Judah and Jerusalem, to bringintotheLoRD 
the collection that Moses the servant of God 
laid upon Israel in the wilderness. 

10 And all the princes and all the people 
rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the 
chest, until they had made an end. 

11 Now it came to pass, that at what time 
the chest was brought unto the king's office 
by the hand 4)f the Levites, and when they 
saw that there was much money, the king's 
scribe and the high priest's officer came and 
emptied the chest, and took it, and carried 
it to his place again. Thus they did day by 
day, and gathered money in abundance. 

12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to 
such as did the work of the service of the 
house of the Lord, and hired masons and 
carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, 
ami also such as wrought iron and brass to 
mend the house of the Lord. 

13 So the workmen wrought, and the work 
was perfected by them, and they set the 
house of God in his state, and strengthened it. 

14 And when they had finished it, they 
brought the rest of the money before the king 
and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels 
for the house of the Lord, even vessels to 
minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and 
vessels of gold and silver. And they offer- 
ed burnt-offerings in the house of the Lord 
continually all the days of Jehoiada. 

I5^f But Jehoiada waxed old, and wjas full 
<vr:avs when he died; a hundred and thirty 
years oH was nt when lie died. 



II. CHRONICLES. He is slain by his servants. 

16 And they buried him in the city of David 
among the kings, because he had "done good 
in Israel, both toward God, and toward his 
house. 

17 Now after the death of Jehoiada came 
the princes of Judah, and made obeisance 
to the king. Then the king hearkened unto 
them. 

18 And they left the house of the Lord God 
of their fathers, and served groves and idols: 
and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem 
for this their trespass. 

19 Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring 
them again unto the Lord ; and they testified 
against them : but they would not give ear. 

20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zech- 
ariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which 
stood above the people, and said unto them, 
Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the com- 
mandments of the Lord, that ye cannot pros- 
per ? because ye have forsaken the Lord, 
he hath also forsaken you. 

21 And they conspired against him, ami 
stoned him with stones at the commandment 
of the king, in the court of the house of the 
Lord. 

22 Thus Joash the king remembered nol 
the kindness which Jehoiada his father had 
done to him, but slew his son. And when 
he died, he said, The Lord look upon if, 
and require it. 

23 *J And it came to pass at the end of tin 
year, that the host of Syria came up agains 
him: and they came to Judah and Jerusa 
lem, and destroyed all the princes of the peo 
pie from among the people, and sent all the 
spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. 

24 For the army of the Syrian- came with 
a small company of men, and the Lord de- 
livered a very great host into their hand, be- 
cause they had forsaken the Lord God of 
their fathers. So they executed judgment 
against Joash. 

25 And when they were departed from him, 
(for they left him in great diseases,) his own 
servants conspired against him for the blood 
of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew 
him on his bed, and he died : and they buri- 
ed him in the eity of David, but they buried 
him not in the sepulchres of the kings. 

26 A nd these are they that conspired against 
him ; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammon- 
itess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a 
Monbitess. 

27 ^[ Now concerning his sons, and the 
greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and 
the repairing of the house of God, behold, 
they are written in the story of the book of 
the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in 
his stead. 

CHAP. XXV. 
I Amaziah beginneth to reign well. 3 He exr- 
cuteth justice on the traitors. 5 Having hired 
an army of Israelites against the Edomites, 
at the word of a prophet he loscth the hundred 
talents, anddismisseth them. 11 Heoverthrow- 
eth the Edomites. 10, 13 The Israelites discon- 
tented with their dismission, spoil as they re- 
turn home. 14 Amaziah proud of his victory, 
serveth the gods of Edoni, and de.spiseth thfi 
admonitions of the prophet. 17 He provoketh 
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Amaziah smiteth the Edomites. CHAP. XXV, XXVI. 



Ms overthrow by Joash. 



Joash to his overthrow. 2o His reign. SJ< He 
is slain by conspiracy. 

AMAZIAH was twenty and five years 
old when lie began to reign, and he reign- 
ed twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And 
bis mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jeru- 
salem. 

2 And he did that which was right in the sight 
of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart. 

3 if Now it came to pass, when the king- 
dom was established to him, that he slew his 
servants that had killed the king his father. 

4 But he slew not their children, butozrfas 
it is written in the law in the book of Moses, 
where the Lord commanded, saying, The 
fathers shall not die for the children, neither 
shall the children die for the fathers, but 
every man shall die for his own sin. 

5 ^['Moreover, Amaziah gathered Judah to- 
gether, and made them captains over thou- 
sands, and captains over hundreds, accord- 
ing to the houses of their fathers, throughout 
all Judah and Benjamin : and he numbered 
them from twenty years old and above, and 
found them three hundred thousand choice 
men, able to go forth to war, that could handle 
spear and shield. 

6 He hired also a hundred thousand mighty 
men of valour out of Israel for a hundred 
talents of silver. 

7 But there came a man of God to him, say- 
ing, O king, let not the army of Israel go 
with thee; for the Lord is not with Israel, 
to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. 

8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the 
battle : God shall make thee fall before the 
enemy: for God hath power to help, and to 
cast down. 

9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, 
But what shall we do for the hundred talents 
which I have given to the army of Israel ? 
And the man of God answered, The Lord is 
able to give thee much more than this. 

10 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, 
the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, 
to go home again: wherefore their anger 
was greatly kindled against Judah, and they 
returned home in great anger. 

11 H And Amaziah strengthened himself, 
and led forth his people, and went to the val- 
ley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir 
ten thousand. 

12 And oilier ten thousand left alive did the 
children of Judah carry away captive, and 
brought them unto the top of the rock, and 
cast them down from the top of the rock, that 
they all were broken in pieces. 

13 % But the soldiers of the army which 
Ainaziah sent back, that they should not go 
with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Ju- 
dah, from; Samaria even unto Beth-horon, 
and smote three thousand of them, and took 
much spoil. 

14 H Now it came to pass, after that Ama- 
ziah was come from the slaughter of the 
Edomites, that he brought the gods of the 
children of Seir, and set them up to be his 
gods, and bowed down himself before them, 
and burned incense unto them. 

15 Wherefore the anger of the Lord was 



kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto 
him a prophet, which said unto him, Why 
hast thou sought after the gods of the people, 
which could not deliver their own people out 
of thy hand ? 

16 And it came to pass, as he talked with 
him, that the king' said unto him, Art thou 
made of the king's counsel ? forbear ; why 
shouldest thou be smitten ? Then the pro- 
phet forbare, and said, I know that God hath 
determined to destroy thee, because thou hast 
done this, and hast not hearkened unto my 
counsel. 

17 If Then Amaziah king of Judah took 
advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jeho- 
ahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, 
Come, let us see one another in the face. 

18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Ama- 
ziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that 
was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in 
Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son 
Ho wife : and there passed by a wild beast that 
was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. 

19 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the 
Edomites ; and thy heart lifteth thee up to 
boast : abide now at home ; why shouldest 
thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest 
fall, even thou, and Judah with thee ? 

20 But Amaziah would not hear; fork came 
of God, that he might deliver them into the 
hand of their enemies, because they sought 
after the gods of Edom. 

21 So Joash the king of Israel went up ; and 
they saw one another in the face, both he 
and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-she- 
mesh, which belongeih to Judah. 

22 And Judah was put to the worse before 
Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. 

23 And Joash the king of Israel took Ama- 
ziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son 
of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought 
him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall 
of J erusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the 
corner-gate, four hundred cubits. 

24 And he took all the gold and silver, and 
all the vessels that were found in the house 
of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures 
of the king's house, the hostages also, and 
returned to Samaria. 

25 1J And Amaziah, the son of Joash king 
of Judah, lived after the death of Joash, son 
of Jehoahaz king of Israel, fifteen years. 

26 Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first 
and last, behold, are they not written in the 
book of the kings of Judah and Israel ? 

27 *[ Now after the time that Amaziah did 
turn away from following the Lord they 
made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem : 
and he tied to Lachish : but they sent to 
Lachish after him, and slew him there. 

28 And they brought him upon horses, and 
buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. 

CHAP. XXVI. 
1 XJzziah succeeding; and reigning well in the. 
days of Zechariah, prospereth. 16 fl'axiiig 
proud, he invadeth the priest's office, and is 
smitten with leprosy. 22JHedieth : andJomam 
succeedeth him. 

THEN all the people of Judah Uyft ITz- 
ziah, who was sixteen vears vdd. a.)d 
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l/zziah's reign. 



If. CHRONICLES. 



JoikanCs good reign. 



made him king in the room of his lather Ama- 
ziah. 

2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Jadah, 
after that the king slept with his fathers. 

3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he 
began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two 
years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also 
was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 

4 And he did that which was right in the 
sight of die Lord, according to all that his 
father Amaziah did. 

5 And he sought God in the days of Zecha- 
riah, who had understanding in the visions of 
God : and, as long as he sought the Lord, 
God made him to prosper. 

6 And he went forth and warred against the 
Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, 
and the wall of Jabneh, and the wail of Ash- 
dod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among 
the Philistines. 

7 And God helped him against the Philis- 
tines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in 
Gur-baal, and the Mehunims. 

8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah : 
and his name spread abroad even to the en- 
tering in of Egypt : for he strengthened him- 
self exceedingly. 

9 Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusa- 
lem at the corner-gate, and at the valley- 
gate, and at the turning of the wall, and for- 
tified them. 

10 Also he built towers in the desert, and 
digged many wells : for he had much cattle, 
both in the low country, and in the plains; 
husbandmen also, and vine-dressers in the 
mountains, and in Carmel : for he loved hus- 
bandry. 

11 Moreover, Uzziah had a host of fighting 
men, that went out to war by bands, accord- 
ing to the number of their account by the 
hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the 
ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of 
the king's captains. 

12 The whole number of the chief of the 
fathers of the mighty men of valour were two 
thousand and six hundred. 

1 3 And under their hand was an army, three 
hundred thousand and seven thousand and 
five hundred, that made war with mighty 
power, to help the king against the enemy. 

14 And Uzziah prepared for them through- 
out all the host, shields, and spears, and hel- 
mets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings 
to cast stones. 

15 And he made in Jerusalem engiues, in- 
vented by cunning men, to be on the towers 
and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and 
great stones withal. And his name spread 
fair abroad; for he was marvellously helped, 
till he was strong. 

16 1[ But when he was strong, his heart 
was lifted up to his destruction : for he 
transgressed against the Lord his God, and 
went into the temple of the Lord to burn 
incense upon the altar of incense. 

37 And Azariah the priest went in after 
liiiq, and with him fourscore priests of the 
Lord, tJuit were valiant men: 

13 And they withstood Uzziah the king, 
and saU unto him, U appertained not unto 



thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, 
but to the priests, the sons of Aaron, that are 
consecrated to burn incense : go out of the 
sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed ; neither 
shall it be for thine honour from the Lord 
God. 

19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a cen- 
ser in his hand to burn incense : and while 
he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy 
even rose up in his forehead before the 
priests in the house of the Lord, from be- 
side the incense-altar. 

20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all 
the priests looked upon him, and behold, he 
was leprous iu his forehead, and they thrus 
him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also 
to go out, because the Lord had smitten him. 

21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto 
the day of his death, and dwell in a several 
house, being a leper ; for he was cut off from 
the house of the Lord : and Jotham his son 
was over the king's house, judging the peo- 
ple of the land. 

22 TT Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first 
and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of 
Amoz, write. 

23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and 
they buried him with his fathers in the field 
of the burial which belonged to the kings; 
for they said, He is a leper : and Jotham 
his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
1 Jotham reigning wellprospereth. 5 He suhdu- 
eth the Ammonites. 7 His reign. SAkaz sue- 
ceedethhim. 

JOTHAM was twenty and five years old 
when he began to reign, and he reigned 
sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's 
name also was Jerushah. the daughter of 
Zadok. 

2 And lie did that which was riglrt in \\ie 
sight of the Lord, according to all that his 
father Uzziah did: howbeit, he entered not 
into the temple of the Lord. And the peo- 
ple did yet corruptly. 

3 He built the high gate of the house of the 
Lord, and on the wall of Opbel he built much. 

4 Moreover, he built cities in the mountain.-? 
of Judah, and in die forests he built castles 
and towers. 

5 TI He fought also with the klug of the Am- 
monites, and prevailed against them. And 
the children of Amnion gave him the same 
year a hundred talents of silver, and ten 
thousand measures of wheat, and ten thou- 
sand of barley. So much did the children 
of Ammon pay unto him, both the second 
year, and the third. 

6 So Jotham became mighty, because he 
prepared his ways before the Lord his God. 

7 «f Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and 
all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are writ- 
ten in the book of the kings of Israel and 
Judah. 

8 He was five and twenty years old when 
he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years 
in Jrrusalem. 

9 H And Jotham slept with his fathers, and 
they buried him in the city of David : and 
Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. 

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Wicked reign of Ahaz. CHAP. XXV 

CHAP. XXVIII. 

! Ahaz reigning very icickedly is greatly afflict- 
ed by the Syrians. 6 Judah being captivated 
bit the Israelites is sent home by the counsel of 
Oded the prophet. lQSdhaz sending for aid to 
. isgyria is not helped thereby. 22 In his dis- 
tress he groiceth wore idolatrous. 2G He dy- 
ing, Hezekiah suctcedeth him. 

ArIAZ was twenty years old when he 
began to reign, and he reigned sixteen 

years in Jerusalem? but he did not thai 

which ica.s right in the sight of the Lord, 

like David his father: 
2 For he walked in the way? of the kings of 

Israel, and made also molten images for 

Baalim. 
8 Moreover, he burnt incense in the valley 

of the son of H.innom, and burnt his children 

in the fire, after the abominations of the 

heathen whom the Lord had cast out before 

the children of Israel. 

4 He sacrificed also and burnt incense in 
the high places, and on the hills, and under 
every green tree. 

5 Wherefore the Lord his God delivered 
him into the hand of the king of Syria; and 
they smote him, and carried away a great 
multitude of them captives, and brought them 
to Damascus. And he was also delivered 
into the hand of the king of Israel, who 
smote him with a great slaughter. 

6 ^| For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew 
in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in 
one day, xrliich were, all valiant men; be- 
cause they had forsaken the Lord God of 
their fathers. 

7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, 
slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam 
the goveVnor of the house, and Elkanah that 
u-as next to the king. 

8 And the children of Israel carried away 
captive of their brethren two hundred thou- 
sand, women, sons, and daughters, and took 
also away much spoil from them, and brought 
the spoil to Samaria. 

9 But a prophet of the Lord was there, 
whose name pros Oded : and he went out 
before the host that came to Samaria, and 
Raid unto them, Behold, because the Lord 
God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, 
he hath delivered them into your hand, and 
ye have slain them in a rage that reachet.h 
up unto heaven. 

10 And now ye purpose to keep under the 
children of Judah and Jerusalem for bond- 
men and bond-women unto you: hut are 
there not with you, even with you, sins 
against the Lord your God ? 

11 Now hear me 'therefore, and deliver the 
captives again, whicn ye have taken captive 
of your brethren : for the fierce wrath of the 
Lord is upon you. 

12 Then certain of the heads of the chil- 
dren of Fiphraim, Azariah the son of Joha- 
nan, Beuechiah the son of Meshillemolh, 
and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Ama- 
sa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them 
that came from the war, 

13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring 
in the captives hither : for whereas we have 
offended against the Lord already, ye In- 



ill, XXIX. His idolatry and death. 

tend to add more to our sins and to our tres- 
pass : for our trespass is great, and there is 
tierce wrath against Israel. 

14 So the armed men left the captives and 
the spoil before the princes and all the con- 
gregation. 

15 And the men which were expressed by 
name rose up, and took the captives, and 
with the spoil clothed ail that were naked 
among them, and arrayed them, ami shod 
them, and gave them to eat and to drink, 
and anointed them, and carried all the feeble 
of them upon asses, and brought them to 
Jericho, the city of palm-trees, to their bre- 
thren : then they returned to Samaria. 

16 HP At that time did king Airaz send unio 
the kings of Assyria to help him. 

17 For again the Edomites had come and 
smitten Judah, and carried away captives. 

18 The Philistines also had invaded the 
cities of the low country, and of the south 
of Judah, and had taken Belh-shemesh, and 
Ajalon and Gederoth, and Shocho with the 
villages thereof, and Timnah with the vil- 
lages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages 
thereof: and they dwelt there. 

19 For the Lord brought Judah low be- 
cause of Ahaz king of Israel : for he made 
Judah naked, and transgressed sore against 
the Lord. 

20 And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria 
came unto him, and distressed him, but 
strengthened him not. 

21 For Ahaz took away a portion out of the 
house of the Lord, and out of the house of 
the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto 
the king of Assyria: but he helped him not. 

22 % And in the time of his distress did lie 
trespass yet more against the Lord : this is 
thai king Ahaz. 

23 For he sacrificed unto the gods of Da- 
mascus, which smote him : and he said, Be- 
cause the gods of the kings of Syria help 
them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that 
they may help me. But they were the ruin 
of him, and of all Israel. 

24 And Ahaz gathered together the vessels 
of the house of God, and cut in pieces the 
vessels of the house of God, and shut up the 
doors of the house of the Lord, and he made 
him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 

25 And in every several city of Judah he 
made high places to burn incense unto other 
gods, and provoked to anger the Lord God 
of his fathers. 

26 ^f Now the rest of his .acts and of all his 
ways, first and last, behold, they arc written 
in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 

27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and 
they buried him in the city, even in Jerusa- 
lem : but they brought him not into the. se- 
pulchres of the kings of Israel : and Heze- 
kiah his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
1 Hezekiah his good reign. 3 He restoreth re- 
ligion. 5 He exhorteth the Levites. 12 They 
sanctify themselves, and cleanse the house of 
God. 20 Hezekiah offereth solemn sacrifices 
wfrer?in the Lcvitcs icere more forward than 
the priests. 

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HezekiaWs good reign. II. CHRONICLES. 

HEZEKIAH began to reign when ke 
was five and twenty years old, and he 
reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. 
And his mother's name teas Abijah the 
daughter of Zechariah. 

2 And lie did that which was right in the 
sight of the Lord, according to all that Da- 
vid his father had done. 

3 ^f He, in the first year of his reign, in the 
first month, opened the doors of the house 
of the Lord, and repaired them. 

4 And he brought in the priests and the 
Levites, and gathered them together into the 
east street, 

5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Le- 
vites; Sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify 
the house of the Lord God of your fathers, 
and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy 
place. 

6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done 
that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord 
our God, and have forsaken him, and have 
turned away their faces from the habitation 
of the Lord, and turned their backs. 

7 Also they have shut up the doors of the 
porch, and put out the lamps, and have not 
burned incense nor offered burnt-offerings 
in the \iQ>Xy place unto the God of Israel. 

8 Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was 
upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath de- 
livered them to trouble, to astonishment, and 
to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. 

9 For lo, our fathers have fallen by the 
sword, and our sons and our daughters and 
our wives are in captivity for this. 

10 Now it is in my heart to make a cove- 
nant with the Lord God of Israel, that his 
fierce wrath may turn away from us. 

11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the 
Lord hath chosen voq to stand before him, 
to serve him, and that ye should minister 
unto him, and burn incense. 

12 ^f Then the Levites arose, Mahath the 
son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, 
of the sons of the Kohathites : and of the 
sons of Merari; Kish the son of Abdi, and 
Azariah the son of Jehalelel : and of the 
Gersbonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and 
Eden the son of Joah : 

13 And of the sons of Elizaphan ; Shimri, 
and Jeiel : and of the sons of Asaph ; Zecha- 
riah, and Mattaniah : 

14 And of the sons of Heman ; Jehiel, and 
Shimei : and of the sons of Jeduthun ; She- 
jnaiah, and Uzziel. 

lo And they gathered their brethren, and 
sanctified themselves, and came, according to 
the commandment of the king, by the words of 
the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord. 

16 And the priests went into the inner part 
of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it, and 
brought out all the uncleanness that they 
found in the temple of the Lord into the 
court of the house of the Lord. And the 
Levites took it. to carry it out abroad into 
the brook Kidron. 

17 Now they began on the first day of the 
fir«t month to sanctify, and on the eighth day 
of the month came they to the potcii of the 
Lord: <<> thev sanctified the hou?e of the 



His solemn sacrifices. 
Lord, in eight days; and in the sixteenth 
day of the first month they made an end. 

18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the kins:, 
and said, We have cleansed all the house of 
the Lord, and the altar of burnt-offering, 
with all the vessels thereof, and the shew- 
bread table, with all the vessels thereof. 

19 Moreover all the vessels, which king 
Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his trans- 
gression, have we prepared and sanctified,and 
behold, they are before the altar of the Lord. 

20 Tf Then Hezekiah the king rose early, 
and gathered the rulers of the city, and went 
up to the house of the Lord. 

21 And they brought seven bullocks, and 
seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he- 
goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom, and 
for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he 
commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to 
offer them on the altar of the Lord. 

22 So they killed the bullocks, and the 
priests received the blood, and sprinkled it 
on the altar : likewise, when they had killed 
the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the 
altar : they killed also the lambs, and they 
sprinkled the blood upon the altar. 

23 And they brought forth the he-goats/<?r 
the sin-offering before the king and the con- 
gregation ; and they laid their hands upon 
them : 

24 And the priests killed them, and they 
made reconciliation with their blood upon 
the altar, to make an atonement for all- Is- 
rael : for the king commanded that the burnt- 
offering and the sin-offering should be made 
for all Israel. 

25 And he set the Levites in the house of 
the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and 
with harps, according to the commandment 
of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and 
Nathan the prophet: for so was the com- 
mandment of the Lord by his prophets. 

26 And the Levites stood with the instru- 
ments of David, and the priests with the 
trumpets. 

27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the 
burnt-offering upon the altar. And when the 
burnt-offering began, the song of the Lord 
began also with the trumpets, and with the 
instruments ordained by David king of Israel. 

28 And all the congregation worshipped, 
and the singers sang, and the trumpeters 
sounded: and all this continued until the 
burnt-offering was finished. 

29 And when they had made an end of of- 
fering, the king and all that were present with 
him bowed themselves, and worshipped. 

30 Moreover, Hezekiah the king and the 
princes commanded the Levites to sing praise 
unto the Lord with the words of David, and 
of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises 
with gladness, and they bowed their heads 
and worshipped. 

31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now 
ye have consecrated yourselves unto die 
Lord, come near and bring sacrifices and 
thank-offerings into the house of the Lord. 
And the congregation brought in sacrifices 
and thank-offerings; and, as many as were of 
a frep heart, burnt-offerings, 

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A passover proclaim ed, C HAP 

32 And the number of the burnt-offerings, 
which the congregation brought, was three- 
score and ten bullocks, a hundred rams, and 
two hundred lambs: all these were for a 
burnt-o fife ring to the Lord. 

33 And the consecrated things, were six 
hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. 

34 But the priests were too few, so that they 
could not flay all the burnt-offerings: where- 
fore their brethren the Levites did help them 
till the work was ended, and until the other 
priests had sanctified themselves : for the 
Levites were more upright in heart to sanc- 
tify themselves than the priests. 

35 And also the burnt-offerings were in 
abundance, with the fat of the peace-offer- 
ings, and the drink-offerings for every burnt- 
offering. So the service of the house of the 
Lord was set in order. 

36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the peo- 
ple, that God had prepared the people : for 
the thing was done suddenly. 

GHAP. XXX. 

1 Hezekiah proclaimeth a solemn pass over on 

the second month for Judah and Israel. 13 

The assembly having destroyed the altars of 

idolatry, keep the feast fourteen days. 27 The 

priests and Levites bless the people. 

A ND Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Ju- 

1~\. dah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim 

and Manasseh, that they should come to the 

house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the 

passover unto the Lord God of Israel. 

2 For the king had taken counsel, and his 
princes, and all the congregation in Jerusa- 
lem, to keep the passover in the second 
month. 

3 For they could not keep it at that time, 
because the priests had not sanctified them- 
selves sufficiently, neither had the people 
gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. 

4 And the thing pleased the king and all the 
congregation. 

5 So they established a decree to make pro- 
clamation throughout all Israel, from Beer- 
shebaeven to Dan, that they should come to 
keep the passover unto the Lord God of 
Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it 
of a long time in such sort as it was written. 

6 So the posts went with the letters from 
the king and his princes throughout all Is- 
rael and Judah, and according to the com- 
mandment of the king, saying, Ye children of 
Israel, turn again unto "the Lord God of 
Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will re- 
turn to the remnant of you that, are escaped 
out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. 

7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like 
your brethren, which trespassed against the 
Lord God of their fathers, who therefore 
gave them up to desolation, as ye see. 

8 Now be ye not stiff-necked, as your fa- 
thers were, but yield yourselves unto the 
Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he 
hath sanctified for ever : and serve the Lord 
your God, that the fierceness of his wrath 
may turn away from you. 

9 For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your 
brethren and your children shall find com- 
passion before them that lead them captive, 



XXX . and solemnly observed* 

so that they shall come again into this land : 
for the Lord your God is gracious and mer- 
ciful, and will not turn away his face from 
you, if ye return unto him. 

10 So the posts passed from city to city 
through the country of Ephraim and Ma- 
nasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laugh- 
ed them to scorn, and mocked them. 

11 Nevertheless, divers of Asher and Ma- 
nasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, 
and came to Jerusalem. 

12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to 
give them one heart to do the commandment 
of the king and of the princes, by the word 
of the Lord. 

13 ^[ And there assembled at Jerusalem 
much people to keep the feast of unleavened 
bread in the second month, a very great con 
gregation. 

14 And they arose and took away the altars 
that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for 
incense took they away, and cast them into 
the brook Kidrou. 

15 Then they killed the passover on the 
fourteenth dayo( the second month : and the 
priests and the Levites were ashamed, and 
sanctified themselves, and brought in the 
burnt-offerings into the house of the Lord. 

16 And they stood in their place after their 
manner, according to the law of Moses the 
man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, 
which they received of the hand of the Levites. 

17 For there were many in the congregation 
that were not sanctified : therefore the Le 
vites had the charge of the killing of the 
passovers for every one thai was not clean, 
to sanctify them unto the Lord. 

18 For a multitude of the people, evenmAny 
of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issaehar and Ze- 
bulun, had not cleansed thetnselves, yet did 
they eat the passover otherwise than it was 
written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, 
saying, The good Lord pardon every one 

19 That prepareth his heart to seek God, 
the Lord God of his fathers, though he be 
not cleansed according to the purification of 
the sanctuary. 

20 And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, 
and healed the people. 

21 And the children of Israel that were pre* 
sent at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleaven* 
ed bread seven days with great gladness : 
and the Levites and the priests praised the 
Lord day by day, singing with loud instru- 
ments unto the Lord. 

22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto 
all the Levites that taught the good know 
ledge of the Lord : and they did eat through • 
out the feast seven days, offering peaie-offer- 
ings, and making confession to the Lord 
God of their fathers. « 

23 And the whole assembly took counsel to 
keep other seven da}'s: and they kept other 
seven days with gladness. 

24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to 
the congregation a thousand bullocks and 
seven thousand sheep ; and the princes gave 
to the congregation a thousand bullocks and 
ten thousand sheep : and a great number of 
priests sanctified themselves. 

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Idolatry is destroyed, II. 

25 And all the congregation of Judah, with 
the priests and the Levites, and all the con- 
gregation that came out of Israel, and the 
strangers that came out of the land of Israel, 
and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. 

26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem : for 
since the time of Solomon the son of David 
king of Israel there teas not the like in Jeru- 
salem. 

27 1[ Then the priests the Levites arose and 
blessed the people : and their voice was heard, 
and their prayer came up to his holy dwell- 
ing-place, even unto heaven. 

CHAP. XXXI. 

J The people is forward in destroying idolatry. 
% Hezekiah ordereth the courses of the priests 
and Levites, and provideth for their work 
and maintenance. 5 The people's forwardness 
in offerings and tithes. 11 Hezekiah appoint- 
eth officers to dispose of the tithes. 20 The sin- 
cerity of Hetekiah. 
NOW when all this was finished, all Israel 
thai were present went out to the cities 
of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, 
and cut down the groves, and threw down 
the high places and the altars out of all Ju- 
dah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Ma- 
nasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them 
all. Then all the children of Israel returned, 
every man to his possession, into their own 
cities. 

2 TT And Hezekiah appointed the courses 
of the priests and the Levites after their 
courses, every man according to his service, 
the priests and Levites for burnt-offerings 
and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to 
give thauks, and to praise in the gates of the 
tents of the Lord. 

3 He appointed also the king's portion of 
his substance for the burnt-offerings, to wit, 
for the morning and evening burnt-offerings, 
and the burnt-offerings for the sabbaths, and 
for tiie new-moons, and for the set feasts, as it 
ts written in the law of the Lord, 

4 Moreover, he commanded the people that 
dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the 
priests and the Levites, that they might be 
encouraged in the law of the Lord. 

5^J And as soon as the commandment came 
abroad, the children of Israel brought in 
abundance the first-fruits of corn, wine, and 
oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the 
field ; and the tithe of all tilings brought they 
in abundantly. 

6 And concerning the children of Israel and 
Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they 
also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, 
and the tithe of holy things which were con- 
secrated unto the Lord their God, and laid 
them by heaps. 

7 In the third month they began to lay the 
foundation of the heaps, and finished them 
in the seventh month. 

8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came 
and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord, 
and his people Israel. 

9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests 
and the Levites concerning the heaps. 

19 A rid Azariah the chief priest of the house 
ofZadok answered him and said, Since the 



CHRONICLES. Hezekiah' s sincerity, 

people began to bring the offerings into the 
house of the Lord, we have had enough to 
eat, and have left plenty : for the Lord hath 
blessed his people ; and that which is left is 
this great store. 

11 It Then Hezekiah commanded to pre- 
pare chambers in the house of the Lord; 
and they prepared them, 

12 And brought in the offerings and the 
tithes, and the dedicated thing's faithfully: 
over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, 
and Shimei his brother was the next. 

13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, 
and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and 
Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Be- 
naiah, tcere overseers under the hand of 
Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the 
commandment of Hezekiah the king, and 
Azariah the ruler of the house of God 

14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, 
the porter toward the east, was over the 
free-will-offerings of God, to distribute the 
oblations of the Lord, and the most holy 
things. 

15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, 
and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and 
Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in 
their set office, to give to their brethren by 
courses, as well to the great as to the small : 

1G Besides their genealogy of males, from 
three years old and upward, even unto every 
one that entereth into the house of the Lord, 
his daily portion for their service in their 
charges according to their courses; 

17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by 
the house of their fathers, and the Levites 
from twenty years old and upward, in their 
charges, by their courses; 

18 And to the genealogy of all their little 
ones, their wives, and then- sons, and their 
daughters, through all the congregation : for 
in their set office they sanctified themselves 
in holiness: 

19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, 
which were in the fields of the suburbs of their 
cities, in every several city, the men that 
were expressed by name, to give portions to 
all the males among the priests, and to all 
that were jreckoned by genealogies among 
the Levites. 

20 <I And thus did Hezekiah throughout all 
Judah, and wrought that which was good and 
right and truth before the Lord his God. 

21 And in every work that he began iu the 
service of the house of God, and in the law, 
and in the commandments, to seek his God. 
he did it with ail his heart, and prospered. 

CHAP. XXXII. 

1 Sennacherib invading Judah, Hezekiah forti- 
fieth himself, and encourageth his people. C 
Against the blasphemies of Sennacherib, by 
message and letters, Hezekiah and Isaiah 
pray. 21 An angel destroyeth the host of the 
Assyrians, to the glary of Hezekiah. 24 Heze- 
kiah praying in his sickness, Godgiveth him 
a sign of recovery. 25 He waxing proud is 
humbled by God. 27 His wealth and works. 
31 His error in the arnbassage of Babylon. 32 
He difing, Manasseh succeedeth him. 
A FTER these things, and the estaWish- 

J\ ment thereof, Sennacherib king of As- 
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Sennacherib in cadeth Judah . CH AP . 

syria came, and entered into Judah, and en- 
camped against the fenced cities, and thought 
to win them for himself. 

2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennache- 
rib was come, and that lie was purposed to 
fight against Jerusalem, 

3 He took counsel with his princes and his 
mighty men to stop the waters of the foun- 
tains which icere without the city : and they 
did help him. 

4 So there was gathered much people to- 
gether, who stopped all the fountains, and 
the brook that ran through the midst of the 
Mild, saying, Why should the kings of As- 
syria come, and find much water? 

5 Also lie strengthened himself, and built up 
ail the wall that was broken, and raised it 
up to the towers, and another wall without, 
ami repaired Millo in the city of David, and 
made darts and shields in abundance. 

b* And he set captains of war over the peo- 
ple, and gathered them together to him in the 
street of the gate of the city, and spake com- 
fortably to them, saying, 

7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid 
nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for 
all the multitude that is with him : for there 
be more with us than with him. 

8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us 
is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight 
our battles. And the people rested them- 
selves upon the words of Hezekiah king of 
Judah. 

9^1 After this did Sennacherib king of As- 
syria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he 
Jumself laid siege against Lachish, and all 
his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of 
Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jeru- 
salem, saying, 

10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, 
Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the 
siege in Jerusalem ? 

11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give 
over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, 
saying, The Lord our God shall deliver us 
out of the hand of the king of Assyria ? 

12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken 
away his high places, and his altars, and com- 
manded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye 
shall worship before one altar, and burn in- 
cense upon it ? 

13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have 
done unto all the people of other lands ? were 
the gods of the nations of those lands anyways 
able to deliver their lands out of my hand ? 

14 Who was there among all the gods of 
those nations that my fathers utterly destroy- 
ed, that could deliver his people out of my 
hand, that your God should be able to de- 
liver you out of my hand? 

15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive 
you, nor persuade you on this manner, nei- 
ther yet believe him : for no god of any na- 
tion or kingdom was able to deliver his peo- 
ple out of my hand, and out of the haud of 
my fathers : how much less shall your God 
deliver you out of my hand ? 

16 And his servants spake yet more against 
the Lord God, and against his servant He- 
zekiah. 



XXXII. The Assyrians destroyed. 

17 He wrote also letters to rail on the Lord 
God of Israel, and to speak against him, sav- 
ing, As the gods of the nations of other lands 
have not delivered their people out of my 
hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah de- 
liver his people out of my hand. 

18 Then they cried with a loud voice, in the 
Jews' speech, unto the people of Jerusalem 
that were on the wall, to affright them, and 
to trouble them; that they might take the city. 

19 And they spake against the God of Je- 
rusalem, as against the godg of the people of 
the earth, which were the work of the hands 
of man. 

20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, 
and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz T 
prayed and cried to heaven. 

21 *H And the Lord sent an angel, which 
cut off ail the mighty men of valour, and the 
leaders and captains in the camp of the king 
of Assyria. So he returned with shame of 
face to his own land. And when he was 
come into the house of his god, they that 
came forth of his own bowels slew him there 
with the sword. 

22 Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of 
Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from 
the hand of all other, and guided them on 
every side. 

23 And many brought gifts unto the Lord 
to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king 
of Judah : so that he was magnified in the 
sight of all nations from thenceforth. 

24 ^f In those days Hezekiah was sick to 
the death, and prayed unto the Lord : and 
he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign. 

25 But Hezekiah rendered not again ac- 
cording to the benefit done unto him ; for his 
heart was lifted up : therefore there was 
wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jeru- 
salem. 

26 Notwithstanding, Hezekiah humbled 
himself for the pride of his heart, both he and 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the 
wrath of the Lord came not upon them in 
the days of Hezekiah. 

27 ^1 And Hezekiah had exceeding much 
riches and honour : and he made himself 
treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for pre- 
cious stones, and for spices, and for shields, 
and for all manner of pleasant jewels : 

28 Storehouses also for the increase of corn, 
and wine, and oil ; and stalls for all manner of 
beasts, a;vi cotes for flocks. 

29 Moreover, he provided him cities, and 
possessions of flocks and herds in abun- 
dance : for God had given him substance 
very much. 

30 This same Hezekiah also stopped the 
upper water-course of Gihon, and brought it 
straight down to the west side of the city of 
David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his 
works. 

31 % Howbeit, in the business of the am- 
bassadors of the princes of Babylon, who 
sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that 
was done in the land, God left him, to try him, 
that he might know a\\ that was \n his heart, 

32 «[ Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, 

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Manasseh' s wicked reign. II. CHRONICLES, 

and his goodness, behold, they are written in 
the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of 
Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Ju- 
dah and Israel. 
33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and 
they buried him in the chiefest of the sepul- 
chres of the sons of David : and all Judah 
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him 
honour at his death : and Manasseh his son 
reigned in his stead. 

CHAP. XXXUI. 
3 Manasseh his wicked reign. 3 He setteth up 
idolatry, and would not be admonished. 11 He 
is carried into Babylon. 12 Upon his prayer 
to Qod he is released, and putteth down idola- 
try. 18 His acts. 20 He dying, Avion suc- 
ceeded him. 21 Amon reigning wickedly is 
slain by his servants. 25 The murderers being 
slain, Josiah succecdeth him. 

MANASSEH was twelve years old when 
he began to reign, and he reigned fifty 
and five years in Jerusalem : 

2 But did that which was evil in the sight of 
the Lord, like unto the abominations of the 
heathen, whom the Loup had cast out be- 
fore the children of Israel. 

3 ^[ For he built again the high places which 
Hezekiah his father had broken down ; and 
he reared up altars for Baalim, and made, 
groves, and worshipped all the host of hea- 
ven, and served them. 

4 Also he built altars in the house of the 
Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jeru- 
salem shall my name be for ever. 

5 And he built altars for all the host of hea- 
ven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. 

6 And he caused his children to pass through 
the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom : 
also he observed times, and used enchant- 
ments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a 
familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought 
much evil in the sight of the Lord, to pro- 
voke him to anger. 

7 And he set a carved image, the idol winch 
he had made, in the house of God, of which 
God had said to David and to Solomon his 
son, In this house and in Jerusalem, which 
I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, 
will I put my name for ever : 

8 Neither will I any more remove the foot 
of Israel from out of the land which I have 
appointed for your fathers; so that they will 
take heed to do all that I have commanded 
them, according to the whole law and the sta- 
tutes and the ordinances by the hand of 
Moses. 

9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inha- 
bitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse 
than the heathen, whom the Lord had de- 
stroyed before the children of Israel. 

10'And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and 
to his people : but they would not hearken. 

1 1 TJ Wherefore the Lord brought upon 
them the captains of the host of the king of 
Assyria, which took Manasseh among the 
thorns, and bound him with fetters, and car- 
ried him to Babylon. 

12 And when he was in affliction, he be- 
sought the Lord his God, and humbled him- 
self greatly before the God of his fathers, 

23 And prayed unto him: and he was en- 



Amon succeed* him, 
treated of him, and heard his supplication 
and brought him again to Jerusalem into his 
kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the 
Lord he teas God. 

14 Now after this, he built a wall without 
the city of David, on the west side of GiJion, 
in the valley, even to the entering in at the 
fish-gate, and compassed about Ophel, and 
raised it up a very great height, and put cap- 
tains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. 

15 And. he took away the strange gods, and 
the idol out of the house of the Lord, and 
all the altars that he had built in the mount 
of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, 
and cast them out of the city. 

16 And he repaired the altar of the Lord, 
and sacrificed thereon peace-offerings and 
thank-offerings, and commanded Judah to 
serve the Lord God of Israel. 

17 Nevertheless, the people did sacrifice 
still in the high places, yet unto the Lord 
their God only. 

18 U Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, 
and his prayer unto his God, and the words 
of the seers that spake to him in the name of 
the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are 
written in the book of the kings of Israel. 

19 His prayer also, and how God was en- 
treated of him, and all his sin, and his tres- 
pass, and the places wherein he built high 
places, and set up groves and graven images, 
before he was humbled: behold, they are 
written among the sayings of the seers. 

20 % So Manasseh slept with his fathers, 
and they buried him in his own house: and 
Anion his son reigned in his stead. 

21 Tf Araon rcas two and twenty years old 
when he began to reign, and reigned two 
years in Jerusalem. 

22 But he did that which was evil in the 
sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh his fa- 
ther : for Anion sacrificed unto ail the carved 
images which Manasseh his father had made, 
and served them ; 

23 And humbled not himself before the 
Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled 
himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. 

24 And his servants conspired against him, 
and slew him in his own house. 

25 Tf But the people of the land slew all 
them that had conspired against king Amon ; 
and the people of the land made Josiah his 
son king in his stead. 

CHAP. XXXIV. 
1 Josiah' s good reign. 3 He destroyeth idolatry. 
8 He taketh order for the repair of the temple. 
14 Hilkiah having found a book of the law, 
Josiah sendeth to Huldah to inquire of the 
Jord. 23 Huldah prophesieth the destruction 
of Jerusalem, but respite thereof in Josiah' s 
time. 29 Josiah, causing it to be read in a so- 
lemn assembly, renew cth the covenant with 
God. 

JOSIAH was eight years old when he be- 
gan to reign, and he reigned in Jerusa- 
lem one and thirty years. 

2 And he did thai which was right in the 
sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways 
of David his father, and declined neither to 
the right hand, nor to the left. 

3 ^1 For in the eighth year of his reign, 
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Josiah's good reign. 

while he was yet young, lie began to seek 
after the God of David his father : and in the 
twelfth year he began to purge Judah and 
Jerusalem from the high places, and the 
groves, and the carved images, and the mol- 
ten images. 

4 And they brake down the altars of Baa- 
lim in his presence ; and the images, that 
were on high above them, he cut down ; and 
the groves, and the carved images, and the 
molten images, he brake in pieces, and made 
dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves 
of them that had sacrificed unto them. 

5 And he burnt the bones of the priests 
upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and 
Jerusalem. 

G And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, 
and Ephraim, and Simeon, even untoNaph- 
tali, with their mattocks round about. 

7 And when he had broken down the altars 
and the groves, and had beaten the graven 
images into powder, and cut down all the 
idols throughout all the land of Israel, here- 
turned to Jerusalem. 

8 ^ Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, 
when he had purged the land, and the house, 
he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and 
Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joan 
the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the 
house of the Lord his God. 

9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high 
priest, they delivered the money that was 
brought into the house of God, which the 
Levites that kept the doors had gathered of 
the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, andofall 
the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and 
Benjamin ; and they returned to Jerusalem. 

10 And they put it in the hand of the work- 
men that had the oversight of the house of 
the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen 
that wrought in the house of the Lord, to 
repair and mend the house : 

11 Even to the artificers and builders gave 
they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for 
couplings, and to floor the houses which the 
kings of Judah had destroyed. 

12 And the men did the work faithfully : 
and the overseers of them were Jahath and 
Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari ; 
and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons 
of the Kohathites, to set it forward • and 
other of the Levites, all that could skill of 
instruments of music. » 

13 Also they were over the bearers of bur- 
dens, and were overseers of all that wrought 
the work in any manner of service : and of 
the Levites there were scribes, and officers, 
and porters. 

14 Tf And when they brought out the mo- 
ney that was brought into the house of the 
Lord, Hilkiah the priest found a book of 
the law of the Lord given by Moses. 

15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Sha- 
phan the scribe, I have found the book of 
the law in the house of the Lord. And Hil- 
kiah delivered the book to Shaphan. 

16 And Shaphan carried the book to the 
king, and brought the king word back again, 
saying, All that was committed to thy ser- 
vants, they do it. 



CHAP. XXXI V. Huldatis prophecy. 

17 And they have gathered together the 
money that was found in the house of the 
Lord, and have delivered it into the hand 
of the overseers, and to the hand of the 
workmen. 

18 Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, 
saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a 
book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 

19 And it came to pass when the king had 
heard the words of the law, that he rent his 
clothes. 

20 And the king commanded Hilkialr, and 
Aliikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the 
son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and 
Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, 

21 Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for 
them that are left in Israel, and in Judah, 
concerning the words of the book that is 
found : for great is the wrath of the Lord 
that is poured out upon us, because our fa- 
thers have not kept the word of the Lord, 
to do after ail that is written in this book. 

22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had 
appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, 
the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the 
son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe ; 
(now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college :) 
and they spake to her to that effect. 

23 ^| And she answered them, Thus saith 
the Lord God of Israel, Tell ye the man that 
sent you to me, 

24 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring 
evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants 
thereof, even all the curses that are written 
in the book which they have read before the 
king of Judah : 

25 Because they have forsaken me, and 
have burned incense unto other gods, that 
they might provoke me to anger with all the 
works of their hands ; therefore my wrath 
shall be poured out upon this place, and shall 
not be quenched. 

26 And as for the king of* Judah, who sent 
you to inquire of the Lord, so shall ye say 
unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel 
concerning the words which thou hast heard , 

27 Because thy heart was tender, and thou 
didst humble thyself before God when thou 
heardest his words against this place, and 
against the inhabitants thereof, and hum- 
bledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy 
clothes, and weep before me ; I have even 
heard thee also, saith the Lord. 

28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, 
and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in 
peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the 
evil that I will bring upon this place, and 
upon the inhabitants of the same. So they 
brought the king word again. 

29*51 Then the king sent and gathered toge- 
ther all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 

30 And the king went up into the house of 
the Lord, and all the men of Judah and the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and 
the Levites, and all the people, great and 
small : and he read in their ears all the words 
of the book of the covenant that was found 
in the house of the Lord. 

31 And the king stood in his place, and 
made a covenant before the Lord, to walk 

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Jostah's solemn passover. II. CHRONICLES 

after the Lord, and to keep his command- 
ments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, 
with all his heart, and with all his soul, to 
perform the words of the covenant which are 
written in this hook. 

32 And he caused all that were present in 
Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according 
to the covenant of God, the God of their 
fathers. 

33 And Josiah took away all the abomina- 
tions out of all the countries that pertained 
tc the children of Israel, and made all that 
were present in Israel to serve, evento serve 
the Lord their God. And all his days they 
departed not from following the Lord, the 
God of their fathers. 

CHAP. XXXV. 
\ Josiah keepeth a most solemn passover. 20 He, 
provoking Pliaraoh-necko, is slaiji at Megid- 
do. ^.Lamentations for Josiah. 

MOREOVER, Josiah kept a passover 
unto the Lord in Jerusalem : and they 
killed the passover on the fourteenth day of 
the first month. 

2 And he set the priests in their charges, 
and encouraged them to the service of the 
house of the Lord, 

3 And said unto the Levites that taught all 
Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, Put 
the holy ark in the house which Solomon 
the son of David king of Israel did build : it 
shall not be a burden upon your shoulders : 
serve now the Lord your God, and his peo- 
ple Israel, 

4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of 
your fathers after your courses, >*#cord;ng to 
the writing of David king of Israel, and ac- 
cording to the writing orSolomon his son : 

5 And stand in the holy place according to 
the divisions of the families of the fathers of 
your brethren the people, and after the divi- 
sion of the families of the Levites. 

6 So kill the passover, and sanctify your- 
selves, and prepare your brethren, that they 
may do according to the word of the Lord 
"by the hand of Moses. 

7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the 
flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover- 
oflferings, for all that were present, to the 
number of thirty thousand, and three thou- 
sand bullocks: these wereot the king's sub- 
stance. 

8 And his princes gave willingly unto the 
people, to the priests, and to the Levites: 
Hilkiah and Zechariah aad Jehiel, rulers of 
the house of God, gave unto the priests for 
the passover-offerings two thousand and six 
hundred small cattle^ and three hundred 
oxen. 

9 Cononiah also, and Shemaiah, and Ne- 
thaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah, and 
Jeiel, and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave 
unto the Levites for passover-offerings five 
thousand smallcattle, and five hundred oxen. 

30 So the service was prepared, and the 
priests stood in their place, and the Levites 
in their courses, according to the king's 
commandment. 

H And they killed the passover, and the 



He is slain at Megiddo. 
priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, 
and the Levites flayed them. 

12 And they removed the burnt-offerings, 
that they might give according to the divi- 
sions of the families of. the people, to offer 
unto the Lord, as it is written in the book 
of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. 

13 And they roasted the passover with fire 
according to the ordinance : but the other holy 
offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, 
and in pans, and divided them speedily among 
all the people. 

14 And afterward they made ready for them- 
selves, and for the priests : because the priests 
the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of 
burnt-offerings and the fat until night; there- 
fore the Levites prepared for themselves, and 
for the priests the sons of Aaron. 

15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were 
in their place, according to the command- 
ment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and 
Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters 
wailed at every gate ; they might not depart 
from their service: for their brethren the 
Levites prepared for them. 

16 So all the serv ice of the Lord was pre- 
pared the same day, to keep the passover, 
and to offer byrnt-offeringsupon the altar of 
the Lord, according to the commandment 
of king Josiah. 

J 7 And the children of Israel that were pre- 
sent kept the passover at that time, and the 
feast of unleavened bread seven days. 

18 And there was no passover like to that 
kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the 
prophet ; neither did all the kings of Israel 
keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the 
priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and 
Israel that were present, and the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem. 

19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jo- 
siah was this passover kept. 

20 ^[ After all this, when Josiah had pre- 
pared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came 
up to fight against Charchemish by Eu- 
phrates: and Josiah went out against him. 

21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, 
What have I to do with thee, thou king of 
Judah 1 I come not against thee this day, but 
against the house wherewith I have war: for 
God commanded me to make haste : forbear 
thee from meddling with God, who is with 
me, that he destroy thee not. 

22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his 
face from him, but disguised himself that he 
might fight with him, and hearkened not unto 
the words of Necho from the mouth of God, 
and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. 

23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and 
the king said to his servants, Have me away ; 
for I am sore wounded. 

24 His servants therefore took him out of 
that chariot, and put him in the second cha- 
riot, that he had; and they brought him to Je- 
rusalem, and he died, and was buried in one 
of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Ju- 
dah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 

25 % And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah : 
and all the singing men and the singing wo- 
men spake of Josiah in their lamentations to 

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Pharaoh deposes Jehoahaz. CHAP. 

this day, and made them an ordinance in Is- 
rael : and behold, they are written in the la- 
mentations. - T . 

26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and 
his goodness, according to that which was 
written in the law of the Lord, 

27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, 
tl.ey are written in the book of the kings of 
Israel and Judah. 

CHAP. XXXVI. 
X.Tekoahaz succeeding is deposed by Pharaoh, 
and carried into Egypt. 5 Jehoiakim reign- 
ing ill is carried bound into Babylon. 9 Jeho- 
iachin succeeding reigneth ill, and is brought 
into Babylon. 11 Zedekiah succeeding reign- 
eth ill, and despiscth the prophets, and rcbcl- 
leth against Nebuchadnezzar. 14, Jerusalem 
for the sins of the priests and people, is wholly 
destroyed. 22 The proclamation of Cyrus. 

THEN the people of the land took Jeho- 
ahaz the son of Josiah, and made him 
king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. 

2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old 
when he began to reign, and he reigned three 
months in Jerusalem. / 

3 And the king of Egypt put him down at 
Jerusalem, and condemned the land in a hun- 
dred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 

4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his 
brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and 
turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho 
took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him 
to Egypt. 

5 % jehoiakim was twenty and five years 
old when he began to reign, and he reigned 
eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that 
which was evil in the sight of theLoRD his God. 

6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar 
king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, 
to carry him to Babylon. 

7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the ves- 
sels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and 
put them in his temple at Babylon. 

8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and 
his abominations which he did, and that 
which was found in him, behold, they are 
written in the book of the kings of Israel and 
Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in 
his stead. 

9 ^[ Jehoiachin was eight years old when 
he began to reign, and he reigned three 
months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he 
did that tchich ivas evil in the sight of the 
Lord. 

10 And when the year was expired, king 
Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to 
Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house 
of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother 
king over Judah and Jerusalem. 

11 H Zedekiah tea* one and twenty years 
old when he began to reign, and reigned 
eleven years in Jerusalem. 



XXXVI . The proclamation of Cyrus. 

12 And he did that which was evil in the 
sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not 
himself before Jeremiah the prophet speak- 
ing from the mouth of the Lord. 

13 And he also rebelled against king Nebu- 
chadnezzar, who had made him swear by 
God : but he stiffened his neck, and harden- 
ed his heart from turning unto the Lord 
God of Israel. 

14 If Moreover, all the chief ©f the priests, 
and the people, transgressed very much af- 
ter all the abominations of the heathen; and 
polluted the house of the Lord wh ich he had 
hallowed in Jerusalem. 

15 And the Lord God of their fatnerssent 
to them by his messengers, rising up betimes 
and sending ; because he had compassion on 
his people, and on his dwelling-place : 

16 But they mocked the messengers of 
God, and despised his words, and misused 
his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord 
arose against his people, till there was no 
remedy. 

17 Therefore he brought upon them the 
king of the Chaldees, who slew their young 
men with the sword in the house of their sanc- 
tuary, and had no compassion upon young 
man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped 
for age : he gave them all into his hand. 

18 And all the vessels of the house of God, 
great and small, and the treasures of the 
house of the Lord, and the treasures of the 
king, and of his princes ; all these he brought 
to Babylon. 

19 And they burnt the house of God, and 
brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt 
ail the palaces thereof with fire, and destroy- 
ed all the goodly vessels thereof. 

20 And them that had escaped from the 
sword carried he away to Babylon; wis ere 
they were servants to him and his sons until 
the reign of the kingdom of Persia : 

2i To fulfil the word of the Lord by the 
mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoy- 
ed her sabbaths : for as long as she lay deso- 
late she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and 
ten years. 

22 Tf Now in the first year of Cyrus king of 
Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken hy 
the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplish- 
ed, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus 
king of Persia, that he made a proclamation 
throughout all his kingdom, and put it also 
in writing, saying, 

23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the 
kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of 
heaven given me ; and he hath charged me 
to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is 
in Judah. Who is there among you of all 
his people ? The Lord his God be with him, 
and let him go up. 



CHAP. I. 

1 The proclamation of Cyrus for the building of 
the temple. 5 The people provide for the return. 
7 Cyrus restoreth the vessels of the temple to 
Shcshbuzzar. 



N' 



OW in the first year of Cyrus king of 
Persia, that the word of the Lord by 



HEZRA. 

the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the 
Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of 
Persia, that he made a proclamation through- 
out all his kingdom, and put it also in wri- 
ting, saying, 

2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The 

Lord God of heaven hath given me all the 

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Vessels of 'the temple restored. EZRA 

kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged 
me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which 
is in Judah. 

3 Who is there among you of all his peo- 
ple 1 his God be with him, and let him go up 
to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build 
the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is 
the God,) which is in Jerusalem. 

4 And whosoever remaineth in any place 
where he sojourneth, let the men of his place 
help him with silver, and with gold, and with 
£oods, and with beasts, besides the free-will- 
cffering for the house of God that is in Je- 
rusalem. 

5 IT Then rose up the chief of the fathers of 
Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and 
the LeVites, with all them, whose spirit God 
had raised, to go up to build the house of the 
Lord which is in Jerusalem. 

6 And all they that were about them strength- 
ened their hands with vessels of silver, with 
gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with 
precious things, besides all that was willing- 
ly offered. 

7 % Also Cyrus the king brought forth the 
vessels of the house of the Lord, which Ne- 
buchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jeru- 
salem, and had put them in the house of his 



8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring 
forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasu- 
rer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, 
the prince of Judah. 

9 And this is the number of them : thirty 
chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of sil- 
ver, nine and twenty knives, 

10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a 
second sort four hundred and ten, and other 
vessels a thousand. 

11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were 
five thousand and four hundred. All these 
did Sheshbazzar bring up with -them of the 
captivity that were brought up from Babylon 
unto Jerusalem. 

CHAP. II. 
1 The number that return of the people, 36 of the 
priests, 40t>/ the Levites, 43©/ the Nethinims, 
55 of Solomon's servant*, 62 of the priests 
which could not shew their pedigree. 64 The 
whole number of them, with their substance. 
68 Their oblations. 

NOW these are the children of the pro- 
vince that went up out of the captivity, 
of those which had been carried away, whom 
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had 
carried away unto Babylon, and came again 
unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto 
his city; 

2 Which came with Zerubbabel : Jeshua, 
Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, 
Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. 
The number of the men of the people of Is- 
rael: 

3 The children of Parosh, two thousand a 
hundred seventy and two. 

4 The children of Shephatiah, three hun- 
dred seventy and two. 

5 The children of Arah, seven hundred se- 
venty and five. 

6 The children of Pahath-moab, of the clril- 



ITie number of those 
dren of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight 
hundred and twelve. 

7 The children of Elam, a thousand two 
hundred fifty and four. 

8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred for- 
ty and five. 

9 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred 
and threescore. 

10 The children of Bani, six hundred forty 
and two. 



11 The children of Bebai, six hundred twen- 
ty and three. 

12 The children of Azgad, a thousand tw 
hundred twenty and two. 

13 The children of Adonikam, six hundre 
sixty and six. 

14 The children of Bigvai, two thousan 
fifty and six. 

15 The children of Adin, four hundred fifty 
and four. 

16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, nine- 
ty and eight. 

17 The children of Bezai, three hundred 
twenty and three. 

18 The children of Jorah, a hundred and 
twelve. 

19 The children of Hashum, two hundred 
twenty and three. 

20 The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. 

21 The children of Beth-lehem, a hundred 
twenty and three. 

22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six. 

23 The men of Anathoth, a hundred twen- 
ty and eight. 

24 The children of Azmaveth, forty and 
two. 

25 The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephi- 
rah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty 
and three. 

26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, six 
hundred twenty and one. 

27 The men of Michmas, a hundred twenty 
and two. 

28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred 
twenty and three. 

29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two. 

30 The children of Magbish, a hundred fifty 
and six. 

31 The children of the oilier Elam, a thou- 
sand two hundred fifty and four. 

32 The children of Harim, three hundred 
and twenty. 

33 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 
seven hundred twenty and five. 

34 The children of Jericho, three hundred 
forty and five. 

35 The children of Senaah, three thousand 
and six hundred and thirty. 

36 If The priests : the children of Jedaiafu 
of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seven- 
ty and three. 

37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty 
and two. 

38 The children of Pashur, a thousand two 
hundred forty and seven. 

39 The children of Harim, a thousand and 
seventeen. 

40 If The Levites: the children of Jeshua 
anoVKadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, 
seventy and four. 

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who returned from Babylon. 

41 % The singers : the children of Asaph, 
a hundred twenty and eight. 

42 H The children of the porters : the chil- 
dren of Shallum, the children of Ater, the 
children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, 
the children of Hatha, the children of Sho- 
bai, in all a hundred thirty and nine. 

431[ The Nethinims : the children of Ziha, 
the children of Hasupha, the children of 
Tabbaoth, 

44 The children of Keros, the children of 
Siaha, the children of Padon, 

45 The children of Lebanah, the children 
of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 

46 The children of Hagab, the children of 
Shalmai, the children of Hanan, 

47 The children of Giddel, the children of 
Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 

43 The children of Rezin, the children of 
Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, 

49 The children of Uzza, the children of 
Paseah, the children of Besai, 

50 The children of Asnah, the children of 
Mehunim, the children of Nephusim, 

51 The children of Bakbuk, tlyj children of 
Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 

52 The children ofBazluth, the children of 
Me hula, the children of Harsha, 

53 The children of Barkos, the children of 
Sisera, the children of Thamah, 

54 The children of Neziah, the children of 
Halipha. 

55 *\ The children of Solomon's servants : 
the children of Sotai, the children ofSophe- 
retli, the children of Peruda, 

56 The children of Jaalah, the children of 
Darkon, the children of Giddel, 

57 The children of Shephatiah, the children 
of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Ze- 
baim, the children of Ami. 

58 All the Nethinims, and the children of 
Solomon's servants, were three hundred 
ninety and two. 

59 And these were they which went up from 
Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, "Cherub, Addan, and 
limner : but they could not shew their fa- 
ther's house, and their seed, whether they 
were of Israel : 

60 The children of Delaiah, the children of 
Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred 
fifty and two. 

61 1f And of the children of the priests : the 
children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, 
the children of Barzillai : which took a wife 
of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, 
and was called after their name : 

62 These sought their register among those 
that were reckoned by genealogy, but they 
were not found : therefore were they, as pol- 
luted, put from the priesthood. 

63 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that 
they should not eat of the most holy things, 
till there stood up a priest with Urim and 
with Thummim. 

64 H The whole congregation together was 
forty and two thousand three hundred and 
threescore, 

65 Besides their servants and their maids, 
of whom there were seven thousand three 
hundred thirty and seven : and there tee^e 



CHAP. III. Hie altar set up. 

among them two hundred singing-men and 
singing-women. 

66 Their horses were seven hun * «d thirty 
and six; their mules, two hundred forty and 
five ; 

67 Their camels, four hundred thirty and 
five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred 
and twenty. 

68 H And some of the chief of the fathers, 
when they came to the house of the Lord 
which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the 
house of God to set it up in his place : 

69 They gave after their ability unto the 
treasure of the work threescore and one 
thousand drams of gold, and five thousand 
pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' 
garments. 

70 So the priests, and the Levites, and 
some of the people, and the singers, and the 
porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their 
cities, and all Israel in their cities. 

CHAP. III. 
1 The altar is set up. 4 Offerings frequented. 
7 Workmen prepared. 8 The foundations of 
the temple are laid in great joy and mourning. 



AND when the seventh month was come, 
and the children of Israel were in the 
cities, the people gathered themselves to- 
gether as one man to Jerusalem. 

2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, 
and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel 
the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and 
builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer 
burnt-offerings thereon, as it is written in 
the law of Moses the man of God. 

3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for 
fear was upon them because of the people of 
those countries : and they offered burnt- 
offerings thereon unto the Lord, even burnt- 
offerings morning and evening. 

4 They kept also the feast, of tabernacles, 
as it is Written, and offered the daily burnt- 
offerings by number, according to the cus- 
tom, as the duty of every day required ; 

5 And afterward offered the continual burnf- 
offering, both of the new-moons, and of all 
the set feasts of the Lord that were conse- 
crated, and of every one that willingly offer- 
ed a free-will -offering unto the Lord. 

6 From the first day of the seventh month 
began they to offer burnt-offerings unto the 
Lord. But the foundation of the temple of 
the Lord was not yet laid. 

7 They gave money also unto the masons, 
and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, 
and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of 
Tyre, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to 
the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that 
they had of Cyrus king of Persia. 

8 *j[ Now in the second year of their coming 
unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the 
second month, began Zerubbabel the son of 
Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, 
and the remnant of their brethren the priests 
and the Levites, and all they that were come 
out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and ap- 
pointed the Levites, from twenty years old 
and upward, to set forward the work of the 
hause of the Lord. 

y Then stood Jeshua with his sons and hia 
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Foundation of the temple laid. EZRA. 

brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of 
Judah, together, to set forward the workmen 
in the house of God: the sons of Henadad. 
with their sons and their brethren the Le- 
vites. 

10 And when the builders laid the founda- 
tion of the temple of the Lord, they set the 
priests in their apparel with trumpets, and 
the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, 
to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of 
David king of Israel. 

11 And they sang together by course in 
praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; 
because he is good, for his mercy endiireth 
for ever toward Israel. And all the people 
shouted with a great shout, when they praised 
the Lord, because the foundation of the 
house of the Lord was laid. 

12 But many of the priests and Levites and 
chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, 
that had seen the first house, when the foun- 
dation of this house was laid before their 
eyes, wept with a loud voice ; and many 
shouted aloud for joy: 

13 So that the people could not discern the 
noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the 
weeping of the people : for the people shout- 
ed with a loud shout, and the noise was heard 
afar off. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 The adversaries, being not accepted in the 
building of the temple with the Jews, endea- 
vour to hinder it. 7 Their letter to Artaxerxes. 
17 The decree of Artaxerxes. 23 The building 
is hindered. 

NOW when the adversaries of Judah and 
Benjamin heard that the children of the 
captivity builded the temple unto the Lord 
God of Israel ; 

2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to 
the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, 
Let us build r with you : for we seek your God, 
as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since 
the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which 
brought us up hither. 

3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest 
of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto 
them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build 
a house unto our God ; but we ourselves to- 
gether will build unto the Lord God of Is- 
rael, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath 
commanded us. 

4 Then the people of the land weakened 
the hands of the people of Judah, and trou- 
bled them in building, 

5 And hired counsellors against them, to 
frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus 
king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius 
king of Persia. 

6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the 
beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him 
an accusation against the inhabitants of Ju- 
dah and Jerusalem. 

7 ^1 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote 
Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest 
of their companions unto Artaxerxes king 
of Persia; and the writing of the letter was 
written in the Syrian tongue, and interpret- 
ed in the Syrian tongue. 

8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the 



The enemies 1 letter to Artaxerxes, 
scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to 
Artaxerxes the king in this sort: 

9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and 
Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their 
companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsath- 
chites, the Taipei ites, the Apharsites, the 
Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susan- 
chites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, 

10 And the rest of the nations whom the 
great and noble Asnapper brought over, and 
set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that 
are on this side the river, and at such a time. 

11 ^[This is the copy of the letter that they 
sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the 
king; Thy servants the men on this side the 
river, and at such a time. 

12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews 
which came up from thee to us, are come 
unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and 
the bad city, and have set up the walls there' 
of, and joined the foundations. 

13 Be it known now unto the king, that il 
this city be builded, and the walls set up 
again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, 
and custom, *.id so thou shalt endamage the 
revenue of the kings. 

14 Now because Ave have maintenance from 
the king's palace, and it was not meet for u: 
to see the king's dishonour, therefore have 
we sent and certified the king; 

15 That search may be made in the book of 
the records of thy fathers : so shalt thou find 
in the book of the records, and know that 
this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto 
kings and provinces, and vhat they have 
moved sedition within the same of old time : 
for which cause was this city destroyed. 

16 We certify the king that, if this city be 
builded again, and the walls thereof set up, 
by this means thou shalt have no portion on 
this side the river. 

17 1| Then sent the king an answer unto 
Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the 
scribe, and to the rest of their companions 
that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest be- 
yond the river, Peace, and at such a time. 

18 The letter which ye sent unto us hath 
been plainly read before me. 

19 And I commanded, and search hath been 
made, and it is found that this city of old time 
hath made insurrection against kings, and 
that rebellion and sedition have been made 
therein. 

20 There have been mighty kings also over 
Jerusalem, which have ruled over all coun- 
tries beyond the river : and toll, tribute, and 
custom, was paid unto them. 

21 Give ye now commandment to cause 
these men to cease, and that this city be not 
builded, until another commandment shall be 
given from me. 

22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do 
this : why should damage grow to the hurt 
of the kings? 

23 1[ Now when th« copy of king Artax- 
erxes' letter was read before Rehum, and 
Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, 
they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the 
Jews, and made them to cease by force and 
power, 

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Zerubbabel, fyc. advance the building. CHAP. V, VI. Darius 1 decree infavour of the Jews. 



24 Then ceased the work of the house of 
God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased 
unto the second year of the reign of Darius 
king of Persia. 

CHAP. V. 

I Zerubbabel and Jeshua,incited by Haggai and 

ZechariaJi, set forward the building of the 
temple. 3 Tatnai and Shethar-boznai could 
not hinder the Jews. 6 Their letter to Darius 
against the Jews. 

THEN the prophets, Haggai the prophet, 
and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophe- 
sied unto the Jews that were in Judah and 
Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, 
even unto them. 

2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of She- 
altiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and 
began to build the house of God which is at 
Jerusalem : and with them were the prophets 
of God helping them. 

3 If At the same time came to them Tatnai, 
governor on this side the river, and Shethar- 
boznai, and their companions, and said thus 
unto them, Who hath commanded you to 
build this house, and to make up this wall? 

4 Then said we unto them after this man- 
ner, What are the names of the men that 
make this building? 

5 But the eye of their God was upon the 
elders of the Jews, that they could not cause 
them to cease, till the matter came to Da- 
rius: and then they returned answer by let- 
ter concerning this matter. 

6 1[ The copy of the letter that Tatnai. 
governor on this side the river, and She- 
thar-boznai, and his companions the Aphar- 
sachites, which were on this side the river, 
sent unto Darius the king : 

7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was 
written thus ; Unto Darius the king, all peace. 

8 Be it known unto the king, that we went 
into the province of Judea, to the house of 
the great God, which is builded with great 
stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and 
this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in 
their hands. 

9 Then asked Ave those elders, and said 
unto them thus, Who commanded you to build 
this house, and to make up these walls ? 

10 We asked their names also, to certify 
thee, that we might write the names of the 
men that were the chief of them. 

II And thus they returned us answer, say- 
ing, We are the servants of the God of hea- 
ven and earth, and build the house that was 
builded these many years ago, which a great 
king of Israel builded and set up. 

12 But after that our fathers had provoked 
the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them 
into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king 
of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed 
this house, and carried the people away into 
Babylon. 

13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king 
of Babylon, the same king Cyrus made a de- 
cree to build this house of God. 

14 And the vessels also of gold and silver 
of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar 
took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, 
and brought them into the temple of Baby- 

16 Q 



Ion, those did Cyrus the king take out of the 
temple of Babylon, and they were delivered 
unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, 
whom he had made governor; 

15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, 
go, carry them into the temple that is in Je- 
rusalem, and let the house of God be builded 
in his place, 

16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and 
laid the foundation of the house of God which 
is in Jerusalem : and since that time even 
until now hath it been in building, and yet 
it is not finished. 

17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the 
king, let there be search made in the king's 
treasure-house, which is there at Babylon, 
whether it be so, that a decree was made of 
Cyrus the king to build this Louse of God at 
Jerusalem, and let the king send his plea- 
sure to us concerning this matter. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 Darius, finding the decree of Cyrus, maketh a 
new decree for the advancement of the build- 
ing. 13 By the help of the enemies, and the di- 
rections of the prophets, the temple is finished. 
16 The feast of the dedication is kept, 19 and 
thepassover. 

THEN Darius the king made a decree, 
and search was made in the house of 
the rolls, where the treasures were laid up 
in Babylon. 

2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the 
palace that is in the province of the Medes, 
a roll, and therein was a record thus written : 

3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, the 
same Cyrus the king made a decree concern- 
ing the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the 
house be builded, the place where they offer- 
ed sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof 
be strongly laid ; the height thereof three- 
score cubits, and the breadth thereof three- 
score cubits ; 

4 With three rows of great stones, and a 
row of new timber : and let the expenses be 
given out of the king's house : 

5 And also let the golden and silver vessels 
of the house of God, which Nebuchadnez- 
zar took forth out of the temple which is at 
Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be re- 
stored, and brought again unto the temple 
which is at Jerusalem, everyone to his place, 
and place them in the house of God. 

6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond 
the river, Shethar-boznai, and your compa- 
nions the Apharsachites, which are beyond 
the river, be ye far from thence : 

7 Let the work of this house of God alone ; 
let the governor of the Jews, and the elders of 
the Jews, build this house of God in his place. 

8 Moreover, I make a decree what ye shall 
do to the elders of these Jews for the build- 
ing of this house of God: that of the king's 
goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, 
forthwith expenses be given unto these men, 
that they be not hindered. 

9 And that which they have need of, both 
young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the 
burnt-offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, 
salt, wine, and oil, according to the appoint- 
ment of the priests which are at Jerusalem 

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Thetcmplc is finished. EZRA. 

let it be given them day by day without fail: 

10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet 
savours unto the (jod of heaven, and pray 
for the life of the king, and of his sons. 

11 Also I have Kiade a decree, that whoso- 
ever shall alter this word, let timber be pull- 
ed down from his house, and being set up, 
let him be hanged thereon ; and let his house 
be made a dunghill for this. 

12 And the God that hath caused his name 
to dwell there destroy all kings and people, 
that shall put to their hand to alter and to de- 
stroy this house of God which is at Jerusa- 
lem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be 
done with speed. 

13 T| Then Tatnai, governor on this side the 
river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, 
according to that which Darius the king had 
sent, so they did speedily. 

14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and 
they prospered through the prophesying of 
Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son 
of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, 
according to the commandment of the God 
of Israel, and according to the commandment 
of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king 
of Persia. 

15 And this house was finished on the third 
day of the month Adar, which was in the 
sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. 

16' ^f And the children of Israel, the priests, 
and the Levites, and the rest of the children 
of the captivity, kept the dedication of this 
house of God with joy, 

17 Aud offered at the dedication of this house 
of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred 
rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-of- 
fering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, accord- 
ing to the number of the tribes of Israel. 

18 And they set the priests in their divi- 
sions, and the Levites in their courses, for 
the service of God, which is at Jerusalem ; 
as it is written in the book of Moses. 

19 And the children of the captivity kept 
the passover upon the fourteenth day of the 
first month. 

20 For the priests and tlie Levites were 
purified together, all of them were pure, and 
killed the passover for all the children of the 
captivity, and for their brethren the priests, 
and fo/themseives. 

21 And the children of Israel, which were 
come again out of captivity, and all such as 
had separated themselves unto them from the 
filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek 
the Lord God of Israel, did eat, 

22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread 
seven days with joy: for the Lord had made 
them joyful, and turned the heart of the king 
of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their 
hands in the work of the house of God, the 
God of Israel. 

CHAP. VII. 
J Ezra goeth up to Jerusalem. 11 The gracious 
commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra. 27 Ezra 
blesseth God for his favour. 

NOW after these tilings, in the reign of 
Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son 



Ezra <roeth to Jerusalem. 

2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, 
the son of Ah i tub, 

3 The son of Amariah, the son ofAzariah, 
the son of Meraioth, 

4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the 
son of Bukki, 

5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehns, 
the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief 
priest : 

6 This Ezra went up from Babylon ; and 
he was a ready scribe in the law "of Moses, 
which the Lord God of Israel had given : 
and tlie king granted him all his request, ac- 
cording to the hand of the Lord his God 
upon him. 

7 And there went up some of the children 
of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, 
and the singers, and the porters, and the 
Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh 
year of Artaxerxes the king. 

8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth 
month, which was in the seventh year of the 

kin & 

9 For upon the first day of the first month 

began he to go up from Babylon, and on the 
first day of the fifth month came he to Jeru- 
salem, according to the good hand of his God 
upon him. 

10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek 
the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to 
teach in Israel statutes and judgments. 

11 iPNow this is the copy of the letter that 
the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the 
priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words 
of the commandments of the Lord, and of 
his statutes to Israel. 

12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, Unto Ezra 
the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of 
heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. 

.13 1 make a decree, that all they of the peo- 
ple of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, 
in my realm, which are minded of their own 
free w ; U to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. 

14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, 
and of his seven counsellors, to inquire con- 
cerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to 
the law of thy God which is in thy hand ; 

15 And to cany the silver and gold, which 
the king and his counsellors have freely of- 
fered unto the God of Israel, whose habita- 
tion is in Jerusalem. 

16 And all the silver and gold that thou 
canst find in all the province of Babylon, with 
die free-wiil-offering of the people, and of 
the priests, offering willingly for the house 
of their God which is in Jerusalem : 

17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this 
money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat- 
offerings and their drink-offerings, and offer 
them upon the altar of the house of your God 
which is in Jerusalem. 

18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, 
and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of 
the silver and the gold, that do after the will 
of vour God. 

19 The vessels also that are given thee for 
the service of the house of thy God, those 
deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem 



of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of 20 And whatsoever more shall be needful 



Miikiah, 



I for the house of thv God, which thou slialt 
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His commission from Arlaxerxes. CHAP, 
have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of 
the king's treasure-house. 

21 And 1, even I Artaxerxes the king, do 
make a decree to all the treasurers which 
are beyond the river, that whatsoever Kzra 
the priest, the scribe of the law of the God 
of heaven, shall require of you, it be done 
speedily, 

22 Unto a hundred talents of silver, and to 
a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hun- 
dred baths.of wine, and to a hundred baths of 
oil, and salt without prescribing how much. 

23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God 
of heaven, let it be diligently done for the 
house of the God of heaven: for why should 
there be wrath against the realm of the king 
and his sons? 

24 Also we certify you, that touching any 
of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, 
Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, 
it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, 
or custom, upon them. 

25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of tl*y 
God, that is in thy hand, set magistrates and 
judges, which may judge all the people that 
are beyond the river, all such as know the 
laws of thy God; and teach ye them that 
know them not. 

26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy 
God, and the law of the king, let judgment 
be executed speedily upon him, whether it 
be unto death, or to banishment, or to confis- 
cation of goods, or to imprisonment. 

27 H Blessed be the Lord God of our fa- 
thers, which hath put such a thing- as this in 
the king's heart, to beautify the house of the 
Lord which is in Jerusalem : 

28 And hath extended mercy unto me before 
the king, and his counsellors, and before all 
the king's mighty princes. And I was strength- 
ened as the hand of the Lord my God teas 
upon me, and I gathered together out of Is- 
rael chief men to go up with me. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Tlie companions of Ezra, who returned from 
Babylon. 15 He sendeth to Iddofor ministers 
for the temple. 21 He keepeth a fast. 24 He 
committeth the treasures to the custody of the 
priests. 31 From Ahava they come to Jerusa- 
lem. 33 The treasure is weighed in the temple. 
36 The commission is delivered. 

THESE are now the chief of their fathers, 
and this is the genealogy of them that 
went up with me from Babylon, in the reign 
of Artaxerxes the king. 

2 0fthesonsofPhiuehas; Gershom: of the 
sons of Ithamar ; Daniel : of the sons of Da- 
vid; Ha tlu sh. 

3 Of the sons of Shechaniab.of the sons of 
Pharosh- Zechariah: and with him were 
reckoned by genealogy of the males a hun- 
dred and fifty. 

4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai 
the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hun- 
dred males. 

5 Of the sons of Shechaniah ; the son of Ja- 
haziel, and with him three hundred males. 

6 Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of 
Jonathan, and with him fifty males. 

7 And of the suns of Elam; Jeshaiah the 



VIII. Ezra proclaims a fast. 

son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. 

8 And of the sons of Shephatiah ; Zebadiah 
the son of Michael, and with him fourscore 
males. 

9 Of the sons of Joab ; Obadiah the son of 
Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eigh- 
teen males. 

10 And of the sons of Shelomith • the son of 
Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and three- 
score males. 

11 And of the sons of Bebai ; Zechariah the 
son of Bebai, and with hnn twenty and eight 
males. 

12 And of the sons of Azgad ; Johanan the 
son of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred 
and ten males. 

13 And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose A 
names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and She- 
maiah, and with them threescore males. 

14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and 
Zabbud, and with them seventy males. 

15 ^[ And I gathered them together to the 
river that runneth to Ahava • and there abode 
we in tents three days: and I viewed the peo- 
ple, and the priests, and found there none of 
the sons of Levi. 

16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for 
Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, 
and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for 
Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men ; 
also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, meil of 
understanding. 

17 And I sent them with commandment unto 
Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and f 
told them what they should say unto Iddo, 
Sid to his brethren the Nethinims, at the 
place Casiphia, that they should bring unto 
us ministers for the house of our God. 

18 And by the good baud of our God upon 
us they brought us a man of understanding, 
of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son 
of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and 
his brethren, eighteen ; 

19 And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah 
of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their 
sons, twenty; 

20 Also ofthe Nethinims, whom David and 
the princes had appointed for the service of 
the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethi- 
nims: all of them were expressed by name. 

21 1f Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the 
river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves 
before our God, to seek of him a right way 
for us, and for our little ones, and for all our 
substance. 

22 For I was ashamed to require of the king 
a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us 
against the enemy in the way : because we 
had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand 
of our God is upon all them for good that • 
seek him; but his power and his wrath is 
against all them that forsake him. 

23 So we fasted and besought our God for 
this: and he was entreated of us. 

24 1[ Then I separated twelve of the chief 
of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten 
of their brethren with them, 

25 And weighed unto them the silver, and 
the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of 
the house of our God, which the king, and 

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Ezra mournethfor Israel. EZRA. 

his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel 
mere present, -had offered : 

26 I even weighed unto their hand six hun- 
dred and fifty talents of silver, and silver ves- 
sels a hundred talents, and of gold a hundred 
talents; 

27 Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand 
drams, and two vessels of fine copper, pre- 
cious as gold. 

28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto 
the Lord; the vessels are holy also ; and the 
silver and the gold are a free-will-offering 
unto the Lord God of your fathers. 

29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh 
them, before the chief of the priests and the 
Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at 
Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of 
the Lord. 

30 So took the priests and the Levites the 
weight of the silver, and the gold, and the ves- 
sels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house 
of our God. 

31 ^[ Then we departed from the river of 
Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, 
to go unto Jerusalem : and the hand of our 
God was upon us, and he delivered us from 
the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in 
wait by the way. 

32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode 
there three days. 

33 If Now on the fourth day was the silver 
and the gold and the vessels weighed in the 
house of our God by the hand of Meremoth 
the s^n of Uriah the priest; and with him 
was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with 
them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, aftd 
Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites; 

34 By number and by weight of every one: 
and all the weight was written at that time. 

35 Also the children of those that had been 
carried away, which were come out of the 
captivity, offered burnt-offerings unto the 
God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, 
ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, 
twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this 
was a burnt-offering unto the Lord. 

36 ^1 And they delivered the king's commis- 
sions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the 
governors on this side the river: and they 
furthered the people, and the house of God. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 Ezra mourneth for the affinity of the people 
with strangers. 5 He prayeth unto God with 
confession of sins. 



NOW when these things were done, the 
princes came to me, saying, The peo- 
ple of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, 
have not separated themselves from the peo- 
ple of the lands, doing according to their 
abominations, even of the Canaanites, the 
Hittiles, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the 
Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, 
and the Amorites. 

2 For they have taken of their daughters 
for themselves, and for their sons : so that 
the holy seed have mingled themselves with 
the peop'e of those lands: yea, the hand of 
the princes and rulers hath been chief in this 
trespas: 



3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my I because of this. 



His prayer, and confession of sins. 
garment and my mantle, and plucked off the 
hair of my head and of my beard, and sat 
down astonished. 

4 Then were assembled unto me every one 
that trembled at the words of the God of Is- 
rael, because of the transgression of those 
that had been carried away; and I sat asto- 
nished until the evening sacrifice. 

5 H And at the evening sacrifice I arose up 
from my heaviness; and having rent my gar- 
ment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, 
and spread out my hands unto the Lord my 
God. 

6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and 
blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for 
our iniquities are increased over our head, 
aud our trespass is grown up unto the hea- 
vens. 

7 Since the days of our fathers have we 
been in a great trespass unto this day; and 
for our iniquities have we, our kings, and 
our priests, been delivered into the hand of 
the kings of the lands, to the sword, to cap- 
tivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of 
face, as it is this day. 

8 And now for a little space grace hath 
been shewed from the Lord our God, to 
leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us 
a nail in his holy place, that our God may 
lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving 
in our bondage. 

9 For we were bond-men; yet our God hath 
not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath ex- 
tended mercy unto us in the sight of the 
kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set 
up the house of our God, and to repair the 
desolations thereof, and to give us a wall 
in Judah and in Jerusalem. 

10 And now, O our God, what shall we say 
after this ? for we have forsaken thy com- 
mandments, 

11 Which thou hast commanded by thy ser- 
vants the prophets, saying, The land unto 
which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land 
with the filthiness of the people of the hinds, 
with their abominations, which have filled 
it from one end to another witli their un- 
cleanness. 

12 Now therefore give not your daughters 
unto their sons, neither take their daughters 
unto your sons, nor seek their peace or 
their wealth for ever : that ye may oe strong, 
and eat the good of the land, and leave it 
for an inheritance to your children for ever. 

13 And after all that is come upon us for 
our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, 
seeing that thou our God hast punished us 
less than our iniquities deserve, and hast 
given us such deliverance as this; 

14 Should we again break thy command- 
ments, and join in affinity with the people 
of these abominations? wouldest not thou 
be angry with us till thou hadst consumed 
us, so that there should be no remnant nor 
escaping ? 

15 O Lord God of Israel, thou art right- 
eous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is 
this day : behold, we are before thee in our 
trespasses; for we cannot stand before thee 



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The people repent. 

CHAP. X. 

iShechaniak encouragetk Ezra to reform the 
strait ge marriages. G Ezra mourning assem- 
bletk the people. 9 The people, at the exhorta- 
tion of Ezra, repent, and promise amendment. 
15 The care to perform it. 18 The names of 
them which had married strange wives. 

[VOW when Ezra had prayed, and when 
X 1 he had confessed, weeping and casting 
himself down before the house of God, there 
assembled unto him out of Israel a very great 
congregation of men and women and chil- 
dren : for the people wept very sore. 

2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of 
the sons of Elam, answered and said unto 
Ezra. We have trespassed against our God, 
and have taken strange wives of the people 
of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel 
concerning this thing. 

3 Now therefore let us make a covenant 
with our God to put away all the wives, and 
such as are born of them, according to the 
counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble 
at the commandment of our God; and let it 
be done according to the law. 

4 Arise ; for this matter belongeth unto 
thee : we also will be with thee : be of good 
courage, and do it. 

5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief 
priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to sv. ear 
that they should do according to this word. 
And they sware. 

6 ^[ Then Ezra rose up from before the 
house of God, and went into the chamber 
of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when 
iie came thither, he did eat no bread, nor 
drink water: for he mourned because of the 
transgression of them that had been carried 
away. 

7 And they made proclamation throughout 
Judah and Jerusalem unto alt the children 
of the captivity, that they should gather 
themselves together unto Jerusalem; 

8 And that whosoever would not come 
within three days, according to the counsel 
of the princes and the elders, all his sub- 
stance should be forfeited, and himself sepa- 
rated from tire congregation of those that 
had been carried away. 

9 ^| Then all the. men of Judah and Ben- 
jamin gathered themselves together unto Je- 
rusalem within three days. It was the ninth 
month., and the twentieth day of the month; 
and all the people sat in the street of the 
house of God, trembling because of this mat- 
ter, and for the great rain. 

10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said 
unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have 
taken strange wives to increase the trespass 
of Israel. 

11 Now therefore make confession unto the 
Lord God of your fathers, and do his plea- 
sure : and separate yourselves from the peo- 
ple of the land, and from the strange wives. 

12 Then all the congregation answered and 
said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so 
must we do. 

13 But the people are many, and it is a 
time of much rain, and we are not able to 
stand without, neither is this a work of one 



CHAP. X. Those icho took strange wives. 

day or two : for we are many that have 
transgressed in this thing. 

14 Let now our rulers of all the congrega- 
tion stand, and let all them which have taken 
strange wives in our cities come at appoint- 
ed times, and with them the elders of every 
city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce 
wrath of our God for this matter be turned 
from us. 

15 If Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and 
Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed 
about this matter : and Meshullam and Shab- 
bethai the Levite helped them. 

16 And the children of the captivity did so. 
And Ezra the priest, with certain chief ot 
the fathers, after the house of their fathers, 
and all of them by their names, were sepa- 
rated, and sat down in the first day of the 
tenth month to examine the matter. 

17 And they made an end with all the men 
that had taken strange wives by the first day 
of the first month. 

18 % And among the sons of the priests 
there were found that had taken strange 
wives: namely, of the sons of Jeslma the 
son of Jozadak, and his brethren ; Maaseiah, 
and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. 

19 And they gave their hands that they 
would put away their wives; 'and being 
guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for 
their trespass. 

20 And of the sons of Immer ; Hanani, and 
Zebadiah. 

21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, 
and Elijah, mtu Shc;r.aiah, and Jehiel, and 
Uzziah. 

22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, 
Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and 
Elasah. 

23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shi- 
mei, and Kelaiah (the same is Kelita,) Pe- 
thahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. 

24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of 
the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. 

25 Moreover, of Israel : of the sons of Pa- 
rosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, 
and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, 
and Benaiah. 

26 And of the sons of Elam ; Mattaniah, 
Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jere- 
moth, and Eliah. 

27 And of the sons of Zattu ; Elioenai, 
Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Za- 
bad, and Aziza. 

28 Of the sons also of Bebai ; Jehohanan, 
Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. 

29 And of the sons of Bani ; Meshullam, 
Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal s 
and Ramoth. 

30 And of the sons of Pahath-moab; Adna, 
and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, 
Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. 

31 And of the sons of Harim ; Eliezer, Ishi- 
jah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 

32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. 

33 Of the sons of Hashum; Matfenai, Mat- 
tathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manas- 
seh, and Shimei. 

34 Of the sons of Bani ; Maadai, Amrain, 
and Uel, 

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Nehemiatis prayer, NEHEMIAH. 

35 Benaiah, Bedeiali, Chelluh, 

36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 

37 Mattaniah, Matte nai, and Jaasau, 

38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shiniei, 

39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 

40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, 

41 Azareei, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 



He is sent to Jerusalem* 

42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. 

43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithi- 
ah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Be- 
naiah. 

44 All these had taken strange wives: and 
some of them had wives by whom they had 
children. 



CHAP. I. 

1 J\Tehemiah, under standing byHanani the mise- 
ry of Jerusalem, moumeth, fasteth, andpray- 
eth. 5 His prayer. 

THE words of Nehemiah the son of Ha- 
chaliah. And it came to pass in the 
• month Chisieu, in the twentieth year, as I 
was in Shushan the palace, 

2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, 
he and certain men of Judah; and 1 asked 
them concerning the Jews that had escaped, 
which were left of the captivity, and con- 
cerning Jerusalem. 

3 And they said unto me, The remnant that 
are left of the captivity there in the province 
are in great affliction and reproach: the 
wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and 
the gates thereof are burned with fire. 

4 ^[ And it came to pass, when I heard these 
words, that I sat down and wept, and mourn- 
ed certain days, and fasted, and prayed be- 
fore the God of Leaven, 

5 And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God 
of heaven, the great and terrible God, that 
keepeth covenant and mercy for them that 
love him and observe his commandments : 

6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine 
eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer 
of thy servant, which I pray before thee 
now, "day and night, for the children of Israel 
thy servants, and confess the sins of the 
children of Israel, which we have sinned 
against thee : both I and my father's house 
have sinned. 

7 We have dealt very corruptly against 
thee, and have not kept the commandments, 
nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which 
thou commandedst thy servant Moses. 

8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that 
thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, 
If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad 
among the nations: 

9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep my 
commandments, and do them; though there 
were of you cast out unto the- uttermost part 
of the heaven, yet will I gather them from 
thence, and .will bring them unto the place 
that I have chosen to set my name there. 

10 Now these are thy servants and thy 
people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy 
great power, and by thy strong hand. 

11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thise 
c<n' be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, 
and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire 
to fear thy name : and prosper, I pray thee, 
thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in 
the sight of this man. For I was the king's 
cup-bearer. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Jirtaxerxes understanding the cause of Neke- 
miah's sadness sendcth him with letters and 



V. The Book of NEHEMIAH. 



commission to Jerusalem. 9 JSTehemiah, to the 
grief of the enemies, comcth to Jerusalem. 12 
He vieweth secretly the ruins of the walls. 
17 He inciteth the Jews to build in despite of 
the enemies. 

AND it came to pass in the month Nisan, 
in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes 
the king, that wine was before him : and I 
took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. 
Now I had not been beforetime sad in his 
presence. 

2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why 
is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not 
sick ? this is nothing else but sorrow of 
heart. Then I was very sore afraid, 

3 And said unto the king, Let the king live 
forever: why should not my countenance 
be sad, when the city, the place of my fa- 
thers' sepulchres, Ueih waste, and the gates 
thereof are consumed with fire? 

4 Then the king said unto me, For what 
dost thon make request? So I prayed to 
the God of heaven. 

5 And I said unto the king, If it please the 
kinor, and if thy servant have found favour 
Ma t*.y eight, thnt t?>oM wnuklestsend me unto 
Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepul- 
chres, that I may build it. 

6 And the king said unto me, (the queen 
also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy 
journey be? and when wilt thou return? 
So it pleased the king to send me; and I set 
him a time. 

7 Moreover, I said unto the king, If it please 
the king, let letters be given me to the go- 
vernors beyond the river, that they may con- 
vey me over till I come into Judah ; 

8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of 
the king's forest, that he may give me timber 
to make beams for the gates of the palace 
which appertained to the house, and for the 
wall of the city, and for the house that I 
shall enter into. And the king granted me, 
according to the good hand of my God 
upon me. 

9 <\[ Then I came to the governors beyond 
the river, and gave them the king's letters. 
Now the king had sent captains of the army 
and horsemen with me. 

10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and To- 
biali the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, 
it grieved them exceedingly that there was 
come a man to seek the welfare of the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there 
three days. 

12 1T And I arose in the night, I and some 
few men with me ; neither told I any man 
what mv God had put in my heart to do at 
Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with 
me, save the beast that I rode upon. 

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He incites the Jews to build. 

13 And I went out by night by the gate of 
the vallev, even before the dragon -well, and 
to the dung-port, and viewed the walls of Je- 
rusalem, which were broken down, and the 
gates thereof were consumed with fire. 

14 Then I went on to the gate of the foun- 
tain, and to the king's pool : but there was no 
place for the beast that teas under me to pass. 

15 Then wentl up in the night by the brook, 
and viewed the wall, and turned back, and 
entered by the gate of the valley, and so re- 
turned. 

16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, 
or what I did ; neither had I as yet told it to 
the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the no- 
bles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that 
did the work. 

17 H Then said I unto them, Ye see the 
distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth 
waste, and the gates thereof are burned with 
fire: come, and let us build up the wall of 
Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. 

18 Then I told them of the hand of my God 
which was good upon me; as also the king's 
words that he had spoken unto me. And they 
said, Let us rise up and build. So they 
strengthened their hands for this good work. 

19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and 
Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Ge- 
shein the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us 
to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is 
this thing that ye do ? will ye rebel against 
the king ? 

20 Then answered I them, and said unto 
thern, The God of heaven, he will prosper 
us; therefore we his servants will arise and 
build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor 
memorial, in Jerusalem. 

CHAP. III. 

The names and order of them that builded the 

wall. 

THEN Eliashib the high priest rose up 
with his brethren the priests, and they 
builded the sheep-gate; they sanctified it, 
and set up the doors of it;, even unto the 
tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the 
tower of Hananeel." 

2 And next unto him builded the men of 
Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur 
the son of Imri. 

3 But the fish-gate did the sons of Hasse- 
naah build, who also laid the beams thereof, 
and set up the doors thereof, the locks there- 
of, and the bars thereof. 

4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth 
the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next 
unto them repaired Meshullam the son of 
Berechiah, the sou of Meshezabeel. And 
next unto them repaired Zadok the son of 
Baana. 

5 And next unto them the Tekoites repair- 
ed ; but their nobles put not their necks to 
the work of their Lord. 

6 Moreover, the old gate repaired Jehoiada 
the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of 
Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and 
set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, 
and the bars thereof. 

7 And next unto them repaired Melatiali 



CHAP. HI. Those whohuilt the wall. 

the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the 
throne of the governor on this side the river. 

8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son ot 
Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him 
also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the 
apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem 
unto the broad wall. 

9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah 
the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of 
Jerusalem. 

10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah 
the son of Harumaph, even over against his 
house. And next unto him repaired Hattush 
the son of Hashabniah. 

11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub 
the son of Pahath-moab, repaired the other 
piece, and the tower of the furnaces. 

12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the 
son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of 
Jerusalem, he and his daughters. 

13 The valley-gate repaired Hanun, and the 
inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set 
up the doors thereof, the lo'cks thereof, and 
the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on 
the wall unto the dung-gate. 

14 But the dung-gate repaired Malchiah the 
son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-hac- 
cerem; he built it, and set up the doors there- 
of, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 

15 But the gate of the fountain repaired 
Shallum the son of Co!-hozeh, the ruler of 
part of Mizpali ; he built it, and covered it, 
and set up the doors thereof, the locks there- 
of, and the bars tliereof, and the wall of the 
pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto 
the stairs that go down from the city of David. 

16 After him repaired Nehemiahthe son of 
Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, 
unto the place over against the sepulchres 
of David, and to the pool that was made, and 
unto the house of the mighty. 

17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum 
the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired 
Hashabiah the ruler of the half part of Kei- 
Iah, in his part. 

18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai 
the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part 
of Keilah. 

19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son 
of Jeshua, the ruler of M izpah, another piece 
over against the going up to the armourv, at 
the turning of the wall. 

20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai 
earnestly repaired the other piece, from the 
turning of the wall unto the door of the house 
of Eliashib the high priest. 

21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of 
Urijah, the son of Ko^z, another piece, from 
the door of the house of Eliashib even to tlie 
end of the house of Eliashib. 

22 And after him repaired the priests, the* 
men of the plain. 

23 After him repaired Benjamin and Ha- 
shub over against their house. After him re- 
paired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son 
of Ananiah, by his house. 

24 After him repaired Binnui the son of 
Henadad another piece, from the house of 



the Gilwjonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, | unto the 



Azariah unto the turning of the watt, even 



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2%e enemies scoffed ike Jews. NEHEMIAH, 

25 Palal the son of Uzai, oter against the 
turning of Ike wall, and the tower which 
lieth out from the king's high house, that was 
by the court of the prison. After him, Pe- 
daiah the son of Parosh. 

26 Moreover, the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, 
unto the place over against the water-gate 
toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. 

27 After them the Tekoites repaired ano- 
ther piece, over against the great tower that 
lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. 

28 From above the horse-gate repaired the 
priests, every one over against his house. 

29 Af(3r them repaired Zadok the son of 
Immer, over against his house. After him 
repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechani- 
ah, the keeper of the east gate. 

30 After him repaired Hananiah the son of 
Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Za- 
iaph, another piece. After him repaired 
Me3hullam the son of Berechiah over against 
Jiis chamber. 

31 After him repaired Malchiah the gold- 
smith's son, unto the place of the Nethinims, 
and of the merchants, over against the gate 
Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner. 

32 And between the going up of the corner 
unto the sheep-gate repaired the goldsmiths 
and the merchants. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 JVhile the enemies scoff, Nehemiah prayeth 
and continueth the work. 7 Understanding the 
wrath and secrets of the enemy, he setteth a 
watch. 13 He armeth the labourers, 19 and 
giveth military precepts. 

BUT it came to pass that when Sanballat 
heard that we builded the wall, he was 
wroth, and took great indignation, and mock- 
ed the Jews. 

i 2 And he spake before his brethren, and the 
nrmy of Samaria, and said, What do these 
feeble Jews ? will they fortify themselves ? 
will they sacrifice ? will they make an end in 
n day ? will they revive the stones out of the 
heaps of the rubbish which are burned ? 

3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, 
and he said, Even that which they build, if 
a fox go up, he shall even break down their 
Btone wall. 

4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: 
and turn their reproach upon their own head, 
and give them for a prey in the land of cap- 
^^y : . . 

.5 And cover not their iniquity, and let not 
their sin be blotted out from before thee : for 
they have provoked^eeto anger before the 
builders. 

6 So built we the wall ; and all the wall was 
joined together unto the half thereof : for the 
people had a mind to work. 

7 % But it came to pass, that when Sanbal- 
lat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the 
Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that 
the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and 
that the breaches began to be stopped, then 
they were very wroth, 

8 And conspired all of them together to 
come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to 
hinder it. 

9 Nevertheless we made our prayer unto 



Nehemiah appointelh a watch, 
our God, and set a watch against them day 
and night, because of them. 

10 And Judah said, The strength of the 
bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is 
much rubbish ; so that we are not able to 
build the wall. 

11 And our adversaries said, They shall not 
know, neither see, till we come in the midst 
among them, and slay them, and cause the 
work to cease. 

12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews 
which dwelt by them came, they said unto 
us ten times, From all places whence ye shall 
return unto us they will be upon you. 

13 T[ Therefore set I in the lower places be- 
hind the wall, and on the higher places, I 
even set the people after their families with 
their swords, their spears, and their bows. 

14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto 
the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest 
of the people, Be not ye afraid of them : re- 
member the Lord which is great and terri- 
ble, and fight foryour brethren, your sons, and 
your daughters, your wives, and your houses. 

15 And it came to pass, when our enemies 
heard that it was known unto us, and God 
had brought their counsel to nought, that we 
returned all of us to the wall, every one unto 
his work. 

16 And it came to pass from that time forth, 
that the half of my servants wrought in the 
work, and the other ha'f of them held both 
the spears, the shields, and the bows, and 
the habergeons ; and the rulers were behind 
all the house of Judah. 

17 They which builded on the wall, and thev 
that bare burdens, with those that laded, 
every one with one of his hands wrought in 
the work, and with the other hand held a 



weapon. 

18 For the builders, every one had his sword 
girded by his side, and so builded. And he 
that sounded the trumpet was by me. 

19 U And I said unto the nobles, and to the 
rulers, and to the rest of the people, The 
work is great and large, and we are separa- 
ted upon the wall, one far from another. 

20 In what place therefore ye hear the 
sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto 
us : our God shall fight for us. 

21 So we laboured in the work : and half 
of them held the spears from the rising of the 
morning till the stars appeared. 

22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the 
people, Let every one with his servant lodge 
within Jerusalem, that in the night they may 
be a guard to us, and labour on the day. 

23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my 
servants, nor the men of the guard which fol- 
lowed me, none of us put off our clothes, sav- 
ing that every one put them off for washing. 

CHAP. V. 



1 The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, 
and bondage. 6 JVehemiah rebuketh the usu- 
rers, and causeth them to make a covenant of 
restitution. 14 He forbeareth his own allow- 
ance, and keepeth hospitality. 

AND there was a great cry of the people 
and of their wives against their bre- 
thren the Jews. 

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He 7-ehukes the usurers, CHAP. VI. 

2 For there were that said, We, -our sons, 
and our daughters, are many : therefore we 
take up corn for them, that we may eat, and 
live. 

3 Some also there were that said, We have 
mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, 
that we might buy corn, because of the 
dearth. 

4 There were also that said, We have bor- 
rowed money for the king's tribute, and that 
upon our lands and vineyards. 

5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our 
brethren, our children as their children : 
and lo, we bring into bondage our sons and 
our daughters to be servants, and some of our 
daughters are brought into bondage already: 
neither is it in our power to redeem them ; 
for other men have our lands and vineyards. 

6 H And I was very angry when I heard 
their cry and these words. 

7 % Then I consulted with myself, and I re- 
buked the nobles, and the rulers, and said 
unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his 
brother. And I set a great assembly against 
them. 

8 And I said unto them, We, after our abi- 
lity, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, 
which were sold unto the heathen; and will 
ye even sell your brethren 1 or shall they be 
sold unto us? Then held they their peace, 
and found nothing to answer. 

9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do : 
ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God 
because of the reproach of the heathen our 
enemies? 

10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my 
servants, might exact of them money and 
corn : I pray you, let us leave off this usury. 

li Restore, I pray you, to them, even this 
day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive- 
yards, and their houses, also the hundredth 
fart of the money, and of the corn, the 
wine, and the oil, that ve exact of them. 

12 Then said they, We will restore them, 
and will require nothing of them ; so will we 
do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, 
and took an oath of them, that tlrey should 
do according to this promise. 

13 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God 
shake out every man from his house, and 
from his labour, that performeth not this pro- 
mise, even thus be he shaken out, and emp- 
tied. And all the congregation said, Amen, 
and praised the Lord. And the people did 
according to this promise. 

14 ^j Moreover, from the time that I was 
appointed to be their governor in the land 
of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto 
the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxesthe 
king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren 
have not eaten the bread of the governor. 

15 But the former governors that had been 



before me were chargeable unto the people, 
and had taken of them bread and wine, be- 
sides forty shekels of silver; yea, even then- 
servants bare rule over the people : but so 
did not I, because of the fear of God. 

16 Yea, also I continued in the work of this 
wall, neither bought we any land: and all my 
servants were gathered thither unto the work. 



Insidious conduct of Sanballat, 

17 Moreover, there were at my table a hun- 
dred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, besides 
those that came unto us from among the 
heathen that are about us. 

18 Now that which was prepared for me 
daily wag one ox and six choice sheep ; also 
fowls were prepared forme, and once in ten 
days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all 
this required not I the bread of the governor, 
because the bondage was heavy upon this 
people. 

19 Think upon m?, my God, for good, ac- 
cording- to all that I have* done fortius people. 

CHAP. VI. 

1 Sanballat practiseth by craft, by rumours, by 
hired prophecies, to terrify Nchemiah. loThe 
work is finished to the terror of the enemies 
11 Secret intelligence p as s-eth between the ene ■ 
mics and the nobles of Judah. 

NOW it came to pass, when Sanballat, 
and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, 
and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had 
builded the wall, ami that there was no 
breach left therein ; (though at that time I 
had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 

2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto 
me, saying, Come, let us meet together in 
some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. 
But they thought to do me mischief. 

3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, 
I am doing a great work, so that I cannot 
come down : why should the work cease, 
whilst I ieave it, and corne down to you ? 

4 Yet they sent unto me four times after 
this sort; and I answered them after the 
same manner. 

5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me 
in like manner the fifth time with an open 
letter in his hand ; _ 

6 Wherein was written, It is reported among 
the heathen, and Gashmn saith it, that thou 
and the Jews think to rebel : for which cause 
thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be 
their king, according to these words. 

7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to 
preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There 
is a king in Judah : and now shall it be re- 
ported to the king according to these words. 
Come now therefore, and let us take coun- 
sel together. 

8 Tnen I sent unto him, saying, There are 
no such things done as thou sayest, but thou 
feignest them out of thine own heart. 

9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their 
hands shall be weakened from the work, that 
it be not done. Now therefore, O God, 
strengthen my hands. 

10 Afterward I came unto the house of She- 
maiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehe- 
tabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let 
us meet together in the house of God, within 
the temple, and let us shut the doors of the 
temple : for they will come to slay thee ; yea, 
in the night will they come to slay thee. 

11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? 
and who is there, that, being as I am, would 
go into the temple to save his life ? I will 
not go in. 

12 And lo, I perceived that God had not 
sent him; but that he pronounced this pro* 

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The watt of Jerusalem finished, 

phecy against me : for Tobiah and Sanbal- 

Jat had hired him. 

13 Therefore was he hired, that I should 
be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they 
might have matter for an evil report, that 
they might reproach me. 

14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and 
Sanballat, according to these their works, and 
on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the 
prophets, that would have put me in fear. 

15 11 So the wall was finished in the twenty 
and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and 
two days. 

16 And it came to pass, that when all our 
enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen 
that were about us saw these thing's, they 
were much cast down in their own eyes : 
for they perceived that this work was wrought 
of our God. 

17 ^ Moreover, in those days the nobles of 
Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and 
the letters of Tobiah came unto them. 

18 For there were many in Judah sworn 
unto him, because he was the son-in-law of 
Shechaniah the son of Arah ; and his son 
Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshul- 
lam the son ofcBerechiah. 

19 Also they reported his good deeds before 
me, and uttered my words to him. And To- 
biah sent letters to put me in fear. 

CHAP. VII. 

I Nehemiah committeth the charge of Jerusalem 

to Hanani and Hananiah. 5 A register of the 
genealogy of them which came at the first out 
of Babylon, 8of the people, 39 of the priests, 
43 of the Levites, 46 of the JSTethinims, 57 of 
Solomon'' s servants, 63 and of the priests 
which could not find, their pedigree. 66 The 
whole number of them, with their substance. 

. 70 Their oblations. 

"[VOW it came to pass, when the wall was 

I I built, and I had set up the doors, and 
the porters, and the singers, and the Levites 
wese appointed, 

2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Ha- 
naniah the ruler of the palace, charge over 
Jerusalem : for he teas a faithful man, and 
feared God above many. 

3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates 
of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; 
and while they stand by, let them shut the 
doors, and bar them: and appoint watches 
of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in 
his watch, and every one to be over against 
his house. 

4 Now the city was large and great: but 
the people were few therein, and the houses 
were not builded. 

5^j And my God put into my heart to ga- 
ther together the nobles, and the rulers, and 
the people, that they might be reckoned by 
genealogy. And I found a register of the 
genealogy of them which came up at the 
first, and found written therein, 

6 These are the children of the province, 
that went up out of the captivity, of those 
that had been carried away, whom Nebu- 
chadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried 
nway, and came again to Jerusalem and to 
Judah. evrvy one unto his city; 

7 Wnocame with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nc- 



NEHEMI A H. A register of those who 

hemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mor- 
decai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, 
Baanah. The number, / say, of the men 
of the people of Israel was this ; 

8 The children of Parosh, two thousand a 
hundred seventy and two. 

9 The children of Shephatiah, three hun- 
dred seventy and two. 

10 The children of Arah, six hundred fifty 
and two. 

11 The children of Pahath-moab, of the 
children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand 
and eight hundred and eighteen. 

12 The children ofElam, a thousand two 
hundred fifty and four. 

13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred 
forty and five. 

14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred 
and threescore. 

15 The children of Binnui, six hundred for 
ty and eight. 

16 The children of Bebai, six hundred 
twenty and eight. 

17 The children of Azgad, two thousand 
fthree hundred twenty and two. 

18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred 
threescore and seven. 

19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand 
threescore and seven. 

20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty 
and five. 

21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah, nine- 
ty and eight. 

22 The 'children of Hash um, three hundred 
twenty and eight. 

23 The children of Bezai, three hundred 
twenty and four. 

24 The children of Hariph, a hundred and 
twelve. | 

25 The children of Gibeon, ninety arid five. 

26 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, 
a hundred fourscore and eight. 

27 The men of Anathoth, a hundred twen- 
ty and eight. 

28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and 
two. 

29 The men of Kirjath-jearim, Cliephirah, 
and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. 

30 The men of Rainah and Gaba, six hun- 
dred twenty and one. 

31 The men of Michmas, a hundred and 
twenty and two. 

32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred 
twenty and three. 

33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. 

34 The children of the other Elam, a thou-., 
sand two hundred fifty and four. 

35 The children of Harim, three hundred 
and twenty. 

36 The children of Jericho, three hundred 
forty and five. 

37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 
seven hundred twenty and one. 

•^8 The children of Senaah, three thousand 
nine hundred and thirty. 

39 H The priests: the children of Jedaiah, 
of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seven- 
ty and three. 

40 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty 
and two. 

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CHAP. VIII. 






41 The children of Pashur, a thousand two 
hundred forty and seven. 

42 The children of Harim, a thousand and 
seventeen. 

43 ^T The Levites: the children of Jeshua, 
ofKadmiel, andoi the children of Hodevah, 
seventy and four. 

44 H The singers: the children of Asaph, 
a hundred forty and eight. 

45 % The porters: the children of Shallum, 
the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, 
the children of Akkub, the children of Ha- 
tha, the children of Shobai, a hundred thirty 
and eight. 

46 If The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, 
the children of Hashupha, the children of 
Tabbaoth, 

47 The children of Keros, the children of 
Sia, the children of Padon, 

48 The children of Lebana, the children of 
Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, 

49 The children of Hanan, the children of 
Giddel, the children of Gahar, 

50 The children of Reaiah, the children of 
Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 

51 The children of Gazzam, the children of 
Uzza, the children ofPhaseah, 

52 The children of Besai, the children of 
Meunim, the children of Nephishesim, 

53 The children of Bakbuk, the children of 
Hakupha, the children of Harhur, 

54 The children of Bazlith, the children of 
Mehida, the children of Harsha, 

55 The children of Barkos, the children of 
Sisera,'the children ofTamah, 

56 The children of Neziah, the children of 
Hatipha. 

57 \ The children of Solomon's servants: 
the children of Sotai, the children of Sophe- 
reth, the children of Perida, 

58 The children of Jaala, the children of 
Darkon, the children of Giddel, 

59 The children of Shephatiah, the children 
of Hattil, the children of Pocheretl* of Ze- 
baim, the children of Anion. 

60 All the Nethinims, and the children of 
Solomon's servants, were three hundred 
ninety and two. 

61 And these were they which went up also 
from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Ad- 
don, and Immer : but they could not shew 
their father's house, nor their seed, whether 
they were of Israel. 

62 The children of Delaiah, the children of 
Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hun- 
dred forty and two. 

63 U And of the priests : the children of 
Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children 
of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters 
of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was 
called after their name. 

64 These sought their register among those 
that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was 
not found: therefore were they, as polluted, 
put from the priesthood. 

65 And the Tirshatha said unto them, that 
they should not eat of the most holy things, 
till there stood up a priest with Urim and 
Thummim. 

66 ^f The whole congregation together teas 



The law expounded by Ezra. 



forty and two thousand three hundred and 
threescore. 

67 Besides their man-servants and their 
maid-servants, of whom there were seven 
thousand three hundred thirty and seven: 
and they ha*d two hundred forty and five 
singing-men and singing-women. 

68 Their horses, seven hundred thirty and 
six : their mules, two hundred forty and five : 

69 Their camels, four hundred thirty and 
five : six thousand seven hundred and twen- 
ty asses. 

70 If And some of the chief of the fathers 
gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave 
to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, 
fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' 
garments. 

71 And some of the chief of the fathers gave 
to the treasure of the work twenty thousand 
drams of gold, and two thousand and two 
hundred pounds of silver. 

72 And that which the rest of the people 
gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, 
and two thousand pounds of silver, and three- 
score and seven priests' garments. 

73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the 
pollers, and the singers, and some of the 
people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, 
dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh 
month came, the children of Israel were in 
their cities. 

CHAP. VIII. 
t The religious manner of reading and hearing 
the law. 9 They comfort the people. 13 The for- 
wardness of them to hear and he instructed. 
10 They keep the feast of tabernacles. 

AND all the people gathered themselves 
together as one man into the street that 
was before the water-gate ; and they spake 
unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the 
law of Moses, which the Lord had com- 
manded to IsraeL 

2 And Ezra the priest brought the law be- 
fore the congregation both of men and wo- 
men, and all that could hear with under- 
standing, upon the first day of the seventh 
month. 

3 And he read therein before the street that 
was before the water-gate from the morning 
until mid-day, before the men and the wo- 
men, and those that could understand; and 
the ears of all the people were attentive unto 
the book of the law. 

4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit 
of wood, which they had made for the pur- 
pose ; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and 
Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, 
and Maaseiah, on his right hand ; and on 
his left hand, Pedniah, and Mishael, and 
Malehiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, 
Zechariah, and Meshullam. 

5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of 
all the people; (for he was above all the 
people ;) and when he opened it, all the peo- 
ple stood up : 

6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great 
God. And all the people answered, Amen, 
Amen, with lifting up their hands : and they 
bowed their heads, and worshipped the 
Lord with their faces to the ground. 

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The people arc comforted. NEHEMIAH, 

7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, 
Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maa- 
seiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pe- 
)aiah, and the Levites, caused the people to 
understand the law : and the people stood'm 
their place. 

8 So they read in the book in the law of God 
distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused 
them to understand the reading. 

9 H And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, 
and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Le- 
vites that taught the people, said unto all the 
people, This day is holy unto the Lord your 
God ; mourn not, nor weep. For all the 
people wept, when they heard the words of 
the law. 

10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, 
eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send 
portions unto them for whom nothing is pre- 
pared : for this day is holy unto our Lord : 
neither be ye sorry ; for the joy of the Lord 
is your strength. 

11 So the Levites stilled all the people, say- 
ing, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; 
neither be ye grieved. 

12 And all the people went their way to eat, 
and to drink, and to send portions, and to 
make great mirth, because they had under- 
stood the words that were declared unto them. 

13 1[ And on the second day were gathered 
together the chief of the fathers of all the 
people, the priests, and the Levites, unto 
Ezra the scribe, even to understand the 
words of the law. 

14 And they found written in the law which 
the Lord had commanded by Moses, that 
the children of Israel should dwell in booths 
in the feast of the seventh month : 

15 And that they should publisk and pro- 
claim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, say- 
ing, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive- 
branches, and pine-branches, and myrtle- 
Oranches, and palm-branches, and branches 
ofthick trees, to make booths, as it is written. 

16 1f So the people went forth, and brought 
them, and made themselves booths, eveiy 
one upon the roof of his house, and in their 
courts, and in the courts of the house of God, 
and in the street of the water-gate, and in the 
street of the gate of Ephraim. 

17 And all the congregation of them that 
were come again out of the captivity made 
booths, and sat under the booths; for since the 
days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day 
had not the children of Israel done so. vincl 
there was very great gladness. 

18 Also day oy day, from the first day unto 
the last day, he read in the book of the law 
of God. And they kept the feast seven 
days ; and on the eighth day was a solemn 
assembly, according unto the manner. 

CHAP. IX. 
\A solemn fast, and repentance of the people. 
4 The Levites make a religious confession of 
God's goodness, and their wickedness. 

NOW in the twenty and fourth day of this 
month the children of Israel were as- 
sembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, 
and er-th upon them. 
2 And the seed of Israel separated them- 



A solemn fast kept 
selves from all strangers, and stood and con- 
fessed their sins, and the iniquities of their 
fathers. 

3 And they stood up in their place, and 
read in the book of the law of the Lord 
their God one fourth part of the day ; and 
another fourth part they confessed, and wor- 
shipped the Lord their God. 

4 ^[ Then stood up upon the stairs, of the 
Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, She- 
baniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Che- 
nan i, and cried with a loud voice unto the 
Lord their God. 

5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, 
Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, She- 
baniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and 
bless the Lord your God for ever and ever : 
and blessed be thy glorious name, which is 
exalted above all blessing and praise. 

6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thor 
hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, 
with all their host, the earth, and all thing's 
that are therein, the seas, and all that is 
therein, and thou preservest them all; and 
the host of heaven worshipped) thee. 

7 Thou art the Lord the God, who didst 
choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out 
of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the 
name of Abraham ; 

8 And foundest his heart faithful before 
thee, and madest a covenant with him to 
give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, 
the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the 
Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I 
say, to his seed, and hast performed thy 
words ; for thou art righteous : 

9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers 
in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red 
sea; 

10 And shewedst signs and wonders upon 
Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all 
the people of his land: for thou knewest 
that they dealt proudly against them. So 
didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. 

11 And thou didst divide the sea before 
them, so that they went through the midst 
of the sea on the clry land; and their perse- 
cutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a 
stone into the mighty waters. 

12 Moreover, thou leddest them in the day 
by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a 
pillar of fire, to give them light in the way 
wherein they should go. 

13 Thou earnest down also upon mount Si- 
nai, and spakest with them from heaven, and 
gavest them right judgments, and true laws,, 
good statutes and commandments : 

14 And madest known unto them thy holy 
sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, 
statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy 
servant: 

15 And gavest them bread from heaven for 
their hunger, and broughtest forth water for 
them out of the rock for their thirst, and 
promisedst them that they should go in to 
possess the land which thou hadst sworn to 
give them. 

16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly, 
and hardened their necks, and hearkened 
not to thy commandments, 

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Tlie Levites' confession 

17 And refused to obey, neither were mind- 
ful of thy wonders that thou didst among 
them ;'but hardened their necks, and in their 
rebellion appointed a captain to return to 
their bondage : but thou tort a God ready to 
pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, 
and ofgreatkindness,andforsookest them not. 

18 Yea, when they had made them a molten 
calf, and' said, This is thy God that brought 
thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great 
provocations; 

19 Vet thou in thy manifold mercies forsook- 
est them not in the wilderness: the pillar of 
the cloud departed not from them by day, to 
ead them in the way; neither the pillar of 

fire by night, to shew them light, and the 
way wherein they should go. 

20 Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to in- 
struct them, and withheldest not thy manna 
from their mouth, and gavest them water for 
their thirst. 

21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them 
in the wilderness, so iliat they lacked no- 
thing ; their clothes waxed not old, and their 
feet swelled not. 

22 Moreover, thou gavest them kingdoms 
and nations, and didst divide them into cor- 
ners : so they possessed the land of Sihon, 
and the land of the king of Heshbon, and 
the land of Og king of Bashan. 

23 Their children also multipliedst thou as 
the stars of heaven, and broughtest them 
into the land, concerning which thou hadst 
promised to their fathers, that they should 
go in to possess it. 

24 So the children went in and possessed 
the land, and thou subduedst before them 
the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, 
and gavest them into their hands, with their 
kings, and the people of the land, that they 
might do with them as they would. 

25 And they took strong cities, and a fat 
land, and possessed houses full of all goods, 
wells digged, vineyards and oliveyards, and 
fruit-trees in abundance : so they did eat, 
and were filled, and became fat, and de- 
lighted themselves in thy great goodness. 

26 Nevertheless, they were disobedient, and 
rebelled against thee, and cast thy law be- 
hind their backs, and slew thy prophets 
which testified against them to turn them to 
thee, and they wrought great provocations. 

27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into 
the hand of their enemies, who vexed them : 
and in the time of their trouble, when they 
cried unto thee, thou heardest them from 
heaven ; and according to thy manifold mer- 
cies thou gavest them saviours, who saved 
them out of the hand of their enemies. 

23 But after they had rest, they did evil 
again before thee : therefore leftest thou 
them in the hand of their enemies, so that 
they had the dominion over them : yet when 
they returned and cried unto thee, thou 
heardest them from heaven ; and many times 
didst thou deliver them according to thy 
mercies; 

29 And testifiedst against them, that thou 
mightest bring them agai.i unto thy law : yet 
they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto 



CHAP. X. of their disobedience. 

thy commandments, but sinned against thy 
judgments, (which if a man do. he shall live 
in them ;) and withdrew the shoulder, and 
hardened their neck, and would not hear. 

30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, 
and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit in 
thy prophets: yet would they nor give ear: 
therefore gavest thou them into the hand of 
the people of the lands. • 

31 Nevertheless, for thy great mercies' sake 
thou didst not utterlv consume them, nor for- 
sake them ; for thou art a gracious and mer- 
ciful God. 

32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the 
mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest 
covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble 
seem little before thee, that hath come upon 
us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our 
priests, and on our prophets, and on our fa- 
thers, and on all thy people, since the time 
of the kings of Assyria unto this day. 

33 Howbeit, thou art just in all that is 
brought upon us; for thou hast done right, 
but we have done wickedly : 

34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our 
priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor 
hearkened unto thy commandments and thy 
testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify 
against them. 

35 For they have not served thee in their 
kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou 
gavest them, and in the large and fat land 
which thou gavest before them, neither turn- 
ed they from their wicked works. 

36 Behold, we are servants this dav, and 
for the land that thou gavest unto our lathers 

to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, 
behold, we are servants in it. 

37 And it yieldetli much increase unto the 
kings whom thou hast set over us because of 
our sins: also they have dominion over our 
bodies, and over our cattle, at their plea- 
sure, and we are in great distress. 

38 And because of all this we make a sure 
covenant and write it; and our princes, Le- 
vites, and priests, seal unto it. 

CHAP. X. 

I The names of them that sealed the covenant. 
28 The points of the covenant. 

T%J"OW those that sealed ivere, Nehemiah 

II the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, 
and Zidkijah, 

2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 

3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, 

4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Mallueh, «" 

5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, » 

6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 

7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 

8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiab : these were 
the priests. 

9 And the Levites: both Jeshua the son 
of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, 
Kadmiel ; 

10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodi- 
jah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 

11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 

12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 

13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. 

14 The chief of the people : Parosh, Pa- 
hath-Moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, 

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The points of the covenant. NEHEMIAH. 

15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 

16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 

17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, 

18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 

19 Hariph, Anatlioth, Nebai, 

20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 

21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, 

22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 

23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, 

24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 

25 Relium, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 

26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 

27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah. 

28 H And the rest of the people, the priests, 
the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Ne- 
thinims, and all they that had separated them- 
selves from the people of the lands unto the 
law of God, their wives, their sons, and their 
daughters, every one having knowledge, and 
having understanding; 

29 They clave to their brethren, their no- 
bles, and entered into a curse, and into an 
oath, to walk in God's law, which was given 
by Moses the servant of God, and to obsene 
and do all the commandments of the Lord 
our Lord, and iiis judgments and his statutes; 

30 And that we would not give our daugh- 
ters unto the people of the land, nor take 
their daughters for our sons : 

31 And ifi\\e people of the land bring ware 
or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, 
that we would not buy it of them on the sab- 
bath, or on the holy day : and that we would 
leave the seventh year, and the exaction of 
every debt. 

32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge 
ourselves yearly with the third part of a she- 
kel for the service of the house of our God; 

33 For the shew-bread, and for the conti- 
nual meat-offering, and for the continual 
burnt-offering, of the sabbaths, of the new- 
moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy 
things, and for the sin-offerings to make an 
atonement for Israel, and for all the work of 
the house of our God. 

34 And we cast the lots among the priests, 
the Levites, and the people, for the wood- 
offering, to bring it into the house of our 
God, after the houses of our fathers, at times 
appointed year by year, to burn upon the 
altar of the Lord our God, as it is written 
in the law: 

35 And to bring the first-fruits of our ground, 
and the first-fruits of all fruit of all trees, year 
bv year, unto the house of the Lord: 

$6 Also the first-born of our sons, and of 
our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the 
firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to 
bring to the house of our God, unto the 
priests that minister in the house of our God. 

37 And that we should bring the first-fruits 
of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit 
of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, 
unto the priests, to the chambers of the house 
of our God ; and the tithes of our ground unto 
the Levites, that the same Levites might 
have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 

33 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be 
with the Levites when the Levites take tithes : 
and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of 



Those who dwelt at Jerusalem, 
the tithes unto the house of our God, to the 
chambers, into the treasure-house. 
39 For the children of Israel and the chil- 
dren of Levi shall bring the offering of the 
corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the 
chambers, where are the vessels of the sanc- 
tuary, and tiie priests that minister, and the 
porters, and the singers : and we will not for- 
sake the house of our God. 

CHAP. XL 

l The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth man 
chosen by lot, dwell at Jerusalem. 3..-? cata- 
logue of their names. 20 The residue dwell in 
other cities. 

AND the rulers of the people dwelt at 
Jerusalem: the rest ot the people also 



people 
cast lots, to bring one often to dwell in Jeru- 
salem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell 
in other cities. 

2 And the people blessed all the men that 
willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jeru- 
salem. 

3 *[ Now these are the chief of the province 
that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of 
Judah dwelt every one in his possession in 
their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the 
Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children 
of Solomon's servants. 

4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the chil- 
dren of Judah, and of the children of Benja- 
min. Of the children of Judah ; Athaiah the 
son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son 
of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son 
of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; 

5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son 
of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son 
of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of 
Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. 

6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jeru- 
salem were four hundred threescore and 
eight valiant men. 

7 And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu 
the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son 
of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Ma- 
aseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. 

8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hun- 
dred twenty and eight. 

9 And Joel the son of Zichri teas their over- 
seer: and Judah the son of Senuah was se- 
cond over the city. 

10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joia- 
rib, Jachin. 

11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of 
Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of 
Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of 
the house of God. 

12 And their brethren that did the work of 
the house icere eight hundred twenty and 
two : and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the 
son of PeValiah, the son of Amzi, the son of 
Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of 
Malchiah, 

13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, 
two hundred forty and two: and Amashai 
the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the 
son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 

14 And their brethren, mighty men of va- 
lour, a hundred twenty and eight: and their 
overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the 
great meu, 

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and in other cities. CHAP 

15 Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son 
of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of 
Hashabiah, the son ofBunni; ■ 

16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the 
chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the 
outward business of the house of God. 

17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the 
son of Zabdt, the son of Asaph, was the prin- 
cipal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: 
and Bakbukiah the second among his bre- 
thren, and Abda the son of Shatnmua, the 
son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 

18 All the Levites in the holy city were two 
hundred fourscore and four. 

19 Moreover, the porters, Akkub, Talmon, 
and their brethren that kept the gates, were 
a hundred seventy and two. 

20 ^ And the residue of Israel, of the priests, 
a}id the Levites, were in all the cities of Ju- 
dah, every one in his inheritance. 

21 But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel : and 
Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims. 

22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jeru- 
salem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of 
Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of 
Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers 
were over the business of the house of God. 

23 For it was the king's commandment con- 
cerning them, that a certain portion should 
be for the singers, due for every day. 

24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, 
of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, 
was at the king's hand in all matters con- 
cerning the people. 

25 And for the villages, with their fields, 
some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kir- 
jath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and at 
Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Je- 
kabzeel, and in the villages thereof, 

26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at 
Beth-phelet, 

27 And at Hazar-shual, and at Beer-sheba, 
and in the villages thereof, 

28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and 
in the villages thereof, 

29 And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and 
at Jarmuth, 

30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, 
at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Aze- 
kah, and in the villages thereof. And they 
dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the valley of 
Hinnom. 

31 The children also of Benjamin from 
Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and 
Beth-el, and in their villages, 

32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 

33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, 

34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 

35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. 

36 And of the Levites were divisions in Ju- 
dah, and in Benjamin. 

CHAP. XIL 
1 The priests, 8 and the Levites, which came up 
with Zerubbabel. 10 The succession of high 
priests. 22 Certain chief Levites. 27 The so- 
lemnity of the dedication of the walls. 44 The 
offices of the priests and Levites appointed in 
the temple. 

NOW these are the priests and the Le- 
vites that went up with Zerubbabel the. 



. XII. The succession of the high priests. 
son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua : Seraiah, Jere- 
miah, Ezra, 

2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 

3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 

4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 

5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 

6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 

7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These 
were the chief of the priests and of their bre- 
thren in the days of Jeshua. 

8 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, 
Kadmiel, Siierebiah, Judah, , and Mattaniah, 
which was over the thanksgiving, he and his 
brethren. 

9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, 
were over against them in the watches. 

10 T[ And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim 
also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat 
Joiada, 

11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jona- 
than begat Jaddua. 

12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, 
the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Merai- 
ah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah ; 

13 Of Ezra, Meshullain; of Amariah, Jeho- 
hanan ; 

14 Of Melicu, Jonathan ; of Shebaniah, Jo- 
seph ; 

15 Of Harim, Adna ; of Meraioth, Helkai; 

16 Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Me- 
shullain; 

17 Of Abijah, Zichri ; of Miniainin, of Moa- 
diah, Piltal ; 

18 Of Bilgah, Sharnmua; of Shemaiah, Je- 
honathan; 

19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, 
Uzzi ; 

20 Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 

21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah ; of Jedaiah, Ne- 
thaueel. 

22 U The Levites in the days of Eliashib, 
Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were re- 
corded chief of the fathers: also the priests, 
to the reign of Darius the Persian. 

23 The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, 
were written in the book of the Chronicles, 
even until the days of Johanan the son of 
Eliashib. 

24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, 
Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, 
with their brethren over against them, to 
praise and to give thanks, according to the 
commandment of David the man of God, 
ward over against ward. 

25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, 
Meshullain, Talmon, Akkub, were porters 
keeping the ward at the thresholds of the 
gates. 

26 These were in the days of Joiakim the 
son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the 
days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra 
the priest, the scribe. 

27 T[ And at the dedication of the wall of 
Jerusalem, they sought the Levites out of all 
their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to 
keep the dedication with gladness, both with 
thanksgivings, and with singing, with cym- 
bals, psalteries, and with harps. 

28 And the sons of the singers gathered 
themselves together, both out of the plain 

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Dedication of the icall. NEHEMI A H 

country round about Jerusalem, and from the 
villages of Netophathi ; 

29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out 
of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth : for the 
singers had buiided them villages round about 
Jerusalem. 

30 And the priests and the Levitcs purified 
themselves, and purified the people, and the 
gates, and the wall. 

31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah 
upon the wall, and appointed two great com- 
panies of fiiem that gave thanks, uhereof 
one went on the right hand upon the wall to- 
ward the dung-gate: 

32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half 
of the princes of Judah, 

33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, 

34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, 
and Jeremiah, 

35 And certain of the priests' sons with 
trumpets; namely, Zeehariahthe son of Jo- 
natli *\, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mal- 
taniah, the son of Miehaiah, the son of Zac- 
cur, the son of Asaph: 

36 And his brethren, Sliemaiah, and Aza- 
rael. Miialai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and 
Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments 
of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe 
before them. 

37 And at the fountain-gate, which was over 
against them, they went up by the stairs of 
the city of David, at the going up of the wall, 
above the house of David, even unto the wa- 
ter-gate eastward. 

38 And the other company of them that gate 
thrmks went over against them, and I after 
them, and the half of the people upon the 
wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces 
even unto the broad wall; 

39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, 
And above the old gate, and above the fish- 
gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the 
tower of Meah, even unto the sheep-gate: 
and they stood still in the prison-gate. 

40 So stood the two companies of them that 
gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and 
the half of the rulers with me: 

41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, 
Miniamin, Miehaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, 
and Hananiah, with trumpets ; 

42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Ele- 
azar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchi- 
jah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers 
sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. 

43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, 
and rejoiced : for God had made them re- 
joice with great joy : the wives also and the 
cnildren rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusa- 
lem was heard even afar off. 

44 ^[ And at that time were some appointed 
over the chambers for the treasures, for the 
offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, 
to gather into them out of the fields of the 
cities the portions of the law for the priests 
and Levites : for Judah rejoiced for the priests 
and for the Levites that waited. 

45 And both the singers and the porters 
kept the ward of their God, and the ward of 
the purification, according to the command- 
ment of David, and of Solomon his son. 



Separation from the multitude. 

46 For in the days of David and Asaph of 
oldtherewere chief of the singers, andson«-s 
of praise and thanksgiving unto God. 

47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubba- 
bel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the 
portions of the singers and the porters, every 
day iiis portion : and they sanctified holu 
things unto the Levites; and the Levitcs 
sanctified them unto the children of Aaron. 

CHAP. XIII. 

I Upon the reading- of the law, separation is 
made from the mixed multitude. 4JVehemiah 
at his return causeth the chambers to be cleans- 
ed. 10 He reform eth the offices in the house of 
God. 15 The violation of the sabbath } 23 and 
the marriages with strange wives. 

ON that day they read in the book of 
Moses in the audience of the people ; 
and therein was found written, that the Am- 
monite and the Moabite should not come into 
the congregation of God for ever; 

2 Because they met not the children of Israel 
with bread and with water, but hired Balaam 
against them, that he should curse them: 
howbeit, our God turned the curse into a 
blessing. 

3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard 
the law, that they separated from Israel all 
the mixed multitude. 

4 «[f And before this, Eliashib the priest, 
having the oversight of the chamber of the 
bouse of our God, was allied unto Tobiah : 

5 And he had prepared for him a great 
chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat- 
offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, 
and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and 
the oil, (which was commanded to he given 
to the Levites, and the singers, and the por- 
ters,) and the offerings of the priests. 

6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusa- 
lem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Ar- 
taxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the 
king, and after certain days obtained I leave 
of the king: 

7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood 
of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, rn 
preparing him a chamber in the courts of the 
house of God. 

8 And it grieved me sore : therefore I cast 
forth all the household-stuff of Tobiah out of 
the chamber. 

9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed 
the chambers : and thither brought I again 
the vessels of the house of God, with the 
meat-offering and the frankincense. 

10 H And I perceived that the portions of 
the Levites had not been given them: for 
the Levites and the singers, that did the work, 
were fled every one to his field. 

II Then contended I with the rulers, and 
said, Why is the house of God forsaken ? And 
I gathered them together, and set them in 
their place. 

12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the 
corn and the new wine and the oil unto the 
treasuries. 

13 And I made treasurers over the treasu- 
ries, Shelerniah the priest, and Zadok the 
scribe ; a nd of the Levites, Pedaiah : and next 
to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the 

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Abuses reformed by Nehemiah. CHAP. 

son of Mattaniah : for they were counted 
faithful; and their office was to distribute 
unto their brethren. 

14 Remember me, O my God, concerning 
this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I 
have done for the house of my God, and for 
the offices thereof. 

15 1f In those dayssaw I in Judah some tread- 
ing wine-presses on the sabbath, and bring- 
ing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, 
grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, 
which they brought into Jerusalem on the 
6 ibbath day : and I testified against them in 
t ie day wherein they sold victuals. 

16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, 
which brought fish, and all manner of ware, 
and sold on the sabbath unto the children of 
Judah, and in Jerusalem. 

17 Then I contended with the nobles of 
Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing 
is thisthatye do, and profane the sabbath day ? 

18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not 
our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon 
this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon 
Israel by profaning the sabbath. 

19 And it came to pass, that, when die gates 
of Jerusalem began to be dark before the 
sabbath, I commanded that the gates should 
be shut, and charged that they should not be 
opened till after the sabbath : and some of 
my servants set I at the gates, that there 
should no burden be brought in on the sab- 
bath day. 

20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind 
of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or 
twice. 

21 Then I testified against them, and said 
unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if 
ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From 
that time forth came they no more on the 
sabbath. 



XIII. Ahasuerus 1 royal feasts. 

22 And I commanded the Levites, that they 
should cleanse themselves, and that thev 
should come and keep the gates, to sanctify 
the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God. 
concerning this also, and spare me accord- 
ing to the greatness of thy mercy. 

23^ In those days also saw I Jews that had 
married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of 
Moab : 

24 And their children spake half in the 
speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in 
the Jews' language, but according to the lan- 
guage of each people. 

25 And I contended with them, and cursed 
them, and smote certain of them, and pluck- 
ed off their hair, and made them swear by 
God, saying, Ye shall not give your daugh- 
ters unto their sons, nor take their daughters 
unto your sons, or for yourselves. 

26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by 
these things ? yet among many nations was 
there no king like him, who was beloved of his 
God, and God made him king over all Israel: 
nevertheless even him did outlandish women 
cause to sin. 

27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do a!} 
this great evil, to transgress against our God 
in marrying strange wives ? 

28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of 
Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to 
Sanballat the Horonite : therefore I chased 
him from me. 

29 Remember them, O my God, because 
they have defiled the priesthood, and the co- 
venant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. 

30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, 
and appointed the wards of the priests and 
the Levites, every one in his business ; 

31 And for the wood-offering, at times ap- 
pointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember 
me, O my God, for good. 



CHAP. I. 

1 Ahasuerus maketh royal feasts. 10 Vashti, sent 
for, rcfuscth to come. 13 Ahasuerus, by the 
counsel of Memucan, maketh the decree of 
men's sovereignty. 

NOW it came to pass in the days of Aha- 
suerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reign- 
ed from India even unto Ethiopia, over a 
hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) 

2 That in those days, when the king Aha- 
suerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, 
which was in Shushan the palace, 

3 In the third year of his reign, he made a 
feast unto all his princes and his servants ; 
the power of Persia and Media, the nobles 
and princes of the provinces, being before 
him : 

4 When he shewed the riches of his glori- 
ous kingdom and the honour of his excellent 
majesty many days, even a hundred and four- 
score days. 

5 And when these days were expired, the 
king made a feast unto all the people that 
were present in Shushan the palace, both 
unto great and small, seven days, in the court 
of the garden of the king's palace;. 

6 Where were white, green, and blue hang- 



IF The Book of ESTHER. 

ings, fastened with cords of fine linen and 
purple to silver rings and pillars of marble : 
the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pave- 
ment of red, and blue, and white, and black 
marble. 

7 And they gave them drink in vessels of 
gold, (the vessels being diverse one from ano- 
ther,) and royal wine in abundance, accord- 
ing to the state of the king. 

8 And the drinking was according to the 
law ; none did compel : for so the king had 
appointed to all the officers of his house, that 
they should do according to every man's plea- 
sure. 

9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for 
the women in the royal house which be- 
longed to king Ahasuerus. 

10 H On the seventh day, when the heart 
of the king was merry with wine, he com- 
manded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Big- 
tha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the 
seven chamberlains that served in the pre- 
sence of Ahasuerus the king, 

11 To bring Vashti the queen before the 
king with the crown royal, to shew the peo- 
ple and the princes her beauty : for she was 
fair to look on. 

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Dedication of the wall. NEHEMI A H. 

country round about Jerusalem, and from the 
villages of Netophathi ; 

29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out 
of the fields of Geba and Azmavelh: for the 
singers had buiided them villages round about 
Jerusalem. 

30 And the priests and the Levitcs purified 
themselves, and purified the people, and the 
gates, and the wall. 

31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah 
upon the wall, and appointed two great com- 
panies of them that gave thanks, whereof 
one went on the right hand upon the wall to- 
ward the dung-gate: 

32 And after them went Hosliaiah, and half 
of tiie princes of Judah, 

33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshul'am, 

34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, 
and Jeremiah, 

35 And certain of the priests' sons with 
trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jo- 
nath m, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mat- 
taniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zac- 
cur, the son of Asaph: 

'36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Aza- 
rael. Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneei, and 
Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments 
of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe 
before them. 

37 And at the fountain -gate, which was over 
against them, they went up by the stairs of 
the city of David, at the going up of the wall, 
above the house of David, even unto the wa- 
ter-gate eastward. 

38 And the other company of them that gave 
thanks went over against them, and I after 
them, and the half of the people upon the 
wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces 
even unto the broad wall ; 

39 And from above the gate of Ephraim, 
and above the old gate, and above the fish- 
gale, and the tower of Hananeel, and the 
tower of Meah, even unto the sheep-gate: 
and they stood still in the prison-gate. 

40 So stood the two companies of them that 
gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and 
the half of the rulers with me: 

41 And the priests; Etiakim, Maasejah, 
Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, 
and Hananiah, with trumpets; 

42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and E!e- 
azar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchi- 
jah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers 
sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. 

43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, 
and rejoiced : for God had made them re- 
joice with great joy : the wives also and the 
cnildren rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusa- 
lem was heard even afar off. 

44 % And at that time were some appointed 
over the chambers for the treasures, for the 
offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, 
to gather into them out of the fields of the 
cities the portions of the law for the priests 
and Levites : for Judah rejoiced for the priests 
and for the Levites that waited. 

45 And both the singers and the porters 
kept the ward of their God, and the ward of 
the purification, according to the command- 

sment of David, and of Solomon his son. 



Separation from the multitude. 

46 For in the days of David and Asaph of 
old there were chief of the singers, andsongs 
of praise and thanksgiving unto God. 

47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubba- 
hel, and In the days of Nehemiah, gave the 
portions of the singers and the porters, every 
day his portion : and they sanctified hol'u 
things unto the Levites; and the Levites 
sanctified them unto the children of Aaron. 

CHAP. XIII. 



I Upon the reading of the law, separation is 
made from the mixed multitude. 4JSTehemiah 
at his return causcth the chambers tu be cleans- 
ed. 10 He roformeth the offices in the house of 
God. 15 The violation of the sabbath, 23 and 
the marriages with strange wines. 

ON that day they read in the book of 
3Joses in the audience of the people ; 
and therein was found written, that the Am- 
monite and the Moabite should not come into 
the congregation of God for ever; 

2 Because they met not the children of Israel 
with bread and with water, but hired Balaam 
against them, that he should curse them: 
howbeit, our God turned the curse into a 
blessing. 

3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard 
the law, that they separated from Israel all 
the mixed multitude. 

4 U And before this, Eliashib the priest, 
having the oversight of the chamber of the 
house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah : 

5 And he had prepared for him a great 
chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat- 
offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, 
and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and 
the oil, (which was commanded to he given 
to the Levites, and the singers, and the por- 
ters,) and the offerings of the priests. 

6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusa- 
lem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Ar- 
taxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the 
king, and after certain days obtained I leave 
of the king: 

7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood 
of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, m 
preparing him a chamber in the courts of the 
house of God. 

8 And it grieved me sore : therefore I cast 
forth all the 'household-stuff of Tobiah out of 
the chamber. 

9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed 
the chambers : and thither brought I again 
the vessels of the house of God, with the 
meat-offering and the frankincense. 

10 ^[ And I perceived that the portions of 
the Levites had not been given them: for 
the Levites and the singers, that did the work, 
were fled every one to his field. 

II Then contended I with the rulers, and 
said, Why is the house of God forsaken ? And 
I gathered them together, and set them in 
their place. 

12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of die 
corn and the new wine and the oil unto the 
treasuries. 

13 And I made treasurers over the treasu- 
ries, Shelerniah the priest, and Zadok the 
scribe ; and of the Levites, Pedaiah : and next 
to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the 

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Abuses reformed by Nehemiak. CHAP 

son of Mattaniah : for they were counted 
faithful; and their office was to distribute 
unto their brethren. 

14 Remember me, O my God, concerning 
this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I 
have done for the house of my God, and for 
the offices thereof. 

15 1[ In those dayssaw I in Judah some tread- 
ing wine-presses on the sabbath, and bring- 
ing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, 
grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, 
which they brought into Jerusalem on the 
6 ibbath day : and I testified against them in 
t ie day wherein they sold victuals. 

16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, 
which brought fish, and all manner of ware, 
and sold on the sabbath unto the children of 
Judah, and in Jerusalem. 

17 Then I contended with the nobles of 
Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing 
is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day 1 

18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not 
our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon 
this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon 
Israel by profaning the sabbath. 

19 And it came to pass, that, when the gates 
of Jerusalem began to be dark before the 
sabbath, I commanded that the gates should 
he shut, and charged that they should not be 
opened till after the sabbath : and some of 
my servants set I at the gates, that there 
should no burden be brought in on the sab- 
bath day. 

20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind 
of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or 
twice. 

21 Then I testified against them, and said 
unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if 
ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From 
that time forth came they no more on the I 
sabbath. 



. XIII. Ahasuerus 1 royal feasts. 

22 And I commanded the Levites, that they 
should cleanse themselves, and that they 
should come and keep the gates, to sanctify 
the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God. 
concerning this also, and spare me accord- 
ing to the greatness of thy mercy. 

23 $ In those days also saw I Jews that had 
married wives of Ashdod, of Amnion, and of 
Moab : 

24 And their children spake half in the 
speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in 
the Jews' language, but according to the lan- 
guage of each people. 

25 And I contended with them, and cursed 
them, and smote certain of them, and pluck- 
ed off their hair, and made them swear by 
God, saying", Ye shall not give your daugh- 
ters unto their sons, nor take their daughters 
unto your sons, or for yourselves. 

26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by 
these things? yet among many nations was 
there no king like him, who was beloved of his 
God, and God made him king over all Israel : 
nevertheless even him did outlandish women 
cause to sin. 

27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do alj 
this great evil, to transgress against our God 
in marrying strange wives ? 

28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of 
Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to 
Sanballat the Horonite : therefore I chased 
him from me. 

29 Remember them, O my God, because 
they have defiled the priesthood, and the co- 
venant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. 

30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, 
and appointed the wards of the priests and 
the Levites, every one in his business ; 

31 And for the wood-offering, at times ap- 
pointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember 
me, O my God, for good. 



CHAP. I. 

\ Ahasuerus maketh royal feasts. 10 Vashti, sent 
for, refuscth to come. 13 Ahasuerus, by the 
counsel of Memucan, maketh the decree of 
men's sovereignty. 

NOW it came to pass in the days of Aha- 
suerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reign- 
ed from India even unto Ethiopia, over a 
hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) 

2 That in those days, when the king Aha- 
suerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, 
which was in Shushan the palace, 

3 In the third year of his reign, he made a 
feast unto all his princes and his servants ; 
the power of Persia and Media, the nobles 
and princes of the provinces, being before 
him : 

4 When he shewed the riches of his glori- 
ous kingdom and the honour of his excellent 
majesty many days, even a hundred and four- 
score days. 

5 And when these days were expired, the 
king made a feast unto all the people that 
were present in Shushan the palace, both 
unto great and small, seven days, in the court 
of the garden of the king's palace; 

6 Where were white, green, and blue hang- 



If The Book of ESTHER. 

ings, fastened with cords of fine linen and 
purple to silver rings and pillars of marble : 
the beds were qfgo\d and silver, upon a pave- 
ment of red, and blue, and white, and black 
marble. 

7 And they gave them drink in vessels of 
gold, (the vessels being diverse one from ano- 
ther,) and royal wine in abundance, accord- 
ing to the state of the king. 

8 And the drinking was according to the 
law ; none did compel : for so the king had 
appointed to all the officers of his house, that 
they should do according to every man's plea- 
sure. 

9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for 
the women in the royal house which be- 
longed to king Ahasuerus. 

10 H On the seventh day, when the heart 
of the king was merry with wine, he com- 
manded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Big- 
tha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the 
seven chamberlains that served in the pre- 
sence of Ahasuerus the king, 

11 To bring Vashti the queen before the 
king with the crown royal, to shew the peo- 
ple and the princes her beauty : for she wa$ 
fair to look on. 

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Vashti 1 s disobedience, ESTHER. 

12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at 
the king's commandment by his chamber- 
lains: therefore was the king very wroth, 
and his anger burned in him. 

13 ^[ Then the king said to the wise men, 
which knew the times, (for so icas the king's 
manner toward all that knew law and judg- 
ment : 

14 And the next unto him teas Carshena, 
Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marse- 
na, and Memucan, the seven princes of Per- 
sia and Media, which saw the king's face, 
and which sat the first in the kingdom;) 

15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti 
according to law, because she hath not per- 
formed the commandment of the king Aha- 
suerus by the chamberlains ? 

16 And.!\femucan answered before the king 
and the*princes, Vashti the queen hath not 
done wrong to the king only, but also to all 
the princes, and to all the people that are in 
all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. 

17 For tfiis deed of the queen shall come 
abroad unto all women, so that they shall 
despise their husbands in their eyes, wherv 
it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus 
commanded Vashti the queen to be brought 
in before him, but. she came not. 

18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and 
Media say this day unto all the king's princes, 
which have heard of the deed of the queen. 

•Thus shall there arise too much contempt 
and wrath. 

19 If it please the kimj, let there go a royal 
commandment from him, and let it be writ- 
ten among the laws of the Persians and the 
Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti 
come no more before king Ahasuerus; and 
let the king give her royal estate unto ano- 
ther that is better than she. 

20 And when the king's decree which he 
shall make shall be published throughout al! 
his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall 
give to their husbands honour, both to great 
and small. 

21 And the saying pleased the king and the 
princes ; and the King did according to the 
word of Memucan : 

22 For he sent letters into all the king's pro- 
vinces, into every province according to the 
writing thereof, and to every people after 
their language, that every man should bear 
rule in his own house ; and that it should be 
published according to the language of every 
people. 

CHAP. II. 



Out of the choice of virgins a queen is to be 
chosen. 5 Mordccai the nursing- father of Es- 
ther. 8 Esther is preferred by Hegai before the 
rest. l2The manner of purification, and going 
in to the king. 15Esther best pleasing the king 
is made queen. 21 Mordecai discovering a 
treason is recordedin the chronicles. 

AFTER these things, when the wrath of 
king Ahasuerus was appeased, he re- 
membered Vashti, and what she had done, 
and what was decreed against her. 
2 Then said the king's servants that minis- 
tered unto him, Let there be fair young vir- 
gins sought for the king : 



Esther advanced, 

3 And let the king appoint officers in all the 
provinces of his kingdom, that they may ga- 
ther together all the fair young virgins unto 
Shushan the palace, to the house of the wo- 
men, unto the custody of Hege the king's 
chamberlain, keeper of tiie women ; and let 
their things for purification be given them: 

4 And let the maiden which pleaselh the 
king be queen instead of Vashti. And the 
thing pleased the king; and he did so. 

5 IT AW in Shushan the palace there was 
a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, 
the son of Jair, the son ofShimei, the son of 
Kis!i, a Benjamite; 

6 Who had been carried away from Jeru- 
salem with the captivity which had been car- 
ried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, 
whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Baby- 
lon had carried away. 

7 And he brought up Hadassah, (that is, 
Esther,) his uncle's daughter: for she had 
neither father nor mother, and the maid icas 
fair and beautiful ; whom Mordecai, when 
her father and mother were dead, took for 
his own daughter. 

8 If So it came to pass, when the king's 
commandment and his decree was heard, 
and when many maidens were gathered to- 
gether unto Shushan the palace, to the cus- 
tody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also 
unto the king's house, to the custody of He- 
gai, keeper of the women. 

9 And the maiden pleased him, and she ob- 
tained kindness of him; and he speedily 
gave her berthings for purification, with such 
things as belonged to her, and seven maidens 
tchich icere meet to be given her, out of the 
king's house: and he preferred her and her 
maids unto the best place of the house of the 
women. 

10 Esther had not shewed her people nor 
her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her 
that she should not shew it. 

11 And Mordecai walked every day before 
the court of the women's house, to know how 
Esther did, and what should become of her. 

12 H Now when every maid's turn was come 
to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had 
been twelve months, according to the man- 
ner of the women, (for so were the days of 
their purifications accomplished, to wit, six 
months with oil of myrrh, and six months 
with sweet odours, and with other things for 
the purifying of the women;) 

13 Then thus came every maiden unto the 
king; whatsoever she desired was given her 
to go with her out of the house of the women 
unto the king's house. 

14 In the evening she went, and on the 
morrow she returned into the second house 
of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, 
the king's chamberlain, which kept the con- 
cubines: she came in unto the king no more, 
except the king delighted in her, and that 
she were called by name. 

15 Tf Now when the turn of Esther, the 
daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, 
who had taken her for his daughter, was 
come to go in unto the king, she required no- 
thing but what Hegai the king's chamber- 

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and made queen. CHAP. 

lain, the keeper of the women, appointed. 
And Esther obtained favour in the sight of 
all them that looked upon her. 

16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasue- 
rus into his house-royal in the tenth month, 
which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh 
year of his reign. 

17 And the king loved Esther above all the 
women, and she obtained grace and favour 
in his sight more than all the virgins ; so that 
lie set the royal crown upon her head, and 
made her queen instead of Vashti. 

18 Then the king made a great feast unto 
all his princes and his servants, even Esther's 
feast; and he made a release to the pro- 
vinces, and gave gifts, according to the state 
of the king. 

19 And when the virgins were gathered to- 
gether the second time, then Mordecai sat in 
the king's gate. 

20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred, 
nor her people, as Mordecai had charged 
her: for Esther did the commandment of 
Mordecai, like as when she was brought up 
with him. 

21 1[ In those days, while Mordecai sat in 
the king's gate, two of the king's chamber- 
lains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which 
kept the door, were wroth, and sought to 
lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. 

22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, 
who told ^untoEstherthequeen; andEsther 
certified the king thereof 'in Mordecai's name. 

23 And when inquisition was made of the 
matter, it was found out \ therefore they were 
bath feenged on a tree : and it was written in 
the book of the Chronicles before the king. 

CHAP. III. 

1 II am an, advanced by the king, and despised by 
Mordecai, seeketh revenge upon all the Jews. 
IHe castethlots. 8He obtaineth by calumnia- 
tion a decree of the king to put the Jews to 
death. 

AFTER these things did king Ahasuerus 
promote Haman the son of Hammeda- 
tha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his 
seat above all the princes that were with him. 

2 And all the king's servants that icere in 
the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Ha- 
inan y for the king had so commanded con- 
cerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor 
did him reverence. 

3 Then the king's servants which were in 
the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why 
transgieesest thou the king's commandment? 

4 Now it came to pass, when they spake 
daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto 
them, that they told Haman, to see whether 
Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had 
told them that he was a Jew. 

•5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai 
bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was 
Haman full of wrath. 

6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on 
Mordecai alone ; for they had shewed him 
the people of Mordecai : wherefore Haman 
sought to destroy all the Jews that were 
throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasue- 
rus, even the people of Mordecai. 

7 ^[ In the first month (that is, the month 



III. IV. Haman seeks the Jews' destruction. 
Nisan,) in the twelfth year of king Ahasue- 
rus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before 
Haman from day to day, and from month to 
month, to the twelfth month, that is, the 
month Adar. 

8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, 
There is a certain people scattered abroad 
and dispersed among the people in all the 
provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are 
diverse from all people ; neither keep they 
the king's laws : therefore it is not for the 
king's profit to suffer them. 

9 If it please the king, let it be written that 
they may be destroyed : and I will pay ten 
thousand talents of silver to the hands of 
those that have the charge of the business, 
to bring it into the king's treasuries. 

10 And the king took his ring from his hand, 
and gave it unto Haman the son ot Hamme- 
datha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. 

11 And the king said unto Haman, The sil- 
ver is given to thee, the people also, to do 
with them as it seemeth good to thee. 

12 Then were the king's scribes called on 
the thirteenth day of the first month, and 
there was written according to all that Ha- 
man had commanded unto the king's lieute- 
nants, and to the governors that were over 
every province, and to the rulers of every 
people of every province, according to the 
writing thereof, and to every people after 
their language ; in the name of king Ahasue- 
rus was it written, and sealed with the king's 
ring. 

13 And the letters were sent by posts into 
all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, 
and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young 
and old, little children and women, in one 
day, even upon the thirteenth day of the 
twelfth month, which is the month Adar, 
and to take the spoil of them for a prey. 

14 The copy of the writing for a command- 
ment to be given in eveiy province was pub- 
lished unto all people, that they should be 
ready against that day. 

15 The posts went out, being hastened by 
the king's commandment, and the decree 
was given in Shushan the palace. And the 
king and Haman sat down to drink ; but the 
city Shushan was perplexed. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 The great mourning of Mordecai and the Jews. 
A Esther, understanding it, sendeth to Mor- 
decai, who sheweth the cause, and adoiseth her 
to undertake the suit. 10 She excusing herself 
is threatened by Mordecai. 15 She appointing 
a fast undertaketh the suit. 

WHEN Mordecai perceivcel all that was 
done, Mordecai rent life clothes, aiid 
put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out 
into the midst of the city, and cried with a 
loud and a bitter cry; 

2 And came even before the king's gate : 
for none might enter into the king's gate 
clothed wkh sackcloth. 

3 And in every province whithersoever the 
king's commandment and his decree came, 
there was great mourning among the Jews, 
and fasting, and weeping, and wailing ; and 
many lay in sackcloth jand ashes. 



MordecaVs advice to Esther. ESTHER, 

4 U So Esther's maids and her chamberlains 
came and told it her. Then was the queen 
exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment 
to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his 
sackcloth from him: but he received it 



5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the 
king's chamberlains, whom he had appoint- 
ed to attend upon her, and gave him a com- 
mandment to Mordecai, to know what it 
was, and why it was. 

6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto 
the street of the city, which teas before the 
king's gate. 

7 And Mordecai told him of aty that had 
happened unto him, and of the sum of the 
money that Haman had promised to pay to 
the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy 
them. 

8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing 
of the decree that was given at Shushan to 
destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to 
declare it unto her, and to charge her that 
she should go in unto the king, to make sup- 
plication unto him, and to make request be- 
fore him for her people. 

9 And Hatach came and told Esther the 
words of Mordecai. 

30 ^T Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and 
gave him commandment unto Mordecai ; 

11 All the king's servants, and the people 
of the king's provinces, do know, that who- 
soever, whether man or woman, shall come 
unto the king into the inner court, who is 
not called, there is one law of his to put him 
to death, except such to whom the king shall 
hold out the golden sceptre, that he may 
live : but I have not been called to come in 
unto the king these thirty days. 

12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's 
words. 

13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer 
Esther, Think not with thyself that thou 
shalt escape in the king's house, more than 
all the Jews. 

14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace 
at this time, then shall there enlargement and 
deliverance arise to the Jews from another 
place ; but thou and thy father's house shall 
be destroyed : and who knoweth, whether 
thou art come to the kingdom for such a time 
as this ? 

15 •ft Then Esther bade them return Mor- 
decai this answer, 

16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are 
present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and 
neither eat nor drink three days, night or 
day: I also and my maidens will fast like- 
wise : and so will I go in unto the king, 
which is not according to the law; and if I 
perish, I perish. 

17 So Mordecai went his way, and did ac- 
cording to all that Esther had commanded 
him. 

CHAP. V. 

1 Esther, adventuring on the king's favour, ob- 
taineth the grace of the golden sceptre, andin- 
viteth the king and Haman to a banquet. 6 
She, being encouraged by the king in her suit, 
incitcth them to another banquet the next day. 



The banquet of Esther. 
9 Haman, proud of his advancement, repineth 
at the contempt of Mordecai. 14 By the coun- 
sel of Zeresh he buildeth for him a pair of 
gallows. 



NOW it came to pass on the third day, 
that Esther put on her royal apparel, 
and stood in the inner court of the king's 
house, over against the king's house : and 
the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal 
house, over against the gate of the house. 

2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther 
the queen standing in the court, that she ob- 
tained favour in his sight: and the king held 
out to Esther the golden sceptre that teas in 
his hand. So Esther drew near, and touch- 
ed the top of the sceptre. 

3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt 
thou, queen Esther? and what is thy re- 
quest? it shall be even given thee to the half 
of the kingdom. 

4 And Esther answered, If it seem good 
unto the king, let the king and Harnan come 
this day unto the banquet that I have pre 
pared for him. 

5 Then the king said, Cause Haman 
make haste, that he may do as Esther hat] 
said. So the king and Haman came to the 
banquet that Esther had prepared. 

6 ^[ And the king said unto Esther at th< 
banquet of wine, What is thy petition ? anc 
it shall be granted thee : and what & thy re 
quest? even to the half of the kingdom i 
shall be performed. 

7 Then answered Esther, and said, My pc 
titici- a;;*:, my reqt»e»t iz .* 

8 If I have found favour in the sight of the 
king, and if it please the king to grant my 
petition, and to perform my request, let the 
king and Haman come to the banquet that I 
shall prepare for them, and I will do to-mor- 
row as the king hath said. 

9 Tf Then went Haman forth that day joy- 
ful and with a glad heart : but when Haman 
saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he 
stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full 
of indignation against Mordecai. 

10 Nevertheless, Haman refrained himself : 
and when he came home, he sent and called 
for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. 

11 And Haman told them of the glory of his 
riches, and the multitude of his children, and 
all the things wherein the king had promo- 
ted him, and how he had advanced him 
above the princes and servants of the king. 

12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the 
queen did let no man come in with the king 
unto the banquet that she had prepared but 
myself; and to-morrow am I invited unto her 
also with the king. 

13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long 
as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the 
king's gate. 

14U Then said Zeresh his wife and all his 
friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of 
fifty cubits high, and to-morrow speak thou 
unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged 
thereon: then go thou in merrily with the 
king unto the banquet. And the thing pleas- 
ed Haman ; and he caused the gailows to be 
made. 

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Mordecai is honoured. 

CHAP. VI. 



J Ahasuerus, reading in the chronicles of the 
good service done by Mordecai, taketh care for 
his reward. 4 Hainan, coming to sue that 
Mordecai might be hanged, unawares giveth 
counsel that he might do him honour. 12 Com- 
plaining of his misfortune, his friends tell him 
of his final destiny. 

ON that night could not the king sleep, 
and he commanded to bring the book 
of records of the chronicles; and they were 
read before the king. 

2 And it was found written, that Mordecai 
had told of Bigthanaand Teresh, two of the 
king's chamberlains, the keepers of the 
door, who sought to lay hand on the king 
Ahasuerus. 

3 And the king said, What honour and dig- 
nity hath been done to Mordecai for this ? 
Then said the king's servants that minister- 
ed unto him, There is nothing done for him. 

4 And the king said, Who is in the court ? 
(Now Haman was come into the outward 
court of the king's house, to speak unto the 
king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that 
he had prepared for hirn.) 

5 And the king's servants said unto him, Be- 
hold, Haman standeth in the court. And the 
king said, Let him come in. 

6 So Haman came in. And the king said 
unto him, What shall be done unto the man 
whom the king delighteth to honour? (Now 
Haman thought in his heart, To whom would 
the king delight to do honour more than to 
myself?) 

7 And Haman answered the king, For the 
man whom the king delighteth to honour, 

8 Let the royal apparel be brought which 
the king useth to wear, and the horse that 
the king rideth upon, and the crown-royal 
which is set upon his head: 

9 And let this apparel and horse be deliver- 
ed to the hand of one of the king's most no- 
ble princes, that they may array the man 
withal whom the king delighteth to honour, 
and bring him on horseback through the 
street of the city, and proclaim before him, 
Thus shall it be done to the man whom the 
kingdelighteth to honour. 

10 Then the king said to Haman, Make 
haste, and take the apparel and the horse, 
as thou hast said, and do even so to Morde- 
cai the Jew. that sitteth at the king's gate : 
let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. 

11 Then took Haman the apparel and the 
horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought 
him on horseback through the street of the 
city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall 
it be done unto the man whom the king de- 
lighteth to honour. 

12 H And Mordecai came again to the king's 
gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourn- 
ing, and having his head covered. 

13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all 
his friends every thing that had befallen him. 
Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife 
unto him, If Mordecai fteofthe seed of the 
Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, 
thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt 
surely fall before him. 



CHAP. VI, VII, VIII. Haman is hanged. 

14 And while they were yet talking with him, 
came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to 
bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther 
had prepared. 

CHAP. VII. 



1 Esther, entertaining the Icing and Haman, 
maketh suit for her own life and her people's. 
5 She accuseth Haman. 7 The king in his an- 
ger, understanding of the gallows which Ha- 
man had made for Mordecai, causeth him to be 
hanged thereon. 

SO the king and Haman came to banquet 
with Esther the queen. 

2 And the king said again to Esther on the 
second day at the banquet of wine, What is 
thy petition, queen Esther 1 and it shall be 
granted thee : and what is thy request ? and 
it shall be performed, even to the half of the 
kingdom. 

3 Then Esther the queen answered and 
said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O 
king, and if it please the king, let my life be 
given me at my petition, and my people at 
my request : 

4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be 
destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if 
we had been sold for bond-men and bond- 
women, 1 had held my tongue, although the 
enemy could not countervail the king's dam- 
age. 

5 If Then the king Ahasuerus answered and 
said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and 
where is he, that durst presume in his heart 
to do so ? 

6 And Esther said, The adversary and ene- 
my is 1 this wicked Haman. Then Hainan 
was afraid before the king and the queen. 

7 T[ And the king arising from the banquet 
of wine in his wrath went into the palace- 
garden : and Haman stood up to make re- 
quest for his life to Esther the queen ; for he 
saw that there was evil determined against 
him by the king. 

8 Then the king returned out of the palace- 
garden into the place of the banquet of wine ; 
and Haman was fallen upon the bed where- 
on Esther was. Then said the king, Will 
he force the queen also before me in the 
house ? As the word went out of the king's 
mouth, they covered Hainan's face. 

9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, 
said before the king, Behold also the gallows 
fifty cubits high, which Haman had made 
for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the 
king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then 
the king said, Hang him thereon. 

10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows 
that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then 
was the king's wrath pacified. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Mordecai is advanced. 3 Esther maketh suit to 
reverse Haman' s letters. 7 Ahasuerus grant- 
eth to the Jews to defend themselves. 15Mor- 
decai's honour, and the Jews' 1 joy. 

ON that day did the king Ahasuerus give 
the house of Haman, the Jews' enemy, 
unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came 
before the king; for Esther had told what 
he was unto her. 

2 And the king took off his ring which he 
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HamarCs letters reversed. 
had taken from Hainan, and gave it unto 
Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over 
the house of Haman. 

3 *[[ And Esther spake yet again before the 
king, and fell down at his feet, and besought 
him with tears to put away the mischief of 
Haman the Agagite, and his device that he 
had devised against the Jews. 

4 Then the king held out the golden scep- 
tre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and 
stood before the king, 

5 And said, If it please the king, and if I 
have found favour in his sight, and the thing 
seem right before the king, and I be pleasing 
in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the 
letters devised by Haman the son of Ham- 
medatha the Agagite, which he wrote to de- 
stroy the Jews which are in all the king's 
provinces : 

6 For how can T endure to see the evil that 
shall come unto my people ? or how can I 
endure to see the destruction of my kindred ? 

7 Tf Then the king Ahasuerus said unto 
Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, 
Behold, I have given Esther the house of 
Haman, and him they have hanged upon 
tiie gallows, because he laid his hand upon 
the Jews. 

8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh 
you, in the king's name, and seal it with the 
king's ring: for the writing which is written 
in the king's name, and sealed with the 
king's ring, may no man reverse. 

9 Then were the king's scribes called at 
that time in the third month, that is, the 
month Sivan, on the three and twentieth 
day thereof; and it was written, according 
to all that Mordecai commanded, unto the 
Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the depu- 
ties and rulers of the provinces which are 
from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty 
and seven provinces, unto every province 
according to the writing thereof, and unto 
every people after their language, and to 
the Jews according to their writing, and 
according to their language. 

10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' 
name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and 
sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders 
on mules, camels, and young dromedaries: 

11 Wherein the king granted the Jews 
which were in every city to gather them- 
selves together, and to stand ior their life, 
to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all 
the power of the people and province that 
would assault them, both little ones and wo- 
men, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, 

12 Upon one day in all the provinces of 
king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth 
dayoC the twelfth month, which is the month 
A (far. 

13 The copy of the writing for a command- 
ment to be given in every province teas pub- 
lished unto all people, and that the Jews 
should be ready against that day to avenge 
themselves on their enemies. 

14 So the posts that rode upon mules and 
camels went out, being hastened and pressed 
on by the king's commandment. And the 
decree was given at Shushan the palace. 



ESTHER. Ttie Jews slay their enemies. 

15 ^1 And Mordecai went out from the pre- 
sence of the king in royal apparel of blue 
and white, and with a great crown of gold, 
and with a garment of ;ine linen and purple : 
and the city of Shushan rejoiced, and was 
glad : 

16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and 
joy, and honour. 

17 And in every province, and in every 
city, whithersoever the king's commandment 
and his decree came, the Jews had joy and 
gladness, a feast and a good day. And many 
of the people of the land became Jews; for 
the fear of the Jews fell upon them. 

CHAP. IX. 

I The Jews (the rulers, for fear of Mordecai, 
helping them) slay their enemies, with the ten 
sons of Haman. 32 Ahasuerus, at the request 
of Esther, granteth another day of slaughter, 
and Haman 1 s sons to be hanged. 20 The two 
days of Purim are made festival. 

JYOW in the twelfth month, that is, the 
1^1 month Adar, on the thirteenth day of 
the same, when the king's commandment 
and his decree drew near to be put in execu- 
tion, in the day that the enemies of the Jews 
hoped to have power over them, (though it 
was turned to the contrary, that the Jews 
had rule over them that hated them ;) 

2 The Jews gathered themselves together 
in their cities throughout all the provinces 
of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such 
as sought their hurt : and no man could with- 
stand them; for the fear of them fell upon all 
people. 

3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and 
the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers 
of the king helped the Jews; because the 
fear of Mordecai fell upon them. 

4 For Mordecai was great in the king's 
house, and his fame went out throughout all 
the provinces: for this man Mordecai wax- 
ed greater and greater. 

5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies 
with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, 
and destruction, and did^what they would 
unto those that hated them. 

6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew 
and destroyed five hundred men. 

7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and 
Aspatha, 

8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, 

9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, 
and Vajezatha, 

10 The ten sons of Haman the. son of Ham- 
medatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they, 
but on the spoil laid they not their hand. 

II On that day the number of those that were 
slain in Shushan the palace was brought be- 
fore the king. 

12 *ii And the king said unto Esther the 
queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed 
five hundred men in Shushan the palace, 
and the ten sons of Haman ; what have they 
done in the rest of the king's provinces ? 
now what is thy petition? and it shall be 
granted thee : or what is thy request fur- 
ther? and it shall be done. 

13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, 
let it be granted to the Jews which are in 

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ITiey establish a festival. CHAP. X, 

Shushan to do to-morrow also according 
unto this day's decree, and let Hainan's ten 
sons be hanged upon the gallows. 

14 And the king commanded it so to be 
done: and the decree was given at Sim- 
sunn: and they hanged Hamuli's ten sons. 

15 For the Jews that were in Shushan 
gathered themselves together on the four- 
teenth day also of the month Adar, and slew 
three hundred men at Shushan ; but on the 
prey thcv laid not their hand. 

16 But" the other Jews that were in the 
king's provinces gathered themselves to- 
gether, and stood for their lives, and had 
rest frOm their enemies, and slew of their 
foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid 
not their hands on the prey, 

17 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; 
and on the fourteenth day of the same rested 
they, and made it a day of feasting and glad- 
ness. 

18 But the Jews that were at Shushan as- 
sembled together on the thirteenth day there- 
of, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the 
fifteenth day of the same they rested, and 
made it a day of feasting and gladness. 

19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that 
dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the four- 
teenth day of the month Adar a day of glad- 
ness and feasting, and a good day, and of 
sending portions one to another. 

20 *fl And Mordecai wrote these things, and 
eent letters unto all the Jews that were in all 
the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both 
nigh and far, 

21 To establish this among them, that they 
should keep the fourteenth day of the month 
Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, 
yearly, 

22 As the days wherein the Jews rested 
from their enemies, and the month which 
was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, 
and from mourning into a good day: that 
they should make them days of feasting and 
joy, and of sending portions one to another, 
and gifts to the poor. 

23 And the Jews undertook to do as they 
had begun, and as Mordecai had written 
unto them; 

24 Because Haman the son of Hammeda- 
tha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, 
had devised against the Jews to destroy 
them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to 
consume them, and to destroy them ; 



Tlie days of Pumrn confirmed, 

25 But when Esther came before the king, 
he commanded by letters that his wicked 
device, which he devised against the Jews, 
should return upon his own head, and that he 
and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. 

26 Wherefore they called these days Purim 
after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the 
words of this letter, and of that which they 
had seen concerning this matter, and which 
had come unto them, 

27 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, 
and upon their seed, and upon all such as 
joined themselves unto them, so as it should 
not fail, that they would keep these two days 
according to their writing, and according "to 
their appointed lime every year; 

28 And that these days should he remem- 
bered and kept throughout every generation, 
every family, every province, and every city • 
and that these days of Purim should not fail 
from among the Jews, nor the memorial of 
them perish from their seed. 

29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of 
Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with 
all authority, to confirm this second letter ot 
Purim. 

30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, 
to the hundred twenty and seven provinces 
of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of 
pence and truth, 

31 To confirm these days of Purim in their 
times appointed, according as Mordecai the 
Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined 
them, and as they had decreed for them- 
selves and for their seed, the matters of the 
fastings and their cry. 

32 And the decree of Esther confirmed 
these matters of Purim* and it was written 
in the book. 

CHAP. X. 
1 Ahasuerus his greatness. 3 Jllordcca? 's ad- 
vancement. 
AND the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute up- 
on the land, and upon the isles of the sea. 

2 And all the acts of his power and of his 
might, and the declaration of the greatness 
of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced 
him, are they not written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia! 

3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto 
king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, 
and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, 
seeking the wealth of his people, and speak- 
ing peace to all his seed. 



CHAP. I 

1 The holiness, riches, and religious care of Job 
for his children. 6 Satan, appearing before 
God, by calumniation obtaineth leave to tempt 
Job. 13 Understanding of the loss of his goods 
and children, in his mourning he blesseth God. 

THERE was a man in the land of Uz, 
whose name was Job; and that man 
was perfect and upright, and one that feared 
God, and eschewed evil. 

2 And there were born unto him seven sons 
and three daughters. ,. 

3 His substance also was seven thousand 
sheep, and three thousand camels, and five 



H Tfie Booh of JOB. 

hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she- 
asses, and a very great household; so that 
this man v*as the greatest of ail the men of 
the east. 

4 And his sons went and feasted in their 
houses, every one his day ; and sent and call- 
ed for their three sisters to eat and, to drink 
with them. 

5 And it was so, when the days of their 
feasting were gone about, that Job sent and 
sanctified them, and rose up early in the 
morning, and offered burnt-offerings accord- 
ing- to the number of them all: for Job said, 
It may be that mv sons have sinned, and 

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Satan has leave to tempt Job. JOB. 

cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job 
continually. • 

6 1f Now there was a day when the sons of 
God came to present themselves before the 
Lord, and Satan came also among them. 

7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence 
comest thou 1 Then Satan answered the 
Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the 
earth, and from walking up and down in it. 

8 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou 
considered my servant Job, \\mt there is none 
like him in the earth, a perfect and an up- 
right man, one thatfeareth God, and eschew- 
eth evil ? 

9 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, 
Doth Job fear God for nought ? 

10 Hast not thou made a hedge about him, 
and about his house, and about all that he 
hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the 
work of his hands, and his substance is in- 
creased in the land. 

11 But put forth thy hand now, and touch 
all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy 
face. 

12 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, 
all that he hath is in thy power; only upon 
himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan 
went forth from the presence of the Lord. 

13 Tf And there was a day when his sons 
and his daughters were eating and drinking 
wine in their eldest brother's house: 

14 And there came a messenger unto Job, 
and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the 
asses feeding beside them : 

15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and 
took them away ; yea, they have slain the 
servants with the edge of the sword; and J 
only am escaped alone to tell thee. 

16 While he was yet speaking, there came 
also another, and said, The fire of God is 
fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the 
sheep and the servants, and consumed them; 
and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 

17 While he was yet speaking, there came 
also another, and said, The Chaldeans made 
out three bands, and fell upon the camels, 
and have carried them away, yea, and slain 
the servants with the edge of the sword ; and 
I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 

18 While he was yet speaking, there came 
also another, and said, Thy sons and thy 
daughters were eating and drinking wine in 
their eldest brother's house : 

19 And behold, there came a great wind from 
the wilderness, and smote the four corners 
of the house, and it fell upon the young men, 
and they are dead ; and I only am escaped 
alone to tell thee. 

20 Then Job arose, and renthis mantle, and 
shaved his head, and fell down upon the 
ground, and worshipped, 

21 And said, Naked came I out of my mo- 
ther's womb, and naked shall I return thither: 
The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken 
away; blessed be the name of the Lord. 

22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged 
God foollshlv. 

CHAP. II. 



Job is smitten with biles, 



with sort biles. 9 Job reproveth his wife, mo- 
ving him to curse God. 11 His three friends 
condole with him in silence. 

AGAIN there was a day when the sons 
of God came to present themselves be- 
fore the Lord, and Satan came also among 
them to present himself before the Lord. ° 

2 And the Lord said unto Satan, From 
whence comest thou? And Satan answered 
the Lord, and said, From going to and fro 
in the earth, and from walking up and down 
in it. 

3 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou 
considered my servant Job, that there is none 
like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright 
man, one that feareth God, and escheweth 
evil ? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, 
although thou movedst me against him, to 
destroy him without cause. 

4 And Satan answered the Lord, and s 

Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will 
he give for his life. 

5 But put forth thy hand now, and touch 
his bone and his flesh, and he will curse the 
to thy face. 

6 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, 
he is in thy hand ; but save his life. 

7 1[ So went Satan forth from the presence 
of the Lord, and smote Job with sore biles 
from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 

8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape 
himself withal ; and he sat down among the 
ashes. 

9 «J Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou 
still retain thine integrity ? curse God, and 
die. 

10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as 
one of the foolish women speaketh. What! 
shall we receive good at the hand of God, 
and shall we not receive evil 1 In all tins did 
not Job sin -with his lips. 

11 If Now when Job's three friends heard 
of all this evil that was come upon him, they 
came ever} 7 one from his own place ; Eliphaz 
the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and 
Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made 
an appointment together to come to mourn 
with him, and to comfort him. 

12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar 
off, and knew him not, they lifted up their 
voice, and wept; and they rent every one his 
mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads 
toward heaven. 

13 So they sat down with him upon the 
ground seven days and seve^ nights, and 
none spake a word unto him : for they saw 
that his grief was very great. 

CHAP. III. 

1 Job curseth the day and services of his birth. 
13 The ease of death. 20 He complaineth cf 
life, because of his anguish. 

AFTER this opened Job his mouth, and 
cursed his day. 

2 And Job spake, and said, 

3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, 
and the night "in which it was said, There is 
a man child conceived. 

4 Let that day be darkness; let not God re - 



1 Satan appearing again before God obtaineth | gard it from above, neither let the light shine 
further leave to tempt Job. 7 He smitcth him upon it. 

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He curseth the day of his birth . CHAP, 

5 Let darkness and the shadow of death 
stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the 
blackness of the day terrify it. 

6 As far that night, let darkness seize upon 
it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year; 
let it not come into the number of the months. 

7 Lo, let that night be solitary; let no joy- 
ful voice come therein. 

8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who 
are ready to raise up their mourning. 

9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be 
dark ; let it look for light, but have none ; 
neither let it see the dawning of the day. 

10 Because it shut not up the doors of my 
mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine 
eyes. 

11 Why died I not from fhe womb ? why 
did I not give up the ghost when I came out 
of the belly? 

12 Why tlid the knees prevent me ? or why 
the breasts that I should suck ? 

13 For now should I have lain still and been 
quiet, I should have slept : then had I been 
at rest, 

14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, 
which built desolate places for themselves; 

15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled 
their houses with silver t 

16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not 
been ; as infants ichich never saw light. 

17 There the wicked cease/rww troubling; 
and there the weary be at rest. 

18 There i\\e prisoners rest together; they 
hear not the voice of the oppressor. 

19 The small and great are there ; and the 
servant is free from his master. 

20 Wherefore is light given to him that is 
in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul ; 

21 Which long for death, but \t cometh not; 
and dig for it more than for hid treasures • 

22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, 
when they can find the grave ? 

23 Wliy is light given to a man whose way 
is hid, and whom God hath hedged in ? 

24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and 
my roarings are poured out like the waters. 

25 For the thing which I greatly feared is 
come upon, me, and that which I was afraid 
of is come unto me. 

26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, 
neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Eliphaz reproveth Job for want of religion. 7 
He teacheth GooV s judgments to be not for the 
righteous, but for the wicked. 12 His fearful 
vision, to humble the excellency of creatures 
before God. 

THEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered 
and said, 

2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt 
thou be grievecl ? but who can withhold him- 
self from speaking ? 

3 Behold, thou hast instrurted many, and 
thou hast strengthened the weak hands. 

4 Thy words have upholden him that was 
falling, and thou hast strengthened the fee- 
ble knees. 

5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou 
faintest ; it toucheth thee, and thou art trou- 
bled. 

17 R 



IV, V. Eliphaz reproveth Job. 

6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy 
hope, and the uprightness of thy ways ? 

7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perish- 
ed, being innocent? or where were the right- 
eous cutoff? 

8 Even as I have seen, they that plough ini- 
quity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. 

9 By the blast of God they perish, and by 
the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. 

10 Theroaring of the lion, and the voice of 
the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young 
lions, are broken. 

11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, 
and the stout lion's whelps are scattered 
abroad. 

12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, 
and mine ear received a little thereof. 

13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, 
when deep sleep falleth on men, 

14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, 
which made all my bones to shake. 

15 Then a spirit passed before my face ; the 
hair of my flesh stood up : 

16 It stood still, but I could not discern the 
form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, 
there was silence, and I heard a voice^saying-, 

17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? 
shall a man be more pure than his Maker ? 

18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; 
and his angels he charged with folly : 

19 How much less in them that dwell in 
houses of clay, whose foundation is in the 
dust, which are crushed before the moth ? 

20 They are destroyed from morning to- 
evening ; they perish for ever without any re- 
garding it. 

'ill Doth not their excellency which is in 
themgo away? they die, even without wisdom. 

CHAP. V. 
1 The harm of inconsideration. 3 77*6 end of 
the- wicked is misery. 6 God is to be regarded, 
in affliction. 17 The happy end of God's cor- 
rection. 

CALL now, if there be any that will an-r 
swer thee ; and to which of the saints 
wilt thou turn ? 

2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and en- 
vy slayeth the silly one. 

3 I have seen the foolish taking root : but 
suddenly I cursed his habitation. 

4 His children are far from safety, and they 
are crushed in the gate, neither is there any 
to deliver them. 

5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and 
taketh it even out of the thorns, and the rob- 
ber swalloweth up their substance. 

6 Although affliction cometh not forth of 
the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of 
the ground ; 

7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks 
fly upward. 

8 I would seek unto God, and unto God 
would I commit my cause : 

9 Which doeth great things and unsearch- 
able ; marvellous things without number : 

10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and 
sendeth waters upon the fields : 

11 To setup on high those that be low; that 
those which mourn may be exalted to safety. 

12 He disappointeth the devices of Uie 

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The nappy end of God's correction. JOB. Job reprovethhis friends for unldndness 

crafty, so that their hands cannot perform 
their enterprise. 
13 He taketh the wise in their own crafti- 



ness: and the counsel of the froward is car 
ri'erl headlong. 

14 Tiiey meet with. darkness in the day-time, 
and <rrope in the noon-day as in the night. 

15 But he saveth tiie poor from the sword, 
from their mouth, and from the hand of the 
mighty. 

lb So the poor hath hope, and iniquity 
stoppeth her mouth. 

17 Behold, happy is the man whom God 
correcteth : therefore despise not thou the 
chastening of the Almighty : 

18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up : he 
woundeth, and his hands make whole. 

19 He shall deliver thee in six trouble?: yea, 
in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 

20 In famine he shall redeem thee from 
death : and in war front the power of the 
sword. 

21, Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of 



10 Then should I vet have comfort; vea, I 
would harden myself in sorrow: let him not 
spate; for I have not concealed the words 
of the Holy One. 

11 What is my strength, that I should hope ? 
And what is mine end, that I should prolong 
my life ? 

12 Is my strength the strength of stones ? 
or is my ilesh of brass ? 

13 Is not my help in me ? and is wisdom 
driven quite from me ? 

14 To him that is afflicted pity should he 
shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the 
fear of the xllmighty. 

15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a 
brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass 
away ; 

16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, 
and wherein the snow is hid : 

17 What time they wax waria, they vanish : 
when it is hot, they are consumed out of 
their place. 

18 The paths of their way are turned asid 



the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of they go to nothing, and perish 
destruction when it cometh. I 19 The troops of Tenia looked, the co: 

22 At destruction and famine thou shalt | panics of Sheba waited for them. 
laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the I 20 Thev were confounded because they h 



feasts of the earth. 



| hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed 



23 For thou shalt be in league with the j 21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my case 



stones of the field: and the beasts of the 
fold shall be at peace with thee. 

21 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle 
shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy 
habitation, and shalt not sin. 

25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed 
stiatt be great, and thine offspring as the grass 
of the earth. 

26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full 
•vie, like as a shock of corn cometh in in 
his season. "** 

27 Lo this, w r e have searched it, so it is; 
hear it, and know thou it for thy good. 

CHAP. VI. 
] Job sheteeth that his complaints are not cause- 
less. 8 He icisheth for death, wherein he is as- 
sured of comfort. 14 He reproccth his friends 
ofnnkivdness. 

RUT Job answered and said, 
2 Oh that my grief were thoroughly 
weighed, and my calamity laid in the ba- 
lances together! 

3 For now it would be heavier than the 
sand of the sea : therefore my words are 
swallowed up. 

4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within 
me, the poison whereof diiuketh up my spi- 
ril : the terrors of God do set themselves in 
army against me. 

Ti Doth the wild ass bray when he hath 
grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? 

6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten 
without salt? oris there any taste in the 
white of an egg ? 

7 The things tkdt my soul refused to touch 
nre as my sorrowful meat. 

8 Oh that I might have my request ; and that 
God would grant me the tiling that I long for! 

9 Even that it would please God lo destroy 
w>e ; that hs would let loose his hand, and 
cut aac off! 



wn, and are afraid. 

22 Did 1 say, Bring unto me? or, Give 
reward for me of your •substance ? 

23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand 
or. Redeem me from the hand of the mighty 1 

24 Teach me, and I will hold my 

and cause me to understand wherein I hav 
erred. 

25 How forcible are right -words ! but wha 
doth your arguing reprove? 

26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and th 
speeches of one that is desperate, irhichc 
as wind ? 

27 Yea, *e overwhelm the fatherless^ and 
ye dig a pit for your friend. 

28. Now therefore be content, look upon 
me ; for it is evident unto you if I lie. 

29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; 

yea, return again, my righteousness" is in it, 

'30 Is there iniquity in my tongue ? cannot 

my taste discern perverse things? 

CHAP. VII. 

1 Job exevseth his desire of death. 12 TTe com- 
plaineth of his o ton restlessness, 17 and God's 
watchfulness. 

ZS there not an appointed time to man up- 
on earth ? are not his days also like the 
days of a hireling? 
2 As a servant earnestly degireth the sha- 
dow, and as a hireling looketh for the reward 
of his work : 

'3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, 
and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 

4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I 
arise, and the night be gone? and I am full 
oftossingsto and fro unto the dawning of 
the dav. 

5 My" flesh is clothed with worms and clods 
of. dust; my skin is broken, and become 
loathsome. 

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He excuseth his desire of death, CHAP. VIII, IX. and acknowlcdgeth God's justice, 



6 My flays are swifter than a weaver's shut- 
tle, and are spent without hope. 

7 O remember that my lite is wind : mine 
eve shall no more see good. 

8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall 
see me no more : thine eyes are upon me, 
and I am not. 

4) As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth 
away: so lie that goeth down to the grave 
shall come up no more. * 

10 He shall return no more to Ills house, 
neither shall his place know him any more. 

11 Therefore 1 will not refrain my mouth ; 
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I 
will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 

12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest 
a watch over me? 

13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, 
my couch shall ease my complaint; 

14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and 
terrifiest me through * : sions: 

15 So that my soul ci.ooseth strangling, and 
death rather than my life. 

16 I loathe it; I would not live always: let. 
me alone; for my days are vanity. 

17 What is man, that thou shouldest mag- 
nify him ? and that thou shouldest set thy 
heart upon him ? 

18 And that thou shouldest visit him every 
morning, and try him every moment? 

19 How long wilt thou not depart from 
me, nor let me alone till I swallow down mv 
spittle ? 

20 1 have sinned ; what shall I do unto thee, 

thou Preserver of men ? why hast thou 
set me as a mark against thee, so that I am 
a burden to mvself ? 

21 And why dost thou not pardon my trans- 
gression, and take away mine iniquity ? for 
now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shah 
seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. 

CHAP. VIII. 

1 Bitdad sheweth God's justice in dealing with 
men according to their works. 8 He allegeth 
antiquity to prove the certain destruction of 
the hypocrite. 20 He applieth God's just deal- 
ing to Job. 

THEN answered Bildad die Shuhite, and 
said, 

2 How long wilt thou speak these things? 
aud how long shall the words of thv mouth 
be like a strong wind ? 

3 Doth God pervert judgment; or doth the 
Almighty pervert justice ? 

4 If thy,children have sinned against him, 
and he have oast them away for their trans- 
gression ; 

5 If thou wouluest seek unto God betimes, 
and make thy supplication to the Almighty ; 

6 If thou wert pure and upright, surely now 
he would awake for thee, and make the ha- 
bitation of thy righteousness prosperous. 

7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy 
latter end should greatly increase. 

8 For inquire, I prav thee, of the former a«re, 
ami prepare thyself to the search of their 
fathers : 

9 /For we are but of yesterday, and know 
nothing, because our days upon earth are a 
shadow:) " 



10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, 
and utter words out of their heart? 

11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can 
the flag grow without water? 

12 Whilst it 'it yet in his greenness, and not 
cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 

13 So are the paths of all that forget God ; 
and the hypocrite's hope shall perish : 

14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose 
trust shall be a spider's web. 

15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall 
not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall 
not endure. 

16 He is green before the sun, and his 
branch shooteth forth in his garden. 

17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, 
and seeth the place of stones. 

18 If he destroy him from his place, then it 
shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. 

19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and 
out of the earth shall others grow. 

20 Behold, God will not cast away a per- 
fect man, neither will he help the evil doers : 

21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, aud 
thy lips with rejoicing. 

22 They that hate thee shall be clothed wkji 
shame ; and the dwelling-place of the wicked 
shall come to nought. 

CHAP. IX. 

Uob, acknowledging G od' s justice, sheweth there 
is no contending with him. 22 Man's innoce-n- 
cy is not to be condemned by afflictions. 

THEN Job answered and said, 
2 I know it is so of a truth : but how 
should man be just with God ? 
3, If he will contend with him, lie cannot 
answer him one of a thousand. 

4 Heis wise in heart, and mighty in strength : 
who hath hardened hi msclf against him, and 
hath prospered ? 

5 Which removeth the mountains, and they 
know not: which overturneth them in hi* 
an^er; 

6 vVhich shaketh the earth out of her place, 
and the pillars thereof tremble ; 

7 Which commandeth the sun, and itriseth 
not; and sealeth up the stars; 

8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, 
and treadeth upon the waves of the sea; 

9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Ple- 
iades, and the chambers of the south; 

10 Which doeth great things past finding 
out; yea, and wonders Without number. 

11 Lo, he goetli by me, and I see him not : 
he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. 

12 Behold, he taketb away, who can hin- 
der him? who will say unto him, W r hat doest 
thou? 

13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the 
proud helpers do stoop under hirn. 

14 How much less shall I answer him, and 
choose out my words to reason with him 7 

15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet 
would I not answer, but! would make sup- 
plication to my judgeg. 

16 If I had called, and he had answered 
me; yet would I not believe that he had hear- 
kened unto my voice. 

17 For he hreaketh me with a tempest, and 
multiplieth mv wounds without cause. 

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Job expostulated with God. JOB. 

13 He will not suffer me to take my breath, 
but filleth me with bitterness. 

19 li' I speak o[strength,\o, he is strong: and 
if of judgment, who shall set me a time to 
plead ? 

20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall 
condemn me : If I say, I am perfect, it shall 
also prove me perverse. 

21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not 
know my soul: I would despise my life. 

22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, 
He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 

23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh 
at the trial of the innocent. 

24 The earth is given into the hand of the 
wicked : he covereth the faces of the judges 
thereof; if not, where, and who is he ? 

25 Now my days are swifter than a post: 
they flee away, "they see no good. 

26 They are passed away as the swift ships : 
as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. 

27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will 
leave off my heaviness, anii comfort myself: 

28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know 
that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 

29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in 
\ain? 

30 If I wash myself with snow-water, and 
make my hands never so clean ; 

31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, 
and mine own clothes shall abhor me. 

32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should 
answer him, and we should come together in 
judgment. 

33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, 
thai might lay his hand upon us both. 

34 Let him take his rod away from me, and 
let not his fear terrify me : 

35 Then would I speak, and not fear him ; 
but it is not so with me. 

CHAP. X. 

J Job, taking- liberty of complaint, expostulated 
with God about his afflictions. 18 He com- 
plaineth of life, and craveth a little ease be- 
fore death. 

MY soul is weary of my life ; I will leave 
my complaint upon myself; I will speak 
in tlte bitterness of my soul. 

2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; 
s4*ewme wherefore thou contendest with me. 

3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest op- 
press, that thou shouldest despise the work of 
thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the 
wicked ? 

4 Hast thou eyes of flesh ? or seest thou as 
man seeth ? 

5 Are thy days as the days of man ? are thy 
years as man's days, 

6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, 
and searchest after my sin ? 

7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and 
there is none that can deliver out of thy hand. 

8 Thy hands have made me and fashioned 
me together round about; yet thou dost de- 
stroy me. 

9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast 
made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me 
into dust again ? 

10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and 
curdled me like cheese ? 



nd 
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God's wisdom is unsearchable. 

1 1 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, 
and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. 

12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, 
and thy visitation liatii preserved my spirit. 
-13 And these things hast thou hid in thine 
heart: I know that this is* with thee. 

14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou 
wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 

15 If I be wicked, wo unto me; and if I be 
righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I 
am full of confusion ; therefore see thou mine 
affliction ; 

16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a 
fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyseli 
marvellous upon inc. 

17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, 
and increasest thine indignation upon me; 
changes and war are against me. 

18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me 
forth out of the womb? Oh that 1 had given 
up the ghost, and no eye had seen me ! 

19 1 should have been as though I had not 
been ; I should have been carried from the 
womb to the grave. 

20 Are not my days few? cease then, 
let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, 

21 Before I go whence I shall not return, 
even to the land of darkness, and the shadow 
of death ; 

22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; 
and of the shadow of death, without any 
order, and where the light is as darkness. 

CHAP. XI. 

I Zophar rcprovcth Job for justifying' himself. 
6 God's wisdom is unsearchable. 13 The as- 
sured blessing of repentance. 

THEN answered Zophar the Naamath he, 
and said, 

2 Should not the multitude of words be an- 
swered ? and v should a man full of talk be 
justified? 

3 Should thy lies make men hold their 
peace ? and when thou mockest, shall no 
man make thee ashamed ? 

4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, 
and I am clean in thine eyes. 

5 But Oh that God would speak, and open 
his lips against thee; 

6 And that he would shew thee the secrets 
of wisdom, that they are double to that which 
is ! Know therefore that God exacteth of 
thee less than thine iniquity deservelh. 

7 Canst thou by searching find out God? 
canst thou find out the Almighty unto per- 
fection ? 

8 It is as high as heaven ; what canst 'thou 
do? deeper than hell ; what canst thou know? 

9 The measure thereof is longer than the 
earth, and broader than the sea. 

10 if he cut off, and shut up, or gather to- 
gether, then who can hinder him ? 

II For he knoweth vain men: he seeth 
wickedness also; will he notthen consider^? 

12 For vain man would be wise, though man 
be born like a wild ass's colt. 

13 If thou prepare thy heart, and stretch 
out thv hands toward him ; 

14 If iniquity he in thy hand, put it iixt 
away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy 
tabernacles. 

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The omnipotence of God. CHAP. 

15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face with- 
out spot ; yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and 
shalt not fear : 

16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, 
and remember it as waters that pass away ; 

J 7 And thine age shall be clearer than the 
noon-day: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt 
be as the morning. 

18 And thou shalt be secure, because there 
is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and 
thou shalt take thy rest in safety. 

19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall 
make thee afraid ; yea, many shall make suit 
unto thee. 

20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and 
they shall not escape, and their hope shall 
be as the giving up of the ghost. 

CHAP. XII. 
Uob maintaineth himself against his friends 
that reprove him. 7 He acknowledged the ge- 
neral doctrine of God's ornnipotency. 
AND Job answered and said, 
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and 
wisdom shall die with you. 

3 But I have understanding as well as you ; 
lam not inferior to you : yea, who knoweth 
not such things as these ? 

4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, 
who calleth upon God, and heanswereth him: 
the just upright man is laughed to scorn. 

5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as 
a lamp despised in the thought of him that is 
at ease. 

6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and 
they that provoke God are secure; into 
whose hand God bringeth abundantly. 

7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall 
teach thee ; and the fowls of the air, and they 
shall tell thee : 

8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach 
thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare 
unto thee. 

9 Who knoweth not in all these that the 
hand of the Lord hath wrought this? 

10 In whose hand is the soul of every living 
thing, and the breath of all mankind. 

11 Doth not the ear try words? and the 
mouth taste his meat ? 

12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in 
length of days understanding. 

13 With him is wisdom and strength, he 
hath counsel and understanding. 

14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot 
be built again : he shutteth up a man, and 
there can he no opening. 

15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and 
they dry up : also he sendeth them out, and 
they overturn the earth. 

16 With him is strength and wisdom : the 
deceived and the deceiver are his. 

17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and 
inaketh the judges fools. 

18 He looseth the bond of kings, and gird- 
eth their loins with a girdle. 

19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and 
overthroweth the mighty. 

20 He removeth away the speech of the 
trusty, and taketh away the understanding of 
the ajred. 

21 He poureth contempt upon princes, 



XII, XIII. Job's confidence in God. 

and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. 

22 He discovereth deep things out of dark- 
ness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of 
death. 

23 He increaseth the nations, and destrov- 
eth them: he enlargeth the nations, and 
straiteneth them again. 

24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of 
the people of the earth, and causeth them to 
wander in a wilderness where therein no way. 

25 They grope in the dark without light, 
and he maketh them to stagger like a drunk- 
en man. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 Job reproveth his friends of partiality. 14 He 
professeth his confidence in God, 20 and en- 
treat eth to know his own sins, and Ggd"s pur- 
pose in afflicting him. 

LO, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear 
hath heard and understood it. 

2 What ye know, the same do I know also : 
I am not inferior unto you. 

3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, 
and I desire to reason with God. 

4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all phy- 
sicians of no value. 

5 O that ye would altogether hold your 
peace ; and it should be your wisdom. 

6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to 
the pleadings of my lips. 

7 Will ye speak wickedly for God ? and talk 
deceitfully for him ? 

8 Will ye accept his person ? will ve con- 
tend for God ? 

9 Is it good that he should search you out ? 
or as one man mocketh another, do ye so 
mock him ? 

10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do se- 
cretly accept persons. 

11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid ? 
and his dread fall upon you? 

12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, 
your bodies to bodies of clay. 

13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that 1 may 
speak, and let come on me what will. 

14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my 
teeth, and put my life in my hand ? 

15 Though lie slay me, yet will I trust in 
him : but I will maintain mine own ways be- 
fore him. 

16 He also shall be my salvation : for a hy- 
pocrite shall not come before him. 

17 Hear diligently my speech, and my de- 
claration with your ears. 

18 Behold, now, I have ordered my caus^ : 
I know that I shall be justified. 

19 Who is he that will plead with me? for 
now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the 
ghost. 

20 Only do not two things unto me : then 
will I not hide myself from thee. 

21 Withdraw thy hand far from me: and 
let not thy dread make me afraid. 

22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or 
let me speak, and answer thou me. 

23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? 
make me to know my transgression and my 
sin. 

24 Wherefore hidest thou thv face, and 
holdest me for thine enemy ? 

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Job entreateih God's favour, JOB. 

25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro ? 
and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble ? 

26 For thou writest bitter things against me, 
and makest me to possess the iniquities of my 
youth. 

27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, 
and lookest narrowly unto all my paths ; thou 
settest a print upon the heels of my feet. 

23 And lie, as a rotten thing, consumed)* as 
a garment that is moth-eaten. 
CHAP. XIV. 

1 Job entreateth God for favoitr,by the shortness 
of life, and certainty of death. 7 Though life 
once lost be irrecoverable, yet he waiteth for 
his change. 1G By sin the creature is subject 
to corruption. 

MAN that is born of a woman is of few 
days, and full of trouble. 

2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut 
down : he fleeth also as a shadow, and con- 
iinueth not. 

3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such 
a one, and bringest me into judgment with 
thee? 

4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an un- 
clean ? not one. 

5 Seeing his days are determined, the num- 
ber of his months are with thee, thou hast 
appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; 

6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he 
shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day. 

7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut 
down, that it will sprout again, and that the 
tender branch thereof will not cease. 

8 Though the root thereof wax old in the 
earth, and the stock thereof die hi the ground; 

9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, 
and b *ing forth boughs like a plant. 

10 But man dieth, and wasteth away : yea, 
man giveth up the ghost, and where ts he? 

HAs the waters fail from the sea, and the 
:iood decayeth and drietu up: 

12 So man lieth down, and riseth not : till 
the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, 
nor be raised out of their sleep. 

13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the 
grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, 
until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest 
appoint me a set time, and remember me! 

11 If a man die, shall he live again ? all the 
days of my appointed time will 1 wait, till my 
change come. 

1 5 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: 
thou wilt have a desire to the work of thy 
i rands. 

16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost 
thou not watch over my sin? 

17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, 
and thou sewest up mine iniquity. 

18 And surely the mountain falling cometh 
to nought, and the rock is removed out of 
his place. 

10 The waters wear the stones : thou wash- 
eat away the things which grow out of the 
dust of the earth ; and thou destroyest the 
hope of man. 

20 Thou prevailestfor ever against him, and 
lie passeth : thou changest his countenance, 
and sendest him away. 

2i His sons come to' honour, and he know- 



Eliphaz reprovclh Job of impiety. 
eth it not* and they are brought low, but he 
perceiveth it not of them, 
22 But his flesh upon him shall have pair, 
and his soul within him shall mourn. 

CHAP. XV. 

lEliphaz reproveth Job of impiety in justifying 
himself 11 He provcth by tradition the uii- 
qiuctncss of wicked men. 
HflHEN answered Eliphaz the Temanite, 
J. and said, 

2 Should a wise man titter vain knowledge, 
and fill his belly with the east wind ? 

3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or 
with speeches wherewith he can do no good ? 

4 Yea, thou castest oft* fear, and restrain est 
prayer before God. 

5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and 
thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. 

6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and 
not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. 

7 Art thou the first man that was born ? or 
wast thou made before the hills ? 

8 Hast thou heard the secret of God ? and 
dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? 

9 What knowest thou that we know not? 
what understandestthou, which is not in us ? 

10 With us are both the gray -headed and 
very aged men, much elder than thy father. 

11 Are the consolations of God small with 
thee ? is there any secret thing with thee? 

12 Why doth thy heart carry thee away ? 
and what do thine eyes wink at, 

13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, 
and lettest such words go out of thy mouth ? 

14 What is man, that he should be clean ? 
and he which is born of a woman, that he 
should be righteous ? 

15 Behold, heputteth no trust in his saints; 
yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. 

16 How much more abominable and filthy 
is- man, which drinketh iniquity like water .' 

17 1 will shew thee, hear me ; and that which 
I have seen, I will declare ; 

18 Which wise men have told from their 
fathers, and have not hid it : 

19 Unto whom atone the earth was given, 
and no stranger passed among them. 

20 The wicked f™°" *i-*w«ii*»ili w\*u 



man travaileth with pain all 
his days, and the number of years is hidden 
to the oppressor. 

21 A dreadful sound is in his ears : in pros- 
perity the destroyer shall come upon him. 

22 fie believeth not that he shall return out 
of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 

23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying. 
Where is it? he knowetli that the day of 
darkness is ready at his hand. 

24 Trouble ana" anguish shall make hint 
afraid ; they shall prevail against him, as a 
king ready to the battle. 

25 For he stretcheth out his hand against 
God, and strengthened! himself against the 
Almighty. 

26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, 
upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: 

27 Because he covereth his face with his fat- 
ness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. 

28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and 
in houses which no man inhabited}, which 
are ready to become heaps. 

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The calamity of Job. . CHAP. XVI 

29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his 
substance continue, neither shall he prolong 
the perfection thereof upon the earth. 

30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the 
flame shall dry up his branches, and by the 
breath of his mouth shall he go away. 

31 Let not him that is deceived trust in 
vanity : for vanity shall be his recompense. 

32 It shall be accomplished before his time, 
and his branch shall not be green. 

33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the 
\ iae, and shall cast off liis flower as the olive. 

34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall 
be desolate, a&d fire shall consume the ta- 
bernacles of bribery. 

35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth 
vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. 

CHAP. XVT. 
] Job reprovetk hi* friends of unviercifulncss. 

7 He sheweth the pitifuluess of his cast. J? 

He maintaineih his innocctny. 
TF1HEN Job answered and said, 

I 2 I have heard many such things: 
miserable comforters are ye all. 

3 Shall vain words have an end ? or what 
emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? 

4 I also could speak as ye do : if your soul 
were in my soul's stead, I could heap up 
words against you, and shake my head at. you. 

5 But I would strengthen you with my 
mouth, and the moving of my lips should as- 
suage your grief. 

6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged : 
and though 1 forbear," what am I eased? 

7 But now he hath made me weary : thou 
hast made desolate all my company. 

8 And thou hast filled "me with "wrinkles, 
trhichis a witness against me : and my lean- 
ness rising up in me beareth witness "to my, 
face. 

9 He tearerh me in his wrath, who hateth 
me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; 
mine enemy sharpeueth his eyes upon me. 

10 They have gaped upon me with their 
mouth ; they have smitten me upon the cheek 
reproachfully ; tliey have gathered themselves 
together against me. 

II God hath delivered me to the ungodlv, 
and turned me over into the hands of the 
wicked. 

12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me 
asunder: lie hath also taken me by my neck, 
and shaken me to pieces, and set me" up for 
his mark. 

13 His archers compass me round about; 
he cleavel h my reins asunder, and doth not 
spare; he poureth out my gall upon the 
ground. 

14 He breaketh me with breach upon 
breach, he runneth upon me like a giant. 

15 1 have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, 
and defiled my horn in the dust. 

16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my 
eyelids is the shadow of death ; 

17 Not for any injustice in my hands: also 
my prayer is pure. 

18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and 
let my cry have no place. 

19 Also now, behold, my witness is in hea- 
ven, and my record is on high. 



XVII, XVHI. He appeals to God\ 

20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye 
poureth out tears unto God. 

21 O that one might plead for a man with 
God, as a man pleadeth for Jus neighbour I 

22 When a few years are come, then 1 
shall go the way whence I shall not return. 

CHAP. XVH. 

1 Job appealeth from men to God. 6 77;e unmer- 
ciful dealing t ,f men with the affiietini map 
astimish, but vol discourage the righteous. 
\\ His hope is not in life^ but in death. 

MY breath is corrupt, my days are ex- 
tinct, the graves are ready for me. 

2 Are there not mockers with me ? and doth 
not mine eye continue in their provocation ? 

3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with 
thee: "who is he that will strike hands with me/ 

4 For thou hast hid their heart from under- 
standing; therefore shalt thou not exalt tkem. 

5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, 
even (he eyes of his children shall fail. 

C He hath made me also a by-word of the 
people: and aforetime 1 was as a tabrel. 

7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, 
and all my members are as a shadow. 

6 Upright men shall be astonished at this, 
and the innocent shall stir up himself against 
the hypocrite. 

9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, 
and he that hath clean hands shall be strong- - 
er and stronger. 

10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come 
now: for I cannot find one wise man among 
you. 

" 11 My days are past, my purposes are bro- 
ken off, even the thoughts of my heart. 

12 They change the night into day: the 
light » short because of darkness. 

13 If I wait, the grave is my house : 1 have 
made my bed in the darkness. 

14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my 
father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, 
and my sister. 

15 And where is no\— < , hope? as for my 
hope, who shall see it .' 

16 They shall go down to the bars of the 
pit, when our rest together is in the dust. 

CHAP. XVIII. 

I Bildad reproveth Job of presumption aytd im- 
patience. 5 The calamities of the wicked. 
THEX answered Bildad the Shuhite. and 
said, 

2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of 
words ? mark, and afterwards we will speak. 

3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and 
reputed vile in your sight? 

4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall 
the earth be forsaken for thee ? and shall the 
rock be removed out of his place ? 

5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put 
out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. 

6 IMie light shall be dark in his tabernacle, 
and his candle shall be put out v> irh him. 

7 The steps of his strength shall be stral 
ened, and his own counsel shall cast him 
down. 

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, 
and he walketh upon a snare. 

9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and 
the robber shall prevail against him. 

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The calamities of the wicked. JOB. Job' s belief in the resurrection. 

10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, \ 16 I called my servant, and he gave me no 

1 answer; I entreated him with my mouth. 
17 My breath is strange to my wife, though 



and a trap for him in the way. 

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every 
side, and shall. drive him to his feet. 

12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and 
destruction shall be ready at his side. 

13 It shall devour the strength of his skin : 
even the first-born of death shall devour his 
strength. 

14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his 
tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king 
of terrors. 

15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because 
it is none of his : brimstone shall be scatter- 
ed upon his habitation. 

16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and 
above shall his branch be cut off. 

17 His remembrance shall perish from the 
earth, and he shall have no name in the street. 

18 He shall be driven from light into dark- 
ness, and chased out of the world. 

19 He shall neither have son nor nephew 
anion £ his people, nor any remaining in his 
dwellings. 

20 They that come after him shall be asto- 
nied at his day, as they that went before were 
affrighted. 

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the 
wicked, and this is the place of him that 
knoweth not God. 

CHAP. XIX. 
Uob, complaining of his friends'' cruelty, shew- 
eth there is misery enough in him to feed their 
cruelty. 21,28 He craveth pity. 25 Hebelieveth 
the resurrection. 

THEN Job answered and said, 
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and 
break me in pieces with words 1 

3 These ten times have ye reproached me : 
ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves 
strange to me. 

4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine 
error remaineth with myself. 

5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against 
me, and plead against me my reproach: 

o Know now that God hath overthrown 
me, and hath compassed me with his net. 

7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not 
heard : I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. 

8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot 
pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. 

9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and 
taken the crown from my head. 

10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and 
I am gone : and my hope hath he removed 
like a tree. 

11 He hath also kindled his wrath against 
me, and he counteth me unto him as one of 
his enemies. 

12 His troops come together, and raise up 
their way against me, and encamp round 
about my tabernacle. 

13 He hath put my brethren far from me, 
and mine acquaintance are verily estranged 
from me. 

14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar 
friends have forgotten me. 

15 They that dwell in my house, and my 
maids, count me for a stranger: I am an 
alien in their sight. 



I entreated for the children's sake of mine 
own body. 

18 Yea, young children despised me; I 
arose, and they spake against me. 

19 All my inward friends abhorred me : and 
they whom I loved are turned against me. 

20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my 
flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my 
teeth. 

21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, 
O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath 
touched me. 

22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and 
are not satisfied with my flesh ? 

23 O that my words were now written ! O 
that they were printed in a book! 

24 That they were graven with an iron pen 
and lead in the rock for ever! 

25 For I know that my Redeemer liv^th, 
and that he shall stand at the latter day upon 
the earth : 

26 And though after my skin worms destroy 
this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God : 

27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine 
eyes shall behold, and not another; though 
my reins be consumed within me. 

28 But ye should say, Why persecute we 
him, seeing the root of the matter is found 
in me ? 

29 Be ye afraid of the sword : for wrath 
bringeth the punishments of the sword, that 
ye may know there is a judgment. 

CHAP. XX. 

Zophar sheweth the state and portion of the 

wicked. 

THEN answered Zophar the Naama- 
thite, and said, 

2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to 
answer, and for this I make haste. 

3 I have heard the check of my reproach, 
and the spirit of my understanding causeth 
me to answer. 

4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man 
was placed upon earth, 

5 That the triumphing of the wicked is 
short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a 
moment? 

6 Though his excellency mount up to the 
heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; 

7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own 
dung : they which have seen him shall say, 
Where is he ? 

8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall 
not be found : yea, he shall be chase^away 
as a vision of the night. 

9 The eye also which saw him shall see 
him no more • neither shall his place any 
more behold him. 

10 His children shall seek to please the 
poor, and his hands shall restore their 






11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, 
which shall lie down with him in the dust. 

12 Though wickedness be sweet in his 
mouth, though he hide it under his tongue : 

13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not : 
but keep it still within his mouth : 

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The state of the wicked. 



14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it 
is the gall of asps within him. 

15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he 
shall vomit them up again : God shall cast 
them out of his belly. 

16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the 
viper's tongue shall slay him. 

17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, 
the brooks of honey and butter. 

18 That which he laboured for shall he re- 
store, and shall not swallow it down : ac- 
cording to his substance shall the restitution 
be, and he shall not rejoice therein. 

19 Because he hath oppressed and hath for- 
saken the poor; because he hath violently 
taken away a house which he builded not ; 

20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his 
belly, he shall not save of that which he de- 
sired. 

21 There shall none of his meat be left; 
therefore shall no man look for his goods. 

22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall 
be in straits : every hand of the wicked shall 
come upon him. 

23 When he is about to fill his belly, God 
shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, 
and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 

24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and 
the bow of steel shall strike him through. 

25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body ; 
yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his 
gall : terrors are upon him. 

26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret 
places : a fire not blown shall consume him; 
it shall go ill with him that is left in his ta- 
bernacle. 

27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity ; and 
the earth shall rise up against him. 

28 The increase of his house shall depart, 
and his goods shall flow away in the day of 
his wrath. 

29 This is the portion of a wicked man 
from God, and the heritage appointed unto 
him by God. 

CHAP. XXI. 

1 Job sheweth that even in the judgment of man 
he hath reason to be grieved. 7 Sometimes the 
wicked do so prosper, as they despise God. 16 
Sometimes their destruction is manifest. 22 
The happy and unhappy are alike in death. 27 
The judgment of the wicked is in another 
world. 

BUT Job answered and said, 
2 Hear diligently my speech, and let 
this be your conflations. 

3 Suffer me that I may speak ; and after 
that I have spoken, mock on. 

4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and 
if it were so, why should not my spirit be 
troubled? 

5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your 
hand upon your mouth. 

6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and 
trembling taketh hold on my flesh. 

7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become 
old, yea, are mighty in power ? 

8 Their seed is establishedin their sight with 
ihem, and their offspring before their eyes. 

9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither 
is the rod of God upon them. 



CHAP. XXI, XXII. Job sheweth cause for his grief 



10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not: 
their cow calveth, and rasteth not her calf. 

11 They send forth their little ones like 
a flock, and their children dance. 

12 They take the timbrel and harp, and re- 
joice at the sound of the organ. 

13 They spend their days in wealth, and in 
a moment go down to the grave. 

14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart 
from us ; for we desire not the knowledge 
of thy ways. 

15 What is the Almighty, that we should 
serve him ? and what profit should we have, 
if we pray unto him ? 

16 Lo, their good is not in their hand : the 
counsel of the wicked is far from me. 

17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put 
out ? and how oft cometh their destruction 
upon them ? God distributed sorrows in his 
anger. 

18 They are as stubble before the wind, and 
as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 

19 God layeth up his iniquity for his chil- 
dren: herewardeth him, and he shall know it. 

20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he 
shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 

21 For what pleasure hath he in his house 
after him, when the number of his months is 
cut off in the midst ? 

22 Shall any teach God knowledge ? seeing 
he judgeth those that are high. 

23 One dieth in his full strength, being 
wholly at ease and quiet. 

24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bonea 
are moistened with marrow. 

25 And another dieth in the bitterness ol 
his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. 

26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, 
and the worms shall cover them. 

27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the de- 
vices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 

28 For ye say, Where is the house of the 
prince ? and where are the dwelling-places 
of the wicked ? 

29 Have ye not asked them that ^o by the 
way ? and do ye not know their tokens, 

30 That the wicked is reserved to the day 
of destruction ? they shall be brought forth 
to the day of wrath. 

31 Who" shall declare his way to his face ? 
and who shall repay him what he hath done ? 

32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, 
and shall remain in the tomb. 

33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet, 
unto him, and every man shall draw after 
him, as there are innumerable before him. 

34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing 
in your answers there remaineth falsehood ? 

CHAP. XXH. 

lEliphaz sheweth that man's goodness profiteth 

not God. 5 He accuseth Job of divers sins. 

21 He exhorteth him to repentance, with pro- 

. mises of "mercy. 

THEN Eliphaz the Temanite answered 
and said, 

2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he 
that is wise may be profitable unto himself? 

3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that 
thou art righteous? or is it gain tohim, that 
thou makest thy ways perfect ? 

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Job is accused of sundry sins. JOB 

4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee ? will 
lie enter with thee into judgment? 

5 Is not thy wickedness great ? and thine 
iniquities infinite? 

6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy 
brother for nought, and stripped the naked 
of their clothing. 

7 Thou hast not given water to the weary 
to drink, and thou hast withholden bread 
from the hungry. 

8 But a* for the mighty man, he had the 
earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. 

9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and 
the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 

10 Therefore snares are round about thee, 
and sudden fear troubleth thee ; 

11 Or darkness, ilmt thou canst not see ; 
and abundance of waters cover thee. 

12 Is not God in the height of heaven ? 
and behold the height of the stars, how high 
they are ! 

13 And thou sayest, How doth God know ? 
can he judge through the dark cloud ? 

14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that 
he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit 
of heaven. 

15 Hast thou marked the old way which 
wicked men have trodden ? 

16 Which were cut down out of time, whose 
foundation was overflown with a flood : 

17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: 
and what can the Almighty do for them ? 

1 8 Yet he filled their houses with good things: 
but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 

19 The righteous see it, and are glad : and 
the innocent laugh them to scorn. 

20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, 
but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. 

21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be 
at peace: thereby good shall come unto 
thee. 

22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his 
mouth, and lay up Jus words in thy heart. 

23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt 
>>e built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far 
lVom thy tabernacles. 

24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and 
the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 

25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, 
and thou shalt have plenty of silver. 

26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in 
ithe Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto 
• Hod. 

27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, 
and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay 
thy vows. 

2.8 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it 
shall be established unto thee: and the light 
shalJ shine upon thy ways. 

29 "When men are cast down, then thou 
shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall 
save the humble person. 

30 He shall deliver the island of the inno- 
cent : and it is delivered by the pureness of 
thy hands. 

CHAP. XXIII. 



1 Job longcth to appear before God, 6 in confi- 
dence of his mercy. 8 God, who is invisible, 
ebscrveth our ways. \\. Job's innoccncy. 13 
God's decree U ihiitiutdblSi 



God's decree immutable. 

THEN Job answered and said, 
2 Even to-day is my complaint bitter : 
my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! 
that I might come even to his seat! 

4 I would order my cause before him, anil 
fill my mouth with arguments. 

5 I would know the words which lie would 
answer me, and understand what lie would 
say unto me. 

6 Will he plead against me with his great 
power? No; but he would put strength in 
me. 

7 There the righteous might dispute with 
him ; so should 1 be delivered for ever from 
my judge. 

8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; 
and backward, but I cannot perceive him : 

9 On the left hand, where he doth work, 
but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself 
on the right hand, that I cannot see him : 

10 But he knoweth the way that I take : 
when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as 
gold. 

11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have 
I kept, and not declined. 

12 Neither have I gone back from the com- 
mandment of his lips; I have esteemed the 
words of his mouth more than my necessary 
food. 

" 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn 
him ? and what his soui desireth, even that 
he doeth. 

14 For he 'performeth the thing that is ap- 
pointed forme: and many such things are 
with hirn. 

15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence : 
when I consider, I am afraid of him. 

16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the 
Almighty troubleth mer 

17 Because I was not cut off before the 
darkness, neither hath he covered the dark- 
ness from my face. 

CHAP. XXIV. 

1 Wickedness gocth often unpunished. 17 There 

■is a secret judgment for the wicked. 

WHY, seeing times are not hidden from 
the '" 



e Almighty, do they that know him 
not see his days ? 

2 Some remove the landmarks; they vio- 
lently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 

3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, 
they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 

4 They turn the needy out of the way : the 
poor of the earth hide fiiemselves together. 

5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go 
they forth to their work ; rising betimes for 
a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for 
them and for their children. 

6 They reap every one his corn in the field : 
and they gather the vintage of the wicked. 

7 They cause the naked to lodge without 
clothing, that they have no covering in the 
cold. 

8 They are wet widi the showers of the 
mountains, and embrace the rock for want 
of a shelter. 

9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, 
and take a pledge of the poor. 

10 They cause him to go naked without 

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clothing, and they take away the sheaf from 
the hungry; 



11 Which make oil within their wall?, and 
tread their wine-presses, and suffer thirst. 

12 Men groan from out of the city, and the 
soid of the wounded crieth out: yetGodlay- 
eth not folly to them. 

13 They are of those that rebel against the 
light; they know not the ways thereof, nor 
abide in the paths thereof. 

14 The murderer rising with the light kill- 
etJi the poor and needy, and in the night is 
as a thief. 

13 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for 
the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me : 
and disguiseth his face. 

16 In the dark they dig through houses, 
which they had marked for themselves in the 
day-time : they know not the light. 

17 For the morning? is to them even as the 
shadow of death : if one know them, they 
are in the terrors of the shadow of death. 

f - 18 He is swift as the waters ; their portion 
is cursed in the earth : he beholdeth not the 
way of the vineyards. 

19 Drought and heat consume the snow- 
waters : so doth the grave those ichich have 
sinned. 

20 The womb shall forget him; the worm 
shall feed sweetly »n him ; he shall be no 
more remembered ; and wickedness shall be 
broken as a tree. 

21 Ke evil-entreateth the barren that bear- 
eth not: and doeth not good to the widow. 

22 He draweth also the mighty with his pow- 
er : he riseth up, and no man is sure of life. 

23 Tlwugh it be given him to be in safety, 
whereon he resteth ; yet his eyes are upon 
their ways. 

24 They are exalted for a little while, but 
are gone and brought low; they are taken 
out of the way as all other, and cut off as the 
tops of the ears of corn. 

25 And if it be not so now, who will make 
me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth? 

CHAP. XXV. 
Bildad shewcth that man cannot be justified be- 
fore God. 
THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and 
said, 

2 Dominion and fear are with him, he ma- 
keth peace in his high places. 

3 Is there any number of his armies? and 
upon whom doth not his light arise ? 

4 How then can man be justified with God? 
or how can he be clean that is born of a wo- 
man ? 

5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth 
not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 

6 How much less man, that is a worm ; and 
the son of man, which is a worm ? 

CHAP. XXVI. 
I Job, reproving the uncharitable spirit of Bil- 
dad, a acknowledged the power of God to be 
infinite and unsearchable. 

BUT Job answered and said, 
2 How hast thou helped him that is 
without power? how savest thou the arm 
that hath no strength ? 
3 How hast thou counselled him that hath 



no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully 
declared the thing as it is? 

4 To whom hast thou uttered words ? and 
whose spirit came from thee ? 

5 Dead things are formed from under the 
waters, and the inhabitants thereof. 

6 Heli is naked before him, and destruction 
hath no covering. 

7 Hestretcheth out the north over the empty 
place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. 

8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick 
clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. 

9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, 
and spreadeth his cloud upon it. 

10 He hath compassed the waters with 
bounds,until the day and night come to an end. 

11 The pillars of heaven tremble, and are 
astoni?ked at his reproof. 

12 He divideth the sea with Ins power, and 
by his understanding he smiteth through the 
proud. 

13 By his Spirit he hath garnished the hea- 
vens ; his hand hath formed the crooked ser- 
pent. 

14 Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how 
little a portion is heard of him ? but the thun- 
der of his power who can understand ? 

CHAP. XXVII. 
1 Job protcsteth his sincerity. 8 The hypocrite is 
without hope. 11 The blessings which the 
wicked have are turned into curses. 

MOREOVER, Job continued his parable, 
and said, 

2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my 
judgment ; and the Almighty, who hath vex- 
ed my soul; 

3 All the while my breath is in me, and the 
spirit of God is in my nostrils; 

4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor 
my tongue utter deceit. 

5 God forbid that I should justify you : till I 
die I will notremove mine integrity from me. 

6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not 
let it go : my heart shall not reproach me so 
long as I live. 

7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and 
he that riseth up againstme as the unrighteous. 

8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, 
though he hath gained, when God taketh 
away his soul ? 

9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh 
upon him ? 

10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty ? 
will he always call upon God ? 

Ill will teach you by the hand of God : tfiat 
which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. 

12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; 
why then are ye thus altogether vain ? 

13 This is the portion of a wicked man with 
God, and the heritage of oppressors, which 
they shall receive of the Almighty. 

14 If his children be multiplied, it is for 
the sword : and his offspring shall not be 
satisfied with bread. 

15 Those that remain of him shall be buriejjgr. 
in death : and his widows shall not weep. ^ 

16 Though he jieap up silver as the djwst, 
and prepare raiment as the clay ; 

17 He may prepare it, but the justsball put 
it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. 

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The excellency of wisdom. JOB. 

18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as 
a booth that the keeper niaketh. 

19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall 
not lie gathered: he openeth his eyes, and 
he is not. 

20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a 
tempest stealeth him away in the night. 

21 The east wind carrieth him away, and 
he departeth : and as a storm hurleth him 
out of his place. 

22 For God shall cast upon him, and not 
spare : he would fain flee out of his hand. 

23 Mep shall clap their hands at him, and 
shall hiss him out of his place. 

CHAP. XXVIII. 
1 There is a knowledge of natural things. 12 

But wisdom is an excellent gift of God. 
CJ URELY there is a vein for the silver, and 
K5 a place for gold where they fine it. 

2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass 
is molten out of the stone. 

3 He setteth an end to darkness, and search- 
ed) out all perfection: the stones of dark- 
ness, and the shadow of death. 

4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabi- 
tant ; even the waters forgotten of the foot : 
they are dried up, they are gone away from 
men. 

5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread : 
and under it is turned up as it were fire. 

6 The stones of it are the place of sap- 
phires : and it hath dust of gold. 

7 Inhere is a path which no fowl knoweth, 
and which the vulture's eye hath not seen : 

8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor 
the fierce lion passed by it. 

9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; 
he overturneih the mountains by the roots. 

10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks ; 
and his eye seeth every precious thing. 

11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; 
and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to 
light. 

12 But where shall wisdom be found ? and 
where is the place of understanding ? 

13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; 
neither is it found in the land of the living. 

14 The depth saith, It is not in me : and 
the sea saith, It is not with me. 

15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall 
silver be weighed for the price thereof. 

16 It cannot be valued with the gold of 
Ophir^%with the precious onyx, or the sap- 
phire. 

17 Tfee gold and the crystal cannot equal it: 
and the exchange of it shall not be for jew- 
els of fine gold. 

18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of 
pearls: for the price of wisdom is above ru- 
oies. 

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, 
neither shall it be valued with pure gold. 

20 Whence then cometh wisdom ? and 
■where is the place of understanding ? 

21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all liv- 
ing and kept close from the fowls of the air. 

22 Destruction and death say, We have 
heard the fame thereof with our ears. 

23 God understandeth the way thereof, and 
he knoweth the place thereof. 



Job bemoaneth himself. 

24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, 
and seeth under the whole heaven ; 

25 To make the weight for die winds ; and 
he weigheth the waters by measure. 

26 When he made a decree for the rain, and 
a way for the lightning of the thunder; 

27 Then did he see it, and declare it ; he 
prepared it, yea, and searched it out. 

28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear 
of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart 
from evil is understanding. 

CHAP. XXIX. 

Job bemoaneth himself of his former prosperity 

and honour. 

MOREOVER, Job continued his para- 
ble, and said, 

2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in 
the days when God preserved me ; 

3 When his candle shined upon my head, 
and when by his light I walked through 
darkness ; 

4 As I was in the days of my youth, when 
the secret of GoAicas upon my tabernacle; 

5 When the Almighty was yet with me, 
when my children were about me; 

6 When I washed my steps with butter, and 
the rock poured me out rivers of oil; 

7 When I went out to the sate through the 
city, when I prepared my seat in the street ! 

8 The young men saw me, and hid them- 
selves : and the aged arose, and stood up. 

9 The princes refrained talking, and laid • 
their hand on their mouth. 

10 The nobles held their peace, and their 
tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. 

11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed 
me; and when the eye saw me, it gave wit- 
ness to me : 

12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, 
and the fatherless, and him thai had none to 
help him. 

13 The blessing of him that was ready to 
perish came upon me: and I caused the 
widow's heart to sing for joy. 

14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed 
me : my judgment was as a robe and a dia- 
dem. 

15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I 
to the lame. 

16 I was a father to the poor : and the 
cause which I knew not I searched out. 

17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and 
plucked the spoil out of his teeth. 

18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and 
I shall multiply my days as the sand. 

19 My root was spread out by the waters, 
and the dew lay all night upon my branch. 

20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow 
was renewed in my hand. 

21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and 
kept silence at my counsel. 

22 After my words they spake not again ; 
and my speech dropped upon them. 

23 And they waited for me as for the rain ; 
and they opened their mouth wide a* for the 
latter rain. 

24 If I laughed on them, they believed it 
not ; and the light of my countenance they 
cast not down. 

25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and 
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His honour turned into contempt. CHAP. XXX, XXXI. His solemn protestation. 



dwelt as a king in the army, as one that com- 
forteth the mourners. 

CHAP. XXX. 

3 Job's honour is turned into extreme contempt; 

15 his prosperity into calamity. 

BUT now they that are younger than I 
have me in derision, whose fathers I 
would have disdained to have set with the 
dogs of my flock. 

2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their 
hands profit me, in whom old age was pe- 
rished f 

3 For want and famine they were solitary: 
fleeing into the wilderness in former time 
desolate and waste. 

4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and 
juniper-roots for their meat. 

5 They were driven forth from among men, 
(they cried after them as after a thief;) 

6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in 
caves of the earth, mud'in the rocks. 

7 Among the bushes they brayed ; under 
the nettles they were gathered together. 

8 They were children of fools, yea, children 
of base men : they were viler than the earth. 

9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their 
by-word. 

10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, 
and spare not to spit in my face. 

11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and af- 
flicted me, they have also let loose the bridle 
before me. 

12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they 
push away my feet, and they raise up against 
me the ways of their destruction. 

13 They mar my path, they set forward my 
calamity, they have no helper. 

14 They came upon me as a wide breaking 
in of waters: in the desolation they rolled 
themselves upon me. 

15 Terrors are turned upon me : they pur- 
sue my soul as the wind : and my welfare 
passe th away as a cloud. 

16 And now my soul is poured out upon me ; 
the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 

17 My bones are pierced in me in the night 
season : and my sinews take no rest. 

18 By the great force of my disease is my 
garment changed : it bindeth me about as the 
collar of my coat. 

19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am 
become like dust and ashes. 

20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear 
me : I stand up, and thou regardest me not. 

21 Thou art become cruel to me : with thy 
strong hand thou opposest thyself agaiust me. 

22 Thou liftest me up to the wind ; thou 
causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest 
my substance. 

23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to 
death, and to the house appointed for all 
living. 

24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand 
to the grave, though they cry in his destruc- 
tion. 

25 Did not I weep for him that was in trou- 
ble? was not my soul grieved for the poor ? 

26 When I looked for good, then evil came 
unto me : and when I waited for light, there 
came darkness. 



27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the 
days of affliction prevented me. 

28 I went mourning without the sun: I 
stood up, and I cried in the congregation. 

29 I am a brother to dragons, and a com. 
panion to owls. 

30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones 
are burned with heat. 

31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and 
my organ into the voice of them that weep. 

CHAP. XXXI. 
Job maketh a solemn protestation of his integri- 
ty in several duties. 
I MADE a covenant with mine eyes; why 
then should I think upon a maid ? 

2 For what portion of God is there from 
above ? and what inheritance of the Almigh- 
ty from on high? 

3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a 
strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 

4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all 
my steps ? 

5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot 
hath hasted to deceit ; 

6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, 
that God may know mine integrity. 

7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and 
my heart walked after mine eyes, and if any 
blot hath cleaved to my hands ; 

8 T'hen let me sow, and let another eat; 
yea, let my offspring be rooted out. 

9 If my heart have been deceived by a wo- 
man, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's 
door* 

10 Then let my wife grind unto another, 
and let others bow down upon her. 

11 For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an 
iniquity to he punished by the judges. 

12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruc- 
tion, and would root out all mine increase. 

13 If I did despise the cause of my man-ser- 
vant or of my maid-servant, when they con- 
tended with me ; 

14 W T hat then shall I do when God riseth 
up? and when he visiteth, what shall I an- 
swer him ? 

15 Did not he that made me in the womb 
make him? and did not one fashion us in the 
womb ? 

16 If I have withheld the poor from their 
desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow 
to fail; 

17 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, 
and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof ; 

18 (For from my youth he was brought up 
with me, as with a father, and I have guided 
her from my mother's womb') 

19 If I have seen any perish for want of 
clothing, or any poor without covering ; 

20 If his loins have not blessed me, and if 
he were not warmed with the fleece of my 
sheep; 

21 If I have lifted up my hand against the 
fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate : 

22 Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder- 
blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. 

23 For destruction/r<w» God was a terror to 
me, and by reason of his highness I could not 
endure. 

24 If I have made gold my hope, or have 

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said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 

25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was 
great, and because my hand had gotten much: 

2t? If I beheld the sun when it shined, or 
the moon walking in brightness ; 

27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, 
or my mouth hath kissed my hand : 

23 This also were an iniquity to he punished 
by the judge : for I should have denied the 
God that is above. 

29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him 
that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil 
found him : 

30 Neither have I suffered my mduth to sin 
by wishing a curse to his soul. 

V*l If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh 
that we had of his flesh ! we cannot be satis- 
lied. 

32 The stranger did not lodge in the street : 
but I opened my doors to the traveller. 

33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, 
by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: 

34 Did I fear a great multitude, or did the 
contempt of families terrify me, that I kept 
silence, and went not out of the door? 

35 Oh that one would hear me ! behold, my 
desire is., that the Almighty would answer 
me, and that mine adversary had written a 
book. 

36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, 
and bind it as a crown to me. 

37 I would declare unto him the number of 
my steps; as a prince would I go near 
unto him. 

38 If my land cry against me, or that the 
furrows likewise thereof complain ; 

39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof with- 
out money, or have caused the owners there- 
of to lose their life : 

40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and 
cockle instead of barley. The words of Job 
are ended. 

CHAP. XXXII. 
1 Elikuis angry with Job and his three friends. 
6 Because wisdom cometh not from age, he ex 
cusetk the boldness of his youth. 11 He repro 
veth them for not satisfying of Job. 16 His zeal 
to speak. 

SO these three men ceased to answer Job, 
because he was righteous in his own 
eyes. 

2 Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the 
son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred 
of Ram : against Job was his wrath kindled, 
because he justified himself rather than God. 

3 Also against his three friends was his 
wrath kindled, because they had found no 
answer, and yet had condemned Job. 

4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spo- 
ken, because they were elder than he. 

5 When Elihu saw that there was no an- 
swer in the mouth of these three men, then 
his wrath was kindled. 

6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite 
answered and said, I am young, and ye are 
very old ; wherefore I was afraid, and durst 
not shew you mine opinion. 

7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude 
of years should teach wisdom. 

8 But there is a spirit in man : and the in- 



Elihu reproveth Job* s friends. 
spiration of the Almighty giveth them under- 
standing. 

9 Great men are not always wise ; neither 
do the aged understand judgment. 

10 Therefore I said, Hearken to me ; I also 
will shew mine opinion. 

11 Behold, I waited for your words; I gave 
ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out 
what to say. 

12 Yea, I attended unto you, and behold, 
there was none of you that convinced Job, 
or that answered Ins words : 

13 Lest ye should say, We have found out 
wisdom : God thrusteth him down, not man. 

14 Now he hath not directed his words 
against me : neither will I answer him with 
your speeches. 

15 They were amazed, they answered no 
more : they left off speaking. 

16 When I had waited, (for they spake not, 
but stood still, and answered no more ;) 

17 / said, I will answer also my part, I also 
will shew mine opinion. 

18 For I am full of matter, the spirit within 
me constrainelh me. 

19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath 
no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. 

20 I will speak, that I maybe refreshed : I 
will open my lips and answer. 

21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's 
person, neither let rne give flattering titles 
unto man. 

22 For I know not to give flattering titles : 
in so doing- my Maker would soon take me 
awav. 

CHAP. XXXIII. 

I Elihu offer eth himself instead of God, with 
sincerity and meekness, to reason with Job. 8 
He excuscth God from giving man an account 
of his ways, by his greatness. 14 God calleth 
man to repentance by visions, 19by afflictions, 
23 and by his ministry. 31 He inciteth Job to 
attention. 

WHEREFORE, Job, I pray thee, hear 
my speeches, and hearken to all my 
words. 

2 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my 
tongue hath spoken in my mouth. 

3 My words shall be of the uprightness of 
my heart : and my lips shall utter knowledge 
clearly. 

4 The Spirit of God hath made me, and the 
breath of the Almighty hath given me life. 

5 If thou canst answer me, set thy words in 
order before me, stand up. 

6 Behold, I am according to thy wish in 
God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. 

7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee 
afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon 
thee. 

8 Surely thou hast spoken in my hearing, 
and I have heard the voice of thy words, 
saying, 

91 am clean without transgression, I am in- 
nocent ; neither is there iniquity in me. 

10 Behold, he findeth occasions against me, 
he counteth me for his enemy. 

II He putteth my feet in the stocks, he 
marketh all mv paths. 

12 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will 
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answer thee, that God is greater than man. 

13 Whv dost thou strive against him ? for he 
giveth not account of any of his matters. 

14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet 
man peroeiveth it not. 

15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, 
>vhen deep sleep falleth upon men, in slum- 
berings upon the bed ; 

16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and 
sealeth their instruction, 

17 That he may withdraw man from his 
purpose, and hide pride from man. 

18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, 
;ind his life from perishing by the sword. 

19 He is chastened also with pain upon his 
bed, and the multitude of his bones with 
strong pain : 

20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his 
soul dainty meat. 

21 His flesh is consumed away, that it can- 
not be seen ; and his bones that were not 
seen, stick out. 

22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the 
grave, and his life to the destroyers. 

23 If there be a messenger with him, an in- 
terpreter, one among a thousand, to shew 
unto man his uprightness : 

24 Then he is gracious unto him, and saith,' 
Deliver him from going down to the pit: I 
have found a ransom. 

25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: 
he shall return to the days of his youth : 

26 He shall pray unto God, and he wi!l be 
favourable unto him: and he shall see his 
face with joy: for he will render unto man 
his righteousness. 

'27 He looketh upon men, and if any say, I 
have sinned, and perverted that icliich teas 
right, and it profited me not ; 

28 He will deliver his soul from going into 
the pit, and his life shall see the light. . 

29 Lo, all these things worketh God often- 
times with man, 

30 To bring back his soul from the pit, to 
be enlightened with the light of the living. 

31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: 
hold thy peace, and I will speak. 

32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer me : 
speak, for I desire to justify thee. 

33 If not, hearken unto me : hold thy 
peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom. 

CHAP. XXXIV. 

1 Klihu accuseth Job for charging God with i?i- 

jvstice. 10 God omnipotent cannot be unjust. 

31 Man must humble himself unto God. 34 

Klihu reproveth Job. 

FURTHERMORE Elihu answered and 
said, 

2 Hear my words, O ye wise men; and 
give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. 

3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth 
tasteth meat. 

4 Let us choose to us judgment: let us 
know among ourselves what is good. 

5 For Job hath said I am righteous : and 
God hath taken away my judgment. 

6- Should I lie against my right? my wound 
U incurable without transgression. 

7 What man is like Job, tck* drinketh up 
scorning like water; 



XXXIV. God camiot be unjust. 

8 Which goeth in company with the work- 
ers of iniquity, and waiketh with wicked 
men ? 

9 For he hath said, It profited, a man no- 
thin^that he should delight himself with God. 

10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of 
understanding : far be it from pod, that he 
should do wickedness; and from the Al- 
mighty, that he should commit iniquity. 

11 For the work of a man shall he "render 
unto him, and cause every man to find ac- 
cording to his ways. 

12 Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, 
neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. 

13 Who hath given him a charge over the 
earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? 

14 If he set his heart upon man, if he ga- 
ther unto himself his spirit and his breath; 

15 All flesh shall perish together, and man 
shall tun. again unto dust. 

16 If now thou hast understanding, heat 
this : hearken to the voice of my words. 

17 Shall even he that hateth right govern ? 
and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? 

18 Is it fit to say to a king, lliou art w ick- 
ed ? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 

19 How much less to him thataccepteth not 
the persons of princes, nor regardeth the 
rich more than the poor? for they all are the 
work of his hands. 

20 In a moment shall they die, and the peo- 
ple shall be troubled at midnight, and pass 
away : and the mighty shall be taken away 
without hand. 

21 For his eyes are upon tire ways of man, 
and he seet',1 all his goings. 

22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of 
death, where the workers of iniquity may 
hide themselves. 

23 For he will not lay upon man more than 
right; that he should enter into judgment 
with God. 

24 He shall break in pieces mighty men with- 
out number, and set others in their stead. 

25 Therefore he knoweth their works, and 
he overturneth them in the night, so that they 
are destroyed. 

26 He striketh them as wicked men in the 
open sight of others ; 

27 Because they turned back from him, and 
'would not consider any of his ways : 

28 So that they cause the cry of the poor to 
come unto him", and he heareth the cry of 
the afflicted. 

29 When he giveth quietness, who then 
can make trouble ? and when he hideth his 
face, who then can behold him ? whether 
it he done against a nation, or against a man 
only : 

30 That the hypocrite reign not, lest the 
people be ensnared. 

31 Surely it is meet to be »aid unto God, I 
have borne chastisement, I will not offend 
any more : 

32 That which T see not, teach thou me : 
if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. 

33 Should it be according to thy mind ? he 
will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or 
whether thou choose ; and not I : therefore 
speak what thou k no west. 

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31 Let men of understanding tell me, and 
let a wise man hearken unto me. 

35 Job hath spoken without knowledge, 
and his words were without wisdom. 

36 My desire is that Job may be tried unto 
the end, because of his answers for wicked 
men. 

37 For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he 
clappeth his hands among us, and multipli- 
eth his' words against God. 

CHAP. XXXV. 

1 Comparison is not to be made with God, because 

our good or evil cannot extend unto him. 9 

Many cry in their afflictions, but are not heard 

for want of faith. 

ELIHU spake moreover, and said, 
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that 
thou saidst, My righteousness is more than 
God's? 

3 For thou s*idst, What advantage will it 
be unto thee ? and, What profit shall I have 
if I be cleansed from my sin 1 

4 I will answer thee, and thy companions 
with thee. 

5 Look unto the heavens, and see ; and be- 
hold the clouds which are higher than thou. 

6 If thou sin nest, what doest thou against 
him ? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, 
what doest thou unto him ? 

7 If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? 
or what receiveth he of thy hand ? 

8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou 
art: and thy righteousness may profit the 
son of man. 

9 By reason of the multitude of oppressions 
they make the oppi-essed to cry: they cry 
out by reason of the ami of the mighty. 

10 But none saith, Where is God my maker, 
who giveth songs in the night ; 

11 Who teacheth us more than the beasts of 
the earth, andmakethus wiser than the fowls 
of heaven ? 

12 There they cry, but none giveth answer, 
because of the pride of evil men. 

13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither 
will the Almighty regard it. 

14 Although thou say est thou shalt not see 
him, yeZ judgment is before him; therefore 
trust thou in him. 

15 But now, because it is not so, he hath 
visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not 
in great extremity : 

16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in 
vain; he multiplieth words without know- 
ledge. 

CHAP. XXXVI. 
1 Elihu sheweth how God is just in his ways. 
16 How Job's sins hinder God's blessings. 
24 God's works are to be magnified. 

ELIHU also proceeded and said, 
2 Suffer me a little, and I will shew 
thee that Ihave yet to speak on God's behalf. 

3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and 
will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 

4 For truly my words shall not be false: he 
that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. 

5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not 
any : he is mighty in strength and wisdom. 

6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked : 
but giveth right to the poor. 



Justice of God's ways. 



7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the 
righteous : but with kings are they on the 
throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, 
and they are exalted. 

8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be 
holdo*i in cords of affliction; 

9 Then he sheweth them their work, and 
their transgressions that they have exceeded. 

10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, 
and commandeth that they return from ini- 
quity. 

11 If they obey and serve him, they shall 
spend their days in prosperity, and their years 
in pleasures. 

12 But if they obey not, they shall perish 
by the sword, and they shall die without 
knowledge. 

13 But the hypocrites in heart heap up 
wrath : thev cry not when he bindeth them, 

14 They die in youth, and their life is among 
the unclean. 

15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, 
and openeth their ears in oppression. 

16 Even so would he have removed thee out 
of the strait into a broad place, where there 
is no straitness ; and that which should be 
set on thy table should be full of fatness. 

17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of 
the wicked; judgment and justice take hold 
on thee. 

18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he 
take thee away with his stroke : then a great 
ransom cannot deliver thee. 

19 Will he esteem thy riches ? no, not gold, 
nor all the forces of strength. 

20 Desire not the night, when people are 
cut off in their place. 

21 Take heed, regard not iniquity : for this 
hast thou chosen rather than affliction. 

22 Behold, God exalteth by .his power : who 
teacheth like him ? 

23 Who hath enjoined him his way ? or 
who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? 

24 Remember that thou magnify his"" work, 
which men behold. 

25 Every man may see it; man may behold 
it afar oft". 

26 Behold, God is great, and we know him 
not, neither can the number of his years be 
searched out. 

27 For he maketh small the drops of water : 
they pour down rain according to the vapour 
thereof; 

28 Which the clouds do drop and distil upon 
man abundantly. 

29 Also can any understand the spreadings 
of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle ? 

30 Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, 
and covereth the bottom of the sea. 

31 For by them judgeth he the people ; he 
giveth meat in abundance. 

32 With clouds he covereth the light; and 
coiiimandeth it not to shine by the cloud that 
cometh betwixt. 

33 The noise thereof sheweth concerning 
it, the cattle also concerning the vapour. 

CHAP. XXXVII. 

1 God is to be feared because of his great works, 

15 His wisdom is unsearchable in them. 

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CHAP. XXXVII, XXXVIII. 



God challenzeth Job, 



AT this also my heart trembleth, and is 
moved out of his place. 

2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, 
and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. 

3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, 
and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. 

4 After it a voice roareth; he thundereth 
with the voice of his excellency : and he will 
not stay thein when his voice is heard. 

5 God thundereth marvellously with his 
voice; great things doeth he, which we can- 
not comprehend. 

6 For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the 
earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the 
great rain of his strength. 

7 He sealeth up the hand of every man ; 
that all men may know his work. 

8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain 
in their places. 

9 Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: 
and cold out of the north. 

10 By the breath of God frost is given : and 
the breadth of the waters is straitened. 

11 Also by watering he wearieth the thick 
cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: 

12 And it is turned round about by his coun- 
sels : that they may do whatsoever he com- 
mandeth them upon the face of the world in 
the earth. 

13 He causeth it to come, whether for cor- 
rection, or for his land, or for mercy. 

14 Hearken unto this, O Job : stand still, and 
consider the wondrous works of God. 

15 Dost thou know when God disposed 
them, and caused the light of his cloud to 
shine ? 

16 Dost thou know the balancings of the 
clouds, the wondrous works of him which is 
perfect in knowledge ? 

17 How thy garments are warm, when he 
quieteth the earth by the south wind ? 

18 Hast thou with him spread out the sky, 
tthichis strong, and as a molten looking- 
glass ? 

19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; 
for we cannot order our speech by reason of 
darkness. 

20 Shall it be told him that I speak ? if a 
man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. 

21 And now men see not the bright light 
which is in the clouds: but the wind pass- 
eth, and cleanseth them. 

22 Fair weather cometh out of the north : 
with God is terrible majesty. 

23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find 
him out: he is excellent in power, and in 
judgment, and in plenty of justice : he will 
not afflict. 

24 Men do therefore fear him : he respect- 
eth not any that are wise of heart. 

CHAP. XXXVIII. 
1 God challengeth Job to answer. A God, by his 
mighty works, convinceth Job of ignorance, 
31 and of imbecility. 

THEN the Lord answered Job out of the 
whirlwind, and said, 

2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by 
words without knowledge ? 

3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I 
will demand of thee, and answer thou me. 



4 Where wast thou when I laid the founda- 
tions of the earth? declare, if thou hast un- 
derstanding. 

5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if 
thou knowest? or who hath stretched the 
line upon it ? 

6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof 
fastened? or who laid the corner-stone there- 
of: 

7 When the morning stars sang together, 
and all the sons of God shouted for joy ? 

8 Or icJw shut up the sea with doors, when 
it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the 
womb ? 

9 When I made the cloud the garment 
thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling band 
for it, 

10 And brake up for it my decreed place, 
and set bars and doors, 

11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but 
no further: and here shall thy proud waves 
be stayed ? 

12 Hast thou commanded the morning since 
thy days; and caused the day-spring to know 
his place; 

13 That \* might take hold of the ends of 
the earthy that the wicked might be shaken 
out of it? 

11 It is turned as clay to the seal ; and they 
stand as a garment. 

15 And from the wicked their light is with- 
holden, and the high arm shall be broken. 

16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the 
sea ? or hast thou walked in the search of 
the depth ? 

17 Have the gates of death been opened 
unto thee ? or hast thou seen the doors of the 
shadow of death? 

18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the 
earth? declare if thou knowest it all. 

19 Where is the way ichere light dwelleth ? 
and as for darkness, where is the place 
thereof, 

20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound 
thereof, and that thou shouldest know the 
paths to the house thereof? 

21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then 
born ? or because the number of thy days is 
great ? 

22 Hast thou entered into the treasures ot 
the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of 
the hail, 

23 Which I have reserved against the time 
of trouble, against the day of battle and war ? 

21 By what way is the light parted, which 
scattereth the east wind upon the earth ? 

25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the 
overflowing of waters, or a way for the light- 
ning of thunder ; 

26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where 
no man is ; on the wilderness, wherein there 
is no man ; 

27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; 
and to cause the bud of the tender herb to 
spring forth ? 

28 Hath the rain a father ? or who hath be- 
gotten the drops of the dew ? 

29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and 
the hoarv frost of heaven, who hath gender- 
edit? " 

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30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and 
the face of the deep is frozen. 

•11 Canst thou bind I he sweet influences of 
Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? 

32 Canst thou bring forth Mazv.aroth in his 
season? or canst tiiou guide Arcturus with 
his sons'/ 

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven ? 
canst tiiou set the dominion thereof in the 
earth? 

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, 
that abundance of waters may cover thee ? 

35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may 
go, and say unto thee, Here we are ? 

36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward 
parts? or who hath given understanding to 
the heart ? 

37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom ? 
or who can stay the bottles of heaven, 

38 When the dust groweth into hardness, 
and the clods cleave fast together? 

39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion ? or 
fill the appetite of the young lions, 

40 When they couch in their dens, arid 
abide in the covert to lie in wait? 

41 Who provideth for the raven his food? 
wnen his young ones cry unto God, they 
wander for lack of meat. 

CHAP. XXXIX. 
I Of the wild goat" and kinds. 5 Of the wild ass. 
9 The unicorn. 13 The peacock, stork, and os- 
trich. 19 7%e horse. 26 Thehaiok. 27 The eagle. 
KNOWEST thou the time when the wild 
goats of the rock bring forth ? or canst 
thou mark when the hinds do calve ? 

2 Canst thou number the months that the}' 
fulfil ? or knowest thou the time when they 
bring forth ? 

3 They bow themselves, they biting forth 
their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. 

4 Their young ones are in good liking, they 
grow up with corn; they go forth., and re- 
turn not unto them. 

5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or 
who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass ? 

(3 Whose house 1 have made the wilder- 
ness, and the barren land his dwellings. 

7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, 
neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. 

3 The range of the mountains is his pasture, 
and he searcheth after every green thing. 

9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, 
or abide by thy crib ? 

10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his 
band in the furrow? or will he harrow the 
valleys after thee 1 

11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength 
t\v great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him ? 

12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring 
home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? 

13 Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the 
peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the 
ostrich? 

14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, 
and warmeth them in the dust, 

15 And forget.teth that the foot may crush 
them, or that the wild beast may break them. 

16 She is hardened against her young ones, 
as though they were not hers: her labour is 
in vain without fear; 



Job lutmbletk himself to God* 

17 Because God hath deprived her of wis- 
dom, neither hath he imparted to her under- 
standing. 

18 What time she lifteth up herself on high, 
she scorneth the horse and his rider. 

19 Hast thou given the horse strength ? hast 
thou clothed his neck with thunder? 

20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grass- 
hopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. 

21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth 
in his strength: he goeth on to meet the 
armed men. 

22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affright 
cd ; neither turneth he back from the sword 

23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glit- 
tering spear and the shield. 

24 He swalloweth the ground with fierce- 
ness and rage ; neither believeth he that it 
is the sound of the trumpet. 

25 He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ! 
and he smelteth the battle afar off, the thun- 
der of the captains, and the shouting. 

2G Doth the liawk fly by thy wisdom, and 
stretch her wings toward the south ? . 

27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy com- 
mand, and make her nest on high ? 

28 She dwelleth and abide-th on the rock, up- 
on the crag of the rock, and the strong place. 

29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and 
her eyes behold afar off. 

30 Her youn^ ones also suck up blood : and 
where the slain are, there is she. 

CHAP. XL. 
Uoh humhleth himself to God. 6 God stirrelh 
. him vj) to shew his righteousness, power, and 
wisdom. 15 Of the behemoth. 

MOREOVER, the Lord answered Job, 
and said, 

2 Shall he that contendeth with the Al- 
mighty instruct him ? he that reproveth God, 
let him answer it. 

3 Tf Then Job answered the Lord, and said, 

4 Behold, I am vile; w hat shall I answer 
thee ? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. 

5 Once have I spoken ; but 1 will not. an- 
swer : yea, twice ; but I will proceed no fur- 
ther. 

6 U Then answered the Lord unto Job 
out of the whirlwind, and said, 

7 Gird up thy loins now like a man : I will 
demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 

8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? 
wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be 
righteous? 

9 HaBt thou an arm like God ? or canst 
thou thunder with a voice like him? 

10 Deck thyself now with majesty and ex- 
cellency; and array thyself with glory and 
beauty. 

11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and 
behold every one thatis proud, and abase him. 

12 Look on every one that is proud, and 
bring him low; and tread down the wicked 
in their place. 

13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind 
their faces in secret. 

14 Then will I also confess unto thee that 
thine own right hand can save thee. 

15 «f[ Behold now behemoth, which I made 
with thee ; he eateth trras3 as an ox. 

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Of God's great power 

16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and 
his force is in the navel of his belly. 

17 He movetli his tail like a cedar; the 
sinews of his stones are wrapped together. 

IS His hones arc as strong pieces of brass ; 
his bones are like bars of iron. 

19 He is the chief of the ways of God: lie 
that made him can make his sword to ap- 
proach iuit.o him. 

20 Surely the mountains bring him forth 
food, where all the beasts of the field play. 

'21 He lieth under the shady trees, in the 
covert of the reed, and fens. 

22 The shady trees rover him with their 
shadow; the willows of the brook compass 
him about. 

23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, and 
hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw 
up Jordan into his mouth. 

24 He taketh it with his eyes: his nose 
pierceth through snares. 

CHAP. XLT. 
Of God's a-reat yoicer in the leviathan. 

CANST thou draw out leviathan with a 
hook ? or his tongue with a cord which 
thou lettest down ? 

2 Canst thou put a hook into his nose ? or 
bore his jaw through with a thorn ? 

3 Win he make many supplications unto 
thee? will he speak soft icords unto thee? 

4 Will he make a covenant with thee ? wilt 
thou take him for a servant for ever? 

5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird ? 
or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens ? 

6 Shall thy companions make a banquet of 
him ? shall they part him among the mer- 
chants ? 

7 Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons ? 
or his head with fish-spears ? 

8 Lay thy hand upon him, remember the 
battle, do no more. 

9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain : shall 
not one be cast down even at the sight of 
him? 

10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up : 
who then is able to stand before me ? 

11 Who hath prevented me, that I should 
repay him. ? ichatsoecer is under the whole 
heaven is mine. 

12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his 
power, nor his comely proportion. 

13 Who can discover the face of his gar- 
ment 1 or who can come to him with his 
double bridle ? 

14 Who can open the doors of his face? 
his teeth arc terrible round about. 

15 His scales are his pride, shut up to- 
gether as with a close seal. 

16 One. is so near to another, that no air can 
come between them. 

17 They are joined one to another, thev 
stick together, that they cannot be sundered. 

18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and 
his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. 

19 Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and 
sparks of fire leap out. 

20 Out of his nostrils goetli smoke, as out of 
a seething pot or caldron. 

21 His breath kindleth coals, and a flame 
goeth out of his mouth. 



CHAP. XLI, XLIT. in the leviathan* 

22 In his neck remaineth strength, and 
sorrow is turned into joy before him. 

23 The flakes of his flesh are joined to- 
gether: they are firm in themselves; they 
cannot be moved. 

24 His heart is as fiftn as a stone ; yea, o^ 
hard as a piece of the nether millstone. 

25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty 
are afraid : by reason of breakings they 
purify themselves. 

26 The sword of him that layeth at him 
cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the 
habergeon. 

27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass 
as rotten wood. 

28 The arrow cannot make him flee : sling- 
stones are turned with him into stubble. 

29 Darts are counted as stubble : he laugh- 
eth at the shaking of a spear. 

30 Sharp stones are under him : he spread- 
eth sharp-pointed things upon the mire. 

31 He makelh the deep to boil like a pot : 
lie maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. 

32 He maketh a path to shine after him; 
one Avould think the deep to he hoary. 

33 Upon earth there is not his like, who is 
made without fear. 

34 He beholdeth alt high things : he is a 
king over all the children of pride. 

CHAP. XLII. 
1 Job submitteth himself unto God. 7 God, pre- 
ferring Job's cause, maketh his friends submit 
themselves, and accepteth him. 10 He viagni- 
fieth andllesseth Job. 16 Job's age and death. 

THEN Job answered the Lord, and said, 
2 I know that thou canst do every thing, 
and thai no thought can be withholden from 
thee. 

3 W T ho is he that hideth counsel without 
knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I 
understood not; tilings too wonderful for me, 
which I knew not. 

4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak : I 
will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 

5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the 
ear: but now mine eye seeth thee : 

6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in 
dust and ashes. 

7 If And it was so, that after the Lord had 
spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said 
to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kin- 
dled against thee, and against thy two friends : 
for ye have not spoken of me the thing that 
is right, as my servant Job hath. 

8 Therefore take unto voh now seven bul- 
locks and seven rams, and go to my servant 
Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offer- 
ing: and nay servant Job shall pray for you: 
for him wifl f accept: lest I deal with you 
after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of 
me the thing which is right, like mv servant 
Job. ° & 

9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and Biidad the 
Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, 
and did according as the Lord commanded 
them : the Lord also accepted Job. 

10 And the Lord -turned the captivity of 
Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the 
Lord gave Job "twice as much as he had 
before. 

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Job's age. and death. 

11 Then came there unto him all his bre- 
thren, and all his sisters, and all they that had 
been of his acquaintance before, and did eat 
bread with him in his house : and they be- 
moaned him, and comforted him overall the 
evil that the Lord had brought upon him : 
every man also gave hkn a piece of money, 
and everyone an ear-ring of gold. 

12 So the Lord blessed the latter end of 
Job more than his beginning: for he had 
fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand 
camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a 
thousand she-asses. 



PSA LMS. The security of God's protection, 

13 He had also seven sons, and three daugh- 
ters. 

14 And he called the name of the first, Je- 
mima; and tlue name of tiie second, Kezia; 
and the name of the third, Keren-happuch. 

15 And in all the land were no women found 
so fair as the daughters of Job: and their 
father gave them inheritance among their 
brethren. 

16 After this lived Job a hundred and forty 
years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, 



old and full of days. 



even four generations. 
17 So Job died, being 



IT T/ie Book 
PSALM I. 

1 The happiness of the godly. 4 The unhappi- 
ness of the ungodly. 

BLESSED is the man that walketh not 
in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand- 
eth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the 
seat of the scornful. 

2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; 
and in his law doth he meditate day and 
night. 

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the 
rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit 
in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; 
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 

4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the 
chaff which the wind driveth away. 

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in 
the judgment, nor sinners in the congrega- 
tion of the righteous. 

6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the 
righteous : but the way of the ungodly shall 
perish. 

PSALM II. 
1 The kingdom of Christ. 10 Kings are exhort- 
ed to accept it. 
WHY do the heathen rage, and the peo- 
ple imagine a vain tning ? 

2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and 
the rulers take counsel together, against the 
Lord, and against his Anointed, saying', 

3 Let us break their bands asunder, and 
cast away their cords from us. 

4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh : 
the Lord shall have them in derision. 

5 Then shall he speak unto them in his 
wrath, and vex them m bis sore displeasure. 

6 Yet have I set my King upon my holy 
hill of Zion. 

71 will declare the decree: the Lord hath 
paid unto me, Thou art my Son; this day 
have i begotten thee. 

8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the hea- 
then for thine inheritance, and the utter- 
most parts of the earths/or thy possession. 

9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; 
thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's 
vessel. 

10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be 
instructed, ye judges of the earth. 

11 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice 
with trembling. 

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye 
perish from the way, when his wrath is kin- 
dled but a little. Bleaeed are all they that 
pui their trust in him. 



of PSALMS. 

PSALM III. 

The security of God's protection. 
H A Psalm of David, when he fled from Ab- 
salom his son. 
LORD, how are they increased that trou- 
ble rne? many are they that rise up 
against me. 

2 Many there be which say of my soul, 
There is no help for him in God. Selah. 

3 But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me ; 
my glory, and the lifter up of my head. 

4 I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and 
he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. 

5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for 
the Lord sustained me. 

6 1 will not be afraid of ten thousands of 
people, that have set themselves against me 
round about. 

7 Arise, O Lord; save me r O my God; for 
thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the 
cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of 
the ungodly. 

8 Salvation belongeih unto the Lord : thy 
blessing is upon thy people. Selah. 

PSALM IV. 

1 David praycth for audience. 2 He reproveth 

and exhorteth his enemies. 6 MarC s happiness 

is in God's favour. 

1T To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A 

Psalm of David. 

HEAR me when I call, O God of my 
righteousness : thou hast enlarged me 
when I teas in distress; have mercy upon me, 
and hear my prayer. 

2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn 
my glory into shame? how long will ye love 
vanity, 'and seek after leasing? Selah. 

3 But know that the Lord hath set apart 
him that is godly for himself: the Lord will 
hear when I call unto him. 

4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with 
your own heart upon j'our bed, and be still. 
Selah. 

5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and 
put your trust in the Lord. 

6 There be many that say, Who will shew 
us any good ? Lord, lift thou up the light of 
thy countenance upon us. . 

7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more 
tlian in the time that their corn and their 
wine increased. 

3 I will both lay me down in peace, and 
sleep : for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell 
in safety, 

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David's profession in prayer. 
PSALM V. 

I David prayeth, and professetk his study in 

prayer. 4 God favoureth not the wicked. < Da- 
vid, professing his faith, prayeth unto God to 
guide him, 10 to destroy his enemies, 11 and 
to preserve the godly. 

II To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A 

Psalm of David. 

GIVE ear to my words, O Lord, consider 
inv meditation. 

2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my 
King, and my God : for unto thee will I pray. 

3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, 
O Lord ; in the morning will I direct my 
prayer unto thee, and will look up. 

4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in 
wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. 

5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: 
thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 

6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leas- 
ing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and de- 
ceitful man. 

7 But as for me, I will come into thy house 
in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy 
fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. 

8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, 
because of mine enemies; malte thy way 
straight before my face. 

9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth ; 
their inward part is very wickedness; their 
throat is a^i open sepulchre ; they natter with 
their tongue. 

10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall 
by their own counsels; cast them out in the 
multitude of their transgressions; for they 
have rebelled against thee. 

11 But let all those that put their trust in 
thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, be- 
cause thou defendesf them : let them also that 
love thy name be joyful in thee. 

12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous ; 
with favour wilt thou compass him as with 
a shield. 

PSALM VI. 
XT) avid" s complaint in his sickness. 8 By faith 

he triumpheth over his enemies. 
II To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon 

Sheminith, A Psalm of David. 

OLORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, 
neither chasten me in thy hot displea- 
sure. 

2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; for I am 
weak : O Lord, heal me : for my bones are 
vexed. 

3 My soul is also sore vexed : but thou, O 
Lord, how long? 

4 Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: Oh 
save me for thy mercies' sake ! 

5 For in death there is no remembrance of 
thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? 

6 1 am weary with my groaning; all the 
night make I my bed to swim ; I water my 
couch with my tears. 

7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; 
it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. 

8 Depart from me, all ye workers of ini- 
quity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of 
my weeping. 

9 The Lord hath heard my supplication ; 
the Lord will receive my prayer. 



PSALMS. He prays against his enemies. 

10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and 
sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed 
sudden I v. 

PSALM VII. 
1 David prayeth against the malice of his cne» 
mies, professing his innocency. ]0 By faith 
he seeth his defence, and the destruction of his 



H Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto 
the Lord, concerning the words of Cush 
the Benjainite. 

OLORD my God, in thee do I put my 
trust : save me from all them that per- 
secute me, and deliver me : 

2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending 
it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 

3 O Lord my God, If I have done this; if 
there be iniquity in my hands ; 

4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was 
at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him 
that without cause is mine enemy:) 

5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and 
take it; yea, let him tread down my life up- 
on the earth, and lay mine honour in the 
dust. Selah. 

6 Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up thy- 
self because of the rage of mine enemies : 
and awake for me to the judgment thai thou 
hast commanded. 

7 So shall the congregation of the people 
compass thee about: for their sakes there- 
fore return thou on high. 

8 The Lord shall judge the people : judge 
me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, 
and according to mine integrity that is in me. 

9 O let the wickedness of the wicked come 
to an end ; but establish the just : for the 
righteous Godtrieth the hearts and reins. 

10 My defence is of God, which savelh the 
upright in heart. 

11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is 
angry iciik the wicked ever} 7 day. 

12 If lie turn not, he will whet his sword ; 
he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 

13 He hath also prepared for him the in- 
struments of death ; he ordaineth his arrows 
against the persecutors. 

14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and 
hath conceived mischief, and brought forth 
falsehood. 

15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen 
into the ditch which he made. 

16 His mischief shall return upon his own 
head, and his violent dealing shall come do\vn 
upon his own pate. 

17 I will praise the Lord according to his 
righteousness : and will sing praise o the 
name of the Lord most high. 

PSALM VIII. 
God's glory is magnified by his works, and by 

his love to man. 
*\[ To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A 

Psalm of David. 

OLORD our Lord, how excellent is thy 
name in all the earth ! who hast set thy 
glory above the heavens. 
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings 
hast thou ordained strength because of thine 
enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy 
and the avenger. 

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David praiseth God/s judgment. PSALMS, 

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work 
of thy fingers; the moon and the stars, which 
thou hast ordained ; 

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of 
him ? and the son of man, that thou visitest 
him ? 

5 For thou hast made him a little lower 
than the angels, and hast crowned him with 
glory and honour. 

6 Thou madest him to have dominion over 
the works of thy hands; thou hast put all 
things under his feet : 

7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beaste of 
the field ; 

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, 
and whatsoever passeth through the paths of 
the seas. 

9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy 
uame h\ all the earth ! 

PSALM IX. 
] Davidpraiseth God for executing of judgment. 

11 He inciteth others to praise him. YAHe 
prayeth that he may have cause to praise him. 

$ To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, 
A Psalm of David. 

1WILL praise thee, O Lord, with my 
whole heart; I will shew forth all thy 
marvellous works. 

2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee : I will 
sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High. 

3 When mine "enemies are turned back, 
they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 

4 For thou hast maintained my right and my 
cause ; thou satest in the throne judging right. 

5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast 
destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their 
name for ever and ever. 

6 O thou enemy ! destructions are come to a 
perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed 
cities ; their memorial is perished with them. 

7 But the Lord shall endure for ever : he 
hath prepared his throne for judgment. 

vS And he shall judge the world in right- 
eousness, he shall minister judgment to the 
people in uprightness. 

9 The Lord also wili be a refuge for the 
oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 

10 And they that know thy name will put. 
their trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hasteot 
forsaken them that seek thee. 

* 11 Sing praises to the Lord, which dwell- 
eth in Zion : declare among the people his 
doings. 

12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, 
he remembereth them : he forgetteth not the 
cry of the humble. 

13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord : consider 
my trouble which I suffer of them that hate 
me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of 
death : 

11 That I may shew forth all thy praise hi 
the gates of the daughter of Zion: 1 will re 
joice in thy salvation. 

15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit 
that they made : in the net which they hid is 
their own foot taken. 

If) The Lord is known by the judgment 

which he executed) : the wicked is snared in 

work of his own hands. Higgaion. 



His confidence in God, 

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and 
all the nations that forget God. 

18 For the needy shall not always be for- 
gotten : the expectation of the poor shall not 
perish for ever. 

19 Arise, O Lord ; let not man prevail : let 
the heathen be judged in thy sight. 

20 Put them in fear, O L(*rd : that the na- 
tions may know themselves to be but men. 
Se'ah. 

PSALM X. 
1 David complaineth to God of the outrage of 
the wicked. 12 He prayeth for remedy. 16 He 
professeth his confidence. 

WHY standest thou afar off, O Lord ? 
why hidest thou thyself in times ci 
trouble ? 

2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute 
the poor: let them be taken in the devices 
that they have imagined. 

3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart T s de- 
sire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the 
Lord abhorreth. 

4 The wicked, through the pride of his 
countenance, will not seek after God: God 
is not in all his thoughts. 

5 His ways are always grievous ; thy judg- 
ments are far above out of his sight : as for 
all his enemies, he pufifeth at them. 

6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be 
moved : for I shall never te in -adversity. 

7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit ami 
fraud : under his tongue is mischief and 
vanity. 

8 He sittelh in the lurking-places of the 
villages : in the secret places doth lie murder 
the innocent: his eyes are privily set against 
the poor. 

9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his 
den : he lieth in wait to catch the poor : he 
doth catch the poor, when he draweth him 
into his net. 

10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, 
that the poor may fall by his strong ones. 

11 He hath said in his heart, God hath for- 
gotten: he hideth his face; he will never 
see it. 

12 Arise, O Lord ; God, lift up thy hand: 
forget not the humble. 

13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn 
God ? he hath said in Ids heart, thou wilt not 
require it. 

14 Thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest 
mischief and spite, to requite it with thy 
hand: the poorcommitteth himself unto thee; 
thou art the helper of the fatherless. 

15 Break thou the arm of the wieked and 
the evil man . seek out his wickedness till 
thou find none. 

16 The Lord is King for ever and ever: 
the heathen are perished out of his land. 

17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the 
humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou 
wilt cause thine ear to hear: 

18 To judge the fatherless and the oppress- 
ed, that the man of the earth may no more 
oppress. 

PSALM XL 

1 David cncoura<ret.h himself in God against his 

enemies. 4 The ■providence and justice of God. 

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The providence and justice of God. PSALMS . 
If To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

IN the Loud put I my trust : how say ye 
to my soul, Flee as a bird to your moun- 
tain ? 

2 For 16, the wicked bend their bow, they 
make ready their arrow njx>n the string, that 
they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. 

3 If the* foundations be destroyed, what can 
the righteous do? 

4 The Lord .is in his holy temple, the 
Lord's throne is in heaven : his eyes be- 
hold, his eyelids try the children of men. 

5 The Lord trieth the righteous : but the 
wicked and him that loveth violence his soul 
hateth. 

6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire 
and brimstone, and a. horrible tempest: this 
shall be the portion of their cup. 

7 For the righteous Lord loveth righteous- 
ness; his countenance doth behold the up- 
right. 

PSALM XII. 

\ David, destitute of human comfort, craveth 

help of God. 3 He comforteth himself with 

God' s judgments on the wicked, and confidence 

in Gods tried promises. 

H To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A 

Psalm of David. 

HELP, Lord; for the godly man ceas- 
eth; for the faithful fail from among 
the children of men. 

2 They speak vanity every one with his 
neighbour: icith flattering lips and with a 
double heart do they speak. 

3 The Lord shall "cut off all flattering lips. 
and the tongue that speaketh proud things : 

4 Who have said, With our tongue will we 
prevail ; our lips are our own : who is lord 
over us ? 

5 For the oppression of the poor, for the 
sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith 
the Lord ; I will set him in safety from him 
that pufteth at him. 

6 The words of the Lord are pure words : 
as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified 
seven times. 

7 Thou shatt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt 
preserve them from this generation for ever. 

8 The wicked walk on every side, when the 
vilest men are exalted. 

PSALM XIJI. 
1 D avid complaiheth of delay in help. 3 Hcpray- 

eth for preventing grace. 5 He boasteth of 

divine mercy. 
51 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

HOW long wilt thou £>rget me, O Lord ? 
for ever ? how long wilt thou hide thv 
face from me ? 

2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, 
having sorrow in my heart daily? how long 
shall mine enemy be exalted over me ? 

3 Consider and hear me, O Lord mv God : 
lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of 
death; F J 

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed 
against him ; ami those that trouble me re- 
joice when I am moved. 

5 But I have trusted in thy mercy ; my heart 
shall rejoice in thy salvation. 

6 I wiH sing unto the Lord, because he 
hath dealt bountifully with me. 



David describes a citUen of Z ion. 
PSALM XIV. 

1 David describeth the corruption oj a natural 
man. 4 He convinceth the wicked by the light 
of their conscience. 7 lieglorieth in the sana- 
tion of God. 

If To the chief Musician, .4 Psalm of David. 

THE fool hath said in his heart, There 
is no God. They are corrupt, they have 
done abominable works, there is none that 
doeth good. 

2 The Lord looked down from heaven upou 
the children of men, to see if there were any 
that did understand, and seek God. 

3 They are all gone aside, they are all to- 
gether become filthy: there is none that 
doeth good, no, not one. 

4 Have all the workers of iniquity no know- 
ledge ? who eat up my people as they eat 
bread, and call not upon the I,ord. 

5 There were they in great fear: for God 
is in the generation of the righteous. 

6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, 
because the Lord is his refuge. 

7 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come 
out of Zion! when the Lord bringeth bach 
the captivity of his people, Jacob shall re- 
joice, and Israel shall be glad. 

PSALM XV. 

David describeth a citizen of Zion. 
1f A Psalm of David. 

LORD, who shall abide in thy taberna- 
cle ? who shall dwell in thy holy hill ? 

2 He that walketh uprightly,' and worketh 
righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his 
heart. 

3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, 
nor doeth evil to his »eighbour, nor takci'i 
up a reproach against his neighbour. 

4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned ; 
but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. 
He that sweareth to his ofcn hurt, and chang- 
eth not. 

5 He that putteth not out his money to its'urv, 
nortakoth reward against the innocent. He 
that doeth these things shall never be moved. 

PSALM XVI. 

1 David, in distrust of merits, and hatred of 
idolatry, flecth to God for preservation. 5 He 
sheiceth the hope of his calli?ig, of the resur- 
rection, and life everlasting. 

1[Michtam of David. 

PRESERVE me, O God : for in thee do 
I put my trust. 

2 O my soitl, tho« hast said unto the Lord, 
Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth 
not to thee j 

3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and 
to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. 

4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied thai 
hasten after another god: their drink-of- 
ferings of blood will I not offev nor take up 
their names into my lips. 

5 The Lord is the portion of mine inheri- 
tance and of my cup: thou maintainest my 
lot. 

6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant 
ptoses : yea, I have a goodly heritage. 

7 I will bless the Lord, who hath givei^me 
counsel: my reins also instruct me i 
night seasons. 

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pavicfs hope in the resurrection. PSALMS. 

8 1 have set the Lord always before me : 
because he is at my fight hand, I shall not 
be moved. 

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory 
rejoiceth : my flesh also shall rest in liope. 

10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; 
neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see 
corruption. 

11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in 
thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right 
hand there are pleasures for evermore. 

PSALM XVII. 

I David, in confidence of his integrity, craveth 

defence of God against his enemies. 10 He 
sheweth their pride, craft, and eagerness. 13 
Htprayeth against them in confidence of his 
hope. 

11 A Prayer of David. 

HEAR the light, O Lord, attend unto my 
cry, give ear unto my prayer, thaigoeth 
not out of feigned lips. 

2 Let my sentence come forth from thy pre- 
sence; let thine eyes behold the things that 
are equal. 

3^Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast 
visited me in the night ; thou hast tried me, 
and shalt find nothing : I am purposed that 
my mouth shall not transgress. 

4 Concerning the works of men, by the word 
of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of 
the destroyer. 

5 Hold upamy goings in thy paths, that my 
footsteps slip not. 

6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear 
me, O God : incline thine ear unto me, and 
hear my speech. 

7 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, O 
thou that savest by thy right hand them which 
put their trust in thee from those that rise up 
against them. 

8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me 
under the shadow of thy wings, 

9 From the wicked that oppress me, from 
my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 

10 Theyare enclosed in their own fat: with 
their mouth they speak proudly. 

II They have now compassed us in our 
steps : they have set their eyes bowing down 
to the earth ; 

12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, 
and as it were a young lion lurking in secret 
places. 

13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him 
down : deliver my soul from the wicked, 
which is thy sword : 

14 From men which are thy hand, O Lord, 
from men of the world, which have their por- 
tion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest 
with thy hid treasure : they are full of chil- 
dren, and leave the rest of their substance 
to their babes. 

15 As for me, I will behold thy face in right- 
eousness : I shall be satisfied, when I awake, 
with thy likeness. 

PSALM XVIIT. 
David praiseth God for his manifold and mar- 
vellous blessings. 
^ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, 
the -servant of the Lord, who spake unto 
die Lord the words of this song in the day 



He praises God 
thai the Lord delivered him from the hand 
of all his enemies, and from the hand of 
Saul : And he said, 

I WILL love thee, O Lord, my strength. 
2 The Lord is my rock, and my for- 
tress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, 
m whom I will trust; my buckler, and°the 
horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 

3 I will call upon die Lord, who is worthy 
to be praised : so shall I be saved from mine 
enemies. 

4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and 
the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 

5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: 
the snares of death prevented me. 

6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, 
and cried unto my God: he heard my voice 
out of his temple, and my cry came "before 
him, even into his ears. 

7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the 
foundations also of the hills moved and were 
shaken, because he was wroth. 

8 There went up a smoke out of his nos- 
trils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: 
coals were kindled by it. 

9 He bowed the heavens also, and came 
down : and darkness was under his feet. 

10 And he rode upon a cherub and did fly : 
yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 



11 He made darkness his secret place; his 
pavilion round about him were dark waters 
and thick clouds of the skies. 

12 At the brightness that was before him 
his thick clouds passed, haW-stones and coals 
of fire. 

13 The Lord also thundered in the hea- 
vens, and the Highest gave his voiqe; hail- 
stoties and coals of fire. 

14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scatter- 
ed them ; and he shot out lightnings, and dis- 
comfited them. 

15 Then the channels of waters were seen, 
and the foundations of the world were dis- 
covered at thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast 
of the breath of thy nostrils. 

16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew 
me out of many waters. 

17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, 
and from them which hated me : for they 
were too strong for me. 

18 They prevented me in the day of my 
calamity : but the Lord was my stay. 

19 He brought me forth also into a large 
place : he delivered me, because he delight- 
ed in me. 

20 The Lord rewarded me according to my 
righteousness; according to the cleanness of 
my hands hath he recompensed me. 

21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord, 
and have not wickedly departed from my God. 

22 For all his judgments were before me, 
and I did not put away his statutes from me. 

23 1 was also uprightbefore him, and I kept 
myself from mine iniquity. 

24 Therefore hath, the Lord recompensed 
me according to my righteousness, according 
to the cleanness of mv hands in his eyesight. 

25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thy- 
self merciful; with an upright man thou wilt 
shew thyself upright: 

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far his manifold blessings. 

26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself 
pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew 
thyself froward. 

27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; 
but wilt bring down high looks. 

28 For thou wilt light my candle : the Lord 
my God will enlighten my darkness. 

29 For by thee 1 have run through a troop; 
and by my God have I leaped over a wall. 

30 As for God, his way i$ perfect : the word 
of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all 
those that trust in him. 

31 For who is God save the Lord ? or who 
is a rock save our God ? 

32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, 
and make tli my way perfect. 

33 He maketh my feet like hinds' feel, and 
setteth me upon my high places. 

34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a 
bow of steel is broken by mine arms. 

35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy 
salvation : and thy right hand hath holden 
me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. 

36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, 
that my feet did not slip. 

37 I have pursued mine enemies, and over- 
taken them : neither did I turn again till 
they were consumed. 

38 I have wounded them that they were 
notable to rise: they are fallen under mv 
feet. 

39 For thou hast girded me with strength 
unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me 
tiiose that rose up against me. 

40 Thou hast also given me the necks of 
mine enemies; that I might destroy them 
that hate me. 

41 They cried, but there was none to save 
them: even unto the Lord, but he answer- 
ed them not. 

42 Then did I beat them small as the dust 
before the wind : 1 did cast them out as the 
dirt in the streets. 

43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings 
of the people ; and thou hast made me the 
head of die heathen : a people whom I have 
not known shall serve me. 

44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall 
obey me : the strangers shall submit them- 
selves unto me. 

45 The strangers shall fade away, and be 
afraid ouK)f their close places. 

46 The Lord liveth ; and blessed be my 
Rock ; and let the God of my salvation be ex- 
alted. 

47 It is God that avengeth me, and subdu- 
eth the people under me. 

48 He delivereth me from mine enemies : 
yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise 
up against me : thou hast delivered me from 
the violent man. 

49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, 

Lord, amongthe heathen, and sing praises 
unto thy name. 

50 Great deliverance giyeth lie to his king; 
and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to Da- 
vid, and to his seed for evermore. 

PSALM XIX. 

1 The creatures shew God's glory ; 7 the word 

bis grace. 12 David prayethfor grace. 
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PSALMS. God's works proclaim his glory. 

H To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

THE heavens declare the glory of God ; 
and the firmament sheweth his handy 
work. 

2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night 
unto night sheweth knowledge. 

3 There is no speech nor language, where 
their voice is not heard. 

4 Their line is gone out through all the 
earth, and their words to the end of the world. 
In them hath he set a tabernacle for the 



5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of 
his chamber, and- rejoiceth as a strong man 
to run a race. 

6 His going forth is from the end of the hea- 
ven, and his circuit unto the ends of it : and 
there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 

7 The law of the Lord is perfect, convert- 
ing the soul : the testimony of the Lord is 
sure, making wise the simple. 

8 The statutes of the Lord are right, re- 
joicing the heart: the commandment of the 
Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. 

9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring 
for ever : the judgments of the Lord are 
true and righteous altogether. 

10 More to be desired are they than gold, 
yea, than much fine gold : sweeter also than 
honey and the honey-comb. 

11 JVloreover, by them is thy servant warn- 
ed : and in keeping of them there is great 
reward. 

12 Who can understand his errors ? cleanse 
thou me from secret faults. 

13 Keep back thy servant also from pre- 
sumptuous sins ; let them not have dominion 
over me : then shall I be upright, and I shall 
be innocent from the great transgression. 

14 Let the words of my mouth, and the medi- 
tation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, 

Lord, my strength, ana my redeemer. 

PSALM XX. 

1 The church blesseth the king in his exploits* 

7 Her confidence in God's succour. 
1T To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

THE Lord hear thee in the day of trou- 
ble ; the name of the God of Jacob de- 
fend thee. 

2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and 
strengthen thee out of Zion. 

3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept 
thy burnt-sacrifice. Selah. 

4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, 
and fulfil all thy counsel. 

5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in 
the name of our God we will setup our ban- 
ners : the Lord fulfil all thy petitions. 

6 Now know I that the Lord saveth his 
anointed; he will liear him from his holy 
heaven with the saving strength of his right 
hand. . 

7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: 
but we will remember the name of theLoRb 
our God. 

8 They are brought down and fallen : but 
we are risen, and stand upright. 

9 Save, Lord: let the king hear ns when 
we call. 

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David's confidence of further success. PSALMS. 



He prayetii in great distress. 



PSALM XXI. 

1 A thanksgiving for victory. 7 Confidence of 

further success. 
% To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

THE king shall joy in thy Strength, O 
Lord; and in thy salvation how great- 
ly shall he rejoice! 

2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, 
and hast not withholden the request of his 
lips. Selah. 

3 For thou preventest him with the bless- 
ings of goodness : thou settest a crown of pure 
gold on his head. 

4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it 
him, even length of days for ever and ever. 

5 His ^lory is great in thy salvation : honour 
and majesty hast thou laid upon him. 

6 For thou hast made him most blessed for 
ever; thou hast made him exceeding glad 
with thy countenance. 

7 For the king trusteth in the Lord, and 
through the mercy of the Most High he shall 
not be moved. 

8 Thy hand shall find out all thine ene- 
mies : thy right hand shall find out those that 
hate thee. 

9 Thou shalt make diem as a fiery oven in 
the time of thine anger : the Lord shall swal- 
low them up in his wrath, and the fire shall 
devour them. 

10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the 
earth, and their seed from among the chil- 
dren of men. 

11 For they intended evil agains* thee : they 
imagined a mischievous device, which they 
are not able to perform. 

12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn 
their back, when thou shalt make ready thine 
arrows upon thy strings against the face of 
them. 

13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own 
strength : so will we sing and praise thy power. 

PSALM XXII. 

IDanid complaineth in great discouragement. 

9 Heprayeth in great distress. 23 He praiseth 

God. 
^f To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Sha- 
har, A Psalm of David. 

MY God, my God, why hast thou for- 
saken me? why art thou so far from 
helping me, and from the words of my roar- 
ing? 

2 O my God, I cry in the day-time, but thou 
hearest not; and in the night season, and am 
not silent. 

3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest 
the praises of Israel. 

4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, 
and thou didst deliver them. 

5 They cried unto thee, and were deliver- 
ed: they trusted in thee, and were not con- 
founded. 

6 But I am a worm, and no man ; a reproach 
of men, and despised of the people. 

7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn : 
they shoe* out the lip, they shake the head, 
spying, 

8 He trusted on the Lord that he would de- 
liver him: let him deliver him, seeing he de- 
lighted in him. 



9 But thou art he that took me out of the 
womb : thou didst make me hope ichen I was 
upon my mother's breasts. 

10 I was cast upon thee from the worn!) : 
thou art my God from my mother's belly. 

11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; 
for there is none to help. 

12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong 
bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 

13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, 
as a ravening and a roaring lion. 

14 I am poured out like water, and all my 
bones are out of joint ; my keart is like wax : 
it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 

J 5 My strength is dried up like a i>otsherd; 
and my tongue cleaveth to mv jaws; and 
thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 

16 For (logs have compassed me : the as- 
sembly of the wicked have enclosed me : they 
pierced my hands and my feet. 

17 I may tell all my bones: they look aiul 
stare upon me. 

18 They part my garments among them, and 
cast lots upon my vesture. 

10 But be not thou far from me, O Lord : 

my strength, haste thee to help me. 

20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my dar- 
ling from the power of the dog. 

21 Save me from the lion's mouth : for thou 
hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. 

22 I will declare thy name unto my bre- 
thren : in the midst of' the congregation will 

1 praise thee. 

23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise him; all 
ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him ; and fear 
him, all ye the seed of Israel. 

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred 
the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he 
hid his face from him ; but when he cried 
unto him, he heard. 

25 My praise shall be of thee in the great 
congregation : I will pay my vows before 
them that fear him. 

26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied : they 
shall praise the Lord that seek him : youi 
heart shall live for ever. 

27 All the ends of the world shall remem- 
ber and turn unto the Lord: and all the 
kindreds of the nations shall worship before 
thee. 

28 For the kingdom is the Lord's : and he 
is the governor among the nations. 

29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat 
and worship : all they that go down to the 
dust shall bow before him : and none can 
keep alive his own soul. 

30 A seed shall serve him; it shall be ac- 
counted to the Lord for a generation. 

31 They shall come, and shall declare his 
righteousness unto a people that shall be born, 
that he hath done this. 

PSALM XXIII. 

David's confidence in God's grace. 

1TA Psalm of David. 

T1HE Lord is my shepherd; I shall not 
want. 

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pas- 
tures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 

3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in 
the pathsof righteousness for his name's sake. 

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God's sovereignty over the world. 

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of 
the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for 
thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they 
comfort me. 

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the 
presence of mine enemies: thou anointest 
my head with oil ; my cup runneth over. 

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow 
me all the days of my life: and I will dwell 
in the house of the Lord for ever. 

PSALM XXIV. 
1 God's lordship in the world. 3 The citizens of 
his spiritual kingdom. 7 An exhortation to 
receive him. 

HA Psalm of David. 

THE earth is the Lord's, and the ful- 
ness thereof; the world, and they that 
dwell therein. 

2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and 
established it upon the floods. 

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? 
and who shall stand in his holy place ? 

4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure 
heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto 
vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 

5 He shall receive the blessing from the 
Lord, and righteousness from the God of 
his salvation. 

6 This is the generation of them that seek 
him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. 

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be 
ye lift up, ye everlasting doors ; and the King 
of glory shall come in. 

8 Who is this King of glory? the Lord 
strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. 

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift 

them up, ye everlasting doors ; and the King 

of glory shall come in. 
10 Who is this King of glory ? the Lord of 

hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. 
PSALM XXV. 

1 David's confidence in prayer. 7 He prayeth 
for remission of sins, 16 and for help in af- 
fliction. 

IT A Psalm of David. 

UNTO thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 
2 O my God, I trust in thee : let me not 
be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph 
over me. 

3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed : 
let them be ashamed which transgress with- 
out cause. 

4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord ; teach me 
thy paths. 

5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me : for 
thou art the God of my salvation ; on thee 
do I wait all the day. 

6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies 
and thy loving-kindnesses; for they have 
been ever of old. 

7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor 
my transgressions : according to Ihy mercy 
remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, 
O Lord. 

8 Good and upright is the Lord : therefore 
will he teach sinners in the way. 

9 The meek will he guide in judgment : and 
the meek will he teach his way. 

10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and 



PSALMS. David resorteth unto God. 

truth unto such as keep his covenant and his 
testimonies. 

11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon 
mine iniquity ; for it is great. 

12 What man is he that feareth the Lord ? 
him shall he teach in the way tiiat he shall 
choose. 

13 His soul shall dwell at ease ; and his seed 
shall inherit the earth. 

14 The secret of the Lord is with them that 
fear him ; and he will shew them his cove 
nant. 

15 Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord 
for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. 

16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy 
upon me; fori am desolate and afflicted. 

17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged : 

bring thou me out of my distresses. 

18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain ; 
and forgive all my sins. 

19 Consider mine enemies; for they are 
many ; and they hate me with cruel hatred. 

20 O keep my soul, and deliver me : let me 
not be ashamed ; for I put my trust in thee. 

21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve 
me ; for I wait on thee. 

22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his 
troubles. 

PSALM XXVI. 

David resorteth unto God in confidence of his 

integrity. 

U A Psalm of David. 

JUDGE me, O Lord ; for I have walked 
in mine integrity : I have trusted also in 
the Lord ; therefore I shall not slide. 

2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try 
my reins and my heart. 

3 For thy loving-kindness is before mine 
eyes : and I iiave walked in thy truth. 

4 1 have not sat with vain persons, neither 
will I go in with dissemblers. 

5 I have hated the congregation of evil 
doers ; and will not sit with the wicked. 

61 will wash my hands in innocency: so 
will I compass thine altar, O Lord : 

7 That I may publish with the voice of thanks- 
giving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. 

8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy 
house, and the place where thine honour 
dwelleth. 

9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my 
life with bloody men : 

10 In whose hands is mischief, and their 
right hand is full of bribes. 

11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integ 
rity : redeem me, and be merciful unto me. 

12 My foot standeth in an even place : in 
the congregations will I bless the Lord. 

ESALM XXVII. 

1 David sustaineth his faith, by the power of 
God, 4 by his love to the service of God, 9 by 
prayer. 

% A Psalm of David. 

THE Lord is my light and my salvation , 
whom shall I fear? the Lord is the 
strength of my life ; of whom shall I be afraid ? 

2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and 
my foes, came upon me to eat up Try flesh, 
they stumbled and fell. 

3 Though a host should encamp agair^t me t 
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David's love to the service of God. PSALMS. 
my heart shall not fear : though war should 
rise against me, in this will I be confident. 

4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, 
that will I seek after ; that I may dwell in the 
house of the Lord all the days of my life, to 
behold the beauty of the Lord, and to in- 
quire in his temple. 

5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me 
hi his pavilion: in the secret of his taberna- 
cle shall he hide me ; he shall set me up ujxm 
a rock. 

6 And now shall my head be -lifted up above 
mine enemies round about me : therefore will 
[offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will 
sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord. 

7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice : 
have mercy also upon me, and answer me. 

8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face ; my 
heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will 1 
seek. 

9 Hide not thy face far from me ; put not 
thy servant away in anger: thou hast been 
my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, 

God of my salvation. 

10 When my father and my mother forsake 
me, then the Lord will take me up. 

11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead 
me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. 

12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine 
enemies: for false witnesses are risen up 
against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. 

13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to 
see the goodness of the Lord in the land of 
the living. 

14 Wait on the Lord : be of good courage, 
and he shall strengthen thy heart: wait, I 
say, on the Lord. 

PSALM XXVIll. 

1 David prayeth earnestly against his enemies. 
QHe blcsseth God. 9Heprayeth for the people. 

% APsalM of David. 

UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; 
be not silent to me : lest, if thou be si- 
lent to me, I become like them that go down 
into the pit. 

2 Hear the voice of rav supplications, when 
I cry unto thee, when f lift up my hands to- 
ward thy holy oracle. 

3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and 
with the workers of iniquity, which speak 
peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in 
their hearts. 

4 Give them according to their deeds, and 
according to the wickedness of their endea- 
vours: give them after the work of their 
hands; render to them their desert. 

5 Because they regard not the works of the 
Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall 
destroy them, and not build them up. 

6 Blessed be the Lord, because he hath 
heard the voice of my supplications. 

7 The Lord is my strength, and my shield ; 
my heart trusted in him, and I am helped : 
therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth ; and 
with my song will I praise him. 

8 The Lord is their strength, and he is the 
saving strength of his anointed. 

iV Save thy people, and bless thine inheri- 
tance: feed them also, aud lift them up for 
ever. 



He exhorieth to praise God. 
PSALM XXIX. 

1 David cxhorteth princes to give glory to God, 
3 by reason of his power, 11 and protection of 
his people. 

U A Psalm of David. 

GIVE unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give 
unto the Lord glory and strength. 

2 Give unto the Lord die glory due unto 
his name; worship the Lord in the beauty 
of holiness. 

3 The voice of the Lord is upon the wa- 
ters : the God of glory thundereth : the Lord 
is upon many waters. 

4 The voice of the Lord is powerful; the 
voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 

5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the ce- 
dars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of 
Lebanon. 

6" He maketh them also to skip like a calf; 
Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. 

7 The voice of the Lord divideth the flames 
of fire. 

8 The voice of the Lord shaketh the wil- 
derness; the Lord shaketh the wildernes: 
Kadesh. 

9 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds 
to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in 
his temple doth every one speak of fa's glory. 

10 The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, 
the Lord sitteth King for ever. 

11 The Lord will give strength unto his peo- 
ple; the Lord will bless his people with peace. 

PSALM XXX. 

I David praiseth God for his deliverance. 4 H( 
exhorteth others to praise him by example of 
God's dealing with him. 

IT A Psalm and Song, at die dedication of 
the house of David. 

I WILL extol thee, O Lord ; for thou hast 
lifted me up, and hast not made my foes 
to rejoice over me. 

2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, ami 
thou hast healed me. 

3 O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul 
from the grave : thou hast kept me alive, that 
I should not go down to the pit. 

4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, 
and give thanks at the remembrance of Jiis 
holiness. 

5 For his anger endurethbut a moment; iu 
his favour is life : weeping may endure for a 
night, but joy cometh in the morning. 

6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never 
be moved. 

7 Lord, by thy favour thou hast marie my 
mountain to stand strong : diou didst hide thy 
face, and I was troubled. 

8 I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the 
Lord I made supplication. 

9 What profit is there in my blood, when I 
go down to the pit ? Shall the dust praise 
thee ? shall it declare thy truth ? 

10 Hear, O Lord, ana have mercy upon 
me: Lord, be thou my helper. 

II Thou hast turned" for me my mourning 
into dancing : thou hast put off my sackcloth, 
and girded me with gladness; 






12 To the end that my glory may sing 
praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my 
God, I will give thanks unto thee forever. 
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&avid prayelh in his calamity. 
PSALM XXXL 

1 David shewing his confidence in God craveth 
his help. 7 He rejoicetk in his mercy. 9 He 
prayethin his calamity. 19 He praiseth God 
for his goodness. 

H To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

IN thee, O Lord, do I put my trust ; let me 
never be ashamed: deliver me in thy 
righteousness. 

2 Bow down thine ear to me ; deliver me 
speedily : be thou my strong rock, for a house 
of defence to save me. 

3 For thou art my rock and my fortress ; 
therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and 
guide me. 

4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid 
privily for me : for thou art my strength. 

5 Into thy hand I commit my spirit: thou 
hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. 

6 I have hated them that regard lying vani- 
ties: but I trust in the Lord. 

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thv mercy: 
for thou hast considered my trouble ; thou 
hast known my soul in adversities; 

8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of 
the enemy : thou hast set my foot in a large 
room. 

9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am 
in trouble : mine eye is consumed with grief, 
yea, my soul and my belly. 

10 For my life is spent with grief, and my 
years with sighing: my strength faileth be- 
cause of mine iniquity, and my bones are 
consumed. 

11 I was a reproach among all mine ene- 
mies, but especially among my neighbours, 
and a fear to mine acquaintance : they that 
did see me without fled from me. 

12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of 
mind : I am like a broken vessel. 

13 For I have heard the slander of many : 
fear was on every side : while they took 
counsel together against me, they devised to 
lake away my life. 

14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord: I said, 
Thou art my God. 

15 My times are in thy hand : deliver me 
from the hand of mine "enemies, and from 
tiiem that persecute me. 

16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant : 
save me for thy mercies' sake. 

17 Let me not be ashamed, O Lord; for I 
have called upon thee : let the wicked be 
ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. 

18 Let the lying lips be put to silence ; which 
speak grievous things proudly and contempt- 
uously against the righteous." 

19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which 
thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; 
which thou hast wrought for them that trust 
in thee before the sons of men ! 

20 Thou shalthide them in the secret of thy 
presence from the pride -of man : thou shaft 
keep them secretly in a pavilion from the 
strife of tongues. 

21 Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shew- 
ed me his marvellous kindness in a strong 
cifv. 

2$ For I said in my haste, I am cut off from 
before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heard- 



PSALMS. The benefit of remission of sins. 

est the voice of my supplications when I cried 
unto thee. 

23 O love the Lord, all ye his saints : for 
the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plenti- 
fully rewardeth the proud doer. 

24 Be of good courage, and he shall 
strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the 
Lord. 

PSALM XXXII. 
I Blessedness consistethin remission of sins. 3 
Confession of sins givetJi ease to the con- 
science. 8 God's promises bring joy. 
H A Psalm of David, Maschil. 

BLESSED is he whose transgression is 
forgiven, whose sin is covered. 

2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord 
imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit 
there is no guile. 

3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old 
through my roaring all the day long. 

4 For day and night thy hand was heavy 
upon me : my moisture is turned into the 
drought of summer. Selah. 

5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and 
mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will 
confess my transgressions unto the Lord ; 
and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. 
Selah. 

6 For this shall every one that is godly pray 
unto thee in a time when thou mayest be 
found : surely in the floods of great waters 
they shall not come nigh unto him. 

7 Thou artmy hiding-place ; thou shalt pre* 
serve me from trouble ; thou shalt compass 
me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. 

8 1 will instruct thee, and teach thee in the 
way which thou shalt go : I will guide thee 
with mine eye. 

9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, 
which have no understanding : whose mouth 
must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they 
come near unto thee. 

10 Many sorrows shall he to the wicked : 
but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall 
compass him about. 

11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye 
righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are 
upright in heart. v 

PSALM XXXIII. 
1 God is to be praised for his goodness, 6/or his 
power, 12 and for his providence. 20 Gow/i- 
dence is to be placed in God. 

REJOICE in the Lord, O ye righteous : 
for praise is comely for the upright. 

2 Praise the Lord with harp : sing unto him 
with the psaltery and an instrument of ten 
strings. 

3 Sin<* unto him a new song; play skilfully 
with a loud noise. 

4 For the word of the Lord is right ; and all 
his works are done in truth. 

5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: 
the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 

6 By the word of the Lord were the hea- 
vens made ; and all the host of them by the 
breath of his mouth. 

7 He gathereth the waters of the- sea to- 
gether as a heap: he layeth up the depth in 
store-houses. 

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all 
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God's goodness to be prai&ed* PSALMS. 

the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of 
him. 

9 For he spake* and it was done; he com- 
manded, and it stood fast* 

10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the 
heathen to nought: he maketh the devices 
of the people of none effect. 
i 11 The counsel of the Lord standeth for 
ever, the thoughts of his heart to all genera- 
tions. 

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the 
Lord ; and the people whom he hath chosen 
for his own inheritance. 

13 The Lord looketh from heaven ; he be- 
holdeth all the sons of men. 

14 From the place of his habitation he look- 
eth upon all die inhabitants of the earth. 

15 He fashioneth their hearts alike ; he con- 
sidereth all their works. 

16 There is no king saved by the multitude 
of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by 
much strength. 

17 A horse is a vain thin<* for safety : nei- 
ther shall he deliver any by his great strength. 

18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon 
tl^em that fear him, upon them that hope in 
his mercy ; 

19 To deliver their soul from death, and to 
keep them alive in famine. 

20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord : he is 
our help and our shield. 

21 For our heart shall rejoice in him, be- 
cause we have trusted in his holy name. 

22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, ac- 
cording as we hope in thee. 

PSALM XXXIV. 

1 David praiseth God, and exhorteth others 
thereto by his experience. 8 They are blessed 
that trust in God. 11 He exhorteth to the fear 
of God. 15 The privileges of the righteous. 

U A Psalm of David when he changed his 
behaviour before Abhnelech ; who drove 
him away, and he departed. 

I WILL "bless the Lord at all times: his 
praise shall continually be in my mouth. 

2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : 
the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 

3 magnify the Lord with me, and let us 
exalt his name together. 

4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and 
delivered me from all my fears. 

5 They looked unto him, and were lighten- 
ed : and their faces were not ashamed. 

6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard 
him, ana saved him out of all his troubles. 

7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round 
about them that fear him, and delivereth 
them. 

8 O taste and see that the Lord is good : 
ulessed is the man that trusteth in him. 

9 O fear the Lord, ye his saints ; for there 
is no want to them that fear him. 

10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hun- 
ger : but they that seek the Lord shall not 
want any good thing: 

11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me : I 
•will teach you the fear of the Lord. 

12 What man is he that desireth life, and 
oveth many days, that he may see good ? 



The privileges of the righteous . 

13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips 
from speaking guile. 

14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek 
peace, and pursue it. 

15 The eyes of the Lord are upon the right- 
eous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 

16 The face of the Lord is against them that 
do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them 
from the earth. 

17 The righteous cry, and the Lord hear- 
eth, and delivereth them out of all their 
troubles. 

18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of 
a broken heart ; and saveth such as be of a 
contrite spirit. 

19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: 
but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. 

20 He keepeth all his bones : not one of 
them is broken. 

21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they 
that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 

22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his ser- 
vants: and none of them that trust in him 
shall be desolate. 

PSALM XXXV. 
1 David pray eth for his own safety, and his ent- 
mies y confusion. 11 He cornplaineth of their 
wrongful dealing. 22 Thereby he incitcth God 
against them. 

IMPst/ai of David. 

PLEAD my cause, O Lord, with them 
that strive with me: fight against them 
that fight against me. 

2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand 
up for my help. 

3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way 
against them that persecute me : say unto my 
soid, I am thy salvation. 

4 Let them be confounded and put to shame 
that seek after my soul : let them be turned 
back and brought to confusion that devise 
my hurt. 

5 Let them be as chaff before the wind : and 
let the angel of the Lord chase them. 

6 Let their way be dark and slippery : and 
let the angel of the Lord persecute them. 

7 For without cause have they hid for me 
their net in a pit, which without cause they 
have digged for my soul. 

8 Let destruction come upon him at una- 
wares ; and let his net that he hath hid catch 
himself: into that very destruction let him 
fall. 

9 And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord : 
it shall rejoice in his salvation. 

10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is 
like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from 
him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor 
and the needy from him that sj>oileth him ? 

11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to 
my charge things that I knew not. 

12 They rewarded me evil for good to the 
spoiling of my soul. 

13 But as for me, when they were sick, my 
clothing was sackcloth : I humbled my soul 
with fasting; and my prayer returned into 
mine own bosom. 

14 I behaved myself as though he had been 
my friend or brother: I bowed down heavi 
ly, as one that mourneth/br his mother. 

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15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and 
gathered themselves together : yea, the ab- 
jects gathered themselves together against 
me, and I knew it not ; they did tear me, and 
ceased not: 

16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they 
gnashed upon me with their teeth. 

17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on? res- 
cue my soul from their destructions, my dar- 
ling from die lions. 

18 1 will give thee thanks in the great con- 
gregation : I will praise thee among much 
people. 

19 Let not them that are mine enemies 
wrongfully rejoice over ine ; neither let them 
wink with the eye that hate me without a 
cause. 

'30 For they speak not peace : hut they de- 
vise deceitful matters against them that are 
quiet in the land. 

21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide 
against me, and said, Aha, aha! our eye hath 
seen it. 

22 This thou hast seen, O Lord : keep not 
silence: O Lord, be not far from me. 

23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judg- 
ment, even unto my cause, my God and my 
Lord. 

24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according 
to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice 
over me. 

25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so 
would we have it: let them not say, We 
have swallowed him up. 

26 Let them be ashamed and brought to 
confusion togedier that rejoice at my hurt: 
let them be clothed with shame and disho- 
nour tliat magnify themselves against me. 

27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that 
favour my righteous cause: yea, let them 
say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, 
which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his 
servant. 

28 And my tongue shall speak of thy right- 
eousness and of thy praise all the day long. 

PSALM XXXVI. 
1 The grievous estate of the wicked. 5 The excel- 
lency of God's mercy. 10 David pray eth for 
fa r oar to God's children. 
% To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David 
the servant of the Lord. 

THE transgression of the wicked saith 
within my heart, that there is no fear of 
God before his eyes. 

2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, 
until his iniquity be found to be hateful. 

3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and 
deceit : he hath left off to be wise, and to do 
good. 

4 He deviseth mischief u]>on his bed; he 
setteth himself in a way that is not good ; he 
abhorreth not evil. 

5 Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; 
and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. 

6 Thy righteousness is like the great moun- 
tains; thy judgments are a great deep: O 
Lord, thou preservest man and beast. 

7 How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O 
God ! therefore the children of men put their 
trust under the shadow of thy wings. 



The happy estate of the godly, 

8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with 
the fatness of thy house ; and thou shalt make 
them drink of the river of thy pleasures. 

9 For with thee is die fountain of life : in 
thy light shall we see light. 

10 O continue thy loving-kindness unto 
them that know thee; and thy righteousness 
to the upright in heart. 

11 Let not the foot of pride come again? t 
me, and let not the hand of the wicked re- 
move me. 

12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen : 
they are cast down, and shall not be able to 
rise. 

PSALM XXXVII 

David per suadeth to patience and confidence in 
God, by the different estate of the godly and 
the wicked. 

U A Psalm of David. 

FRET not thyself because of evil doers, 
neither be thou envious against the 
workers of iniquity. 

2 For they shall soon be cut down like the 
grass, and wither as the green herb. 

3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt 
thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt 
be fed. 

4 Delight thyself also in the Lord; and lie 
shall give thee the desires of thy heart. 

5 Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also 
in him ; and he shall bring it to pass. 

6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness 
as the light, and thy judgment as the noon- 
day. 

7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for 
him : fret not thyself because of him "who 
prosperedi in his way, because of the man 
who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 

8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath : 
fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 

9 For evil doers shall be cut off: but those 
that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit 
the earth. 

10 For yet a little while, and die wicked 
shall not be : yea, thou shalt diligently con- 
sider his place, and it shall not be. 

11 But the meek shall inherit the earth ; 
and shall delight diemselves in the abundance 
of peace. 

12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and 
guasheth upon him with his teeth. 

13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for lie 
seeth that his day is coining. 

14 The wicked have drawn out die sword, 
and have bent their bow, to cast down the 
poor and needy, and to slay such as be of 
upright conversation. 

15 Their sword shall enter into their own 
heart, and their bows shall be broken. 

16 A little that a righteous man hath is bfl- 
ter than the riches of many wicked. 

17 For the arms of the wicked shall be bro- 
ken : but the Lord upholdeth the righteous. 

18 The Lord knoweth the days of the up- 
right : and their inheritance shall be for ever. 

19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil 
time : and in die days of famine diey shall be 
satisfied. 

20 But the wicked shall perish, and the ene- 
mies of the Lord shall be as die fat of lambs : 

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David moves God to take PSALMS* 

they shall consume ; into smoke shall they 
consume away. 

21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not 
again : but the righteous sheweth mercy, and 
giveth. 

22 For such as be blessed of him shall in- 
herit the earth ; and they that be cursed of 
him shall be cut off. 

23 The steps of a good man are ordered by 
the Lord : and he delighteth in his way. 

24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly 
cast down : for the Lord upholdeth him with 
his hand. 

25 I have been young, and now am old ; yet 
have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor 
his seed begging bread. 

26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth ; and 
his seed is blessed. 

27 Depart from evil, and do good ; and dwell 
for evermore. 

28 For the Lord loveth judgment, and for- 
saketh not his saints; they are preserved for 
ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be 
cut off. 

29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and 
dwell therein for ever. 

•30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh 
wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 

31 The law of his God is in his heart ; none 
of his steps shall slide. 

32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and 
seeketh to slay him. 

33 The Lord will not leave him in his hand, 
nor condemn him when he is judged. 

34 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, 
and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: 
when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 

35 I have seen the wicked in great power, 
and spreading himseif like a green bay-tree. 

36 Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not : 
yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 

37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the 
upright: for the end of that man is peace. 

38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed 
together : the end of the wicked shall be 
cutoff. 

39 But the salvation of the righteous is of 
the Lord : he is their strength m the time of 
trouble. 

40 And the Lord shall help them, and de- 
liver them : he shall deliver them from the 
wicked, and save them, because they trust 
iu him. 

PSALM XXXVIII. 



David moveth God to take compassion of his 

pitiful case. 
*\ A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. 

OLORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath : 
neither chasten me in thy hot displea- 
sure. 

2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy 
hand presseth me sore. 
$ There is no soundness in my flesh because 
of thine anger; neither is there any rest in 
my bones because of my sin. 

4 For mine iniquities are gone over my 
head : as a heavy burden they are too heavy 
for me. 

5 My wounds stink, and are corrupt because 
cf my foolishness. 



compassion on his pitiful case. 

6 1 am troubled ; I am bowed down great- 
ly; I go mourning all the day long. 

7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome 
disease : and there is no soundness in my flesh. 

8 I am feeble and sore broken : I have roar- 
ed by reason of the disquietness of my heart. 

9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and 
my groaning is not hid from thee. 

10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth 
me : as for the light of mine eyes, it also is 
gone from me. 

11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof 
from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. 

12 They also that seek after my life lay 
snares for me : and they that seek my hurt 
speak mischievous things, and imagine de- 
ceits all the day long. 

13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and / 
was as a dumb man that openeth not his 
mouth. 

14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, 
and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 

15 For in thee, O Lord, do 1 hope : thou 
wilt hear, O Lord my God. 

16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they 
should rejoice over me : when my foot slip- 
peth, they magnify themselves against me. 

17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is 
continually before me. 

18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I wiH 
be sorry for my sin. 

19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are 
strong: and they that hate me wrongfully, 
are multiplied. 

20 They also that render evil for good are 
mine adversaries ; because I follow the thing 
that good is. 

21 Forsake me not, O Lord : O my God, 
be not far from me. 

22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my sal- 
vation. 

PSALM XXXIX. 

1 David's care of his thoughts. 4 The consider- 
ation of the brevity and vanity of life, 7 the 
reverence of 'God'' s judgments, 10 and prayer, 
are his bridles of impatience. 

% To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, 
A Psalm of David. 

I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that 
I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my 
mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is be- 
fore me. 

2 I was dumb with silence ; I held my peace, 
even from good ; and my sorrow was stirred. 

3 My heart was hot within me ; while I was 
musing the fire burned: then spake I with 
my tongue. 

4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and 
the measure of my days, what it is; that I 
may know how frail lam. 

5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a 
handbreadth ; and mine age is as nothing be- 
fore thee : verily every man at his best state 
is altogether vanity. Selah. 

6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : 
surely tliey are disquieted in vain : he heap- 
eth up rtcJies, and knoweth not who shall 
gather them. 

7 And now, Lord, what wait I for ? my 
hope is in thee. 

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8 Deliver me fijom all my transgressbns : 
make me not the reproach of the foolish. 

9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; be- 
cause thou didst it. 

10 Remove thy stroke away from me : I am 
consumed by the blow of thy hand. 

11 When thou with rebukes dost correct 
man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to 
consume away like a moth: surely every 
man is vanity. Selah. 

12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear 
unto my cry ; hold not thy peace at my tears : 
for I am a "stranger with thee and a sojourn- 
er, as all my fathers were. 

13 O spare me, that I may recover strength, 
before 1 go hence, and be no more. 

PSALM XL. 
1 The benefit of confidence in God. 6 Obedience 

is the best sacrifice. 11 The sense of David's 

evils infiameth his prayer. 
il To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

I WAITED patiently for the Lord ; and 
he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 

2 He brought me up also out of a horrible 
pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon 
a rock, and established my goings. 

3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, 
even praise unto our God : many shall see it, 
and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. 

4 Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord 
his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor 
such as turn aside to lies. 

5 Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonder- 
ful works which thou hast done, and thy 
thoughts which are to us-ward : they cannot 
be reckoned up in order unto thee : if 1 
would declare and speak of them, they are 
more than can be numbered. 

6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not de- 
sire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt- 
offering and sin-offering hast thou not re- 
quired. 

7 Then said 1, Lo, I come : in the volume 
of the book it is written of me, 

8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, 
thy law is within my heart. 

9 I have preached righteousness in the great 
congregation : lo, I have not refrained my 
lips, O Lord, thou k no west. 

10 I have not hid thy righteousness within 
my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness 
and thy salvation : I have not concealed thy 
loving-kindness and thy truth from the great 
congregation. 

11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies 
from me, O Lord: let thy loving-kindness 
and thy truth continually preserve me. 

12 For innumerable evils have compassed 
me about: mine iniquities have taken hold 
upon me, so that I am not able to look up; 
they are more than the hairs of my head : 
therefore my heart faileth me. 

13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me : O 
Lord, make haste to help me. > 

14 Let them be ashamed and confounded 
together that seek after my soul to destroy 
it; let them be driven backward and put to 
shame that wish me evil. 

15 Let them be desolate for a reward of 
their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. 

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God^s care of the poor* 

1G Let all those that seek thee rejoice and 
be glad in thee : let such as love thy salva- 
tion say continually, The Lord be magnified. 

17 But I am poor and needy ; yet the Lord 
thinketh upon me: thou art my help and 
my deliverer; make no tarrying, Omy God. 

PSALM XLI. 
1 God's care ofthepoor. 4 David complaineth of 

his enemies 1 treachery. 10 He fieeth to God for 

succour. 
^ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

BLESSED is he that considered the 
poor: the Lord will deliver him in 
time of trouble. 

2 The Lord will preserve him, and keep 
him alive ; and he shall be blessed upon the 
earth : and thou wilt not deliver him unto the 
will of his enemies. 

3 The Lord will strengthen him upon the 
bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his 
bed in his sickness. 

4 I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal 
my soul ; for I have sinned against thee. 

5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When 
shall he die, and his name perish ? 

6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh 
vanity : his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; 
when he goeth abroad, lie telleth it. 

7 All that hate me whisper together against 
me : against me do they devise my hurt. 

8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast 
unto him : and now that he lieth he shall rise 
up no more. 

9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom 
I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath 
lifted up his heel against me. 

10 But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, 
and raise me up, that I may requite them. 

1 1 By this I know that thou favourest me, be- 
causemine enemy doth not triumph over me. 

12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in 
mine integrity, and settest me before thy face 
for ever. 

13 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from 
everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and 
Amen. 

PSALM XLII. 
1 David's zeal to serve God in the temple. 5 He 

encourageth his soul to trust in God. 

If To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the 

sons of Korah. 

AS the hart pan teth after the water-brooks, 
so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 

2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living 
God : when shall I come and appear before 
God? 

3 My tears have been my meat day and 
night, while they continually say unto me, 
Where is thy God ? 

4 When I remember these things, I pour 
out my soul in me: for I had gone with the 
multitude, I went with them to the house of 
God, with the voice of joy and praise, with 
a multitude that kept holy-day. 

5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul 1 and 
why art thou disquieted in me ? hope thou in 
Godi foF I shall yet praise him for the help 
of his countenance. 

6 O my God, my soul is cast down within 
rie: therefore will I remember thee from 

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The church's complaint. 

the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, 

from the hill Mizar. 

7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy 
water-spouts : all thy waves and thy billows 
are gone over me. 

8 Yet the Lord will command his loving- 
kindness in die day-time, and in the night 
his song shall be with me, and my prayer 
unto the God of my life. 

9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast 
thou forgotten me ? why go I mourning be- 
cause of the oppression ot the enemy ? 

10 As with a sword in my bones, mine ene- 
mies reproach me ; while they say daily unto 
me, Where is thy God ? 

11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and 
why art thou disquieted within me? hope 
thou in God : for I shall yet praise him, who is 
the health of my countenance, and my God. 

PSALM XLIII. 
1 David, praying to be restored to the temple, 
promiseth to serve God joyfully. 5 He en- 
courageth his soul to trust in God. 

JUDGE me, O God, and plead my cause 
against an ungodly nation: O deliver 
me from the deceitful and unjust man. 

2 For thou art the God of my strength : 
why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourn- 
ing because of the oppression of the enemy? 

3 O send out thy light and thy truth : let 
them lead me; let them bring me unto thy 
holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. 

4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, 
unto God my exceeding joy : yea, upon the 
harp will I praise thee, O God my God. 

5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and 
why art thou disquieted within me ? hope in 
God : for I shall yet praise him, who is the 
health of my countenance, and my God. 

PSALM XLIV. 

I The church, in memory of former favours, 7 
complaineih of her present evils. 17 Pro- 
fessing her integrity, 24 she fervently pray- 
eth for &uccour. 

II To the chief Musician for the sons of Ko- 

ran, Maschil. 
WE have heard with our ears, O God, 
our fathers have told us, what work 
thou didst in their days, in the times of old. 

2 How thou didst (lrive out the heathen 
with thy hand, and plantedst them ; how thou 
didst afflict the people, and cast them out. 

3 For they got not the land in possession by 
their own sword, neither did their own arm 
save them: but thy right hand, and thine 
arm, and the light of thy countenance, be- 
cause thou hadst a favour unto them. 

4 Thou art my King, O God: command 
deliverances for Jacob. 

5 Through thee will we push down our ene- 
mies : through thy name will we tread them 
under that rise up against us. 

6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither 
shall my 8 word save me. 

7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, 
and hast put them to shame that hated us. 

8 In God we boast all the day long, and 
praise thy name for ever. Selah. 

9 But thou hast cast oil, and put us to 
shame ; and goest not forth with our armies. 



PSALMS. The grace of Christ's kingdom. 

10 Thou makest us to turn back from the 
enemy: and they which hate us spoil for 
themselves. 

11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed 
for meat; and hast scattered us among the 
heathen. 

12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and 
dost not increase tJiy wealth by then- price. 

13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neigh- 
bours, a scorn and a derision to them that 
are round about us. 

14 Thou makest us a by-word among the 
heathen, a shaking of the head among the 
people. 

15 My confusion is continually before me, 
and the shame of my face hath covered me, 

16 For the voice of him that reproacheth 
and blasphemeth ; by reason of the enemy 
and avenger. 

17 All this is come upon us; yet have we 
not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt 
falsely in thy covenant. 

18 Our heart is not turned back, neither 
have our steps declined from thy way; 

19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the 
place of dragons, and covered us with the 
shadow of death. 

20 If we have forgotten the name of our 
God, or stretched out our hands to a strange 
god: 

21 Shall not God search this out? for he 
knoweth the secrets of the heart. 

22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the 
day long ; we are counted as sheep for the 
slaughter. 

23 Awake, why sleepest diou, O Lord? 
arise, cast us not off for ever. 

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and for- 
gettest our affliction and our oppression ? 

25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: 
our belly cleaveth unto the earth. 

26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for 
thy mercies' sake. 

PSALM XLV. 
1 T7ie majesty and grace of Christ's kingdom. 

10 The duty of the church, and the benefits 

thereof. 
H To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, 

for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of 

loves. 

MY heart is inditing a good matter: I 
speak of the things which I have made 
touching the King: my tongue is the pen of 
a ready writer. 

2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: 
grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God 
hath blessed thee for ever. 

3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most 
Mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. 

4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously be- 
cause of truth and meekness and righteous- 
ness ; and thy right hand shall teach thee ter- 
rible things. 

5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of 
the King's enemies ; whereby the people fall 
under thee. 

6 Thy tin-one, O God, is for ever and ever: 
the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 

7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest 
wickedness : therefore God, thy God, hath 

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anointed thee with the oil of gladness above 
thy fellows, 



3 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, 
and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby 
thev have made thee glad. 

9 Rings' daughters were among thy honour- 
able women : upon thy right hand did stand 
the queen in gold of Ophir. 

10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and 
incline thine ear; forget also thine own peo- 
ple, and thy father's house; 

11 So shall the King greatly desire thy 
beauty : for he is thy lord ; and worship thou 
him. 

12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there 
with a gift; even the rich among the people 
shall entreat thy favour. 

13 The King's daughter is all glorious with- 
in : her clothing is of wrought geld. 

14 She shall be brought unto the King in 
raiment of needlework ; the virgins her com- 
panions that follow her shall be brought unto 
thee. 

15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they 
be brought: they shall enter into the King's 
palace. 

16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy chil- 
dren, whom thou mayest make princes in all 
the earth. 

17 1 will make thy name to be remembered 
in all generations : therefore shall the peo- 
ple praise thee for ever and ever. 

PSALM XLVI. 
1 The confidence which the church hath in God. 

8j$n exhortation to behold it. 
^[ To the chief Musician for the sons of Ko- 
ran, A Song upon Alamoth. 
GOD is our refuge and strength, a very 
present help in trouble. 

2 Therefore will not we fear, though the 
earth be removed, and though the mountains 
be carried into the midst of the sea ; 

3 Though the waters thereof roar and be 
troubled, though the mountains shake with 
tiie swelling tliereof. Selah. 

4 There is a river, the streams whereof 
shall make glad the city of God, the holy 
place of the tabernacles'of the Most High. 

5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not 
be moved: God shall help her, and that right 
early. 

6 The heathen ra^ed, the kingdoms were 
moved : he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 

7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God 
of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 

8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, 
, what desolations he hath made in the earth. 

9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of 
the earth ; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth 

.the spear in sunder; he burnetii the chariot 
in the fire. 

10 Be still, and know that I am God: I 
will be exalted among the heathen, 1 will be 
exalted in the earth. 

11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God 
of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 

PSALM XLVII. 

The nations are exhorted cheerfully to entertain 

the kingdom of Christ. 



The ornaments of the church. 
TI To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the 
sons of Korah. 

OCLAP your hands, all ye people, shout 
unto God with the voice of triumph. 

2 For the Lord Most High is terrible ; he 
is a great Kin^ over all the earth. 

3 He shall subdue the people under us, and 
the nations under our feet. 

4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the 
excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. 

5 God is gone up with a shout, the Lord 
with the sound of a trumpet. 

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises : sing 
praises unto our King, sing praises. 

7 For God is the King of all the earth : sing 
ye praises with understanding. 

8 God reigneth over the heathen : God sit- 
teth upon the throne of his holiness. 

9 The princes of the people are gathered 
together, even die people of the God of Abra- 
ham : for the shields of the earth belong unto 
God : he is greatly exalted. 

PSALM XLVIII. 

The ornaments and privileges of the church. 

H A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. 

GREAT is the Lord, and greatly to be 
praised in the city of our God, in the 
mountain of his holiness. 

2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole 
earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the 
north, the city of the great King. 

3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 

4 For lo, the kings were assembled, they 
passed by together. 

5 They saw it, and so they marvelled ; they 
were troubled, and hasted away. 

6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, 
as of a woman in travail. 

7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with 
an east wind. 

8 As we have heard, so have we seen in 
the city of the Lord of hosts, in die city of our 
God: God will establish it for ever. Selah. 

9 We have thought of thy loving-kindness, 
O God, in the midst of thy temple. 

10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy 
praise unto the ends of the earth : thy right 
hand is full of righteousness. 

11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daugh- 
ters of Judah be glad, because of thy judg- 
ments. 

12 Walk about Zion, and go round about 
her : tell the towers thereof. 

13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her 
palaces ; that ye may tell it to the generation 
following. 

14 For this God is our God for ever and 
ever : he will be our guide even unto death. 

PSALM XLIX. 

\An earnest persuasion to build the faith of 
resurrection, not on worldly power, but on 
God. 16 Worldly prosperity is not to be ad 
mired. 

IT To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the 
sons of Korah. 

HEAR this, all ye people; give eai, all 
ye inhabitants of the world : 

2 Both low and high, richandnoor, together. 

3 Mv mouth shall speak oi wisdom; and 

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The vanity of worldly riches, PSALMS. 

the meditation of my heart shall be of under- 
standing. 

4 1 will incline mine ear to a parable : I will 
open my dark saying upon the harp. 

o Wherefore should I fear in the days of 
evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall com- 
pass me about ? 

6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast 
themselves in the multitude of their riches; 

7 None of them can by any means redeem 
hisbrother, nor give to God a ransom for him : 

8 (For the redemption of their soul is pre- 
cious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 

9 That he should still live for ever, and not 
see corruption. 

10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise 
the fool and the brutish person perish, and 
leave their wealth to others. 

11 Their inward thought is, that their houses 
shall continue for ever, and their dwelling- 
places to all generations ; they call their lands 
after their own names. 

1*2 Nevertheless man being i n honour abideth 
not : he is like the beasts thai perish. 

13 This their way is their folly : yet their 
posterity approve their sayings. Selah. 

14 Like sheep they are laid in die grave; 
death shall feed on them ; and the upright 
shall have dominion over them in the morn- 
ing; and their beauty shall consume in the 
grave from their dwelling. 

15 But God will redeem my soul from the 
power of the grave: for he shall receive me. 
Selah. 

16 Be notthou afraid when one is made rich, 
when the glory of his house is increased ; 

17 For when he diedi he shall carry nothing 
away : his glory shall not descend after him. 

18 Though while he lived he blessed his 
soul, (and menxviU praise thee, when thou 
doest well to thyself,) 

19 He shall go to the generation of his fa- 
thers ; they shall never see light. 

20 Man that is in honour, and understand- 
eth not, is like the beasts that perish. 

PSALM L. 

1 The majesty of God in the church. 5 His order 

to gather saints. 7 The pleasure of God is not 

in ceremonies, 14 but in sincerity of obedience. 

II A Psalm of AsapTi. 

THE mighty God, even the Lord, hath 
spoken, and called the earth from the 
rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. 

2 Out of Zion, die perfection of beauty, God 
hath sinned. 

3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep 
silence : a fire shall devour before him, and 
it shall be very tempestuous round about him. 

4 He shall call to the heavens from above, 
and to the earth, that he may judge his peo- 
ple. 

5 Gather my saints together unto me; those 
that have made a covenant with me by sa- 
crifice. 

6 And the heavens shall declare his right- 
eousness : for God is judge himself. Selah. 

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak ; O 
Israel, and I will testify against thee 



I am 

God, even thy God 
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices 



God*s pleasure is in obedience, 
or diy burnt-offerings, to have been continu- 
ally before me. 

91 will take no buliock out of thy house, 
nor he-goats out of thy folds. 

10 For eveiy beast of the forest is mine, and 
the cattle upon a thousand hills. 

11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: 
and the wild beasts of the field are mine. 

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: 
for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. 

13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the 
blood of goats ? 

14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay 
thy vows unto the Most High : 

15 And call upon me in the day of trouble : 
I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 

16 But unto the wicked God saith, What 
hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that 
thou shouldesttake my covenant in thy mouth? 

17 Seeing diou hatest instruction, and cast- 
est mv words behind thee. 

18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou 
consentedst with him, and hast been par- 
taker with adulterers. 

19 Thou givest thy moudi to evil, and thy 
tongue frameth deceit. 

20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy 
brother; diou slanderest thine own mother's 
son. 

21 These things hast thou done, and I kept 
silence ; diou thoughtest that I was altogether 
such a one as thyself: but I will reprove diee, 
and set them in order before thine eyes. 

22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, 
lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none 
to deliver. 

23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: 
and to him that ordereth his conversation 
aiight will I shew the salvadon of God. 

PSALM LL 

1 David pray eth for remission of sins, whereof 
hemaketh a deep confession. § He pray eth for 
sanctif cation. 16 God delighteth not in sacri* 
fee, but in sincerity. 18 He pray eth for the 
church. 

H To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, 
when Nathan the prophet came unto him, 
after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. 

HAVE mercy upon me, O God, accord- 
ing to thy loving-kindness : according 
unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot 
out my transgressions. 

2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, 
and cleanse me from my sin. 

3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: 
and my sin is ever before me. 

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, 
and done this evil in thy sight: that thou 
mightest be jusdfied when thou speakest, 
and be clear when thou judgest. 

5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity ; and hi 
sin did my mother conceive me. 

6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward 
parts: and in die hidden part thou shalt 
make me to know wisdom. 

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : 
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 

8 Make me to hear joy and gladness ; that 
die bones which thou hast broken may re- 
joice. 

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DaticVs prayer for sanctification, 

9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out 
ail mine, iniquities. 

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and 
renew a right spirit within me. 

11 Cast me not away from thy presence; 
and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 

1*2 Restore unto me the joy of thy solvation ; 
and uphold me with thy free Spirit. 

13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways ; 
and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 

14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, 
thou God of my salvation : and my tongue 
shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 

15 O Lord, open thou my lips, and my 
mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 

16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would 
Ig'weit: thou delightestnot in burnt-offering. 

17 The sacrifices of God area, broken spi- 
rit : a broken and a contrite heart, O God, 
thou wilt not despise. 

18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion : 
build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sa- 
crifices of righteousness, with burnt-offering 
and whole burnt-offering: then shall they 
offer bullocks upon thine altar. 

PSALM LII. 

1 David, condemning the spitefulness of Doeg, 
prophesieth his destruction. 6 The righteous 
shall rejoice at it. 8 David, upon his confi- 
dence in God's mercy, giveth thanks. 

*fl To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm 
of David, when Doeg the Edomite came 
and told Saul, and said unto him, David 
is come to the house of Ahimelech. 

WHY boastest thou thyself in mischief, 
O mighty man ? the goodness of God 
endureih continually. 

2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a 
sharp razor, working deceitfully. 

3 Thou lovest evil more than good ; and ly- 
ing rather than to speak righteousness. Se- 
lah. 

4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou 
deceitful tongue. 

5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, 
he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out 
of thy dwelling-place, and root thee out of 
the land of the living. Selah. 

6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and 
shall laugh at him : 

7 Lo, Uiis is the man that made not God 
his strength; but trusted in the abundance 
of his riches, and strengthened himself in 
his wickedness. 

8 But I am like a green olive-tree in the 
house of God : I trust in the mercy of God 
for ever and ever. 

9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou 
hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; 
for it is good before thy saints. 

PSALM LIII. 
1 David describeth the corruption of a natural 
man. 4 He convinceth the wicked by the light 
of their own conscience. 6 He glorieth in the 
saloation of God. 
U To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, 
Maschil, A Psalm of David. 

THE fool hath said in his heart, There is 
no God. Corrupt are they,, and have 



PSALMS. and also for salvation 

done abominable iniquity : there is none that 
doeth eood. 

2 God looked down from heaven upon the 
children of men, to see if there were any that 
did understand, that did seek God. 

3 Every one of them is gone back: they 
are altogether become filthy ; there is none 
that doeth good, no, not one. 

4 Have the workers of iniquity no know- 
ledge ? who eat up my people as they eat 
bread : they have not called upon God. 

5 There were they in great fear, where no 
fear was: for God 'hath scattered the bones 
of him that eneampeth against thee : thou 
hast put them to shame, because God hath 
despised them. 

6 Oli that the salvation of Israel were come 
out of Zion ! when God bringeth back the 
captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, 
and Israel shall be glad. 

PSALM LIV. 

1 David, complaining of the Ziphims, prayeth 
for salvation. 4 Upon his confidence in God's 
help he promiseth sacrifice. 

% To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Mas- 
chil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims 
came and said to Saul, Doth not David 
hide himself with us? 

SAVE me, O God, by thy name, and judge 
me by thy strength. 

2 Hear my prayer, Q God : give ear to the 
words of iny mouth. 

3 For strangers are risen up against me, and 
oppressors seek after my soul : they have not 
set God before them. Selah. 

4 Behold, God is my helper : the Lord is 
with them that uphold my soul. 

5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies ; 
cut them off in thy truth. 

6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will 
praise thy name, O Lord ; for it is good. 

7 For he hath delivered me out of all trou- 
ble : and mine eye hath seen his desire upon 
mine enemies. 

PSALM LV. 



1 David in his prayer complaineth of his fearful 
case. 9 He prayeth against his enemies, of 
whose wickedness and treachery he complain- 
eth. 16 Hecomforteth himself in God's preser- 
vation of him, and confusion of his enemies. 
If To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Mas- 
chil, A Psalm of David. 
GIVE ear to my prayer, O God ; and hide 
not thyself from my supplication. 

2 Attend unto me, and near me ; I mourn in 
my complaint, and make a noise; 

3 Because of the voice of the enemy, be- 
cause of the oppression of the wicked : for 
they cast iniquity upon me, and in wratn tliey 
hate me. 

4 My heart is sore pained within me : and 
the terrors of death are fallen upon me. 

5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon 
me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. 

6 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove . 
for then would I fly away, and be at rest. 

7 Lo, then would I wander far off, and re- 
main in the wilderness. Selah. 

8 I would hasten my escape from the windy 
storm and tempest. 

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David complaineth of his enemies, 

9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues : 
for I have seen violence and strife in the city. 

10 Day and night they go alxmt it upon the 
walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are 
in the midst of it. 

11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof : de- 
ceit and guile depart not from her streets. 

12 For it was not an enemy that reproached 
me ; then 1 could have home it : neither was 
it lie that hated me tfuit did magnify himself 
against me; then I would have hid myself 
from him : 

13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my 
guide, and mine acquaintance. 

14 We took sweet counsel together, and 
walked unto the house of God in company. 

15 Let death seize upon them, and let them 
so down quick into hell ; for wickedness is 
m their dwellings, and among them. 

16 As for me, 1 will call upon God: and the 
Lo RD shall save me. 

17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will 

1 pray, and cry aloud : and he shall hear my 
voice. 

18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from 
the battle tltat was against me : for there 
were many with me. 

19 God shall hear and afflict them, even he 
(hat abideth of old. Selah. Because thev 
have no changes, therefore they fear not God. 

20 He hath put forth his hands against such 
as be at peace with hi in : he hath broken his 
covenant. 

21 The words of his mouth were smoother 
than butter, but war was in his heart: his 
words were softer than oil, yet were they 
drawn swords. 

22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he 
shall sustain thee : he shall never suffer the 
righteous to be moved. 

23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down 
into the pit of destruction : bloody and de- 
ceitful men shall not live out half their days; 
but I will trust in thee. 

PSALM LVI. 
1 David, praying- to God in confidence of his 

word, complaineth of his enemies. 9 He pro- 

fcsseth his confidence in God's word; and 

promiscth to praise him. 
U To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem- 

rechokim, Michtam of David, when the 

Philistines took him in Gath. 

BE merciful unto me, O God : for man 
would swallow me up ; he fighting daily 
oppresseth me. 

2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me 
up : for they be many that fight against me, O 
thou Most riigh. 

3 What time 1 am afraid, I will trust in thee. 

4 In God I will praise his word, in God I 
have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh 
can do unto me. 

5 Every day they wrest my words : all their 
thoughts are against me for evil. 

6 They gather themselves together, they 
hide themselves, thev mark my steps, when 
they wait for my soul. 

7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine 
anger cast down the people, O God. 

S Thou tellcst my wanderings : put thou my 



PSALMS. andjlecth unto God in prayer* 

tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy 
book ? 

9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine 
enemies turn back: this I know; for God is 
for me. 

10 In God will I praise Iris word : in the 
Lord will I praise his word. 

11 In God have I put my trust: I will not 
be afraid what man can do unto me. 

12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will 
render pniises unto thee. 

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from 
death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from 
falling, that I may walk before God in the 
light of die living? 

PSALM LVIL 

I David in prayer fleeing unto God complaineth 
of his dangetous case. 7 He encourageth him- 
self to praise God. 

If To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Mich 
tarn of David, when he fled from Saul in 
tiie cave. 

BE merciful unto me, O God, be merci- 
ful unto me: for my soul trusteth in tiiee: 
yea, in the shadow of thy wings will 1 make 
my refuge, until tltese calamities be overpast. 

2 I will cry unto God Most High ; unto God 
that perfonneth all things for me. 

3 He shall send from heaven, and save me 
from the reproach of him that would swal- 
low me up. Selah. God shall send forth his 
mercy and his truth. 

4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even 
among them that are set on fire, even the sons 
of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, 
and their tongue a sharp sword. 

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the hea- 
vens; let thy glory be above all the earth. 

6 They have prepared a net for mv steps, 
my soul is bowed down : they have digged a 
pit before me, into the midst whereof they 
are fallen tJiemselves. Selah. 

7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed : 

1 will sing and give praise. 

8 Awake up, my glory; awake psaltery and 
harp : I myself will awake early. 

9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the 
people: I will sing unto thee among the na- 
tions. 

10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, 
and thy truth unto the clouds. 

II Be thou exalted, O God, above the hea- 
vens: let tiiyglory be above all the earth. 

PSALM LVIII. 
I David reprovcth wicked judges, 2descriheth 
the nature of the wicked, Gdevotelh them to 
God's judgments, JO whereat the righteous 
shall rejoice. 
IT To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Mich- 
lato of David. 

DO ye indeed sneak righteousness, O con- 
gregation ? do ye judge uprightly, O ye 
sons of men ? 

2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye 
weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. 

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb : 
(hey go astray as soon as they be born, speak- 
ing lies. 

4 Their poison is like the poison of a ser- 
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He prayeth against his enemies, PSALMS, 

pent : they are like the deaf adder that stop- 



peth her ear j 

5 Which will not hearken to the voice of 
charmers, charming never so wisely. 

6 Break their teetii, OGod, in their month: 
break out the great teeth of the young lions, 

Lord. 

7 Let them melt away as waters which run 
continually: when lie bendeth his bote to 
shoot liis arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. 

8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of 
them pass away : like the untimely birth of a 
woman, that they may not see the sun. 

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he 
shall take them away as with a whirlwind, 
both living, and in his wrath. 

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he 
seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet 
in the blood of the wicked. 

11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a 
reward for the righteous: verily he is a God 
thatjudgeth in the earth. 

PSALM LIX. 

1 David prayeth to be delivered from his ene- 
mies. 6 He complaineth of their cruelty. S He 
trusteth in God. 11 He prayeth against them. 
16 He prat's eth God. 

^J To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Mich- 
tam of David; when Saul sent, and they 
watched the house to kill him. 

DELIVER me from mine enemies, O my 
God : defend me from them that rise 
up against me. 

2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, 
and save me from bloody men. 

3 For lo, they lie in wait for my soul : the 
mighty are gathered against me; not for my 
transgression, nor for my sin, O Lord. 

4 They run and prepare themselves without 
my fault: awake to help me, and behold. 

5 Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, 
the God of Israel, awake to visit all the hea- 
then : be not merciful to any wicked trans- 
gressors. Selah. 

6 They return at evening : they make a 
noise like a dog, and go round about the city. 

7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth : 
swords are in their lips: for who, say iliey, 
doth hear ? 

8 But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them ; 
thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. 

9 Because of his strength will I wait upon 
thee : for God Is my defence. 

10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me : 
God shall let me see my desire upon mine 
Enemies. 

11 Slay them not, lest my people forget: 
scatter them by thy power; and bring them 
down, O Lord our shield. 

12 For the sin of their mouth and the words 
ol their lips let them even be taken in their 
pride : and for cursing and lying which they 
speak. 

13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, 
that they may not be : and let them know that 
God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the 
earth. Selah. 

14 And at evening let them return ; and let 
them make a noise like a dog, and go round 
about die citv. 



His comfort in God's promise* 

15 Let them wander up and down for meat, 
and grudge if they be not satisfied. 

16 But 1 will sing of thy power; yea, I will 
sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for 
thou hast been my defence and refuge in die 
day of my trouble. 

17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing : for 
God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. 

PSALM LX. 

IDavid.complaining to Godof former judgment^ 
4 now, upon better hope, prayeth fur delive- 
rance. 6 Comforting himself in God's pre 
m iscs, he craveth that help whereon he trusteth 

H To the chief Musician upon Shushan* 
eduth, Michtamof David, to teach; when 
he strove with Aram-naharaim and with 
Anim-zobah, when Joab returned, and 
smote of Edom in the valley of Salt twelve 
thousand. 

OGOD, lliou hast cast us off, thou hast 
scattered us, thou hast been displeased ; 

turn thyself to us again. 

2 Thou Vast made the earth to tremble; 
thou hast broken it: heal the breaches there- 
of; for it shaketh. 

3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: 
thou hast made us to drink the wine of as- 
tonishment. 

4 Thou hast given a banner to them that 
fear thee, that it may be displayed because ol 
the truth. Selah. 

5 That thy beloved may be delivered; save 
with thy right hand, and hear me. 

6 God hath spoken in his holiness; I will 
rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out 
the valley of Succoth. 

7 Gileacl is mine, and Manasseh is mine ; 
Ephniim also is the strength of my head ; 
Judah is my lawgiver; 

8 Moab is my wash pot; over Edom will I 
cast out my shoe : Philistia, triumph thou 
because of me. 

9 Who will bring me into the strong city 1 
who will lead me into Edom? 

10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast 
us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go 
out with our armies? 

11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the 
help of man. 

12 Through God we shaH do valiantly: for 
he it is that shall tread down our enemies. 

PSALM LXI. 

1 David fieeth to God upon his former experi- 

ence. 4 He voweth perpetual service unto him t 
because of his promises. 
S To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A 
Psalm of David. 

HEAR my cry, O God; attend unto my 
prayer. 

2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto 
thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead 
me to the rock thai is higher than I. 

3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and 
a strong tower from the enemy. 

4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: 1 
will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. 

5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: 
thou haSt given me the heritage of those that 
fear thy name. 

6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life : and his 
years as many generations. 

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Power and mercy belong' to God. PSALMS, 

7 He shall abide before God for ever : O 
prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve 
Irani 

3 So will I sing praise unto thy name for 
ever, that I may daily perform my vows. 

PSALM LXII. 

1 David, professing his confidence in God, dis- 

courageth his enemies. 5 hi the same confidence 

he encourageth the godly. 9 JVo trust is to be 

put in worldly things. 11 Power and mercy 

belong to God. 

51 To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A 

Psalm of David. 

TRULY my soul waiteth upon God: from 
him cometh my salvation. 

2 He only is my rock and my salvation ; he 
is my defence ; I shall not be greatly moved. 

3 How long will ye imagine mischief against 
a man ? ye snail be slain all of you : as a bow- 
ing wall sliall ye be, and as a tottering fence. 

4 They only consult to cast him down from 
his excellency: they delight in lies: they 
bless with their mouth, but they curse in- 
wardly. Selah. 

5 My soul, wait thou only upon God ; for my 
expectation is from him. 

6 He only is my rock and my salvation : he 
is my defence; I shall not be moved. 

7 hi God is my salvation and my glory : the 
rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 

8 Trust m him at all times ; ye people, pour 
out your heart before him : God is a refuge 
for us. Selah. 

9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and 
men of high degree are a lie : to be laid in 
the balance, they are altogether lighter than 
vanity. 

10 r f rust not in oppression, and become not 
vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not 
your heart upon them. 

11 God hath spoken once; twice have I 
heard this; that power belongeth unto God. 

1*2 Also unto thee, OLord, belongeth mercy : 
for thou renderest to every man according 
•to his work. 

PSALM LXIIT. 

] David's thirst for God. A His manner of 
blessing God. 9 His confidence of his enemies'' 
destruction, and his own safety. 

51 A Psalm of David, when he was in the 
wilderness of Judah. 

OGOD, thou art my God; early will I 
seek thee : my soul thirsteth for thee, 
my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty 
land, where no water is; 

2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I 
have seen thee in the sanctuary. 

3 Because thy loving-kindness is better than 
life, my lips shall praise thee. 

4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will 
lift up my hands in thy name. 

5 Mv soul shall be satisfied as with marrow 
and fatness* and my mouth shall praise thee 
with joyful lips: 

6 When I remember thee upon my hen\,and 
meditate on thee in the night watches. 

7 Because thou hast been iny help, there- 
fore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 

8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy 
right (land upholdeth me. 



David prayeih for deliverance* 

9 But those that seek my soul to destroy it, 
shallgointo the lower parts of the earth. 

10 They shall fall by the sword; they shal. 
be a portion for foxes. 

11 But the king shall rejoice in God ; every 
one that sweareth by him shall glory : but 
the mouth of them that speak lies shall be 
stopped. 

PSALM LXFV. 

1 David pray eth for deliverance, complaining 
of his enemies. 7 Hepromiseth himself to see 
such an evident destruction of his enemies, as 
the righteous shall rejoice at it. 

51 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

HEAR my voice, O God, in my prayer: 
preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 

2 Hide me from the secret counsel of tlie 
wicked; from the insurrection of the work- 
ers of iniquity : 

3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and 
bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even 
bitter words : 

4 That they may shoot in secret at the per- 
fect : suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear 
not. 

5 They encourage themselves in an evil 
matter: they commune of laying snares pri- 
vily; they say, Who shall see them? 

6 They search out iniquities; they accom- 
plish a diligent search: both the inward 
thought of every one of them, and the heart, 
is deep. 

7 But God shall shoot at them with an ar- 
row; suddenly shall they be wounded. 

8 So they shall make their own tongue to 
fall upon themselves: all that see them shall 
flee away. 

9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare 
the work of God ; for they shall wisely con- 
sider of his doing. 

10 The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, 
and shall trust in him; and all the upright in 
heart shall glorv. 

PSALM LXV. 

1 Davidpraiseth God for his grace. 4 The bless- 
edness of God's chosen by reason of benefits. 
51 To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song 
of David. 

PRAISE waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion: 
a 



and unto thee shall the vow be performed. 

2 O thou that nearest prayer, unto thee shall 
all flesh come. 

3 Iniquities prevail against me : as for our 
transgressions, thou shall purge them away. 

4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, 
and causest to approach unto thee, that he 
may dwell in thy courts : we shall be satisfied 
with the goodness of thy house, even of thy 
holy temple. 

5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt 
thou answer us, O God of our salvation ; who 
art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, 
and of them that are afar off upon the sea : 

6 Which by his strength setteth fast the 
mountains; being girded with power: 

7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the 
noise of their waves, and the tumult of the 
people. 

8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts 
are afraid at thy tokens : thou makest the out- 

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All exhorted topraue God. 



PSALMS. Prayer at the removing of the ark. 



goings of the morning and evening to re- 
joice. 

9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it : 
thou greatly enrichest it with the river of 
God, wkictiis full of water: thou preparest 
them com, when thou hast so provided for it. 

10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abun- 
dantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: 
thou makest it soft with showers : thou bless* 
est the springing thereof. 

1J Thou crownest the year with thy- good- 
ness ; and thy paths drop fatness. 

12 They drop upon the pastures of the wil- 
derness : and the little hills rejoice on every 
side. 

13 The pastures are clothed witli flocks ; 
the valleys also are covered over with corn ; 
they shout for joy, they also sing. 

PSALM LXVI. 

1 Davidexhorteth to praise God, 5 to observe his 

freat works, 8 to bless him for his gracious 
enefits. 12 He voweth for himself religious 
service to God. 16 He declareth God's special 
goodness to himself. 
If To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm. 

MAKE a joyful noise unto God, all ve 
lands: 

2 Sim* forth the honour of his name: make 
his praise glorious. 

3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in 
thy works! through the greatness of thy 
power shall thine enemies submit themselves 
unto thee. 

4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall 
?io£ unto thee ; they shall sing to thy name. 
Selah. 

5 Come and see the works of God : he is 
terrible in his doing toward the children of 
men. 

6 He turned the sea into dry land : they 
went through the flood on foot : there did we 
rejoice in him. 

7 He rulethbyhis power for ever; his eyes 
behold the nations: let not the rebellious 
exalt themselves. Selah. 

8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the 
voice of his praise to be heard : 

9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffer-: 
eth not our feet to be moved. 

10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou 
hast tried us, as silver is tried. 

11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou 
laidest affliction upon our loins. 

12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our 
heads; we went through fire and through 
water : but thou broughtest us out into a 
wealthy place. 

13 I will go into thy house with burnt-offer- 
ings : I will pay thee my vows, 

14 Which my lips have uttered, and my 
mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. 

15 I will offer unto thee burnt-sacrifices of 
fadings, with the incense of rams; I will of- 
fer bullocks with goats. Selah. 

16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and 
] will declare what he hath done for my soul. 

17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he 
wae extolled with my tongue. 

18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord 
will not hear me : 



19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath 
attended to the voice of my prayer. 

20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned 
away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. 

PSALM LXV1I. 
1 A prayer for the enlargement of God's king- 
dom, 3 to the joy of the people^ 6 and to the in- 
crease of God's blessings. 

% To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A 
Psalm or Song. 

GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us; and 
cause his face to shine upon us. Selah. 
2 That thy way may be known upon earth, 
thy saving health among all nations. 
3' Let the people praise thee, O God ; let all 
the people praise thee. 

4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: 
for thou shalt judge the people righteously, 
and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. 

5 Let the people praise thee, O God ; let all 
the people praise thee. 

6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; 
and God, even our own God, shall bless us. 

7 God shall bless us, and all the ends of the 
earth shall fear him. 

PSALM LXVIII. 
] A prayer at the removing of the ark. 4 An ex- 
hortation to praise God for his mercies, 7 for 
his care of the church, 10 for his great works. 
^ To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song 
of David. 

LET God arise, let his enemies be scat- 
tered : let them also that hate him (lee 
before him. 

2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them 
away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let 
the wicked perish at the presence of God. 

3 But let the righteous be glad; let them 
rejoice before God : yea, let them exceed- 
ingly rejoice. 

4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: 
extol him that rideth upon the heavens by 
his name JAH, and rejoice before him. 

5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of 
the widows, is God in his holy habitation. 

6 God setteth the solitary in families: he 
bringeth out those which are bound with 
chains: but die rebellious dwell in adry land. 

7 O God, when thou wentest forth before 
thy people, when thou didst march through 
the wilderness ; Selah : 

8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped 
at the presence of God: even Sinai itself 
was moved at the presence of God, the God 
of Israel. 

9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain 
whereby thou didst confirm thine inheri- 
tance, when it was weary. 

10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein : 
thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness 
for the poor. 

11 The Lord gave the word : great was the 
company of those that published it. 

12 Kinsrs of armies did tlee apace : and she 
that tarried at home divided the spoil. 

13 Though ye have lien among the pots, 
yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove cover- 
ed with silver, and her feathers with yellow 
gold. 

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God to be praised for his works. 

14 When the Almighty scattered kings in 
it, it was white as snow in Salmon. 

15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; 
a high hill as the hill of Bashan. 

16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the 
hill which God desheth to dwell in ; yea, the 
Lord will dwell in it for ever. 

J 7 The chariots of God are twenty thou- 
sand, even thousands of angels : the Lord is 
among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. 

18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast 
led captivity captive : thou hast received gifts 
for men ; yen, for the rebellious also, that the 
Lord God might dwell among them. 

19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth 
us with benefits, even the God of our salva- 
tion. Selah. 

20 He that is our God is the God of salva- 
tion ; and unto God the Lord belong die is- 
sues from death. 

21 But God shall wound the head of his 
enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one 
as goeth on still in his trespasses. 

22 The Lord said, I will bring again from 
Bashan ; I will bring my people again from 
the depths of the sea: 

23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood 
of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs 
in the same. 

24 They have seen thy goings, O God ; even 
the goings of my God, my King, in the sanc- 
tuary. 

25 The singers went before, the players on 
\nstrumentsfollowed after ; among tliem were 
the damsels playing with timbrels. 

26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even 
the Lord, from the fountain of Israel. 

27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler, 
the princes of Judah and their counsel, 
the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of 
Naphtali. 

28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength : 
strengthen, O God, that which thou hast 
wrought for us. 

29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall 
king? bring presents unto thee. 

30 Rebuke the company of spear-men, the 
multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the | 
people, till every one submit himself with 
pieces of silver: scatter thou the people tlial 
delight in war. 

31 Princes shall come out of Egvpt ; Ethio- 
pia «jhall soon stretch out her hands unto God. 

32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; 

s»ng praises unto the Lord; Selah: 

33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of 
heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send 
out lus voice, and that a mighty voice. 

34 Ascribe ye strength unto God: his ex- 
cellency is over Israel, and his strength is in 
the clouds. 

35 O God, thon art terrrible out of thy holy 
places: the God of Israel is he that eivetli 
strength and power unto his people. Blessed 
be God. 

PSALM LXIX. 

1 David complaineth of his affliction. 13 He 
prayeth for deliverance. 22 Me devoteth his 
enemies to destruction. 30 He praiscth God 
vcith thanks giving. 



PS ALMS. David's prayer in affliction. 

^[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, 
A Psalm of David. 

SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are 
come in unto my soul. 

2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no 
standing: I am come into deep waters, 
where the floods overflow me. 

3 I am weary of my crying : my throat is 
dried : mine eyes fail while 1 wait for my God. 

4 They that hate me without a cause are 
more than the hairs of my head : they that 
would destroy me, being mine enemies wrong- 
fully, are mighty : then I restored iluit which 
I took not away. 

5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness ; and 
my sins are not hid from thee. 

6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord 
God of hosts, be ashamed for iny sake : let 
not those that seek thee be confounded for 
my sai\e, O God of Israel. 

7 Because for thy sake I have borne re- 
proach : shame hath covered my face. 

8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, 
and an alien unto my mother's children. 

9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me 
up; and the reproaches of them that re- 
proached thee are fallen upon me. 

10 When I wept, and chastened my soul 
with fasting, that was to my reproach. 

11 I made sackcloth also my garment ; and 
I became a proverb to them. 

12 They that sit in the gate speak against 
me ; and I was the song of the drunkards. 

13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O 
Lord, in an acceptable time: O God, in the 
multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth 
of thy salvation. 

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me 
not sink: let me be delivered from them that 
hate me, and out of the deep waters. 

15 Let not the water-flood overflow me, 
neither let the deep swallow me up, and let 
not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 

16 Hear me, O Lord ; for thy loving-kind- 
ness is good: turn unto me according to the 
multitude of thy tender mercies. 

17 And hide not thy face from thy servant ; 
for I am in trouble : "hear me speedily. 

18 Draw nigh unto my soul, ami redeem it: 
deliver me because of mine enemies. 

19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my 
shame, and my dishonour: mine adversa- 
ries are all before thee. 

20 Reproach hath broken my heart ; and I 
am full of heaviness : and I looked for some 
to take pity, but there was none ; and for 
comforters, but I found none. 

21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and 
in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 

22 Let their table become a snare before 
them: and that which should have been (or 
their welfare, let it become a trap. 

23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see 
not; and make their loins continually to 
shake. 

24 Pour out thine indignation upon them, 
and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. 

25 Let their habitation be desolate; and let 
none dwell in their tents. 

26 For they persecute him whom thou hast 
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He imploreth God's kelp, 

smitten ; and they talk to the grief of those 

whom thou hast wounded. 

27 Add iniquity to their iniquity: and let 
them not come into thy righteousness. 

28 Let them he blotted out of the book of 
the living, and not be written with the right- 
eous. 

29 But I am poor and sorrowful : Let thy 
salvation, O God, set ine upon high. 

30 I will praise the name of God with a song, 
and will magnify him with thanksgiving. 

31 This also shall please the Lord better 
than an ox or bullock that hath horns and 
hoofs. 

32 The humble shall see this, and be glad : 
and your heart shall live that seek God. 

33 For the Lord heareth the poor, and de 
spiseth not his prisoners. 

34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the 
se;is, and every thing that movetli therein. 

35 For God will save Zion, and will build 
the cities of Judah: that they may dwell 
there, and have it in possession. 

36 The seed also of his servants shall in- 
herit it : and they that love his name shall 
dwell therein. 

PSALM LXX. 
David soliciteth God to the speedy destruction 

of the wicked, and preservation of the godly. 

•f To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, 

to bring to remembrance. 

fWMAKE haste, O God, to deliver me; 

±fJL make haste to help me, O Lord. 

2 Let them be ashamed and confounded 
that seek after my soul: let them be turned 
backward, and put to confusion, that desire 
my hurt. 

3 Let them be turned luck for a reward of 
their shame that say, Aha, aha! 

4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be 
g:lad in thee : and let such as love thy salva- 
tion say continually, Let God be magnified. 

5 But I am poor and needy: make haste 
unto me, O God : thou art my help and my 
deliverer; O Lord, make no "tarrying. 

PSALM LXXI. 
1 David, in confidence of faith, and experience 
of God's favour, prayeth both for himself, and 
against the enemies of his soul. 14 He pro- 
Viiseth constancy. 17 He prayeth for perseve- 
rance. 19 He praiseth God, and promiseth to 
do it cheerfully. 

IN thee, O Lord, do I put my trust ; let me 
never be put to confusion. 

2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause 
me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, 
and save me. 

3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto 
I may continually resort: thou hast given 
commandment to save me ; for thou art my 
rock and my fortress. 

4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand 
of the wicked, out of the hand of the unright- 
eous and cruel man. 

5 For thou art my hope, O Lord God : thou 
art my trust from my youth. 

6 By thee have I been holden up from the 
womb : thou art he that took me out of my 
mother's bowels: my praise shall be con- 
tinually of thee. 



PSALMS. and promiseth constancy, 

7 I am as a wonder unto many ; but thou art 
my strong refuge. 

8 Let ray mouth be filled with thy praise and 
with thy honour all the day. 

9 Cast me not oft' in the time of old age ; for- 
sake me not when my strength failefh. 

10 For mine enemies speak against me; 
and they that lay wait for my soul take conn 
sel together, 

11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: perse- 
cute and take him ; for there is none to de- 
liver him. 

12 O God, be not far from me : O my God, 
make haste for my help. 

13 Let them be confounded and consumed 
that are adversaries to my soul ; let them be 
covered with reproach and dishonour that 
seek my hurt. 

14 But I will hope continually, and will yet 
praise thee more and more. 

15 My mouth shall shew forth thy right- 
eousness and thy salvation all the day; for I 
know not the numbers thereof. 

16 1 will go in the strength of the Lord God : 
I will make mention of thy righteousness, 
even of thine only. 

17 O God, thou hast taught me from my 
youth : and hitherto have I declared thy 
wondrous works. 

18 Now also when I am old and gray-head- 
ed, O God, forsake me not; until I have 
shewed thy strength unto this generation, 
and thy power to every one that is to come. 

19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very 
high, who hast done great things : O God, 
who is like unto thee 7 

20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and 
sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and 
shalt bring me up again from the depths of 
the earth. 

21 Thou shalt increase my greatness, and 
comfort me on every side. 

221 will also praise thee with the psaltery, 
even thy truth, O my God : unto thee will I 
sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. 

23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing 
unto thee ; and my soul, which thou hast re- 
deemed. 

24 My tongue also shall talk of thy right- 
eousness all the day long : for they are con- 
founded, for they are brought unto shame, 
that seek my hurt. 

* PSALM LXXIT. 
1 David, praying for Solomon, shcweth the good 
ness and glory of his, in type, and in truth of 
Christ's kingdom. ISHeblcsseth God 
U A Psalm for Solomon. 

GIVE the king thy judgments, O God, ai d 
thy righteousness unto the king's son. 

2 He shall judge thy people with righteous- 
ness, and thy poor with judgment. 

3 The mountains shall bring peace ; to the 
people, and the little hills, by righteousness. 

4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he 
shall save the children of the needy, aud shall 
break in pieces the oppressor. 

5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun 
and moon endure, throughoutall generations. 

6 He shall come down like rain upon the 
mown grass : as showers thai water the earth . 

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Glory of Chrises kingdom. 

7 In his days shall the righteous flourish : 
and abundance of peace so long as the moon 
endureth. 

8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, 
and from the river unto the ends of the earth. 

9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall 
bow before him; and his enemies shall lick 
the dust. 

10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles 
shall bring presents : the kings of Sheba and 
Seba shall offer gifts. 

11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him : 
all nations shall serve him. 

12 For he shall deliver the needy when he 
crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no 
helper. 

13 He shall spare the poor and needy, and 
shall save the souls of the needy. 

14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit 
and violence : and precious shall their blood 
be in his sight. 

15 And he shall live, and to him shall be 
given of the gold of Sheba : prayer also shall 
be made for him continually ; and daily shall 
he be praised. 

16 There shall be a handful of corn in the 
earth upon the top of the mountains ; the fruit 
thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and iJtey 
of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. 

17 His name shall endure for ever: his name 
shall be continued as long as the sun : and 
men shall be blessed in him : all nations shall 
call him blessed. 

18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of 
Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. 

19 And blessed be his glorious name for 
ever : and let the whole earth be filled with 
ins glory; Amen, and Amen. 

20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse 
are ended. 

PSALM LXXIII. 

I The prophet, prevailing- in a temptation, 2 
she teeth the occasion thereof, the prosperity of 
the wicked. 13 The wound given thereby, dif- 
fidence. 15 The victory over it, knowledge of 
God"s purpose, in destroying' of the wicked, 
and sustaining the righteous. 

% A Psalm of Asaph. 

TRULY God is good to Israel, even to 
such as are of a clean heart. 

2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone ; 
niy steps had well nigh slipped. 

3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I 
saw the prosperity of the wicked. 

4 For there are no bands in their death : but 
their strength is firm. 

5 They are not in trouble as oilier men ; nei- 
ther are they plagued like other men. 

6 Therefore pride com passe th them about as 
a chain; violence co vereth them ft* a garment. 

7 Their eyes stand out with fatness : they 
have more than heart could wish. 

3 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly 
concerning oppression: they speak loftily. 

9 They set their mouth against the heavens, 
and their tongue walketh through the earth. 

10 Therefore his people return hither: and 
waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. 

11 And they sav, How doth God know? and 
is there knowledge in the Most High 1 



PSALMS. The fearful end of the wicked. 

12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who pros- 
per in the world; they increase in riches. 

13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, 
and washed my hands in innocency. 

14 For all the" day long have I been plagued, 
and chastened every morning. 

15 If [ say, I will speak thus ; behold, I should 
offend against the generation of thy children. 

16 When I thought to know this, it was too 
painful for me; 

17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; 
then understood I their end. 

18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery 
places : thou castedst them down into destruc- 
tion. 

19 How are they brought into desolation, 
as in a moment! they are utterly consumed 
with terrors. 

20 As a dream when one awaketh ; so, O 
LoiU), when thou awakest, thou shalt despise 
their image. 

21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was 
pricked in my reins. 

22 So foolish was I, and ignorant; I was as 
a beast before thee. 

23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee : 
thou hast holden me by my ri^ht hand. 

24 Thou shalt guide "me with thy counsel, 
and afterward receive me to glory. 

25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and 
there is none upon earth that I desire besides 
thee. 

26 My flesh and my heart faileth : but God 
is the strength of my heart, and my portion 
for ever. 

27 For lo, they that are far from thee shall 
perish : thou hast destroyed all them that go 
a whoring from thee. 

28 But it is good for me to draw near to 
God: I have put my trust in the Lord God, 
that I may declare all thy works. 

PSALM LXXIV. 

1 The prophet complaineth of the desolation of 
the sanctuary. ' 10 He moveth God to help in 
consideration of his power, 18 of his reproach- 
ful enemies, of his children, and of his cove- 
nant. 

^[Maschil of Asaph. 

OGOD, why hast thou cast its ofFfor ever? 
why doth thine anger smoke against the 
sheep of thy pasture ? 

2 Remember thy congregation, which thou 
hast purchased of old; the rod of thine in- 
heritance, which thou hast redeemed ; this 
mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 

3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desola- 
tions; even all that the enemy hath done 
wickedly in the sanctuary. 

4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy con- 
gregations; they setup their ensigns/or signs. 

5 A man was famous according as he had 
lifted up axes upon the thick trees. 

6 But now they breakdown the carved work 
thereof at once with axes and hammers. 

7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, 
they have defiled by casting down the dwel- 
ling-place of thy name to the ground. 

8 They said in their heart*, Let us destroy 
them together : they have burned up all the 
synagogues of God in the land. 

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The sanctuary's desolation lamented. PSALMS. 

9 We see not our signs: there is no more 
fMiy prophet: neither is there among us any 
that know eth how long. 

10 O God, how long shall the adversary re- 
proach ? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name 
for ever ? 

11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even 
thy right hand ? pluck it out of thy bosom. 

12 For God is my King of old, working sal- 
vation in the midst of the earth. 

13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength : 
thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the 
waters. 

14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in 
pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the peo- 
ple inhabiting the wilderness. 

15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the 
flood : thou driedst up mighty rivers. 

16 The day is thine, the night also is thine : 
thou hast prepared the light and the sun. 

17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: 
thou hast made summer and winter. 

18 Remember this, that the enemy hath re- 
proached, O Lord, and that the foolish peo- 
ple have blasphemed thy name. 

19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove 
unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not 
the congregation of thy poor for ever. 

20 Have respect unto the covenant : for the 
dark places of the earth are full of the habi- 
tations of cruelty. 

21 let not the oppressed return ashamed : 
let the poor and needy praise thy name. 

22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause : 
remember how the foolish man reproacheth 
thee daily. 

23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies : 
the tumult of those that rise up against thee 
increaseth continually. 

PSALM LXXV. 

1 The prophet praiseth God. 2 He promiscth to 
judge uprightly. 4 He rebuketh the proud by 
consideration of God's providence. 9 Heprais- 
eth Gody and promisetli to execute justice. 

U To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A 
Psalm or Song of Asaph. 

UNTO thee, O God, do we give thanks, 
unto thee do we give thanks : for that thy 
name is near, thy wondrous w r orks declare. 

2 When I shall receive the congregation I 
will judge uprightly. 

3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof 
are dissolved : I bear up the pilktrs of it. 
Selah. 

4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly ; 
and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn : 

5 Lift not up your horn on high : speak not 
with a stiff neck. 

6 For promotion cometh neither from the 
east, nor from the west, nor from the south. 

7 But God is the judge : he putteth down 
one, and setteth up another. 

8 For in the hand of the Lord there is a 
eup, and the wine is red ; it is full of mix- 
ture, and he poureth out of the same : but 
the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the 
earth shall wring them out, and drink them. 

9 But I will declare for ever; I will sing 
praises to the God of Jacob. 

10 All the horns of the wicked also will 1 



God's majesty in {tie church. 
cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall 
be exalted. 

PSALM LXXVI. 
1 J3 declaration of God's majesty in the church. 

11 An exhortation to serve him reverently. 

•fl To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A 

Psalm or Song of Asaph. 

IN Judah is God known : his name is great 
in Israel. 
2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his 
dwelling-place in Zion. 
3 There brake lie the arrows of the bow, the 
shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. 

4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than 
the mountains of prey. 

5 The stout-hearted are spoiled, they have 
slept their sleep: and none of the men of 
might have found their hands. 

6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the 
chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. 

7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared : and 
who may stand in thy sight when once thou 
art angry ? 

8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard 
from heaven ; the earth feared, and was still, 

9 When God arose to judgment, to save all 
the meek of the earth. Selah. 

10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: 
the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. 

11 Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God: 
let all that be round about him bring presents 
unto him that ought to be feared. 

12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he 
is terrible to the kings of the earth. 

PSALM LXXVII. 
1 The psalmist sheweth what fierce combat he 
had with diffidence. 10 The victory which he 
hadby consideration of God's great and gra- 
cious works. 

T[ To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A 
Psalm of Asaph. 

I CRIED unto God with my voice, even 
unto God with my voice ; "and he gave 
ear unto me. 

2 In the day of mv trouble I sought the 
Lord : my sore ran In the night and ceased 
not: my soul refused to be comforted. 

3 I remembered God, and w as troubled : I 
complained, and mv spirit was overwhelmed. 
Selah. 

4 Thou boldest mine eyes waking : I am 
so troubled that I cannot speak. 

5 1 have considered the days of old, the years 
of ancient times. 

6 1 call to remembrance my song in the night : 
I commune with mine own heart: and my 
spirit made diligent search. 

7 Will the Lord cast oft* for ever ? and will 
he be favourable no more ? 

8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth 
his promise fail for evermore ? 

9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath 
he in an^ershut up his tender mercies? Selah. 

10 And I said, This is my infirmity : but I 
will remember the years of the right hand of 
the Most High. 

11 1 will remember the works of the Lord : 
surely I will remember thy wonders of old. 

12 f will meditate also of all thy work, and 
talk of tliv doings. 

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God's wrath against the PSA LMS, 

13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary : 
who is so great a God as our God ! 

14 Thou art the God that doest wonders : 
thou hast declared thy strength among the 
people. 

15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy 
people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 

16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters 
saw thee • they were afraid : the depths also 
were troubled. 

17 The clouds poured out water: the skies 
sent out a sound : thine arrows also went 
abroad. 

13 The voice of thy thunder was in the hea- 
ven : the lightnings lightened the world: tiie 
earth trembled and shook. 

19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in 
the great waters, and thy footsteps are not 
known. 

20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock by 
the hand of Moses and Aaron. 



PSALM LXXVIII. 
l.vfjt exhortation both to learn and to preach the 
law of God. 9 The story of God's xorath 
against the incredulous and disobedient. G7 
The Israelites being rejected, God chose Ju- 
dah, Zion, and David. 

^[ Maschil of Asaph. 

GIVE ear, O my people, to my law : in- 
cline your ears to the words of my mouth. 

2 I will open my mouth in a parable : I will 
utter dark sayings of old: 

3 Which we have heard and known, and 
our fathers have told us. 

4 We will not hide them from their children, 
shewing to the generation to come the 
praises of the Lord, and his strength, and 
Lis wonderful works that he hath done. 

5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, 
and appointed a law in Israel, which he com- 
manded our fathers, that they should make 
diem known to their children : 

6 That the generation to come might know 
them, even the children which should be 
born : who should arise and declare them to 
their children : 

7 That they might set their hope in God, 
and not forget the works of God, but keep 
his commandments : 

8 And micrht not be as their fathers, a stub- 
born and rebellious generation ; ageneration 
that set not their heart aright, and whose 
spirit was not steadfast with God. 

9 The children of Ephrahn, being armed, 
and carrying bows, turned back in the day 
of battle. 

JO They kept not the covenant of God, and 
refused to walk in his law; 

11 And forgat his works, and his wonders 
that he had shewed them. 

12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of 
their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field 
of Zoan. 

*I3He divided the sea, and caused them to 
pass through ; and he made the waters to 
stand as a heap. 

14 In the day-time also he led them with a 
cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. 

15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness, 
and gave Ihemdnnk a? out of the great depths. 



incredulous and disobedient 

16 He brought streams also out of the rock, 
and caused waters to run down like rivers. 

17 And they sinned vet more against him by 
provoking the Most High in the wilderness. 

18 And they tempted God in their heart bv 
asking meat for their lust. 

19 Yea, they spake against God* thevsaid, 
Can God furnish a table in the wilderness ? 

20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the wa- 
ters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; 
can he give bread also ? can he provide flesh' 
for his people? 

21 Therefore the Lord heard this, and was 
wroth : so a fire was kindled against Jacob, 
and anger also came up against Israel ; 

22 Because they believed not in God, and 
trusted not in his salvation : 

23 Though lie had commanded the clouds 
from above, and opened the doors of heaven, 

24 And had rained down manna upon them 
to eat, and had given them of the corn of 
heaven. 

25 Man did eat angels' food : he sent them 
meat to the full. 

26 He caused an east wind to blow in the 
heaven : and by his power he brought in the 
south wind. . 

27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, 
and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: 

28 And he let it fall in the midst of their 
camp, round about their habitations. 

29 So they did eat, and were well filled : for 
he gave them their own desire; 

30 They were not estranged from their lust : 
but while their meat was yet in their mouths, 

31 The wrath of God came upon them, and 
slew the fattest of them, and smote down the 
chosen men of Israel. 

32 For all this they sinned still, and believ- 
ed not for his wondrous works. 

33 Therefore their days did he consume in 
vanity, and their years in trouble. 

34 When he slew them, then they sought 
him : and they returned and inquired early 
after God. 

35 And they remembered that God was their 
Rock, and the high God their Redeemer. 

36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with 
their mouth, and they lied unto him with their 
tongues. 

37 For their heart was not right with him, 
neither were they steadfast in his covenant. 

38 But he, being {\\\\ of compassion, forgave 
their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, 
many a time turned he his anger away, and 
did not stir up all his wrath. 

39 For he remembered that they were but 
flesh ; a wind that passeth away, and comefh 
not again. 

40 How oft did they provoke him in the 
wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 

41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, 
and limited the Holy One of Israel. 

42 They remembered not his hand, nor the 
day when he delivered them from the enemy. 

43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, 
and his wonders in the field of Zoan : 

44 And had turned their rivets into blood: 
and their floods, that they could not drink. 

45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, 

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The Israelites rejected of God. PSALMS. 

which devoured them ; and frogs which de- 
stroyed them. 
46 "He gave also their increase unto the ca- 
terpillar, and their labour unto the locust. 

47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and 
their svcamore-trees with frost. 

48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, 
and their flocks to hot thunder-bolts. 

49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his 
anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, 
by sending evil angels among them. 

oO He made a way to his anger; he spared 
not their soul from death, but gave their life 
over to the pestilence ; 

51 And smote all the first-born in Egypt; 
the chief of tlieir strength in the tabernacles 
of Ham : 

52 But made his own people to go forth like 
sheep, and guided them in the wilderness 
like a flock. 

53 And he led them on safely, so that they 
feared not : but the sea overwhelmed their 
enemies. 

54 And lie brought them to the border of 
his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which 
his right hand had purchased. 

55 He cast out the heathen also before them, 
and divided them an inheritance bv line, and 
made the tribes of Israel to dwell in then- 
tents. 

56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most 
high God, and kept not his testimonies : 

57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully 
like their fathers: they were turned aside 
like a deceitful bow. 

58 For they provoked him to an^er with 
their high places, and moved him to jealousy 
with their graven images. 

59 When God heard this, he was wroth, 
and greatly abhorred Israel : 

60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shi- 
loh, the tent which he placed among men ; 

61 And delivered his strength into captivity, 
and his glory into the enemy's hand. 

62 He gave his people, over also unto the 
sword ; and was wroth with his inheritance. 

63 The fire consumed their young men ; and 
their maidens were not given to marriage. 

64 Their priests fell by the sword; and 
their widows made no lamentation. 

65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of 
sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth 
by reason of wine. 

66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder 
parts : he put them to a perpetual reproach. 

67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of 
Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: 

68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount 
Zion which he loved. 

69 And he built his sanctuary like high pa- 
laces, like the earth which be 'hath establish- 
ed for ever. 

70 He chose David also his servant, and 
took him from the sheepfolds : 

71 From following the ewes great with 
young he brought him to (eed Jacob his 
people, and Israel his inheritance. 

72 So he fed them according to the integ- 
rity of his heart; and guided them by the 
ski '.fulness of his hands. 



The desolation of Jerusalem. 

PSALM LXXIX. 

1 The psalmist complaineth of the desolation of 
Jerusalem. 8 He prayeth for deliverance, 13 
and promiseth thankfulness. 

% A Psalm of Asaph. 



OGOD, the heathen are come into thine 
inheritance; thy holy temple have they 
defiled ; thev have laid Jerusalem on heaps. 

2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they 
given to he meat unto tiie fowls of the hea- 
ven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts ol 
the earth. 

3 Their blood have they shed like watet 
round about Jerusalem; and there was none 
to bury them. 

4 We are become a reproach to our neigh- 
bours, a scorn and derision to them that are 
round about us. 

5 How long, Lord ? wilt thou be angry for 
ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?" 

6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that 
have not known thee, and upon the king- 
doms that have not called upon thy name. 

7 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid 
waste his dwelling-place. 

8 O remember not against us former iniqui- 
ties : let thy tender mercies speedily prevent 
us : for we are brought very low. 

9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the 
glory of thy name : and deliver us, and purge 
away our sins, for thy name's sake. 

10 "Wherefore should the heathen say, 
Where is their God? let him be known 
among the heathen in our sight by the re- 
venging of the blood of thy servants which 
is shed : 

11 Let the sighing of the prisoner 'come be- 
fore thee; according to the greatness of thy 
power preserve thou those that fire appointed 
to die ; 

12 And render unto our neighbours seven- 
fold into their bosom their reproach, where- 
with they have reproached thee, O Lord. 

13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pas- 
ture will give thee thanks for ever : we will 
shew forth thy praise to all generations. 

PSALM LXXX. 
1 The psalmist in his prayer complaineth of the 
miseries of the church. 8 God" s former favours 
are turned into judgments. 14 He prayeth for 
deliverance. 
H To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim- 
edutli, A Psalm of Asaph. 

GIVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou 
that leadest Joseph like a flock ; thou 
that dwellest between the cherubims, shire 
forth. 

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Ma- 
nasseh stir up thy strength, and come and 
save us. 

3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face 
to shine ; and we shall be saved. 

4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou 
be angry against the prayer of thy people? 

oThou feedest them with the bread ot tears; 
ami givest them tears to drink in great mea- 



sure. 
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neigh 
hours : and our enemies laugh among them- 
selves. 

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An exlwrtation to obedience, PSALMS. 

7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause 
thy (ace to shine ; and we shall be saved. 



8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: 
thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it. 

9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst 
cause it to take deep root, and it filled the 
land. 

10 The hills were covered with the shadow 
of it, and the boughs thereof were like the 
goodly cedars. 

11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, 
and her branches unto the river. 

12 Why hast thou tlien broken down her 
hedges, so that all they which pass by the 
way do pluck her? 

13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, 
and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. 

14 Ret m, we beseech thee, O God of hosts : 
look down from heaven, and behold, and visit 
this vine ; 

15 And the vineyard which thy right hand 
hath planted, and the branch thai thou 
inadest strong for thyself. 

16 It is burnt with fire, it is cut down : they 
perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 

17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy 
right hand, upon the son of man whom thou 
niadest strong for thyself. 

18 So will not we go back from thee : 
quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. 

19 Turn \\? again, O Lord God of hosts, 
cause thy face to shine; and we shall be 
saved. 

PSALM LXXXI. 
1 An exhortation to a solemn praising of God. 4 
God challengeth that duty by reason of his be- 
nefits. 8 God, exhorting to obedience, com- 
plaineth of their disobedience, which proveth 
their own hurt. 

U To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A 
Psalm of Asaph. 
< ING aloud unto God our strength : make 



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a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob, 
^ake 



2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the tim- 
brel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 

3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in 
the time appointed, on our solemn feast-day. 

4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law 
of the God of Jacob. 

5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testi- 
mony, when he went out through the land of 
Egypt : where I heard a language tliat I un- 
derstood not. 

6 1 removed his shoulder from the burden : 
his hands were delivered from the pots. . 

7 Thou cnlledst in trouble, and I delivered 
thee; I answered thee in the secret place of 
thunder : I proved thee at the waters of Me- 
ribah. Selah. 

8 Hear, Omy people, and I will testify unto 
thee : O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me ; 

9 There shall no strange god be in thee ; 
neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 

10 I am the Lord thy God which brought 
thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy 
mouth wide, and I will fill it. 

11 But my people would not hearken to my 
"oice; and Israel would none of me. 

12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' 
just : and they walked in their own counsels. 



The negligence of judges reproved. 

13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto 
me, and Israel had walked in my wavs ! 

14 1 should soon have subdued their enemies, 
and turned my hand against their ad versariesl 

15 The haters of the Lord should have sub- 
mitted themselves unto him : but their time 
should have endured for ever. 

16 He should have fed them also with the 
finest of the wheat: and with honev out of 
the rock should I have satisfied thee*. 

PSALM LXXXII. 
1 The psalmist, having exhorted the judges, 5 
and reproved their negligence, Sprayeth God 
to judge. 

5T A Psalm of Asaph. 

GOD standeth in the congregation of the 
mighty; he judgeth among the gods. 

2 Ho av long will ye judge unjustly, and ac- 
cept the persons of the wicked? Selah. 

3 Defend the poor and fatherless : do jus- 
tice to the afflicted and needy. 

4 Deliver the poor and needy : nd them out 
of the hand of the wicked. 

5 They know not, neither will they under- 
stand: they walk on in darkness: all the 
foundations of the earth are out of course. 

6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you 
are children of the Most High. 

7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like 
one of the princes. 

8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou 
shalt inherit all nations. 

PSALM LXXXIII. 
1 A complaint to God of the enemies' conspira- 
cies. 9 A prayer against them that oppress 
the church. 

If A Song or Psalm of Asaph. 

KEEP not thou silence, O God : hold not 
thy peace, and be not still, O God. 

2 For lo, thine enemies make a tumult ; and . 
they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 

3 They have taken crafty counsel against 
thy people, and consulted against thy hidden 
ones. 

4 They have said, Come, and let us cut 
them off from being a nation ; that the name 
of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 

5 For they have consulted together with one 
consent : they are confederate against thee : 

6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ish- 
maelites ; of Moab, and the Ha^arenes ; 

7 Gebal, and Amnion, and Amalek ; the 
Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre ; 

8 Assur also is joined with them : they have 
holpen the children of Lot. Selah. 

9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as 
to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison : 

10 Which perished at En-dor : they became 
as dung for the earth. 

11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like 
Zeeb : yea, all their princes as Zebali, and 
as Zalmunna : 

12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the 
houses of God in possession. 

13 Omy God, make them like a wheel ; as 
the stubble before the wind. 

14 As the fire burnetii a wood, and as the 
flame setteth the mountains on fire ; 

15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and 
make them afraid with thy storm. 

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Blessedness of God's service. PSALMS. 

1G Fill their faces with shame ; that they may 
seek thy name, O Lord. 

17 Let them be confounded and troubled 
for ever ; yea, let them be put to shame, and 
perish : 

18 That men may know that thou, whose 
name alone is JEHOVAH, art the Most 
High over all the earth. 

PSALM LXXXIV. 
1 The prophet longing for the communion of the 
sanctuary^ 4s/iewcth how blessed they are 
that dwell therein. SHeprayeth to berestored 
unto it. 
fxo the chief Musician upon Gittith, A 
Psalm for the sons of Korah. 

HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O 
Lord of hosts! 

2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for 
the courts of the Lord : my heart and my 
flesii crieth out for the living God. 

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and 
the swallow a nest for Iverself, where she 
may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord 
of hosts, my King, and my God. 

4 Blessed'are they that dwell in thy house : 
they will be still praising thee, Selah. 

5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in 
thee; in whose heart are the ways of them, 

(') Who passing through the valley of Baca 



make it a well ; the rain also fillcth" the pools. 

7 They go from strength to strength, every 
one of them in Zion appeareth before God. 

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : 
give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. 

* 9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon 
the face of thine anointed. 

10 For a day in thy courts is better than a 
thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in 
the hegse of my God, than to dwell in the 
tents of wickedness. 

11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: 
the Lord will give grace and glory ; no good 
thing,\v\\\ he withhold from them that walk 
uprightly. 

1*2 Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that 
trusteth in thee. 

PSALM LXXXV. 
1 The psalmist, out of the experience of former 
mercies, prayeth for the continuance thereof. 
SHepromiseth to wait thereon, out of confi- 
dence of God's goodness. 
-tf To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the 
sons of Korah. 

LORD, thou hast been favourable unto 
thy land: thou hast brought back the 
captivity of Jacob. 

2 Thou hast forgiven tfie iniquity of thy peo- 
ple, thou hast covered ail their sin. Selah. 

3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath : thou 
hast turned thyself from the "fierceness of 
thine anger. 

4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause 
thine anger toward us to cease. 

5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever ? wilt 
thou draw out thine anger to all generations ? 

6 Wilt thou not revive us again : that Un- 
people may rejoice in thee ? 

7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant 
us thy salvation. 

8 1 will hear what God the Lord will speak : 
for he will speak peace unto his people, and 
13 T 



The goodness and power of God. 
to his saints : but let them B0< turn again to 
folly. 

9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear 
him : that glory may dwell in our land. 

10 Mercy and truth are met together ; right- 
eousness and peace have kissed each other. 

11 Truth shall spring out of the earth ; and 
righteousness shall look down from heaven. 

12 Yea, the Lord shall give that which is 
good ; and our land shall yield her increase. 

13 Righteousness shall go before him ; and 
shall set us in the way of his steps. 

PSALM LXXXVI. 



I David strengthened his prayer by the con- 
science of his religion, 5 by the goodness and 
power of God. 11 He desireth the continuance 
of former grace. 14 Complaining of the proud 
he craveth some token of God's goodness. 

% A Prayer of David. 

BOW down thine ear, OLord, hear me : 
for I am poor and needy. 

2 Preserve my soul ; for I am holy: Othou 
my God, save thy servant that trusteth in 
thee. 

3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord : for I ciy 
unto thee daily. 

4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto 
thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 

5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to 
forgive ; and plenteous in mercy unto all them 
that call upon thee. 

6 Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer; and 
attend to the voice of my supplications. 

7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon 
thee : for thou wilt answer me. 

8 Among the gods there is none like unto 
thee, O Lord ; neither are there any works 
like unto thy works. 

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall 
come and worship before thee, O Lord ; and 
shall glorify thy name. 

10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous 
things : thou art God alone. 

11 Teach me thy way, O Lord ; I will walk 
in thy truth : unite my heart to fear thy name. 

12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with 
all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for 
evermore. < 

13 For great is thy mercy toward me : and 
thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest 
hell. 

14 O God, the proud are risen against me, 
and the assemblies of violent men have sought 
after my soul ; and have not set thee before 
them. 

15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of 
compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, and 
plenteous in mercy and truth. 

16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon 
me ; give thy strength unto thy servant, and 
save the son of thy handmaid. 

17 Shew me a token for good; that they 
which hate me may see it, and be ashamed : 
because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and 
comforted me. . 

PSALM LXXXVII. 
1 The nature and glory of the church. 4 The in- 
crease, honour, and comfort of the members 
thereof 

II A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah, 

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The glory of the church. 

HIS foundation is in the holy mountains. 
2 The Lord loveth the gates of Zion 
more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 

3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city 
of God. Selah. 

4 I will make mention of Rahab and Baby- 
lon to them that know me : behold Philistia, 
and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born 
there. 

5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that 
man was born in her: and the Highest him- 
self shall establish her. 

6 The Lord shall count, when he writeth 
up the people, that this man was born there. 
Selah. 

7 As well the singers as the players on in- 
struments shall be there : all my springs are 
in thee. 

PSALM LXXXVIII. 

Jl prayer containing a grievous complaint. 

% A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to 

die chief Musician upon Mahalath Lean- 

notli, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. 

OLORD God of my salvation, I have 
cried day and night before thee : 

2 Let my prayer come before thee : incline 
thine ear unto my cry ; 

3 For my soul is full of troubles : and my 
life draweth nigh unto the grave. 

4 I am counted with them that go down into 
the pit : I am as a man that liath no strength : 

5 Free among the dead, like the slain that 
lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no 
more : and they are cut off from thy hand. 

6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in 
darkness, in the deeps. 

7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou 
hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. 

8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance 
far from me ; thou hast made me an abomi- 
nation unto them : / am shut up, and I can- 
not come forth. 

9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction : 
Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have 
stretched out my hands unto thee. 

10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead ? 
shall the dead arise and praise thee ? Selah. 

11 Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in 
the grave 1 or thy faithfulness in destruction 1 

12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark ? 
and thy righteousness in the land of forget- 
ful ness? 

13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord ; and 
in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 

14 Lord, why castest thou off my soul? 
why hidest thou thy face from me ? 

15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my 
youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am 
distracted. 

16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy 
terrors have cut me off. 

J 1 7 They came round about me daily like 
water; they compassed me about together. 
18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from 
me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. 

PSALM LXXXIX. 

1 The psalmist praiseth Ood for his covenant, 

5 for his wonderful power, 15 for the care of 

his church, 19 for his favour to the kingdom 

of David. 38 Then complaining of contrary 



PSALMS. Tfiankf ulness for God's mercies, 

events, iQhe expostulated, prayeth, andbless- 
eth God. 

^[ Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite, 

I WILL sing of the mercies of the Lord 
for ever: with my mouth will I make 
known thy faithfulness to all generations. 

2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up 
for ever : thy faithfulness shalt thou establish 
in the very heavens. 

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, 
I have sworn unto David my servant, 

4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and 
buiUPup thy throne to all generations. Selah. 

5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, 
O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the con- 
gregation of the saints. 

6 For who in the heaven can be compared 
unto the Lord ? who among the sons of the 
mighty can be likened unto the Lord ? 

7 God is greatly to be feared in the assem- 
bly of the saints," and to be had in reverence 
of all them that are about him. 

8 O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong 
Lord like unto thee ? or to thy faithfulness 
round about thee ? 

9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when 
the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. 

10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as 
one that is siai-n ; thou hast scattered thine 
enemies with thy strong arm. 

11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is 
thine: as for the world, and the fulness 
thereof, thou hast founded them. 

12 The north and the south thou hast crea- 
ted them : Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice 
in thy name. 

13 Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy 
hand, and high is thy right hand. 

14 Justice and judgment are the habitation 
of thy throne : mercy and truth shall go be- 
fore thy face. 

1 15 Blessed is the people that know the 
joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in 
the light of thy countenance. 

16 In thy name shall they rejoice ail the 
day : and in thy righteousness shall they be 
exalted. 

17 For thou art the glory of their strength ; 
and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. 

18 For the Lord is our defence ; and the 
Holy One of Israel is our King. 

19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy HoJv 
One, and saidst, I have laid help upon one 
that is. mighty; I have exalted one chosen 
out of the people. 

20 I have found David my servant; with 
my holy oil have I anointed him : 

21 With whom my hand shall be establish- 
ed : mine arm also shall strengthen him. 

22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; 
nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 

23 And I will beat down his foes before his 
fane, and plague them that hate him. 

24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall 
be with him: and in my name shall his horn 
be exalted. 

25 I will set his hand also in the sea, and 
his riffht hand in the rivers. 

26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Fa- 
ther, my God, and the Rock of my salvation* * 

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David 1 s complaint and prayer. PSALMS 

27 Also I will make him my first-born, high- 
er than the kin^s of the earth. 

28 My mercy will I kee p for him for evermore, 
and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 

29 His seed also will I make to endure for 
ever, and his throne as the days of heaven- 

30 If his children forsake my law, and walk 
not in my judgments; 

31 If they break my statutes, and keep not 
my commandments; 

32 Then will I visit their transgression with 
the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 

33 Nevertheless, my loving-kindness will I 
not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faith- 
fulness to fail. 

34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter 
the thing that is gone out of my lips. 

35 Once have I sworn by my holiness that 
I will not lie unto David. 

36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his 
throne as the sun before me. 

37 It shall be established for over as the 
moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. 
Selah. 

38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou 
hast been wroth with thine anointed. 

39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy 
servant: thou hast profaned his crown by 
casting it to the ground. 

40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges ; 
thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. 

41 All that pass by the way spoil him : he is 
a reproach to his neighbours. 

42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his 
adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies 
to rejoice. 

43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his 
sword, and hast not made him to stand in the 
battle. 

44 Thou hast made his glory to cease, and 
cast his throne down to the ground. 

45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened : 
thou hast covered him w T ith shame. Selah. 

46 How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself? 
for ever ? shall thy wrath burn like fire ? 

47 Remember how short my time is : where- 
fore hast thou made all men in vain ? 

48 What man is he that liveth, "and shall 
not see death ? shall he deliver his soul from 
the hand of the grave? Selah. 

49 Lord, where are thy former loving- 
kindnesses, which thou swarest unto David 
in thy truth ? 

50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy 
servants ; how I do bear in my bosom the re- 
proach of all the mighty people; 

51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproach- 
ed. O Lord; wherewith they have reproach- 
ed the footsteps of thine anointed. 

52 Blessed he the Lord for evermore. 
Amen, and Amen. 

PSALM XC. 
1 Moses, setting forth God's providence, 3com- 
plaineth of human fragility, 7 divine chas- 
tisements, 10 and brevity of life. WHepray- 
eth for the knowledge and sensible experience 
of God's good providence. 
% A Prayer of Moses the man of God. 
ORD, thou hast beef! our dwelling-place 
in all generations. 



The frailty of human life. 

2 Before the mountains were brought forth, 
or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the 
world, even from everlasting to everlasting, 
thou art God. 

3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and 
sayest, Return, ye children of men. 

4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but 
as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch 
in the night. 

5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood 
they are as a sleep; in the morning they are 
like grass which groweth up. 

6 In the morning it flourished!, and groweth 
up; in the evening it is cut down, and with- 
ered). 

7 For we are consumed by thine anger, and 
by thy wrath are we troubled. 

8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, 
our secret swindle light of dry countenance. 

9 For all our days are passed away in diy 
wrath: we spend our years, as a tale that is 
told. 

10 The days of our years are threescore 
years and ten ; and if by reason of strength 
they be fourscore years, yet is their strength 
labour and sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and 
we fly away. 

11 Who knoweth die power of diine anger ? 
even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 

12 So teach us to number our days, that we 
may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 

13" Return, O Lord, how long ? and let it 
repent thee concerning thy servants. 

14 O satisfy us early widi thy mercy ; that 
we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 

15 Make us glad according to the days where- 
in thou hast afflicted us, and d)e years where- 
in we have seen evil. 

16 Let thy work appear unto d)y servants, 
and thy glory unto their children. 

17 And let the beauty of the LojtD our God 
be upon us : and establish thou the work of 
our hands upon us ; yea, the work of our 
hands establish thou it. 

PSALM XCI. 
1 The state of the godly. 3 Their safety. 9 Their 
habitation. 11 Their servants. 14 Their friend; 
with the effects of them all. 

HE that dwelleth in the secret place of 
the Most High shall abide under the 
shadow of the Almighty. 
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge 
and my fortress : my God ; in him will I trust. 
3 -Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare 
of the fowler, arcd from the noisome pestilence. 

4 He shall cover thee with his feathers,,and 
under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth 
shall be thy shield and buckler. 

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by 
night ; nor for the arrow that fliedi by day ; 

6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in 
darkness ; ??arfor the destruction $«2 wasted) 
at noon-aay. 

7 A diousand shall fall at thy side, and ten 
thousand at thy right hand; "but it shall not 
come nigh thee. 

8 Only with diine eyes shalt thou behold 
and see the reward of dw* wicked. 

9 Because thoti hast made the Lord which is 
my refuge, even the f&s* High, the habitation, 

io5 



An exlwiation to praise God. 

10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither 
shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 

11 For he shall give his angels charge over 
thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, 
lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder : 
the young lion and the dragon shalt thou 
trample under feet. 

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, 
therefore will I deliver him: I will set him 
on high, because he hath known my name. 

15 He shall call upon me, and 1 will an- 
swer him : I will be with him in trouble ; I 
will deliver him, and honour him. 

16 With long life will I satisfy him, and 
shew him my salvation. 

psalm xcn. 

1 The prophet exhorteth to praise God, 4 for his 
great works •, 6 for his judgments on the trick- 
ed, 10 and for his goodness to the godly. 
% A Psalm or Song for the sabbath-day. 

/T is a good thing to give tlianks unto the 
Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, 
O Most High. 

2 To shew forth thy loving-kindness in the 
morning, and thy faithfulness every night, 

3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and 
upon the psaltery ; upon the harp with a so- 
lemn sound. 

4 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad 
through thy work: I will triumph in the 
works of thy hands. 

5 O Lord, how great are thy works ! and 
thy thoughts are very deep. 

6 A brutish man knowethnot; neither doth 
a fool understand this. 

7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and 
when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; 
it is that they shall be destroyed for ever : 

8 But thou, Lord, art most high for ever- 
more. 

9 For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, for lo, 
thine enemies shall perish ; all the workers 
of iniquity shall be scattered. 

10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the 
horn of a unicorn : I shall be anointed with 
fresh oil. 

11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on 
mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my 
desire of the wicked that rise up against me. 

12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm- 
tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 

13 Those that be planted in the house of the 
Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. 

14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old 
age ; they shall be fat and flourishing ; 

15 To shew that the Lord is upright : he is 
my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in 
him. 

PSALM XCIII. 

The majesty, power, and holiness of Christ's 

kingdom. 

THE Lord reigneth, he is clothed with 
majesty; the Lord is clothed with 
strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: 
the world also is established, that it cannot 
be moved. 

2 Thy throne is established of old : thou art 
from everlasting. 



PSALMS. The blessedness of affliction* 

3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the 
floods have lifted up their voice; the floods 
lift up their waves. 

4 The Lord on high is mightier than the 
noise of many waters, yea, tfian the mighty 
waves of the sea. 

5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness 
becometh thy house, O Lord, for ever. 

PSALM XCIV. 
1 The prophet, calling for justice, cvmplaineth 
of tyranny and impiety. 8 He teacheth God's 
providence. 12 He sheweth the blessedness of 
affliction. 16 Ood is the defender of the af- 
flicted. 

OLORD God, to whom vengeance he- 
longeth; O God, to whom vengeance 
belongeth, shew thyself. 

2 Liit up thyself, thou Judge of the earth : 
render a reward to the proud. 

3 Lord, how long shall the wicked, liow 
long shall the wicked triumph ? 

4 How fang- shall they utter and speak hard 
things ? and all the workers of iniquity boast 
themselves ? 

5 They break in pieces thy people, O Lord, 
and afflict thy heritage. 

6 They slay the widow and the stranger, 
and murder the fatherless. 

7 Yet they say, The Lord shall not see, 
neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. 

8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: 
and ye fools, when will ye be wise ? 

9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear ? 
he that formed the eye, shall he not see ? 

10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not 
he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, 
shall not he know? 

11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, 
that they are vanity. 

12 Blessed is the man whom thou chasten- 
est, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law; 

13 That thou mayest give him rest from the 
days of adversity, until the pit be digged for 
the wicked. 

14 For the Lord will not cast off his people, 
neither will he forsake his inheritance. 

15 But judgment shall return unto righteous- 
ness : and all the upright in heart shall fol- 
low it. 

16 Who will rise up for me against the evil- 
doers? or who will stand up for me against 
the workers of iniquity ? 

17 Unless the Lord had been my help, my 
soul had almost dwelt in silence. • 

18 When I said, My foot slippeth ; thv mer- 
cy, O Lord, held me up. 

19 In the multitude of my thoughts within 
me thy comforts delight my souh 

20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellow- 
ship with thee, which frameth mischief by a 
law? , 

21 They gather themselves together against 
the soul of the righteous, and condemn the 
innocent blood. 

22 But the Lord is my defence; and my 
God is the rock of my refuge. 

23 And he shall bring upon them their own 
iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own 
wickedness ; yea, the Lord our God shall cut 
them off. 

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The greatness and goodness of God. PSALMS. 
PSALM XCV. 



Mn exhortation to praise God, 3 for las great- 
ness, 6 and for his goodness; 8 and not to 
tempt him. 

OCOME, let us sing unto the Lord: let 
us make a joyful noise to the Rock of 
our salvation. 

2 Let us come before his presence with 
thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto 
him with psalms. 

3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great 
King above all gods. 

4 In his hand are the deep places of the 
earth: the strength of the hills is his also. 

5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his 
hands formed the dry laud. 

6 O come, let us worship and bow down : 
let us kneel before the Lord our maker. 

7 For he is our God; and we are the people 
of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 
To-day if ye wili hear his voice, 

8 Harden not your heart, as in the provo- 
cation, and as in the day of temptation in the 
wilderness : 

9 When your fathers tempted me, proved 
me, and saw my work. 

1 Forty years long was I grieved with 111 is 
generation, and said, It is a people that do 
err in their heart, and they have not known 
my ways : 

11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath, that 
they should not enter into my rest. 

PSALM XCVI. 
I An exhortation to praise God, 4 for his great 
jiess, 8for his kingdom, 13 for his general 
judgment. 

OSING unto the Lord a new song: sing 
unto the Lord, all the earth. 

2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name ; shew 
forth his salvation from day to day. 

3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his 
wonders among all people. 

4 For Idie Lord is great, and greatly to be 
praised: he is to be feared above ail gods. 

5 For all the gods of the nations are idols : 
but the Lord made the heavens. 

6 Honour and - majesty are before him ; 
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 

7 Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of 
the people, give unto the Lord glory and 
strength. 

8 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto 
his name: bring an offering, and come into 
his courts. 

9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of iioJi- 
. ness : fear before him, all the earth." 

10 Say among the heathen that the Lord 
reigneth: the world also shall be established 
that it shall not be moved: he shall judge 
the people righteously. 

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth 
be glad ; let the sea roar, and the fulness 
thereof. 

12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is 
therein : then shall all the trees of the wood 
rejoice 

13 Before the Lord ; for ke cometh, for he 
oometh to judge the earth : he shall judge 
J he world with righteousness, and the people 
with his truth. 



The majesty of his kingdom. 

PSALM XCVII. 

1 The majesty of God's kingdom. 7 The church 
rejoiceth at God' s judgments upon idolaters. 
IQJin exhortation to godliness and gladness. 

fj^HE Lord reigneth; let the earth re- 
JL joice ; let the multitude of isles be glad 
thereof. 

2 Clouds and darkness are round about 
him : righteousness and judgment are the 
habitation of his throne. 

3 A fire goeth before him, and burnetii up 
his enemies round about. 

4 His lightnings enlightened the world; the 
earth saw, and trembled. 

5 The hills melted like wax at the presence 
of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of 
the whole earth. 

6 The heavens declare his righteousness, 
and rttl the people see his glory. 

7 Confounded be all they that serve graven 
images, that boast themselves of idols ; wor- 
ship him, all ye gods. 

8 Zion heard, and was glad ; and the daugh- 
ters of Jiidah rejoiced because of thy judg- 
ments, O Lord. 

9 For thou, Lord, art high above all the 
earth : thou art exalted far above all gods. 

10 Ye that love the Lord, hate evil : he 
preserveth the souls of his saints; he deliv- 
ereth them out of the hand of the wicked. 

11 Light is sown for the righteous, and glad- 
ness for the upright in heart. 

12 Rejoice in the LoRD,ye righteous; and give 
thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. 

PSALM XCVI1I. 
1 The psalmist exhorteth the Jews, 4 the Gen- 
tiles, 7 and all the creatures to praise God. 
«f[ A Psalm. 

OSING unto the Lord a new song: for 
he hath done marvellous tilings: his 
right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him 
the victory. 

2 The Lord hath made known his salva- 
tion : his righteousness hath he openly shew- 
ed in the sight of the heathen. 

3 He hath remembered his mercy and his 
truth toward the house of Israel : all the ends 
of the earth have seen the salvation of our 
God. 

4 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all 
the earth : make a loud noise, and rejoice, 
and sing praise. 

5 Sing unto the Lord with the harp ; with 
the harp, and the voice of a psalm. 

6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make 
a joyful noise before the Lord, the King. 

7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; 
the world, and they that dwell therein. 

8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the 
hills be joyful together 

9 Before the Lord ; for he cometh to judge 
the earth : with righteousness shall he judge 
the world, and the people with equity. 

PSALM XCIX. 
1 The prophet, setting forth the kingdom of God 
in Zion, 5 exhorteth all, by the example of 
forefathers, to worship God at his holy hill. 

THE Lord reigneth ; let the people trem- 
ble : he sitteth between the cherubims- 
let the earth be moved. 
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David's tow and profession, 

2 The Lord is great in Zion; and he is 
high above all people. 

3 Let them praise thy great and terrible 
name ; for it is holy. 

4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; 
thou dost establish equity, thou executest 
judgment and righteousness in Jacob. 

5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship 
at his footstool ; foi' he is holy. 

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and 
Samuel among them that call upon his name ; 
they called upon the Lord, and he answer- 
ed them. 

7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar : 
they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance 
that he gave them. 

8 Thou an sweredst them, O Lord our God; 
thou wast a God that forgavest them, though 
thoutookest vengeance of their inventions. 

9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at 
his holy hill; for the Lord our God is lioiy. 

PSALM C. 

I An exhortation to praise God cheerfully, 3 

for his greatness, 4 and for his power. 

% A Psalm of praise. 

MAKE a joyful noise unto the Lord, all 
ye lands. 

2 Serve the Lord with gladness : come be- 
fore his presence with singing. 

3 Know ye that the Lord he is God : it is 
he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; 
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 

4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, 
and into his courts with praise : be thanfdul 
unto him, and bless his name. 

5 For the Lord is good ; his mercy is ever- 
lasting; and his truth endureth to all genera- 
tions. 

PSALM CI. 
David maketh a vow and profession of godli- 
ness. 
% A Psalm of David. 

I WILL sing of mercy and judgment : unto 
thee, O Lord, will I sing. 

2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect 
way. O when wilt thou come unto me ? I 
will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 

3 I will set no wicked thing before mine 
eyes: I hate the work of them that turn 
aside; it shall not cleave to me. 

4 A froward heart shall depart from me : I 
will not know a wicked person. 

5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, 
him will I cut off: him that hath a high look 
and a proud heart will not I suffer. 

6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the 
land, that they may dwell with me : he that 
walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 

7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell 
within my house : he that telleth lies shall 
not tarry in my sight. 

8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the 
land; that I may cutoff all wicked doers from 
the city of the Lord. 

PSALM CII. 

1 The prophet in his prayer maketh a grievous 
complaint. 12 He taketh comfort in the eterni- 
ty and mercy of God. 18 The mercies of God 
are to be recorded. 23 He sustaineth his weak- 
ness by the unchangeableness of God. 

If A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is over- 



PS ALMS. The prayer of the afflicted. 

whelmed, and poureth out his complaint 
before the Lord. 

HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and let my 
cry come unto thee. 

2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when 
I am in trouble ; incline thine ear unto me : 
in the day when I call, answer me speedily. 

3 For mydaysare consumedlike smoke, and 
my bones are burned as a hearth. 

4 My heart is smitten, and withered like 
grass ; so that I forget to eat my bread. 

5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my 
bones cleave to my skin. 

6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness : I 
am like an owl of the desert. 

7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon 
the house-top. 

8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; 
and they that are mad against me are sworn 
against me. 

9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and 
mingled my drink with weeping, 

10 Because of thine indignation and thy 
wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast 
me down. 

11 My days are like a shadow thatdeclineth ; 
and I am withered like grass. 

12But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever; 
and thy remembrance unto all generations. 

13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon 
Zion : for the time to favour her, yea, the 
set time, is come. 

14 For thy servants take pleasure in her 
stones, and favour the dust thereof. 

15 So the heathen shall fear the name of 
the Lord : and all the kings of the earth thy 
glory. 

16 When the Lord shall build up Zion, he 
shall appear in his glory. 

17 He will regard the prayer of the desti- 
tute, and not despise their prayer. 

18 This shall be written for the generation 
to come : and the people which shall be cre- 
ated shall praise the Lord. 

19 For he hath looked down from the height 
of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord 
behold the earth ; 

20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to 
loose those that are appointed to death ; 

21 To declare the name of the Lord in Zion, 
and his praise in Jerusalem; 

22 When the people are gathered together, 
and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord. 

23 He weakened my strength in the way ; 
he shortened my days. 

24 I said, O my God, take me not away in 
the midst of my days : thy years are through- 
out all generations. 

25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of 
the earth : and the heavens are the work of 
thy hands. 

26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure : 
yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; 
as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they 
shall be changed : 

27 But thou art the same, and thy years 
shall have no end. 

28 The children of thy servants shall con- 
tinue, and their seed shall be established be- 
fore thee. 

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God to be praised for his mercy. 
PSALM cm. 

1 An exhortation to bless God for his mercy t 15 

and for the constancy thereof. 

^f A Psalm of David. 

BLESS the Lord, O my soul : and all that 
is within me, bless his holy name. 

2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not 
all his benefits: 

3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who 
healeth all thy diseases; 

4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction : 
who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and 
tender mercies ; 

5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; 
so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. 

6 The Lord executeth righteousness and 
judgment for all that tire Oppressed, 

7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his 
acts unto the children of Israel. 

8 7'he Lord is merciful and gracious, slow 
to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 

9 He will not always chide ; neither will he 
keep his anger for ever. 

10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; 
nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 

11 For as the heaven is high above the 
earth, so great is his mercy toward them that 
fear him. 

12 As far as the east is from the west, so far 
hath he removed our transgressions from us. 

13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so 
the Lord pitieth them that fear him. 

14 For heknoweth our frame ; he remem- 
bereth that we are dust. 

15 As for man, his days are as grass : as a 
flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 

16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is 
gone; and the place thereof shall know it no 
more. 

17 But the mercy of the Lord is from ever- 
lasting to everlasting upon them that fear 
iiim, and his righteousness unto children's 
children; 

18 To such as keep his covenant, and to 
those that remember his commandments to 
do them. 

19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in 
the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth overall. 

20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that ex- 
cel in strength, that do his commandments, 
hearkening unto the voice of his word. 

21 Bless ye the Lord, all ijc his hosts; ye 
ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 

22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places 
of his dominion : bless the Lord, O my soul. 

PSALM CIV. 
\A meditation upon the mighty power, land 
wonderful providence of God. 31 God" 1 s glory 
is eternal. 33 The prophet voweth perpetually 
to praise God. 

BLESS the Lord, O my soul. O Lord 
my God, thou art very great ; thou art 
clothed with honour and majesty : 

2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a 
garment : who stretchest out the heavens 
like a curtain *• 

3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in 
the waters: who maketh the clouds his cha- 
riot : who walketh upon the wings of the 
wind : 



PSALMS. The power and providence of God. 
4 Who maketh his aigels spirits ; his minis- 



ters a flaming fire : 

5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, 
that'it should not be removed for ever. 

6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with 
a garment : the waters stood above the moun- 
tains. 

7 At thy rebuke they fled ; at the voice of 
thy thunder they hasted away. 

8* They go up by the mountains; they go 
down by the valleys unto the place which 
thou hast founded {or them. 

9 Thou hast seta bound that they may not 
pass over; that they turn not again to cover 
the earth. 

10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, 
which run among the hills. 

11 They give drink to every beast of the 
field: the wild asses quench their tlitrsti 

12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven 
have their habitation, which sing among the 
branches. 

13 He watereth the hills from his cham- 
bers : the earth is satisfied with the fruit of 
thy works. 

14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cat* 
tie, and herb for the service of man : that he 
may bring forth food out of the earth : 

15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of 
man, and oil to make his face to shine, and 
bread which strengthened man's heart. 

16 The trees of the Lord are full of sap ; 
the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; 

17 Where the birds make their nests : as for 
the stork, the fir-trees are her house. 

18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild 
goats; and the rocks for the conies. 

19 He appointeth the moon for seasons: the 
sun knoweth his going down. 

20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night : 
wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep 

forth. 

21 The young lions roar after their prey, 
and seek their meat from God. 

22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves 
together, and lay them down in their dens. 

23 Man goeth forth to his work and to his 
labour until the evening. 

24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! 
in wisdom hast thou made them all : the earth 
is full of thy riches. 

25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein 
are things creeping innumerable, both small 
and great beasts. 

26 There go the ships: there is that levia- 
than, tchom thou hast made to play therein. 

27 These wait all upon thee ; that thou may- 
estgive them their meat in due season. 

28 That thou givest them, they gather : thou 
openest thy hand, they are filled with good. 

29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : 
thou takest away their breath, they die, and 
return to their dust. 

30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are 
created: and thou renewest the face of the 
earth. 

31 The glory of the Lord shall endure for 
ever : the Lord shall rejoice in his works. 

32 He looketh on the earth, and ittrembleth : 
he toucheth the hills, and they smoke, 

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and over the Israelites. 



33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I 
live : I will sing praise unto .my God while I 
have my being. 

34 My meditation of him shall be sweet : I 
will be glad in the Lord. 

'36 Let the sinners be consumed out of the 
earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless 
thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the 
Loud. 

PSALM CV. 
Jin exhortation to praise God, and to seek oitt 
his works. 7 The story of God's providence 
over Abraham, 16 over Joseph, 23 .mer Jacob 
in Egypt, 26 over Moses delivering the Is- 
raelites 37 over the Israelites brought out of 
Egypt, fed in the tcilderness, and planted in 
Canaan. 

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord ; call upon 
his name : make known his deeds 
among the people. 

2 Sing unto lum, sing psalms unto him : talk 
ye of all his wondrous works. 

3 Glory ye in his holy name : iet the heart 
of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 

4 Seek the Lord, and his strength : seek 
his face evermore. 

5 Remember his marvellous works that he 
hath done; his wonders, and the judgments 
of his mouth ; 

6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye chil- 
dren of Jacob his chosen. 

7 He is the Lord our God: his judgments 
are in all the earth. 

8 He hath remembered his covenant for 
ever, the word which he commanded to a 
thousand generations. 

9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, 
and his oath unto Isaac ; 

10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a 
law,ft/w7toIsr?el/oran everlasting covenant: 

11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of 
Canaan, the lot of your inheritance : 

12 When they were but a few men in num- 
ber; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 

13 When they went from one nation to ano- 
ther, from one kingdom to another people; 

14 He suffered no man to do them wrong : 
yea, he reproved kings for their sakes ; 

15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and 
do my prophets no harm. 

16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the 
land : he brake the whole staff of bread. 

17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, 
irho was sold for a servant: 

18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters : he 
was laid in iron : 

19 Until the time that his word came : the 
word of the Lord tried him. 

20 The king sent and loosed him ; even the 
ruler of the people, and let him go free. 

21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler 
of all his substance : 

22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and 
r-ach his senators wisdom. 

23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob 
sojourned in the land of Ham. 

24 And he increased his people greatly; and 
made them stronger than their enemies. 

25 He turned their heart to hate his people, 
to deal subtilely with his servants. 



26 He sent Moses bis servant ; and Aaron 
whom he had chosen. 

27 They shewed his signs among them, and 
wonders in the land of Ham. 

28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and 
they rebelled not against his word. 

29 He turned their waters into blood, and 
slew their fish. 

30 Their land brought forth frogs in abun- 
dance, in the chambers of their kings. 

31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of 
flies, and lice in all their coasts. 

32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming 
fire in their land. 

33 He smote their vines also and their fig- 
trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. 

34 He spake, and the locusts came, and ca- 
terpillars, and that without number, 

35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, 
and devoured the fruit of their ground. 

36 He smote also all the first-born in their 
land, the chief of all their strength. 

37 He brought them forth also with silver 
and gold : and there ivas not one feeble per- 
son among their tribes. 

38 Egypt was glad when they departed : for 
the fear of them fell upon them. 

39 He spread a cloud for a covering ; and 
i\ve to give light m the night. 

40 The people asked, and he brought quails, 
and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 

41 He opened the rock, and the waters gush- 
ed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. 

42 For he remembered his holy promise, and 
Abraham his servant. 

43 And he brought forth his people with joy, 
and his chosen with gladness: 

44 And' gave them the lands of the heathen t 
and they inherited the labour of the people ; 

45 That they mi^ht observe his statutes, and 
keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CVI. 
1 The psalmist exhortetk to praise God. 4 He 
pray eth for p ar don of sin, as Goddid with the 
fathers. 7 The story of the people's rebellion, 
and God's mercy. 47 He concludeth with 
prayer and praise. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. O give thanks 
unto the Lord ; for he is good : for his 
mercy endur eth for ever. 

2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? 
who can shew forth all his praise? 

3 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and 
he that doeth righteousness at a»1 times. 

4 Remember me, O Lord, with the favour 
that thou bear est unto thy people : O visit me 
with thy salvation; 

5 That I may see the good of thy chosen, 
that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy na- 
tion, that I may glory with thine inheritance. 

6 We have sinned with our fathers, we have 
committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. 

7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders 
in Egypt; they remembered not the multi- 
tude of thy mercies ; but provoked him at the 
sea, even at the Red sea. 

8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's 
sake, that he might make his mighty power 
to be known. 

9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was 

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PSALMS. 



David exhorteth to thank God. 



dried up : so he led them through the depths, 
as through the wilderness. 

10 And he saved them from the hand of him 
that hated them, and redeemed them from 
the hand of the enemy. 

11 And the waters covered their enemies: 
there was not one of them left. 

12 Then believed they his words ; they sang 
his praise. 

13 They soon forgat his works, they waited 
not for his counsel : 

14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, 
and tempted God in the desert. 

15 And he gave them their request ; but sent 
leanness into their soul. 

16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and 
Aaron the saint of the Lord. 

17 The earth opened and swallowed upDa- 
than, and covered the company of Abiram. 

18 And a fire was kindled in their compa- 
ny; the flame burned up the wicked. 

19 They made a calf in Horeb, and wor- 
shipped the molten image. 

20 Thus they changed their glory into the 
similitude of an ox that eateth grass. 

21 They forgat God their saviour, wliich 
had done great things in Egypt; 

22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, 
and terrible things by the Red sea. 

23 Therefore he said that he would destroy 
them, had not jt£q?S6S his chosen stood before 
him in the breach, to turn away hk wrath, 
lest he should destroy them. 

24 Yea, they despised *!»« pleasant land, 
they believed not his word : 

25 But murmured in their tents, and heark- 
ened not unto the voice of the Lord. 

26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against 
them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: 

27 To overthrow their seed also among the 
nations, and to scatter them in the lands. 

28 They joined themselves also unto Baal- 
peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. 

29 Thus they provoked him to anger with 
their inventions: and the plague brake in 
upon them. 

30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed 
judgment: and so the plague was stayed. 

31 And that was counted unto him for right- 
eousness unto all generations for evermore. 

32 They angered him also at the waters of 
strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their 
sakes : 

33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that 
lie spake unadvisedly with his lips. 

34 They did not destroy the nations, con- 
cerning whom the Lord commanded them : 

35 But were mingled among the heathen, 
and learned their works. 

36 And they served their idols which were 
a snare unto them. 

37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their 
daughters unto devils, 

38 And shed innoceni-blood, even the blood 
of their sons and of their daughters, whom 
they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan : and 
the land was polluted with blood. 

39 Thus were they defiled with their own 
works, and went a whoring with their own 
inventions. 

T* 



40 Therefore was the wrath of the Lord 
kindled against his people, i isomuch that he 
abhorred his own inheritance. 

41 And he gave them into the hand of the 
heathen; and they that hated them ruled 
over them. 

42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and 
they were brought into subjection under their 
hand. 

43 Many times did he deliver them; but 
they provoked him with their counsel; and 
were brought low for their iniquity. 

44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, 
when he heard their cry : 

45 And he remembered for them his cove- 
nant, and repented according to the multi- 
tude of his mercies. 

46 He made them also to be pitied of all 
those that carried them captives. 

47 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather 
us from among the heathen, to give thanks 
unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy 
praise. 

48 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from 
everlasting to everlasting: and let all the 
people say, Amen. Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CVII. 
1 The psalmist exhorteth the redeemed, in prais- 
ing God, to observe his manifold providence, 
4 over travellers, 10 over captives, 17 over sick 
men, 23 over seamen, 33 and in divers Va- 
rieties of life. 

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is 
_ good : for his mercy endureih for ever. 

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, 
whom he hath redeemed from the hand of 
the enemy; 

3 And gathered them out of the lands, from 
the east, and from the west, from the north, 
and from the south. 

4 They wandered in the wilderness in a so- 
litary way ; they found no city to dwell in. 

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in 
them. 

6 Then- they cried unto the Lord in their 
trouble, and he delivered them out of their 
distresses. 

7 And he led them forth by the right way, 
that they might go to a city of habitation. 

8 Oh that men would praise the Lord for 
his goodness, and for his wonderful works 
to the children of men! 

9 For he satisfieth the longing soul, and fill- 
eth the hungry soul with goodness. 

10 Such as sit in darkness and in the sha- 
dow of death, being' bound in affliction and 
iron ; 

11 Because they rebelled against the w T ords 
of God, and contemned the counsel of the 
Most High : 

12 Therefore he brought down their heart 
with labour ; they fell down, and there was 
none to help. 

13 Then they cried unto the Lord in their 
trouble, and he saved them out of their dis- 
tresses. 

14 He brought them out of darkness and 
the shadow of death, and brake their bands 
in sunder. 

15 Oh that men would praise the Lord /or 

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GooVs manifold providence, 

his goodness, and for his wonderful works 

to the children of men ! 

16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, 
and cut the bars of iron in sunder. 

17 Fools, because of their transgression, and 
because of their iniquities are afflicted. 

18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; 
and they draw near to the gates of death. 

19 Then they cry unto the Lord in then- 
trouble, and he saveth them out of their dis- 
tresses. 

20 He sent his word, and healed them, and 
delivered them from their destructions. 

21 Oh that men would praise the Lord /or 
his goodness, and/or his wonderful works to 
the children of men ! 

22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of 
thanksgiving, and declare his works with re- 
joicing. 

* 23 Tliey that go down to the sea in ships, 
that do business in great waters ; 

24 These see the works of die Lord, and 
his wonders in the deep. 

25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the 
stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves 
thereof. 

26 They mount up to the heaven, they go 
down again to the depths : their soul is melt- 
ed because of trouble. 

27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a 
drunken man, and are at their wit's end. 

28 Then they cry unto the Lord in their 
trouble, and he bringeth them out of their 
.distresses. 

29 He maketh the storm a calm, so that the 
waves thereof are still. 

30 Then are they glad because they be 
quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired 
haven. 

31 Oh that men would praise the Lord for 
his goodness, and for his wonderful works to 
the children of men ! 

32 Let them exalt him also in the congrega- 
tion of the people, and praise him in the as- 
sembly of the elders. 

33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and 
the water-springs into dry ground ; 

34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the 
wickedness of them that dwell therein. 

35 He turneth the wilderness into a stand- 
ing water, and dry ground into water-springs. 

36 And there he maketh the hungry to 
dwell, that they may prepare a city for ha- 
bitation ; 

37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, 
which may yield fruits of increase. 

38 He blesseth them also, so that they are 
multiplied gready; and suffereth not their 
cattle to decrease. 

39 Again, they are diminished and brought 
low through oppression, affliction, and sor- 
row. 

40 He poureth contempt upon princes, and 
causeth them to wander in the" wilderness, 
where there is no way. 

41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from af- 
fliction, and maketh him families like a flock. 

42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice : 
and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. 

43 Whoso is wise* and will observe these 



PSALMS. David's confidence in God. 

things, even they shall understand the lov- 
ing-kindness of the Lord. 

PSALM CVIII. 

1 David encourageth himself to praise God. 5 

He praycth for God's assistance according to 

his promise. 11 His confidence in God's help. 

U A Song or Psalm of David. 

OGOD, my heart is fixed ; I will sing and 
give praise, even with my glory. 

2 Awake, psaltery and harp : I myself will 
awake early. 

3 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the 
people: and I will sing praises unto thee 
among the nations. 

4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens : 
and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. 

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the hea- 
vens : and thy glory above all the earth ; 

6 That thy beloved may be delivered : save 
icith thy right hand, and answer me. 

7 God hath spoken in his holiness ; I will 
rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out 
the valley of Succoth. 

8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine* 
Ephraim also is the strength of my liead ; 
Judah is my lawgiver ; 

9 Moab is my washpotj over Edom will I 
cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. 

10 Who will bring me into the strong city ? 
who will lead me into Edom ? 

11 Wilt not thou, O God. who hast cast 113 
off? and wilt nottiiou, O God, go forth with 
our hosts 1 

12 Give us help from trouble : for vain is 
the help of man. 

13 Through God we shall do valiantly : for 
he it is that shall tread down our enemies. 

PSALM CIX. 

I David, complaining of his slanderous enemies, 
under the person of Judas devoteth them. 16 
He shewcth their sin. 21 Complaining of his 
ownmisery, he pray eth for help. 30 He promi- 
seth thankfulness. 

H To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

HOLD not thy peace, O God of my praise ; 
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the 
mouth of the deceitful are opened against 
me: they have spoken against me with a 
lying tongue. 

3 They compassed me about also with words 
of hatred.; and fought against me without a 
cause. 

4 For my love they are my adversaries : but 
I give myself unto prayer. 

5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, 
and hatred for my love. 

6 Set thou a wicked man over him : and let 
Satan stand at his right hand. 

7 When he shall be judged, let him be con- 
demned : and let his prayer become sin. 

8 Let his days be few; and let another take 
his office. 

9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife 
a widow. 

10 Let his children be continually vaga- 
bonds, and beg : let them seek their bread 
also out of their desolate places. 

II Let the extortioner catch all that he hath : 
and let the stranger spoil his labour. 

12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto 
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His complaint and prayer for help. PSALMS 
him: neither let there be any to favour his 
fatherless children. 

13 Let his posterity be cut off ; and in the 
generation following let their name be blot- 
ted out. 

14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remem- 
bered with the Lord ; and let not the sin of 
his mother be blotted out. 

15 Let them be before the Lord continual- 
ly, that he may cut off the memory of them 
from the earth. 

16 Because that he remembered not to shew 
mercy, but persecuted the poor a<id needy 
man, that he might even slay the broken in 
heart. 

17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto 
him : as he delighted not in blessing, so let it 
be far from him. 

18 As he clothed himself with cursing like 
as with his garment, so let it come into his 
bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 

19 Let it be unto him as the garment which 
covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he 
is girded continually. 

20 Let this be the reward of mine adversa- 
ries from the Lord, and of them that speak 
evil against my soul. 

21 But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for 
thy name's sake : because thy mercy is good, 
deliver thou me. 

22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart 
is wounded within me. 

23 I am gone like the shadow when it dccli- 
neth : I am tossed up and down as the locust. 

24 My knees are weak through fasting; and 
my flesh faileth of fatness. 

^5 I became also a reproach unto them : 
when they looked upon me theyshaked their 
heads. 

26 Help me, O Lord my God: O save me 
according to thy mercy: 

27 That they may know that this e> thy 
hand; that thou, Lord, hast done it. 

28 Let them curse, but bless thou : when they 
arise, let them be ashamed ; but let thy ser- 
vant rejoice. 

29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with 
shame, and let them cover themselves with 
their own confusion, as with a mantle. 

30 I will greatly praise the Lord with my 
mouth ; yea, I will praise him among the mul- 
titude. 

31 For he shall stand at the right hand of 
the poor, to save him from those that con- 
demn his soul. 

PSALM CX. 
: 1 The kingdom, 4 the priesthood, 5theconquest 
7 and the passion of Christ. 
U A Psalm of David. 

THE Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou 
at my right hand, until I make thine 
enemies thy footstool. 

2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength 
out of Zion : rule thou in the midst of thine 
enemies. 

3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of 
thy power, in the beauties of holiness from 
the womb of the morning : thou hast the dew 
of thy youth. 

4 The Lord hath sworn, and will not re- 



He inciteth all to praise God, 
pent, Thou art a priest for ever after the 
order of Melchizedek. 

5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike 
through kings in the day of his wrath. 

6 He shall judge among the heathen, he 
shall fill the places with the dead bodies: he 
shall wound the heads over many countries. 

7 He shall drink of the brook in the way : 
therefore shall he lift up the head. 

PSALM CXI. 
1 The psalmist by his example inciteth others to 
praise God for his glorious, band gracious 
works. 10 The fear of God breedeth true wis- 
dom. 
PRAISE ye the Lord. I will praise the 
Lord with my whole heart, in the as- 
sembly of the upright, and in the congre- 
gation. 

2 The works of the Lord are great, sought 
out of all them that have pleasure therein. 

3 His work is honourable and glorious: and 
his righteousness endureth for ever. 

4 He hath made his wonderful works to be 
remembered: the Lord is gracious and full 
of compassion. 

5 He hath given meat unto them that fear 
him : he will ever be mindful of his covenant. 

6 He hath shewed his people the power of 
his works, that he may give them the heritage 
of the heathen. 

7 The works of his hands are verity and 
judgment ; all his commandments are sure. 

8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are 
done in truth and uprightness. 

9 He sent redemption unto his people : he 
hath commanded his covenant for ever : holy 
and reverend is his name. 

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning 
of wisdom : a good understanding have all 
they that do his commandments : his praise 
endureth for ever. 

PSALM CXII. 
1 Godliness hath the promises of this life, 4 and 
of the life to come. 10 The prosperity of tht 
godly shall be an eyesare to the wicked. 
T3RAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is the 
JL man that feareth the Lord, that de- 
lighteth greatly in his commandments. 

2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the 
generation of the upright shall be blessed. 

3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house : 
and his righteousness endureth for ever. 

4 Unto the upright there ariseth light in the 
darkness: he is gracious, and full of compas- 
sion, and righteous. 

5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth : 
he will guide his affairs with discretion. 

6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: 
the righteous shall be in everlasting remem- 
brance. 

7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings : his 
heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. 

8 His heart is established, he shall not be 
afraid, until he see his desire upon his ene- 
mies. 

9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the 
poor ; his righteousness endureth for ever : 
his horn shall be exalted with honour. 

10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved, 
he shall gnash widi his teeth, and melt away : 
the desire of the wicked shall perish. 

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Exhortations to praise God. 
PSALM CXIII. 

1 An exhortation to praise God for his excellen- 
cy, 6 and for his mercy. 
PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise, O ye 
servants of the Lord, praise die name 
of the Lord. 

2 Blessed be the name of the Lord from 
this time forth and for evermore. 

3 From the rising of the sun unto the going 
down of the same the Lord's name is to be 
praised. 

4 The Lord is high above all nations, and 
his glory above the heavens. 

5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, who 
dwelleth on high, 

6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things 
tfiat are in heaven, and in the earth ? 

7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, 
and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 

8 That he may set him with princes, even 
with the princes of his people. 

9 He maketh the barren woman to keep 
house, and to be a joyful mother of children. 
Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CXIV. 
An exhortation, by the example of the dumb crea- 
tures, to fear God in his church. 
VKfHEN Israel went out of Egypt, the 
▼ ? house of Jacob from a people of 
strange language ; 

2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his 

dominion. -•■--■•'■ -, i 

3 The sea saw it, and fled : Jordan was 
driven back. 

4 The mountains skipped like rams, and the 
little hills like lambs. 

5 What aUed thee, O thou sea, that thou 
fleddest ? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven 
back? 

6 Ye mountains, tliat ye skipped like rams; 
and ye litde hills, like lambs ? 

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of 
the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; 

8 Which turned the rock into a standing 
water, the flint into a fountain of waters. 

PSALM CXV. 
I Because God is truly glorious, 4 and idols are 

vanity, 9 he exhorteth to confidence in God. 

12 God is to be praised for his blessings. 
"jVTOT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but 
i!\ unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, 
and for thy truth's sake. 

2 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where 
is now their God? 

3 But our God is iu the heavens; he hath 
done whatsoever he pleased. 

4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work 
of men's hands. 

5 They have mouths, but they speak not: 
eves have they, but they see not: 

b' They have ears, but they hear not: noses 
have theyj but they smell not: 

7 They have hands, but they handle not: 
feet have they, but they walk not: neither 
speak they through their throat. 

8 They that make them are like unto them; 
so is everv one that trusteth in them. 

9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord : he is 
their help and their shield. 

I ft Q house of Aaron, trust in the LORD : be 
is. their help and their shield. 



PSALMS. David professetk his love to (Sod. 

11 Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord : 
he is their heip and their shield. 

12 The Lord hath been mindful of us: he 
will bless us ; he will bless the house of Is- 
rael ; he will bless the house of Aaron, 

13 He will bless them that fear the Lord, 
both small and great. 

14 The Lord shall increase you more and 
more, you and your children. 

15 Ye are blessed of the Lord which made 
heaven and earth. 

16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the 
Lord's : but the earth hath he given to the 
children of men. 

17 The dead praise not the Lord, neither 
any that go down into silence. 

18 But we will bless the Lord from this time 
forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord. 

PSALM CXVL 
1 The psalmist professeih his love and duty to 
God for his deliverance. 12 He studieth to bf 
thankful. 



I LOVE the Lord, because he hath- heard 
my voice and my supplications. 

2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, 
therefore will I call upon himns lon^as I live. 

3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and 
the pains of hell gat hold upon me : I found 
trouble and sorrow. 

4 Then called I upon the name of the Lord} 
OLord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 

5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous ; yea, 
our God is merciful. 

6 The Lord preserveth the simple : I was 
brought low, and he helped me. 

7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul ; for die 
Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee. 

8 For thou hast delivered my soul from 
death,- mine eyes from tears, and my feet 
from falling. 

9 I will walk before the Lord in the land 
of the living. 

101 believed, therefore have I spoken: I 
was. greatly afflicted : 
11 1 said in my haste, All men are liars. 

12 What shall I render unto the LoRD^r 
all his benefits toward me ? 

13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call 
upon the name of the Lord. 

14 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now 
in the presence of all his people. 

15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the 
death of his saints. 

16 O Lord, truly I am thy servant* I am 
thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid : 
thou hast loosed my bonds. 

17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanks- 
giving, and will call upon the name of the 
Lord. 

18 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now 
in the presence of all his people, 

19 In the courts of the Lord's house, in the 
midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the 
Lord. 

PSALM CXVII. 

An exhortation to praise Gofl for his mercy and 

truth. 

O PRAISE the Lord, all ye nations; 
praise him, all ye people. 
2 For his merciful kindness is great toward 
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Christ's kingdom typified. PSALMS. 

us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for 
ever. Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CXVIII. 

1 An exhortation to praise God for his mercy. 
5 The psalmist by his experience sheweth huw 
good it is to trust in God. 19 Under the type 
of the psalmist the coming of Christ in his 
kingdom is expressed. 



OGIVE thanks unto the Lord ; for he is 
good : because his mercy endureth for 
ever. 

2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endu- 
reth for ever. 

3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his 
mercy endureth for ever. 

4 Let them, now that fear the Lord say, 
that iiis mercy endureth for ever. 

5 I called upon the Lord in distress: the 
Lord answered me, and set me in a large 
place. 

6 The Lord is on my side ; I will not fear : 
what can man do unto me ? 

7 The Lord taketh my part with them that 
help me: therefore shall I see my desire 
upon them that hate me. 

8 It is better to trust in the Lord than to 
put confidence in man. 

9 It is better to trust in the Lord than to 
put confidence is princes. 

10 All nations compassed me about : but in 
the name of the Lord will I destroy them. 

11 They compassed me about; yea, they 
compassed me about : but in the name of the 
Lord I will destroy them. 

12 They compassed me about like bees; 
they are quenched as the fire of thorns : for 
in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. 

13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might 
fell : but the Lord helped me. 

14 The Lord is my strength and song, and 
is become my salvation. 

15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is 
in the tabernacles of the righteous : the right 
hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. 

16 The right hand of the Lord' is exalted: 
the right hand of the Lord doeth valiantly. 

17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the 
works of the Lord. 

18 The Lord hath chastened me sore : but 
he hath not given me over unto death. 

19 Open to me the gates of righteousness : I 
will /to into them, and I will praise the Lord : 

20 This gate of the Lord, into which the 
righteous shall enter. 

21 1 will praise thee: for thou hast heard 
me, and ail become my salvation. 

22 The stone which the builders refused is 
become the head stone of the corner. 

23 This is the Lord's doing; it is marvel- 
lous in our eyes. 

24 This is the day which the Lord hath 
made ; we will rejoice and- be glad in it. 

25 Save now, I beseech thee, O Lord : O 
Lord, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. 

26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name 
of die Lord : we have blessed you out of the 
house of the Lord. 

27 God is the Lord, which hath shewed us 
light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto 
the horns of the altar. 



Sundry prayers, praises, SfC, 

28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee : 
thou art my God, I will exalt thee. 

29 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is 
good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 

PSALM CXIX. 

This psalm containeth sundry prayers, praises, 

and professions of obedience. 

ALEPH. 

BLESSED are the undefined in the way, 
who walk in the law of the Lord. 

2 Blessed arethey that keep his testimonies, 
and that seek him with the whole heart. 

3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in 
his ways. 

4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy 
precepts diligently. 

5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy 
statutes! 

6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have 
respect unto all thy commandments. 

7 1 will nraise thee with uprightness of heart, 
when I snail have learned thy righteous judg- 
ments. 

8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me 
not utterly. 

BETH. 
- 9 Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his 
way ? By taking heea thereto according to 
thy word. 

10 With my whole heart have I sought thee : 
O let me not wander from thy commandments. 

11 Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I 
might not sin against thee. 

12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me 
thy statutes. 

13 With my lips have I declared all the 
judgments of thy mouth. 

14 I have rejoiced in die way of diy testi- 
monies, as much as in all riches. 

15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have 
respect unto thy ways. 

16 I will delight myself in dry statutes : I 
will not forget thy word. 

GIMEL. 

17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, thai I 
may live, and keep thy word. 

18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold 
wondrous things out of thy law. 

19 I am a stranger in the earth : hide not 
thy commandments from me. 

20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it 
hath unto thy judgments at all times. 

21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are 
cursed, which do err from thy commandments. 

22 Remove from me reproach and con- 
tempt; for I have kept dry testimonies. 

23 Princes also did sit and speal^ against 
me : but thy servant did meditate in thy sta- 
tutes. 

24 Thy testimonies also are my delight, and 
my counsellors. 

DALETH. 

25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust : quicken 
thou me according to thy word. 

26 1 have declared my ways, and diou heard- 
est me : teach me thy statutes. 

27 Make me to understand the way of thy pre- 
cepts : so shall I talk of diy wondrous works. 

28 My soul melteth for heaviness : strength 
en thou me according unto thy word. . * 

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David's professions of obedience. 

29 Remove from me the way of lying : and 
grant me thy law graciously. 

30 I have chosen the way of truth : thy 
judgments have I laid before me. 

31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O 
Lord, put me not to shame. 

32 I. will run the way of thy commandments, 
when thou shalt enlarge mv heart. 

HE. 

33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy sta- 
tutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. 

34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep 
thy law; yea, 1 shall observe it with my whole 
heart. 

35 Make me to go in the path of thy com- 
mandments; for therein do I delight. 

36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, 
and not to covetousness. 

37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding 
vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. 

38 Establish thy word unto thy servant, who 
is devoted to thy fear. 

39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: 
for thy judgments are good. 

40 Behold, I have longed after thy pre- 
cepts : quicken me in thy righteousness. 

41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O 
Lord, even thy salvation, according to thy 
word. 

42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him 
that reproacheth me : for I trust in thy word. 

43 And take not the Avord of truth utterly 
out of my mouth ; for I have hoped in thy 
judgments. 

44 So shall I keep thy law continually for 
ever and ever. 

45 And I will walk at liberty : for I seek thy 
precepts. 

46 I will speak of thy testimonies also be- 
fore kings, and will not be ashamed. 

47 And I will delight myself in thy com- 
mandments, which I have loved. 

48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy com- 
mandments, which I have loved ; and I will 
meditate in thy statutes. 

ZXlN. 

49 Remember the word unto thy servant, 
upon which thou hast caused me to hope. 

50 This is my comfort in my affliction : for 
thy word hath quickened me. 

51 The proud have had me greatly in de- 
rision : yet have I not declined from thy law. 

521 remembered thy judgments of old, O 
Lord; and have comforted myself. 

53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because 
of the wicked that forsake thy law. 

54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the 
house of my pilgrimage. 

55 I have remembered thy name, O Lord, 
in the night, and have kept thy law. 

56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. 

CHETH. 

57 Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have 
said that I would ketfp thy words. 

58 I entreated thy favour with my whole 
heart : be merciful unto me according to thy 
word. 

59 I thought on my ways, and turned my 
feet unto thy testimonies. 



PSALMS. The benefit of afflictions. 

60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep* 
thy commandments. 

61 The bands of the wicked have robbed 
me : but I have not forgotten thy law. 

62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks 
unto thee, because of thy righteousjudgments. 

63 I am a companion of all them that fear 
thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. 

64 The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy : 
teach me thy statutes. 

TETH. 

65 Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, 
O Lord, according unto thy word. 

66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge : 
for I have believed thy commandments. 

67 Before I was afflicted I went astray : but 
now have I kept thy word. 

68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach 
me thy statutes. 

69 The proud have forged a lie against me : 
but I will keep thy precepts with my whole 
heart. 

70 Their heart is as fat as grease ; but I de- 
light in thy law. 

71 It is good for me that 1 have been af- 
flicted; that 1 might learn thy statutes. 

72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me 
than thousands of gold and silver. 

JOD. 

73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned 
me : give me understanding, that I may learn 
thy commandments. 

74 They that fear thee will be glad when they 
see me ; because I have hoped in thy word. 

75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are 
right, and thai thou in faithfulness hast af- 
flicted me. 

76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be 
for my comfort, according to thy word unto 
thy servant. 

77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, 
that I may live : for thy law is my delight. 

78 Let the proud be ashamed ; for they dealt 
perversely with me without a cause : but 1 
will meditate in thy precepts. 

79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and 
those that have known thy testimonies. 

80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes ; 
that I be not ashamed. 

CAPH. 

81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation : but I 
hope in thy word. 

82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, 
When wilt thou comfort me ? 

83 For I am become like a bottle in the 
smoke ; yet do I not forget thy statutes. 

84 How many are the (lays of thy servant? 
when wilt thou execute judgment on them 
that persecute me ? 

85 The proud have digged pits forme, which 
are not after thy law. 

86 All thy commandments are faithful; they 
persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. 

87 They had almost consumed me upon 
earth ; but I forsook not thy precepts. 

88 Quicken me after thy loving-kindness ; 
so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. 

LAMED. 

89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in 
heaven. 

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The word of God a light. 

90 Thy faithfulness is unto all genera- 
tions : thou hast established the earth, and it 
abideth. 

91 They continue thisday according to thine 
ordinances : for all are thy servants. 

92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I 
should then have perished in mine affliction. 

93 I will never forget thy precepts : for with 
them thou hast quickened me. 

9-1 I am thine, save me; for I have sought 
thy precepts. 

95 The wicked have waited for me to de- 
stroy me : but I will consider thy testimonies. 

96 I have seen an end of all perfection : but 
thv commandment is exceeding broad. 

MEM. 

97 O how love I thy law ! it is my medita- 
tion all the day. 

98 Thou through thy commandments hast 
made me wiser than mine enemies : for they 
are ever with me. 

99 I have more understanding than all my 
teachers : for thy testimonies are my medita- 
tion. 

100 I understand more than the ancients, 
because I keep thy precepts. 

101 1 have refrained my feet from every evil 
way, that I might keep "thy word. 

102 1 have not departed from thy judgments : 
for thou hast taught me. 

103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste ! 
yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth. 

104 Through thy precepts I get understand- 
ing: therefore I hate every false way. 

NUN. 

105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and 
a light unto my path. 

106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that 
1 will keep thy righteous judgments. 

107 I am afflicted very much : quicken me, 

Lord, according unto thy word. 

108 Accept, I beseech thee, the free-will-of- 
ferings of my mouth, OLord, and teach me 
thy judgments. 

109 My soul is continually in my hand : yet 
do I not forget thy law. 

110 The wicked have laid a snare for me : 
yet I erred not from thy precepts. 

111 Thy testimonies have I taken as a heri- 
tage for ever : for they are the rejoicing of 
my heart. 

112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy 
statutes always, even unto the end. 

SAMECH. 

113 I hate vain thoughts : but thy law do I 
love. 

114 Thou art my hiding-place and my shield : 

1 hope in thy word. 

115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers: for I 
will keep the commandments of my God. 

116 Uphold me according unto thy word, 
that I may live : and let me not be ashamed 
of my hope. 

117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe : 
and 1 will have respect unto thy statutes con- 
tinually. 

118 Thou hast trodden down all them that 
err from thy statutes : for their deceit is false- 
hood. 

119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the 



PSALMS. 

earth like dross : 
monies. 
120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee ; and 



The zeal of David. 
therefore I love thy testi- 



I am airaid of thy judgments. 
AIN. 

121 I have done judgment and justice : 
leave me not to mine oppressors. 

122 Be surety for thy servant for good : let 
not the proud oppress me. 

123 Mine eyes fail for tiiy salvation, and fo 
the word of thy righteousness. 

124 Deal with thy servant according unto thv 
mercy, and teach me thy statutes, 

125 1 am thy servant ; give me understand- 
ing, that I may know thy testimonies. 

126 It is time for thee, Lord, to work : for 
they have made void thy law. 

127 Therefore I love thy commandments 
above gold ; yea, above fine gold. 

128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts 
concerning all things to be right ; and 1 hate 
every false way. 

y PE. 

129 Thy testimonies are wonderful : there- 
fore doth my soul keep them. 

130 The entrance of thy words giveth light ; 
itgiveth understanding unto the simple. 

131 1 opened my mouth, and panted: for I 
longed for thy commandments. 

132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful 
unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that 
love thy name. 

133 Order my steps in thy word : and let not 
any iniquity have dominion over me. 

134 Deliver me from the oppression of man : 
so will I keep thy precepts. 

135 Make thy lace to shine upon thy ser- 
vant: and teach me thy statutes. 

136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, 
because they keep not thy law. 

TSADDI. 

137 Righteous art thou, O Lord, and up- 
right are thy judgments. 

138 Thy testimonies that thou hast com- 
manded are righteous and very faithful. 

139 My zeal hath consumed me ; because 
mine enemies have forgotten thy words. 

140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy 
servant loveth it. 

141 I am small and despised : yet do not I 
forget thy precepts. 

142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting 
righteousness, and thy law is the truth. 

143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on 
me : yet thy commandments are my delights. 

144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is 
everlasting: give me understanding, and I 
shall live. 

KOPH. 

145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, 
O Lord: I will keep thy statutes. 

146 1 cried unto thee : save me, and I shall 
keep thy testimonies. 

147 I prevented the dawning of the morn- 
ing, and cried : I hoped in thy word. 

148 Mine eyes prevent the ra^fa-watchefr, 
that I might meditate in thy word. 

149 Hear my voice, according unto thy lov- 
ing-kindness : O Lord, quicken me accord- 
ing to thv judgment. 

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BavioVs delight in God's late. 

150 They draw nigh that follow after mis- 
chief: they are far from thy Jaw. 

151 Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy 
commandments are truth. 

152 Concerning thy testimonies I have known 
of old that thou hast founded them for ever. 

RESH. 

153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me : 
for I do not forget thy law. 

154 Plead my cause, and deliver me : quick- 
en me according to thy word. 

155 Salvation is far from the wicked : for 
they seek not thy statutes. 

156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord : 
quicken me according to thy judgments. 

157 Many are my persecutors and mine 
enemies : yet do I not decline from thy testi- 
monies. 

158 I beheld the transgressors, and was 
grieved ; because they kept not thy word. 

159 Consider how I love thy precepts: 
quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lov- 
ing-kindness. 

160 Thy word is true from the beginning : 
'and every one of thy righteous judgments en- 

dureth for ever. 

SCHIN. 

161 Princes have persecuted me without a 
cause : but my heart standeth in awe of thy 
word. 

162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that fmd- 
eth great spoil. 

163 I Ivate and abhor lying : but thy law do 
I love. 

164 Seven times a day do I praise thee, be- 
cause of thy righteous judgments. 

165 Great peace have they which love thy 
law ; and nothing shall offend them. 

166 Lord, I have hoped for thy salvation, 
and done thy commandments. 

167 Mv soul hath kept thy testimonies; and 
i I love them exceedingly. 

.168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testi- 
monies : for all my wavs are before thee. 
TAIL 

169 Let my cry come near before thee, O 
.Lord : give me understanding according to 
thy word. 

170 Let my supplication come before thee : 
nesiver me according to thy word. 

171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou 
hast taught me thy statutes. 

172 My tongue shall speak of thy word : for 
ail thy commandments are righteousness. 

173 Let thy hand help me ; for I have 
chosen thy precepts. 

174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord : 
and thy law is my delight. 

175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee ; 
and let thy judgments help me. 

176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep ; 
seek thy servant ; for I do not forget thy com- 
mandments. 

PSALM CXX. 
1 David prayetk against Doeg, 3reprovethhis 
tongue, 5 complaineth of his necessary con- 
versation with the wicked. 

i H A Song of degrees. 

IN my distress I cried unto the LORD, and 
lie heard me. 



PSALMS. The safety of the saints. 

2 Deliver my soul, OLord, from lying lips, 
and from a deceitful tongue. 

3 What shall be given unto thee ? or what 
shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue ? 

4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of 
juniper. 

5 Wo is me, that I sojourn in Meseeh, that 
I dwell in the tents of Kedar ! 

6 My soul hath long dwelt with him that 
hateth peace. 

7 I am for peace : but when I speak, ihey 
are for war. 

PSALM CXXI. 

The great safety of the godly, who put their 

trust in God's protection. 

*\\ A Song of degrees. 

I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, 
from whence cometh my help. 

2 My help cometh from the Lord, which 
made heaven and earth. 

3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: 
he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 

4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall nei- 
ther slumber nor sleep. 

5 The Lord is thy keeper : the Lord is 
thy shade upon thy "right hand. 

6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor 
the moon by night. 

7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all 
evil : he shall preserve thy soul. 

8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out 
and thy coming in from this time forth, and 
even for evermore. 

PSALM CXXII. 
1 David prof esseth his joy for the church, 6 and 
prayethfor the peace thereof. 
^1 A Song of degrees of David. 

I WAS glad when they said unto me, Let 
us go into the house of the Lord. 

2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O 
Jerusalem. 

3 Jerusalem is buildedas a city that is com- 
pact together : 

4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the 
Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give 
thanks unto the name of the Lord. 

5 For there are set thrones of judgment, the 
thrones of the house of David. 

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they 
shall prosper that love thee. 

7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperi- 
ty within thy palaces. 

8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, 
I will now say, Peace be within thee. 

9 Because of the house of the. Lord our 
God I will seek thy good. 

PSALM CXXIII. 

1 The godly profess their confidence in God, 3 

and pray to be delivered from contempt. 

^[ A Song of degrees. 

UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou 
that dwellest in the heavens. 

2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto 
the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of 
a maiden unto the hand of her mistress ; so 
our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until 
that he have mercy upon us. 

3 Have mercy upon us, OLord, have mer- 
cy upon us : for we are exceedingly filled 
with contempt. 

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The church's deliverance. PSALMS. 

4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the 
scorning of those that are at ease, and with 
the contempt of the proud. 

' PSALM CXXIV. 
The church blcsseth God for a miraculous de- 
liverance. 
*fi A Song of degrees of David. 

JF it had not been the Lord who was on 
our side, now may Israel say ; 

2 If it had not teen the Lord who was on 
our side, when men rose up against us: 

3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, 
when their wrath was kindled against us: 

4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, 
the stream had gone over our soul : 

5 Then the proud waters had gone over our 
ebul. 

G Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given 
us as a prey to their teeth. 

7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the 
snare of the fowlers : the snare is broken, 
<?nd we are escaped. 

8 Our help is In the name of the Lord, who 
m^de heaven and earth. 

PSALM CXXV. 
1 The safety of such as trust in God. 4 Ji pray- 
er for the godly, and against the wicked. 
^[ A Song of degrees. 
Fin HEY that trust m the Lord shall be as 
_i_ mount Zion, which cannot be removed, 
but abideth for ever. 

2 As the mountains are round about Jeru- 
salem, so the Lord is round about his people 
from henceforth even for ever. 

3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest 
iipon the lot of the righteous ; lest the right- 
eous put forth their hands unto iniquity. 

4 Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, 
and to them that are upright in their hearts. 

5 As for such as turn aside unto their crook- 
ed ways, the Lord shall lead them forthwith 
the workers of iniquity : but peace shall be 
upon Israel. 

PSALM CXXVI. 
I The church, celebrating her incredible return 
out of captivity, Aprayeth for, and prophesi- 
cih the good success thereof. 

U A Song of degrees. 
"^ MXHEN the Lord turned again the cap- 
▼ T tivity of Zion, we were like them that 
dream. 

2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, 
and our tongue with singing : then said they 
among the heathen, The Lord hath done 
great things for them. 

3 The Lord hath done great things for us; 
whereof we are glad. 

4 Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the 
streams in the south. 

5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 

6 He thatgoeth forth and weepeth, bearing 
I precious seed, shall doubtless come again 
fwith rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. 

PSALM CXXVII. 

1 The virtue of God's blessing. 3 Good children 

a.re his gift. 

*! A Sony; of degrees for Solomon. 

EXCEPT the Lord build the house, they 
labour in vain that build it : except the 
Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh 
but in vain. 



The blessings of the godly* 

2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit 
up late, to eat the bread of sorrows": for so 
he giveth his beloved sleep. 

3 Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord : 
and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 

4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty 
man ; so are children of the youth. 

C Happy is the man that hath his quiver full 
of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they 
shall speak with the enemies in the gate. 

PSALM CXXVIII. 

The sundry blessings which follow them that 

fear God. 

*\[ A Song of degrees. 

BLESSED is every one that feareth the 
Lord ; that waiketh in his ways. 

2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands: 
happy shall diou be, and it shall be well with 
thee. 

3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the 
sides of thy house : thy children like olive- 
plants round about thy table. 

4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed 
that feareth the Lord. 

5 The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion : 
and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all 
the days of thy life. 

6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's chil- 
dren, and peace upon Israel. 

PSALM CXXIX. 
1 An exhortation to praise God for saving Israel 
in their great affiictions. 5 The haters of the 
church are cursed. 

*[ A Song of degrees. 

MANY a time have they afflicted me from 
my youth, may Israel now say : 

2 Many a time have they afflicted me from 
my youth : yet they have not prevailed against 
me. 

3 The ploughers ploughed upon my back: 
they made long their furrows. 

4 The Lord is righteous : he hath cut asun- 
der the cords of the wicked. 

5 Let them all be confounded and turned 
back that hate Zion. 

6 Let them be as the grass vpon the house- 
tops, which withereth afore itgroweth up: 

7 Wherewith the mower fillet h not his hand 
nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 

8 Neither do they which go by, say, The 
blessing of the Lord be upon you : we bless 
you in the name of the Lord.* 

PSALM CXXX. 
1 The psalmist prof esseth his hope in prayer, 5 
and his patience inhope. 7 Heexhorteth Israel 
to hope in God. 

TT A Song of degrees. 

OUT of the depths have I cried unto thee, 
O Lord. 

2 Lord, hear my voice : let thine ears be 
attentive to the voice of my supplications. 

3 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, 
O Lord, who shall stand ? 

4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that 
thou mayest be feared. 

5 I wait for the Lord, my soul dotii wait, 
and in his word do I hope. 

6 My soul waiteih for the Lord more than 
they that watch for the morning : I say, more 
than they that watch for the morning. 

7 Let Israel hope in the Lord : for with the 

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David's care J or the ark. 
Lord there is mercy, and with him is plen- 
teous redemption. 

8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his 
iniquities. 

PSALM CXXXI. 

1 David, professing his humility, 3 exhorteth 

Israel to hope in God. 

H A Song of degrees of David. 

LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine 
eyes lofty : neither do I exercise myself 
in great matters, or in things too high forme. 

2 Surely I have behaved and quieted my- 
self as a child that is weaned of his mother : 
my soul is even as a weaned child. 

3 Let Israel hope in the Lord from hence- 
forth and for ever. 

PSALM CXXXII. 

1 David in his prayer commendeth unto God the 
religious care he had for the ark. 8 His pray- 
er at the removing of the ark, 11 with a repe- 
tition of God's promises. 

H A Song of degrees. 

LORD, remember David, and all his af- 
flictions : 

2 How he sware unto the Lord, and vow- 
ed unto die mighty God of Jacob ; 

3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle 
of my house, nor go up into my bed ; 

4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slum- 
ber to mine eyelids, 

5 Until I find out a place for the Lord, a 
habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 

6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah : we found 
it in the fields of the wood. 

7 We will go into his tabernacles : we will 
worship at his footstool. 

8 Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and 
the ark of thy strength. 

9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteous- 
ness; and let thy saints shout for joy. 

10 For thy servant David's sake turn not 
away the face of thine anointed. 

11 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto Da- 
vid; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of 
iliy body will I set upon thy throne. 

12 If thy children will keep my covenant 
and my testimony that I shall teach them; 
their children also shall sit upon thy throne 
for evermore. 

13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion ; he hath 
desired it for his habitation. 

14 This is my rest for ever : here will I 
dwell ; for I have desired it. 

15 I will abundantly bless her provision : I 
will satisfy her poor with bread. 

16 I will also clothe her priests with salva- 
tion, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. 

17 There will I make the horn of David to 
bud : I have ordained a lamp for mine 
anointed. 

18 His enemies will I clothe with shame : 
but upon himself shall his crown flourish. 

PSALM CXXXIH. 

The benefit of the communion of saints. 
H A Song of degrees of David. 

BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant 
it is for brethren to dwell together in 
unity! 
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the 



PSALMS. God only to be praised. 

head, that ran down upon the beard, even 
Aaron's beard : that went down to the skirts 
of his garments; 

3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew 
that descended upon the mountains of Zion : 
for there the Lord commanded the blessing, 
even life for evermore. 

PSALM CXXXIV. 

An exhortation to bless God. 

HA Song of degrees. 

BEHOLD, bless ye the Lord, all ye ser- 
vants of the Lord, which by night stand 
in the house of the Lord. 

2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and 
biess the Lord. 

3 The Lord that made heaven and earth 
bless thee out of Zion. 

PSALM CXXXV. 

1 An exhortation to praise God for his mercy, 

5 for his power, 8 for his judgments. 15 The 

vanity of idols. 19 An exhortation to bless 

God. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the 
name of the Lord : praise him, O ye 
servants of the Lord. 

2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, 
in the courts of the house of our God, 

3 Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good; 
sing praises unto his name ; for it is pleasant. 

4 For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto 
himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. 

5 For I know that the Lord is great, and 
that our Lord is above all gods, 

6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did 
he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and 
all deep places. 

7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from 
the ends of the earth ; he maketh lightnings 
for the rain ; he bringeth the wind out of his 
treasuries : 

8 Who smote the first-born of Egypt, both 
of man and beast : 

9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the 
midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and 
upon all his servants: 

10 Who smote great nations, and slew 
mighty kings ; 

11 Sihon kin^ of the Amorites, and Og king 
of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan : 

12 And gave their land for a heritage, a 
heritage unto Israel his people. 

13 Thy name, O Lord, endureih for ever ; 
and thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all 
generations. 

14 For the Lord will judge his people, and 
he will repent himselfconcerning his servants. 

15 The idols of the heathen are silver and 
gold, the work of men's hands. 

16 They have mouths, but they speak not ; 
eyes* have they, but they see not ; 

17 They have ears, but they hear not; nei- 
ther is there any breath in their mouths. 

18 They that make them are like unto them : 
so is every one that trusteth in them. 

19 Bless the Lord, O house of Israel : bless 
the Lord, O house of Aaron : 

20 Bless the Lord, O house of Levi: ye 
that fear the Lord, bless the Lord. 

21 Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which 
dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord, 

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An exhortation to thanksgiving. 
PSALM CXXXVI. 

.4n exhortation to give thanks to God for par- 
ticular mercies. 
OGIVE thanks unto the Lord ; for he is 
good : for his mercy endurcth for ever. 

2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for 
his mercy endurcth for ever. 

3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords : for 
his mercy endurcth for ever. 

4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 

5 To him that by wisdom made the hea- 
vens: for his mercy endurcth for ever. 

6 To him that stretched out the earth above 
the waters : for his mercy endureth for ever. 

7 To him that made great lights: for his 
mercy endureth for ever : 

8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy 
endureth for ever : 

9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for 
his mercy endurcth for ever. 

10 To him that smote Egypt in their first- 
born : for his mercy endurcth for ever: 

11 And brought out Israel from among 
them : for his mercy endurcth for ever : 

12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched 
out arm : for his mercy endureth for ever. 

13 To him which divided the Red sea into 
parts : for his mercy endureth for ever : 

14 And made Israel to pass through the 
midst of it : for his mercy endureth for ever : 

15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in 
the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for 
ever. 

16 To him which led his people through the 
wilderness : for his mercy endureth for ever. 

17 To him which smote great kings : for his 
mercy endureth for ever : 

18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy 
endureth for ever : 

19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his 
mercy endureth for ever: 

20 And Og the king of Bashan : for his 
mercy endureth for ever : 

21 And gave their land for a heritage : for 
his mercy endureth for ever : 

22 Even a heritage unto Israel his servant: 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 

23 Who remembered us in our low estate : 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 

24 And hath redeemed us from our ene- 
mies : for his mercy endureth for ever. 

2o Who giveth food to all flesh : for his 
mercy endurcth for ever. 
26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 
PSALM CXXXVII. 
1 The constancy of the Jews in captivity. 7 The 
prophet curseth Edom and Babel. 

BY the rivers of Babylon, there we sat 
down, yea, we wept, when we remem- 
bered Zion. 

2 We hanged our harps upon the willows 
in the midst thereof. 

3 For there they that carried us away cap- 
tive reouired of us a son)?; and they that 
wasted us required of us mirth, saying. Sing 
us one of the songs of Zion. 

4 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a 
strange land ? 



PSALMS. God's all-seeing providence.. 

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right 
hand forget her cunning. 

6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue 
cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer 
not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 

7 Remember, O LoRD,"the children of Edom 
in the day of Jerusalem ; who said, Rase it, 
rase it, even to the foundation thereof. 

8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be de- 
stroyed ; happy shall he be, that rewardeth 
thee as thou hast served us. 

9 Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth 
thy little ones against the stones. 

PSALM CXXXVIII. 
1 David praisctli God for the truth of his word. 
4 He prophesieth that the kings of the earth 
shall praise God. 7 He professeth his confi- 
dence in God. 

% A Psalm of David. 

I WILL praise thee with my whole heart: 
before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. 

2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, 
and praise thy name for thy foving-kindness 
and for thy truth : for thou hast magnified 
thy word above all thy name. 

3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst 
me, and strengthenedst me with strength in 
my sou!. 

4 All the kings of the earth shall praise 
thee, O Lord, when they hear the words of 
thy mouth. 

5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the 
Lord : for great is the glory of the Lord. 

6 Though the Lord be high, yet hath he 
respect unto the lowly: but the proud he 
knoweth afar off. 

7 T 1 Ligh I walk in the midst of trouble, 
thou, wilt revive me : thou shalt stretch forth 
thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, 
and thy right hand shall save me. 

8 The Lord will perfect that which concern- 
ed me : thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever : 
forsake not the works of thine own hands. 

PSALM CXXXIX. 

1 David praiseth God for his all- seeing provi- 
dence, 17 and for his infinite mercies. 19 He 
defieth the wicked. 23 He pray eth for sincerity. 

IT To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

OLORD, thou hast searched me, and 
known me. 

2 Thou knowestmy down-sitting and mine 
up-rising, thou understandest my thouglrt 
afar off. 

3 Thou compassest my path and my lying 
down, and art acquainted with all my ways- 

4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but 
lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 

5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, 
and laid thy hand upon me. 

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; 
it is high, I cannot attain unto it. 

7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or 
whither shall I flee from thy presence? 

8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : 
if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art 
there. 

9 1/1 take the wings of the morning, and 
dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 

10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and 
thy right hand shall hold me. 

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David prayeth for deliverance. PSALMS. 

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover 
me; even the night shall be light about me, 

12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee ; 
but the night shineth as the day : the dark- 
ness and the light are both alike to thee. 

13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou 
hast covered me in my mother's womb. 

14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully 
and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy 
works ; and that my soul knoweth right weii. 

15 My substance was not hid from thee, 
when I was made in secret, and curiously 
wrought in the lowest parts of the earth 

16 Thin e eyes did see my substance, yet 
being imperfect; and in thy book all my 
members were written, which in continuance 
were fashioned, when as yet there teas none 
of them. % 

17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto 
me, O God ! how great is the sum of them ! 

18 If I should count them, they are more in 
number than the sand : when I awake, I am 
still with thee. 

19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God : 
depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. 

20 For they speak against thee wickedly, 
wnd thine enemies take thy name in vain. 

21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate 
thee 1 and am not I grieved with those that 
rise up against thee 1 

22 I hate them with perfect hatred : I count 
them mine enemies. 

23 Search me, O God, a*d know my heart : 
try me, and know my thoughts : 

24 And see if there be any wicked way in 
me, and lead me in the way everlasting/ 

PSALM CXL. 

1 David prayeth to be delivered from Saul and 
Doeg. 8 He prayeth against them. VZHecom- 
forteth himself by confidence in God. 

*[ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

DELIVERme,0 Lord, from the evil man: 
preserve me from the violent man ; 

2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; 
continually are they gathered together for 
war. 

3 They have sharpened their tongues like a 
serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. 
Seiah. 

4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the 
wicked ; preserve me from the violent man ; 
wiio have purposed to overthrow my goings. 

5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and 
cords ; they have spread a net by the way 
side; they have set gins for me. Selah. 

6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: 
hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord. 

7 O God the Lord, the strength of my salva- 
tion, thou hast covered my head in the day 
of battle. 

3 Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the 
wicked: further not his wicked device; lest 
they exalt themselves. Selah. 

9 As for the head of those that compass me 
about, let the mischief of their own lips co- 
ver them. 

10 Let burning coals fall upon them; let 
them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, 
that they rise not up again. 

11 Let not an evil speaker be established in 



He layeth his suit before God 
the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to 
overthrow him. 

121 know that the Lord will maintain the 
cause of the afflicted, and the right of the 
poor. 

13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks 
unto thy name : the upright shall dwell in 
thv presence. 

PSALM CXLI. 
1 David prayeth that his suit may be acceptable, 
3 his conscience sincere, land his life safe 
from snares. 

HA Psalm of David. 

LORD, 1 cry unto thee : make haste unto 
me ; give ear unto my voice, when I cry 
unto thee. 

2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as 
incense ; and the lifting up of my hands as 
the evening sacrifice. 

3 Set a watch, OLord, before my mouth; 
keep the door of my lips. 

4 Incline not my heart to any evil tiling, to 
practise wicked works with men that work 
iniquity : and let me not eat of their dainties. 

- 5 Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a 
kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall 
be an excellent oil, which shall not break my 
head : for yet my prayer also shall be in their 
calamities. 

6 When their judges are overthrown in 
stony places, they shall hear my words; for 
theyare'sweet. 

7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's 
mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth 
wood upon the earth. 

8 But mine eyes ate unto thee, O God the 
Lord: in thee is my mist; leave not my soul 
destitute. 

9 Keep me from the snare which they have 
laid for me, and the gins of the workers of 
iniquity. 

10 Le"t the wicked fall into their own nets, 
whilst that I withal escape. 

PSALM CXLII. 
David sheweth that in his trouble all his com- 
fort to as in prayer unto God. 
f[ Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was 
in the cave. 

I CRIED unto the Lord with my voice ; 
with my voice unto the Lord did I make 
my supplication. 

21 poured out my complaint before him; I 
shewed before him my trouble. 

3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within 
me, then thou knewest my path. In the way 
wherein I walked have they privily laid a 
snare for me. 

4 1 looked on my right hand, and beheld, but 
there was no man that would know* me : re- 
fuge failed me ; no man cared for my soul. 

5 I cried unto thee, O Lord : I said, Thou 
art my refuge and my portion in the land of 
the living. 

6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought 
very low: deliver me from my persecutors; 
for they are stronger than I. 

7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may 
praise thy name : the righteous shall compass 
me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully 
with me. 

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David complaineth of his griefs. 
PSALM CXLIII. 

1 David prayeth for favour in judgment. 3 He 
complaineth of his griefs. 5 He strengthened 
his faith by meditation and prayer. 7 He pray- 
eth for grace, 9 for deliverance, 10 for savcti- 
fcation, 12/or destruction of his enemies. 

HA Psalm of David. 

HEAR my prayer, O Lord, give ear to 
my supplications: in thy faithfulness 
answer me, and in thy righteousness. 

2 And enter not into judgment with thy ser- 
vant: for in thy sight shall no man living be 
justified. 

3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul ; 
he hath smitten my life down to the ground; 
he hath made me to dwell in darkness* as 
those that have been long dead. 

4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed with- 
in me; my heart within me is desolate. 

5 I remember the days of old, I meditate on 
all thy works; I muse on the work of thy 
hands. 

6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee : my 
soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. 
Selah. 

7 Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit 
faileth : hide not thy face from me, lest I be 
like unto them that go down into the pit. 

8 Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in 
the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause 
me to know the way wherein I should walk ; 
for I lift up my soul unto thee. 

9 Deliver me, OLord, from mine enemies: 
I flee unto thee to hide me. 

10 Teach me to do thy will ; for thou art my 
God: thy Spirit is good; lead me into the 
land of uprightness. 

11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's 
sake : for thy righteousness' sake bring my 
soul out of trouble. 

12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, 
and destroy all them that afflict my soul ; for 
I am thy servant. 

PSALM CXLIV. 
1 David blesseth God for his mercy both to him 
and to man. 5 He prayeth that God would pow- 
erfully deliver him from his enemies. 9 He 
promiseth to praise God. 11 He prayeth for 
the happy state of the kingdom. 
If A Psalm of David. 

BLESSED be the Lord my strength, 
which teacheth my hands to war, and 
my fingers to fight; 

2 My goodness, and my fortress ; my high 
tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he 
in whom I trust; who subdueth my people 
under me. 

3 Lord, what is man, that thou takest 
knowledge of him! or the son of man, that 
thou makest account of him ! 

4 Man is like to vanity : his days are as a 
shadow that passeth away. 

5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come 
down : touch the mountains, and they shall 
smoke. 

(i Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: 
shootout thine arrows, and destroy them. 

7 Send thy hand from above ; rid me, and 
deliver me out of great waters, from the hand 
of strange children; 



PSALMS. He praised God, 

8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their 

right hand is a right hand of falsehood. 

9 1 will sing a new song unto thee, O God : 

upon a psaltery and an instrument of teu 

strings will I sing praises unto thee. 

10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings*. 
who delivereth David his servant from fhe 
hurtful sword. 

11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of 
strange children, whose mouth speaketh 
vanity, and their right hand is a right hand 
of falsehood : 

12 That our sons may be as plants grown up 
in their youth ; that our daughters may be as 
corner-stones, polished after the similitude of 
a palace : 

13 That our garners may be full, affording 
all manner of store ; that our sheep may bring 
forth thousands and ten thousands in our 
streets : 

14 That our oxen may be strong to labour, 
that there be no breaking in, nor going out ; 
that there be no complaining in our streets. 

15 Happy is that people, that is in such a 
case : yea, happy is that people, whose God 
is the Lord. 

PSAL31 CXLV. 
1 David praiseth God for his fame, 8 for his 
goodness, 11 for his kingdom, 14 for his pro- 
vidence, 17 for his saving mercy. 
II David's Psalm of praise. 

I WILL extol thee, my God, O King ; and 
I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 

2 Every day will I bless thee ; and I will 
praise thy name for ever and ever. 

3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be prais- 
ed ; and his greatness is unsearchable. 

4 One generation shall praise thy works to 
another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. 

5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy 
majesty, and of thy wondrous works. 

6 And men shall speak of the might of thy 
terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. 

7 They shall abundantly utter the memory 
of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy 
righteousness. 

The Lord is gracious, and full of com- 
passion ; slow to anger, and of great mercy. 

9 The Lord is good to all : and his tender 
mercies are over all his works. 

10 All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord ; 
and thy saints shall bless thee. 

11 They shall speak of the glory of thy 
kingdom, and talk of thy power ; 

12 To make known to the sons of men his 
mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of hi3 
kingdom. 

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 
and thy dominion endureth throughout all 
generations. 

14 The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and 
raiseth up all those that be bowed down. 

15 The eyes of all wait upon thee : and 
thou divest them their meat in due season. 

16 Thou opeuest thy hand, and satisfiest the 
desire of every living thing. 

17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, 
and holy in all his works. 

18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call 
upon him, to all that call upon him in trudi. 

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David vowetk perpetual praise. 



PSALMS . All things exhorted to praise God. 



19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear 
him : he also will hear their cry, and will 
save them. 

20 The Lord preserveth all them that love 
him : but all the wicked will he destroy. 

21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the 
Lord : and let all flesh bless his holy name 
for ever and ever. 

PSALM CXLVI. 

f The ■psalmist voweth perpetual praises to God. 

3 He exhorteth not to trust in man. 5 God for 

his power Justice, mercy, andkingdom, is only 

worthy to be trusted. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise the Lord, 
O my soul. 

2 While I live will I praise the Lord: I 
will sing praises unto my God while I have 
any being. * 

3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the 
son of man, in whom there is no help. 

4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his 
earth ; in that very day his thoughts perish. 

5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob 
for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his 
God: 

6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, 
and all that therein is : which keepeth truth 
for ever : 

7 Which executeth judgment for the op- 
pressed: which giveth food to the hungry. 
The Lord looseth the prisoners : 

8 The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: 
the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down : 
the Lord loveth the righteous : 

9 The Lord preserveth the strangers ; he 
relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the 
way of the wicked he turneth upside down. 

10 The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy 
God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise 
ye the Lord. \ 

PSALM CXLVII. 

J The prophet exhorteth to praise God for his 
care of the church, 4 his power, 6 and his mer- 
cy: 7 to praise him for his providence : VHtc 
praise him for his blessings upon the king- 
dom, 15forhis power over the meteors, 19 and 
for his ordinances in the church. 

PRAISE ye the Lord : for it is good to 
sing praises unto our God; for it is 
pleasant; and praise is comely. 

2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem : he 
gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. 

3 He heateth the broken in heart, and bind 
eth up their wounds. 

4 He telleth the number of the stars; he 
calleth them all by their names. 

5 Great is our Lord, and of great power : 
his understanding is infinite. 

6 The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth 
the wicked down to the ground. 

7 Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; 
sing praise upon the harp unto our God : 

8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, 
who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh 
grass to grow upon the mountains. 

9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to 
the young ravens which cry. 

10 He delighteth not in the strength of the 
.horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of 

a man. 



11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that 
fear him, in thoscthat hope in his mercy. 

12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise 
thy God, O Zion. 

13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy 
gates; he hath blessed thy children within 
thee. 

14 He maketh peace in thy borders, and 
filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. 

15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon 
earth ; his word runneth very swiftly. 

16 He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth 
the hoar-frost like ashes. 

17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: 
who can stand before his cold ? 

18 He sendeth out his word, and meltetn 
them : he causeth his wind to blow, and the 
waters flow. 

19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his sta- 
tutes and his judgments unto Israel. 

20 He hath not dealt so with any nation : 
and as for his judgments, they have not 
known them. Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CXLVIII. 

1 The psalmist exhorteth the celestial, '7 the 
terrestrial, 11 and the rational creatures to 
praise God. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the 
Lord from t]ie heavens: praise him in 
the heights. 

2 Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye 
him, all his hosts. 

3 Praise ye him, sun and moon : praise him, 
all ye stars of light. 

4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and 
ye waters that be above the heavens. 

5 Let them praise the name of the Lord : 
for he commanded, and they were created. 

6 He hath also established them for ever and 
ever: he hath made a decree which shall not 
pass. 

7 Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dra- 
gons and all deeps : 

8 Fire, and hail ; snow, and vapour: stormy 
wind fulfilling his word : • 

9 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and 
all cedars : 

10 Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things. 
and flying fowl : 

11 Kings of the earth, and all people, 
princes, and all judges of the earth : 

12 Both young men, and maidens; old men, 
and children: 

13 Let them praise the name of the Lord : 
for his name alone is excellent; his glory is 
above the earth and heaven. 

14 He also exalteth the horn of his people, 
the praise of all his saints ; even of the chil- 
dren of Israel, a people near unto him. 
Praise ve the Lord. 

PSALM CXLIX. 
I The prophet exhorteth to praise God for his 
love to the church, 5 and for that power which 
he hath given to the church. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Sing unto the 
Lord a new song, and his praise in the 
congregation of saints. 
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him : 
let the children of Zion be joyful in their 
King. 

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3 Let them praise his name in the dance: I 
let them sing praises unto him with the tim- 
brel and harp. 

4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his 
people : he will beautify the meek with sal- 
vation. 

5 Let the saints he joyful in glory: let them 
sing aloud upon their beds. 

6 Let the high praises of God be in their 
mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand ; 

7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, 
and punishments upon the people; 

8 To bind their kings with chains, and their 
nobles with fetters of iron ; 

9 To execute upon them the judgment writ- 
ten*: this honour have all his saints. Praise 
ye the Lord. 



I, II» The nse of the proverbs- 

PSALM CL. 

1 Jin exhortation to praise God, 3 with all kind 
of instruments. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise God in 
his sanctuary : praise him in the firma- 
ment of his power. 

2 Praise him for his mighty acts : praise him 
according to his excellent greatness. 

3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet : 
praise him with the psaltery and harp. 

4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance : 
praise him with stringed instruments and 
organs. 

5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise 
him upon the high-sounding cymbals. 

6 Let every thing that hath breath praise 
the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. 



% The PROVERBS. 



CHAP. I. 



1 The use of the proverbs. 7 An exhortation to 
fear God, and believe his word; 10 to avoid 
the enticing s of sinners. 20 Wisdom complain- 
eth of her contempt. 2\She threateneth her 
contemners. 

rilHE proverbs of Solomon the son of Da- 
JL vid, king of Israel ; 

2 To know wisdom and instruction; to per- 
ceive the words of understanding: 

3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, jus- 
tice, and judgment, and equity; 

4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young 
man knowledge and discretion. 

5 A wise man will hear, and will increase 
learning; and a man of understanding shall 
attain unto wise counsels : 

6 To understand a proverb, and the inter- 
pretation : the words of the wise, and their 
dar*k sayings. 

7 ^[ The fear of the Lord is the beginning 
of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and 
instruction. 

8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, 
and forsake not the law of thy mother: 

9 For they shall be an ornament of grace 
unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. 

10 ^1 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent 
th-ou not. 

1 1 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait 
for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent 
without cause : 

12 Let us swallow them up alive as the 
grave ; and whole, as those that go down into 
the pit : 

13 We shall find all precious substance, we 
shall fi.il our houses with spoil : 

14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have 
one purse : 

15 My son walk not thou in the way with 
them ; refrain thy foot from their path : 

16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste 
to shed blood : 

17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the 
sight of any bird. 

18 And they lay wait for their oicn blood; 
they lurk privily for their own lives. 

19 So are the ways of every one that is 
reedy of gain; which taketli away the life of 

the owners thereof. 



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20 % Wisdom crieth without ; she uttereth 
her voice in the streets : 

21 She crieth in the chief place of con- 
course, in* the openings of the gates: in the 
city she uttereth her words, saying, 

22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love 
simplicity? and the scorners delight in their 
scorning, and fools hate knowledge ? 

23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will 
pour out my spirit unto you, I will make 
known my words unto you. 

24 If Because I have called and ye refused ; 
I have stretched out my hand, and no man 
regarded ; 

25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, 
and would none of my reproof: 

26 I also will laugh at your calamity : I will 
mock when your fear cometh ; 

27 When your fear cometh as desolation, 
and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; 
when distress and anguish cometh upon you; 

28 Then shall they call upon me, but Twill 
not answer; they shall seek me early, but 
they shall notfincl me; 

29 For that they hated knowledge, and did 
not choose the fear of the Lord : 

30 They would none of my counsel : they 
despised all my reproof. 

31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of 
their own way, and be filled with their own 
devices. 

32 For the turning away of the simple shall 
slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall 
destroy them. 

33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall 
dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear ot 
evil. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Wisdom promiseth godliness to her children, 
and safety from evil company, SQand direc- 
tion in good ways. 

MY son, if thou wilt receive my words, and 
hide my commandments with thee ; 

2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wis- 
dom, and apply thy heart to understanding; 

3 Yea, if thou cnest after knowledge, and 
liftest up thy voice for understanding ; 

4 If thou seekest her as silver, and search- 
est for her as for hid treasures ; 

5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of fche 
Lord, and find the knowledge of God. 

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PROVERBS. 



6 For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his 
mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. 

7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the right- 
eous: he is a buckler to them that walk up- 
rightly. 

8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and 
preserveth the way of his saints. 

9 Then shalt thouunderstand righteousness, 
and judgment, and equity; yea, every good 
path. 

10 ^[ When wisdom entereth into thy heart, 
and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 

11 Discretion shall preserve thee, under- 
standing shail keep thee : 

12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil 
man, from the man that speaketh froward 
things; 

13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to 
walk in the ways of darkness ; 

14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in 
the frowardness of the wicked; 

15 Whose ways are crooked, and they fro- 
ward in their paths : 

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, 
even from the stranger ivhich flattereth with 
her words ; 

17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, 
and forgetteth the covenant of her God. 

18 For her house inclineth unto death, and 
her paths unto the dead. 

19 None that go unto her return again, nei- 
ther take they hold of the paths of life. 

20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good 
men, and keep the paths of the righteous. 

21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, 
and the perfect shall remain in it. 
;22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the 
earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted 
out of it. 

CHAP. III. 

\An exhortation to obedience, 5 to faith, 7 to 
mortification, § to devotion, 11 to patience. 13 
The happy gain of wisdom. \9Thepo?cer, 21 
and the benefits of wisdom. 27 Jin exhortation 
to charitableness, 30 j)caceableness, 31 and 
contentedness. 33 The cursed Hate of the 
wicked. 

MY son, forget not my law; but let thy 
heart keep my commandments: 
' 2 For length of clays, and long life, and 
peace shall they add to thee. 

3 Let not meroy and truth forsake thee : bind 
them about thy neck; write them upon the 
table of thy heart: 

4 So shalt thou find favour and good under- 
stand! n*g in the sight of God and man. 

5 ^f Trust in the Lord with all thy heart; 
and lean not unto thine own understanding. 

6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and lie 
shall direct thy paths. 

7 U Be not wise in thine own eyes : fear the 
Lord, and depart from evil. 

8 It shall be health to thy navel, Slid marrow 
to thv bones. 

9 Honour the Lord with thy substance, and 
with the first-fruits of all thine increase: 

10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, 
and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. 

11 If'Mv son, despise not the chastening of 
the Lord; neitherbe wearvof his correction: 



Her power and benefds. 



12 For whom the Lord loveth he correct- 
eth ; even as a father the son in whom lie de- 
lighteth. 

13 5[ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, 
and the man that gettetlrunderstanding. 

14 For the merchandise of it is better than 
the merchandise of silver, and the gain there- 
of than fine gold. 

15 She is more precious than rubies: and 
all the things thou canst desire are not to be 
compared unto her. 

16 Length of days is in her right hand; and 
in her left hand riches and honour. 

17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and 
all her paths are peace. 

18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold 
upon her: and happy is everyone that re- 
taineth her. 

19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the 
earth ; by understanding hath he established 
the heavens. 

20 By his knowledge the depths are broken 
up, and the clouds drop down the dew. 

21 ^[ My son, let not them depart from thine 
eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion : 

22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and 
grace to thy neck. 

23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, 
and thy foot shall not stumble. 

24 When thou liestdown, thou shalt not be 
afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy 
sleep shall be sweet. 

25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of 
the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. 

26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, 
and shall keep thy foot from being taken. 

27 % Withhold not good from them to whom 
it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand 
to do it. 

28 Say not unto thy neighbour. Go, and 
come again, and to-morrowl will give; when 
thou hast it by thee. 

29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, 
seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 

30 1[ Strive not with a man without cause, 
if he have done thee no harm. 

31 \\ Envy thou not the oppressor, and 
choose none of his ways. 

32 For the froward is abomination to the 
Lord : but his secret is with the righteous. 

33 H The curse of the Lord is in tlie house 
of the wicked: but he blesseth the habita- 
tion of the just. 

34 1J Surely he scorneth the scorners : but 
he giveth grace unto the lowly. 

35 The wise shall inherit glory : but shame 
shall be the promotion of fools.* 

CHAP. IV. 

1 Solomon, to persuade obedience, 3 sheweth what 

instruction he had of his parents, 5 to study 

wisdom, 14 and to shun the path of the wicked. 

20 He exhorteth to faith, 23 and sanctification. 

HEAR, ve children, the instruction of a 
f • 



good doctrine, forsake ye 



fatherland attend to know understand- 
ing. 

2 For I give vou 
not my law. 

3 For I was my father's son, tender and only 
beloved in the sight of my mother. 

4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let 
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Solomon recommends wisdom, CHAP. V, VI. 

thy heart retain my words : keep my com- 
mandments, and live. 

5 Get wisdom, get understanding : forget it 
not ; neither decline from the words of my 
mouth. 

6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve 
thee : love her, and she shall keep thee. 

7 Wisdom is the principal thing* therefore 
get wisdom : and with all thy getting get un- 
derstanding. 

8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee : 
she shall bring thee to honour, when thou 
dost embrace her. 

9 She shall give to thy head an ornament of 
grace : a crown of glory shall she deliver to 
thee. 

10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; 
and the years of thy life shall be many. 

11 1 have taught thee in die way of wisdom; 
I have led thee in right paths. 

12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be 
straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt 
not stumble. 

13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not 
go : keep her; for she is thy life. 

14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, 
and go not in the way of evil men. 

15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and 
jwiss away. 

16 For they sleep not, except they have 
done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, 
unless they cause some to fall. 

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, 
and drink the wine of violence. 

18 But the path of the just is as the shining 
light, that shineth more and more unto the 
perfect day. 

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness : 
they know not at what they stumble. 

20 ^ My son, attend to my words; incline 
thine ear unto my sayings. 

21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; 
keep them in the midst of thy heart. 

22 For they are life unto those that find them, 
and healdi to all their flesh. 

23 IfKecp thy heart with all diligence; for 
out of it are the issues of life. 

24 Put away from thee a frowvd mouth, 
and perverse" lips put far from thee. 

25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine 
eye-lids look straight before thee. 

26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all 
thy ways be established. 

27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the 
left : remove thy foot from evil. 

CHAP. V. 
] Solomon exhortetk to the study of wisdom. 3 
He sheioeth the mischief of whoredom and riot. 
15 He exhorteth to contentedness, liberality, 
and chastity. 22 The wicked are overtaken 
with their own sins. 

MY son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow 
thine ear to my understanding : 

2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and 
that-<thy lips may keep knowledge. 

3 ■,[ For the lips of a strange woman drop as 
a honey-comb, and her mouth is smoother 
than oil : 

4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp 
? a two-edged sword. 

20 U 



He exhorts to chastity. 

5 Her feet go down to death ; her steps take 
hold on hell. 

6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of 
life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst 
not know them. 

7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, 
and depart not from the words of my mouth. 

8 Remove thy way far from her, and come 
not nigh the door of her house : 

9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, 
and thy years unto the cruel : 

10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth ; 
and thy labours be in the house of a stranger ; 

11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy' 
flesh and thy body are consumed, 

12 And say, How have I hated instruction, 
and my heart despised reproof; 

13 And have not obeyed the voice of my 
teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that 
instructed me! 

14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the 
congregation and assembly. 

15 ^f Drink waters out of thine own cistern, 
and running waters out of thine own well. 

16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, 
and rivers of waters in the streets. 

17 Let them be only thine own, and not 
strangers' with thee. 

18 Let thy fountain be blessed : and rejoice 
with the wife of thy youth. 

19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant 
roe ; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times ; 
and be thou ravished always with her love. 

20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished 
with a strange woman, and embrace the bo- 
som of a stranger ? 

21 For the ways of man are before the eyes 
of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. 

22 H His own iniquities shall take the wick- 
ed himself, and lite shall be holden with the 
cords of his sins. 

23 He shall die without instruction; and in 
the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. 

CHAP. VI. 
\ Against suretiship, ^idleness, 12 and mis- 
chievousness. 16 Seven things hateful to God. 
20 The blessings of obedience. 25 The mis- 
chiefs of whoredom. 

MY son, if thou be surety for thy friend, 
if thou hast stricken thy hand with a 
stranger, 

2 Thou art snared with the words of thy 
mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy 
mouth. 

3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, 
when thou art come into the hand of thy 
friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure 
thy friend. 

4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber 
to thine eyelids. 

5 Deliver thyself as a roe frpm the hand of 
the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the 
fowler. 

6 H Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider 
her ways, and be wise : 

7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 

8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and 
gathereth her food in the harv^at. 

9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard] 
when wilt thou arise out of tliy steer, f 

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10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a lit- 
tle folding of the hands to sleep : 

11 So shall thy poverty come as one that 
travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. 
■ 12 IT A naughty person, a wicked man, walk- 
eth with a. fro ward mouth. 

13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh 
with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers ; 

14 Frowardiiess is in his heart, he devised] 
mischief continually ; he soweth discord. 

15 Therefore shall his calamity come sud- 
denly; suddenly shall he be broken without 
remedy. 

16 U Tiiese six thing's doth the Lord hate ; 
yea, seven are an abomination unto him : 

17 A proud look, a lyimj tongue, and hands 
that shed innocent blood, 

18 A heart that deviseth wicked imagina- 
tions, feetthat be swift in running to mischief, 

19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and 
him that soweth discord among brethren. 

20 H My son, keep thy father's command- 
ment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 

21 Bind them continually upon thy heart, 
and tie them about thy neck. 

22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee ; when 
thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and when 
thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 

23 For the commandment is -a lamp; and 
the law is light; and reproofs of instruction 
are the Avay of life : 

24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from 
the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 

25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart ; 
neither let her take thee with her eyelids. 

26 For by means of a whorish woman a 
man is brought to apiece of bread: and the 
adulteress will hunt for the precious life. 

27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and 
his clothes not be burned 1 

28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet 
not be burned ? 

29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's 
wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be 
innocent. 

30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal 
to satisfy his soul when he is hungry ; 

31 But if he be found, he shall restore seven- 
fold ; he'shali give all the substance of his 
house. 

32 But whoso committed] adultery with a 
woman, lacketh understanding: he^todoeth 
if, destroyed] his own soul. 

33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; 
and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 

34 For jealousy is the rage of a man : there- 
fore he will not spare in the day of ven- 
geance. 

35 He Will not regard any ransom; neither 
will he rest content, though thou givest many 
gifts. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Solomon pcrsuadeth to a sincere and kind fa- 
miliarity with wisdom. 6 In an example of his 
own experience, he sheweth lQthe cunning of 
a whore, 22 and the desperate simplicity of a 
young wanton. 24 He dehorteth from such 
wickedness. 

Y son, keep my words, and lay up my 
commandments with thee. 



PROVERBS. The cunning of a harlot. 

2 Keep my commandments, and live ; and 
my law as the apple of thine eye. 

3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them 
upon the table of thy heart. 

4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and 
call understanding thy kinswoman : 

5 That they may keep thee from the strange 
woman, from the stranger which flattered] 
with her words. 

6 ^[ For at the window of my house I look- 
ed through my casement, 

7 And beheld among the simple ones, I dis- 
cerned among the youths, a young man void 
of understanding, 

8 Passing through the street near her cor- 
ner; and he went the way to her house, 

9In the twilight, in die evening, in the black 
and dark night : 

10 And behold, there met him a woman 
with the attire of a harlot, and subtile of heart. 

11 (She is loud and stubborn ; her feet abide 
not in her house : 

12 Now is she without, now in the streets, 
and lieth in wait at every corner.) 

13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and 
with an impudent face said unto him, 

14 I have peace-offerings with me; this day 
have I paid my vows. 

15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, dili- 
gently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 

16 I have decked my bed with coverings of 
tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen 
of Egypt. 

17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, 
aloes, and cinnamon. 

18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the 
morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. 

19 For the good-man is not at home, he is 
gone a long journey : 

20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, 
and will come home at the day appointed. 

21 Widi her much fair speech she cau-sed 
him to yield, with the flattering of her lips 
she forced him. 

22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox 
goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the cor- 
rection of the stocks; 

23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a 
bird hasteth to the snare, and knowetli not 
that it is for his life. 

24 H Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye 
children, and attend to the words ofiny mouth. 

25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go 
not astray in her paths. 

26 For she hath cast down many wounded: 
yea, many strong men have been "slain by her. 

27 Her house is the way to hell, going clou n 
to the chambers of death. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 The fame, 6 and evidence of wisdom. 10 The 
excellency, 12the nature, 15 the power, 18 the 
riches, 22 and the eternity of wisdom.. 32 Wis- 
dom is to be desired for the blessedness it 
bring eth. 



M 



DOTH not wisdom cry? and understand- 
ing put forth her voice ? 

2 She standeth in the top of high places, by 
the way in the places of the paths. 

3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of die 
city, at the coming in at the doors: 

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The excellency of wisdom. CHAP. 

4 Unto you, Omen, I call; and my voice is 
to the sons of man. 

5 O ye simple, understand wisdom : and ye 
fools, be ye of an understanding heart. 

6 Hear ; for I will speak of excellent things ; 
and the opening of my lips shall be right 
things. 

7 For my mouth shall speak truth : and 
wickedness is an abomination to my lips. 

8 All the words of my mouth are in right- 
eousness ; there is nothing froward or per- 
verse in them. 

9 They are all plain to him that understand- 
etli, and right to them that find knowledge. 

10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; 
and knowledge rather than choice gold. 

11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and 
all the things that may be desired are not to 
be compared to it. 

12 I Wisdom dwell with prudence, and find 
out knowledge of witty inventions. 

13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil : 
pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and 
the froward mouth, do I hate. 

14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom : I 
am understanding; I have strength. 

15 By me kings reign, and princes decree 
justice. 

16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all 
the judges of the earth. 

17 1 love them that love me : and those that 
seek me early shall find me. 

18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, 
durable riches and righteousness. 

1 9 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine 
gold • and my revenue than choice silver. 

20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the 
midst of the paths of judgment : 

21 That I may cause those that love me to 
inherit substance; and I will fill their trea- 
sures. , 

22 The Lord possessed me in the begin- 
|j ning of his way, before his works of old. 

j 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the 
beginning, or ever the earth was. 

24 When there were no depths, I was brought 
| forth; when there were no fountains abound- 
ing with water. 

25 Before the mountains were settled, be- 
[ fore the hills was I brought forth. 

; 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, 
nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust 
I of the world. ^ 

27 When he prepared the heavens, I was 
, there : when he seta compass upon the face 
, of the depth: 

I 28 When he established the clouds above : 
when he strengthened the fountains of the 
j deep : 

29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that 
, the waters should not pass his command- 
| ment ; when he appointed the foundations of 
I the earth : 

30 Then I was by him, as one brought up 
I with him : and I was daily Ms delight, re- 
joicing always before him ; 

; 31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his 
*arth , and my delights were with the sons of 
<lt'\ men. 

32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye 



IX, X. Its discipline and doctrine, 

children : for blessed are they that keep my 
ways. 

33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and re- 
fuse it not. 

34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, 
watching daily at my gates, waiting at die 
posts of my doors. 

35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and 
shall obtain favour of the Lord. 

36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth 
his own soul : all they that hate me love deatlu 

CHAP. IX. 

1 The discipline, 4 and doctrine of wisdom. 13 

The custom, 16 and error of folly. 

WISDOM hath builded her house, she 
hath hewn out her seven pillars : 

2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath min- 
gled her wine ; she hath also furnished her 
table. 

3 She hath seat forth her maidens: she 
crieth upon the highest places of the city, 

4 Whoso- & simple, let him turn in hither : 
as for him that wantedi understanding, she 
saith to him, 

5 Com€, eat of my bread, and drink of die 
wine which I have mingled. 

6 Forsake the foolish, and live ; and go in 
the way of understanding. 

7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to 
himself shame : arid he that rebuketh a wick- 
ed man getteth himself a blot. 

8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: 
rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. 

9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he 
will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he 
will increase in learning. 

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning 
of wisdom : and the knowledge of die holy 
is understanding. 

11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, 
and the years of thy life shall be increased. 

12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thy- 
self: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt 
bear it. 

13 1[ A foolish woman is clamorous : she is 
simple, and knowedi nothing. 

14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, 
on a seat in the high places of the city, 

15 To call passengers who go right on their 
ways: 

16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither : 
and as for him that wanteth understanding, 
she saith to him, 

17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten 
in secret is pleasant. 

18 But he knoweth not that the dead are 
there ; and that her guests are in the depths 
of hell. 

CHAP. X. 
From this chapter to the Jive and twentieth are 
sundry observations of moral virtues, and 
their contrary vices. 

THE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son 
maketh a glad father: but a foolish son 
is the heaviness of his motlver. 

2 Treasures ©f wickedness profit nothing: 
but righteousness delivereth from death. 

3 The Lord will not suffer the soul of the 
righteous to famish s but he casteth away the 
substance of the wicked. 

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Of sundry moral virtues, 

4 He becometh poor that dealeth icitfi a 
slack hand: but the hand of the diligent 
maketli rich. 

5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise 
son : but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son 
that causeth shame. 

6 Blessings are upon the head of the just 
but violence covereth the mouth of the 
wicked. 

7 The memory of the just is blessed : but 
the name of the wicked shall rot. 

8 The wise in heart will receive command- 
ments: but a prating fool shall fall. 

9 He that walketh uprightly walketh sure- 
ly : but he that perverteth his ways shall be 
known. 

10 He that winketh with the eye causeth 
sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. 

11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well 
of life : but violence covereth the mouth of 
the wicked. 

12 Hatred stirreth up strifes : but love co- 
vereth all sins. 

13 In the lips of him that hath understand- 
ing wisdom is found: but a rod is for the 
back of him that is void of understanding. 

14 Wise men lay up knowledge : but the 
mouth of the foolish is near destruction. 

15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city : 
the destruction of the poor is their poverty. 

16 The labour of the righteous tendelh to 
life : the fruit of the wicked to sin. 

17 He is in the way of life that keepeth in- 
struction: but he that refuseth reproof eroeth. 

18 He that hideth hatred icith lying lips, 
and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. 

19 In the multitude of words there wanteth 
not sin : but he that refraineth his lips is wise. 

20 The tongue of the just is as choice sil- 
ver r the heart of the wicked is little worth 

21 The lips of the righteous feed many : but 
fools die for want of wisdojn. 

22 The blessing of the Lord, it maketh 
rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. 

23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: 
but a man of understanding hath wisdom. 

24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come 
upon him: but the desire of the righteous 
shall be granted. 

25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wick- 
ed no more : but the righteous is an ever- 
lasting foundation. 

26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to 
the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send 
him. 

27 The fear of the Lord prolongeth days : 
but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. 

28 The hope of the righteous skull be glad- 
ness : but the expectation of the wicked shall 
perish. 

29 The way of the Lord is strength to the 
upright : but destruction shall be to the work- 
ers of iniquity. 

30 The righteous shall never be removed: 
but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. 

31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth, wis- 
dom : but the fro ward tongue shall be cut out. 

32 The lips of the righteous know what is 
acceptable: but the mouth ©f the wicked 
speafceih frowardness. 



PROVERBS. and their contrary vices. 

CHAP. XL 

A FALSE balance is abomination to the 
Lord : but a just weight is his delight. 

2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame : 
but witJi the lowly is wisdom. 

3 The integrity of the upright shall guide 
them : but the perverseness of transgressors 
shall destroy them. 

4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath : but 
righteousness delivereth from death. 

5 The righteousness of the perfect shall di- 
rect his way : but the wicked shall fall by his 
own wickedness. 

6 The righteousness of the upright shali de- 
liver them : but transgressors shall be taken 
in their own naughtiness. 

7 When a wicked man dieth, his expecta- 
tion shall perish: and the hope of unjust 
men perisheth. 

8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, 
and the wicked cometh in his stead. 

9 A hypocrite with his mouth destroveth 
his neighbour : but through knowledge shall 
the just be delivered. 

10 When it goeth well with the righteous 
the city rejoiceth : and when the wicked 
perish, there is shouting. 

11 By the blessing of the upright the city is 
exalted : but it is overthrown by the mouth 



of the wicked. 

12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his 
neighbour : but a man of understanding hold- 
eth his peace. 

13 A tale-bearer revealeth secrets : but li 
that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matt 

14 Where no counsel is, the people fall : 1 
in the multitude of counsellors ih ere is safei 

15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smar 
for it : and he that hateth suretiship is sure 

16 A gracious woman retaineth honour 
and strong men retain riches. 

17 The merciful man doeth good to his ov 
soul : but he that is cruel troubleth his ow 
flesh. 

18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work 
but to him that soweth righteousness sh 
be a sure reward, 

19 As righteousness tendelh to life : so he 
that pursueth evil pursuethit to his own death. 

20 They that are of a froward heart are 
abomination to the Lord : but such as are 
upright in their way are his delight. 

21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked 
shall not be unpunished : but the seed of the 
righteous shall be delivered. 

22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so 
is a fair woman which is without discretion. 

23 The desire of the righteous is only good : 
but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. 

24 There is that scattereth, and yet increas- 
ed! ; and there is that withholdeth more than 
is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 

25 The liberal soul shall be made fat : and 
he that watereth shall be wateredalso himself. 

26 He that withholdeth corn, the people 
shall curse him : but blessing shall be upon 
the head of him that selleth it. 

27 He that diligently seeketh good procu- 
reth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it 
shall come unto him. 

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The different ways and end CHAP. XII, XIII. 

28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall : 
but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. 

29 He that troubleth his own house shall 
inherit the wind: and the fool shall be ser- 
vant to the wise of heart 

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of 
life; and he that winneth souls is wise. 

31 Behold, the righteous shall be recom- 
pensed in the earth : much more the wicked 
and the sinner. 

CHAP. XII. 
r HOSO loveth instruction loveth know- 
ledge : but he that hateth reproof is 
brutish. 

2 A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord : 
but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. 

3 A man shall not be established by wicked- 
ness : but the root of the righteous shall not 
be moved. 

4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her hus- 
band : but she that maketh ashamed is as 
rottenness in his bones. 

5 The thoughts of the righteous are right : 
but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. 

6 The words of the wicked are to lie in 
wait for blood : but the mouth of the upright 
shall deliver them. 

7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not : 
but the house of the righteous shall stand. 

8 A man shall be commended according to 
his wisdom : but he that is of a perverse 
heart shall be despised. 

9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, 
is better than he that honoureth himself, and 
lacketh bread. 

10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his 
beast : but the tender mercies of the wicked 
are cruel. 

11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied 
with bread : but he that followeth vain 'per- 
sons is void of understanding. 

12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: 
but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. 

13 The wicked is snared by the transgres- 
sion of his lips: but the just shall come out 
of trouble. 

14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the 
fruit of his mouth : and the recompence of a 
man's hands shall be rendered unto him. 

15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes : 
but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. 

16 A fool's wrath is presently known : but 
•a prudent man covereth shame. 

17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth 
righteousness: but a false witness deceit. 

18 There is that speaketh like the piercings 
of a sword : but the tongue of the wise is 
health. 

19 The lip of truth shall be established for 
ever : but a lying tongue is but for a moment. 

20 Deceit is in the heart of them that ima- 
gine evil : but to die counsellors of peace is 

j°y- 

21 There shall no evil happen to the just : 
but the wicked shall be filled with' mischief. 

22 Lying lips are abomination to the Lord : 
but they that deal truly are his delight. 

23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: 
but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. 

24 The hand of the diligent shall bear 



of the righteous and the niched, 
rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. 

25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it 
stoop : but a good word maketh it glad. 

26 The righteous is more excellent than his 
neighbour : but the way of the wicked sc- 
duceth them. 

27 The slothful man roasteth not that which 
he took in hunting : but the substance of a 
diligent man is precious. 

28 In the way of rigl> cousness is life ; and 
in the pathway thereof there is no death. 

C T IAP. XIII. 

A WISE son heareth his father's instruc- 
tion : but a scorner heareth not rebuke. 
2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his 
mouth : but the soul of the transgressors shall 
eat violence. 

.3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his 
Jife : but he that openeth wide his lips shall 
have destruction. 

4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and 
hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent 
shall be made fat. 

5 A righteous man hateth lying : but a wick- 
ed man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. 

6 Righteousness keepeth him that is up- 
right in the way : but wickedness overthrow- 
em the sinner. 

7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet 
hath nothing : there is that maketh himself 
poor, yet hath great riches. 

o The ransom of a man's life are his riches : 
but the poor heareth not rebuke. 

9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but 
the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. 

10 Only by pride cometh contention : but 
with the well-advised is wisdom. 

11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be dimin- 
ished : but he that gathereth by labour shall 
increase. 

12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick : 
but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. 

13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be de- 
stroyed : but he that feareth the commani- 
ment shall be rewarded. 

14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, 
to depart from the snares of death. 

15 Good understanding giveth favour: but 
the way of transgressors is hard. 

16 Every prudent man dealeth with know- 
ledge : but a fool layeth open his folly. 

17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: 
but a faithful ambassador is health. 

18 Poverty and shame sliall be to him that 
refuseth instruction : but he that regardeth 
reproof shall be honoured. 

19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the 
soul : but it is abomination to fools to depart 
from evil. 

20 He that walketh with" wise men shall be 
wise : but a companion of fools shall be de- 
stroyed. 

21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the right- 
eous, good shall be repaid. 

22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to 
his children's children : and the wealth of the 
sinner is laid up for the just. * 

23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: 
but there is that is destroyed for want of judg- 
ment. 

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Of wisdom Jolly, fa. PftOVERBS; 

24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son : 
but he that loveth him chasteneth him be- 



25 T*he righteous eateth to the satisfying of 
his soul: but the belly of die wicked shall 
want. 

CHAP, XIV, 

EVERY wise Woman buildeth her house : 
but the foolish plucketh it down with 
her hands, , 

2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth 
the Lord: but he that is perverse in his 
ways despiseth him. 

3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: 
but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. 

4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but 
ranch increase is by the strength of the ox. 

5 A faithful witness will not lie : but a false 
witness will utter lies. 

6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and Jindeth it 
not: but knowledge is easy unto him that 
understandeth. 

7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, 
when thou perceivest not in him the lips of 
knowledge. 

8 The wisdom of the prudent is to under- 
stand his way : but the folly of fools is deceit. 

9 Fools make a mock at sin : but among the 
righteous there is favour. 

10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness ; 
and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his 
joy. 

11 The house of the wicked shall be over- 
thrown : but the tabernacle of the upright 
shall flourish. 

12 There is a way which seemeth right unto 
a man, but the end thereof are the ways of 
death. 

13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful ; 
and the end of that mirth is heaviness. 

14 The backslider in heart shall be filled 
with his own ways : and a good man shall be 
satisfied from himself. 

15 The simple Jbelieveth every word : but 
the prudent man looketh well to his going. 

16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from 
evil : but the fool rageth, and is confident. 

17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly : 
and a man of wicked devices is hated. 

. 18 The simple inherit folly : but the prudent 
are crowned with knowledge. 

19 The evil bow before the good ; and the 
wicked at the gates of the righteous. 

20 The poor is hated even rf his own neigh- 
bour : but the rich hath many friends. 

21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: 
but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy 
ts he. 

22 Do they not err that devise evil ? but mer- 
cy and truth sliall be to them thatdevise good. 

23 In all labour there is profit : but the talk 
of the lips tendeth only to penury. 

24 The crown of the wise is their riches : 
but the foolishness of fools is folly. 

25 A true witness delivereth souls : but a 
deceitful witness speaketh lies. 

26 In the fear of the Lord is strong con- 
fidence : and his children shall have a place 
of reftjge, 

27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of 



Of reproof, <$y\ 
life, to depart froni the snares of death. 

28 In the multitude of people is the k wag's 
honour : but in the want of people is the je 
struction of the prince. 

29 fie that is slow to wrath is of great un- 
derstanding : but he that is hasty of spirit ex- 
alteth folly. 

30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh : 
but envy the rottenness of the bones. 

31 He that oppressed! the poor reproacheth 
his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath 
mercy on the poor. 

32 The wicked is driven away in his wick- 
edness : but die righteous hath hope in his 
death. 

33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that 
hath understanding : but that which is in the 
midst of fools is made known. 

34 Righteousness exalteth a nation : but sin 
is a reproach to any people. 

35 The king's favour is toward a wise ser- 
vant: but his wrath is against him that 
causeth shame. 

CHAP. XV. 

A SOFT answer turneth away wrath : but 
grievous words stir up anger. 

2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge 
aright : but the moudi of fools poureth out 
foolishness. 

3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, 
beholding the evil and the good. 

4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life : but 
perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. 

5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction : 
but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. 

6 In the house of the righteous is much 
treasure : but in the revenues of the wicked 
is trouble. 

7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: 
but die heart of the foolish doeth not so. 

8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomi- 
nation to the Lord: but the prayer of the 
upright is his delight. 

9 The way of the wicked is an abomination 
unto the Lord ; but he loveth him that fol- 
io weth after righteousness. 

10 Correction is grievous unto him that for- 
saketh die way : and he that hateth reproof 
shall die. 

11 Hell and destruction ^rebefore the Lord: 
how much more then the hearts of the chil- 
dren of men ? 

12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth 
him : neither will he go unto the wise. 

13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful coun- 
tenance : but by sorrow of the heart the spi- 
rit is broken. 

14 The heart of him that hath understand- 
ing seeketh knowledge: but the moudi of 
fools feedeth on foolishness. 

15 All the days of the afflicted are evil : but 
he that is of a merry heart hath a continual 
feast. 

16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord, 
than great treasure and trouble therewith. 

17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, 
than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. 

18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife : buthe 
that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. 

19 The way of die slothful man is as a hedge 

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Various virtues and vices. CHAP. XVI, XVII. 

of thorns: but the way of the righteous is 
made plain. 

20 A wise son maketh a glad father : but a 
foolish man despiseth his mother. 

21 Folly is joy to hitn thai is destitute of 
wisdom: but a "man of understanding walk- 
eth uprightly. 

22 Without counsel purposesare disappoint- 
ed : but in the multitude of counsellors they 
are established. 

23 A man hath joy by the answer of his 
mouth: and a word spoken in due season, 
how good is it! 

24 1 he way of life is above to the wise, 
that he may depart from hell beneath. 

25 The Lord will destroy the house of the 
proud : but he will establish the border of 
the widow. 

26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abo- 
mination to the Lord : but ilie icords of the 
[Hire are pleasant words. 

27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his 
own house ; but lie that hateth gifts shall live. 

28 The heart of the righteous studieth to 
answer: but the mouth of the wicked pour- 
eth out evil things. 

29 The Lord is far from the wicked : but 
he heareth the prayer of the righteous. 

30 Tiie light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart : 
and a good report maketh the bones fat. 

31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life 
abidetli among the wise. 

32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth* 
his own soul : but he that heareth reproof 
getteth understanding. 

33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction 
of wisdom : and before honour is humility. 

CHAP. XVI. 

THE preparations of the heart in man, and 
the answer of the tongue, is from the 
Lord. 

2 All the ways of a man are clean in his 
own eyes ; but die Lord weigheth the spirits. 

3 Commit thy works unto die Lord, and thy 
thoughts shall be established. 

4 The Lord hath made all things for him- 
self: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. 

5 Every one that is proud in heart is an 
abomination to the Lord : though hand join 
in hand, he shall not be unpunished. 

6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged : 
and by the fear of the Lord men depart from 
evil. 

7 When a man's ways please the Lord, he 
maketh even his enemies to be at peace with 
him. 

8 Better is a little with righteousness, than 
great revenues without right. 

9 A man's heart devisetli his way: but the 
Lord directeth his steps. 

10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the 
king: his mouth transgresseth not in judg- 
ment. 

11 A just weight and balance are the Lord's : 
all the weights of the bag are his work. 

12 It is an abomination to kings to commit 
wickedness: for the throne is established by 
righteousness. 

13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings ; 
and they love him that speaketh right. 



Of pride, covetousness, SfC. 

14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of 
death : but a wise man will pacify it. 

15 In the light of the king's countenance is 
life ; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter 
rain. 

16 How rvich better is it to get wisdom 
than gold? and to get understanding rather 
to be chosen than silver? 

17 The highway of the upright is to depart 
from evil : he that keepeth his way preserv- 
eth his soul. 

18 Pride goeth before destruction, and a 
haughty spirit before a fall. 

19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with 
the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the 
proud. 

20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall 
find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, 
happy is he. 

21 The wise in heart shall be called pru- 
dent : and the sweetness of the lips increaseth 
learning. 

22 Understanding is a well-spring of life 
unto him that hath it: but the instruction of 
fools is folly. 

23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth 
and addeth learning to his lips. 

24 Pleasant words are as a honev-comb, 
sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 

25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a 
man, butthe end thereof are the ways of death. 

26 He that laboureth, laboureth for himself; 
for his mouth craveth it of him. 

27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil : and in 
his lips there is as a burning fire. 

28 A fro ward man soweth strife : and a 
whisperer separateth chief friends. 

29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, 
and leadeth him into the way that is not good. 

30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward 
tilings : moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. 

31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if'n 
be found in the way of righteousness. 

32 He that is slow to anger is better than 
the mighty ; and he that ruleth his spirit, 
than he that taketh a city. 

33 The lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole 
disposing thereof is of the Lord. 

CHAP. XVII. 

BETTER is a dry morsel, and quietness 
therewith, than a house full of sacrifices 
with strife. 

2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son 
that causeth shame, and shall have part of 
the inheritance among the brethren. 

3 The fining-pot is for silver, and the fur- 
nace for gold : but the Lord trieth the hearts. 

4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips 
and a liar givedi ear to a naughty tongue. 

5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his 
Maker: and he that is glad at calamities 
shall not be unpunished. 

6 Children's children are the crown of old 
men ; and the glory of children are their 
fathers. 

7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool : 
much less do lying lips a prince. 

8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of 
him that hath it : whithersoever it turnetli, it 
prosper eth. 

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Of wisdom {Mdfdltyi 

9 He that cdvereth a transgression seeketh 
love; but he that repeateth a matter, sepa- 
i atetii very friends. 

10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man 
than a hundred stripes into a fool. 

11 An evil man seeketh only, rebellion : 
therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent 
against him. 

12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a 
man, rather than a fool in his folly. 

13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall 
not depart from his ho, use. 

14 The beginning of strife is as when one 
letteth out water : therefore leave off conten- 
tion, before it be meddled with. 

15 He that justified! the wicked, and he that 
condemneth the just, even they both are 
abomination to the Lord. 

16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand 
of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no 
heart to it ? 

17 A friend loveth at all times, and a bro- 
ther is born for adversity. 

18 A man void of understanding striketh 
hands, and becometh surety in the presence 
of his friend. 

19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife : 
and he thatexalteth his gate seeketh destruc- 
tion. 

20 He that hath a fro ward heart findeth no 
good : and he that hath a perverse tongue 
falleth into mischief. 

21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his 
sorrow : and the father of a fool hath no joy. 

22 A merry heart doeth good like a medir 
cine : but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 

23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the 
bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. 

24 Wisdom is before him that hath under- 
standing ; but the eyes of a fool are in the 
ends of the earth. \ 

25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and 
bitterness to her that bare him. 

26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor 
to strike princes for equity. 

27 He that hath knowledge spareth his 
words : and a man of understanding is of an 
excellent spirit. 

28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, 
is counted wise : and he that shutteth his lips 
is esteemed a man of understanding. 

CHAP. XVIII. 

THROUGH desire, a man, having sepa- 
rated himself, seeketh and intermed- 
dled! with all wisdom. 

2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, 
but that his heart may discover itself. 

3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh 
also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. 

4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep 
v/aters, and the well-spring of wisdom as a 
flowing brook. 

5 It is not good to accept the person of the 
wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judg- 
ment. 

6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his 
mouth calleth for strokes. 

7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his 
lips are die snare of his soul. 

8 The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds. 



PROVERBS. Of- false witnesses^ &;c. 

and they go down into the innermost parts of 
the belly. 

9 He also that is slothful in his work is 
brodier to him that is a great waster. 

10 The name of the Lord is a strong tow- 
er : the righteous runneth into it, and is sale. 

11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, 
and as a high wall in his own conceit. 

12 Before destruction the heart of man is 
haughty, and before honour is humility. 

13 He that answereth a matter before lie 
heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. 

14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infir- 
mity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear? 

15 The heart of the prudent getteth know- 
ledge ; and the ear of the wise seeketh know- 
ledge. 

16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and 
bringeth him before great men. 

17 He that is first in his own cause seemeih 
just; but his neighbour cometh and search- 
ed! him. 

18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and 
parteth between the mighty. 

19 A brother offended is harder to be icon 
than a strong city; and their contentions are 
like the bars of a castle. 

20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the 
fruit of his mouth * and with the increase of 
his lips shall he be filled. 

21 Death and life are in the power of the 
tongue : and they that love it shall eat the 
fruit thereof. 

22 Whoso findeth a wife, findeth a good 
thing; and obtaineth favour of the Lord. 

23 The poor useth entreaties; but the rich 
answereth roughly. 

24 A man that hath friends must shew him- 
self friendly : and there is a friend that stick- 
eth closer than a brother. 

CHAP. XIX. 

BETTER is the poor that walketh in his 
integrity, than he that is perverse in his 
lips, and is a fool. 

2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, 
it is not good ; and he that hasteth with his 
feet sinneth. 

3 The foolishness of man perverted! his 
way : and his heart fretteth against the Lord. 

4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the 
poor is separated from his neighbour. 

5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, 
and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. 

6 Many will entreat the favour of die prince : 
and every man is a friend to him that giveth 
gifts. 

7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: 
how much more do his friends go far from 
him ? he pursueth them with words, yet they 
are wanting to him. 

8 He that getteth wisdom loveth" his own 
soul: he that keepeth understanding shall 
find good. 

9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, 
and he that speaketh lies shall perish. 

10 Delight is not seemly for a fool ; much 
less for a servant to have rule over princes. 

11 The discretion of a man deferred! his 
anger ; and it is his glory to pass over a trans- 
gression. 

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Of slothful less, charity, 8;C. CHAP. 

12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a 
lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. 

13 A foolish son is the calamity of Ins fa- 
ther : and the contentions of a wife are a con- 
tinual dropping. 

14 House and riches are the inheritance of 
fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord. 

15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; 
and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. 

16 He that keepeth the commandment keep- 
etli his own soul: but he that despiseth his 
ways shall die. 

17 He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth 
unto the Lord; and that which he hath 
given will he pay him again. 

18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and 
let not thy soul spare for his crying. 

19 A man of great wrath shallsuffer punish- 
ment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must 
do it again. 

20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, 
tliat thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. 

21 There are many devices in a man's 
heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, 
that shall stand. 

22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and 
a poor man is better than a liar. 

23 The fear of the Lord tendeih to life : 
and lie that hath it shall abide satisfied; lie 
shall not be visited with evil. 

24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bo- 
som, and will not so much as bring it to his 
mouth again. 

25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will be- 
ware : and reprove one that hath understand- 
ing, and he will understand knowledge. 

26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth 
away his mother, is- a son that causeth shame, 
and bringetli reproach. 

27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that 
causeth to err from the words of knowledge. 

28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: 
and the mouth of the wicked devoureth ini- 
quity. 

29 "Judgments are prepared for scorners, 
and stripes for the back of fools. 

CHAP. XX. 

WINE is a mocker, strong drink is 
raging: and whosoever is deceived 
thereby is not wise. 

2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a 
lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth 
against his own soul. 

3 It is an honour for a man to cease from 
strife: but every fool will be meddling. 

4 The sluggard will not plough by reason of 
the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, 
and have nothing. 

5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep 
water ; but a man of understanding will draw 
it out. 

6 Most men will proclaim every one his own 
goodness: but a faithful man who can find? 

7 The just man walketh in his integrity : his 
children are blessed after him. 

8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judg- 
ment, scattereth away all evil with his eyes. 

9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, 
I am pure from my sin ? 

10 Divers weights, and divers measures, 

U* 



XX, XXI. Of ill got treasure, SfC. 

both of them are alike abomination to the 
Lord. 

11 Even a child is known by his doings, 
whether his work be pure, and whether «7 be 
right. 

12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, 
the Lord hath made even both of them. 

13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to pover- 
ty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satis- 
fied with bread. 

14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the 
buyer : but when he is gone his way, then he 
boasteth. 

15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies : 
but the lips of knowledge are a precious 
jewel. 

16 Take his garment that is surety for a 
stranger: and take a pledge* of him for a 
strange woman. 

17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man ; but af^ 
terwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. 

18 Every purpose is established by coun- 
sel : and with good advice make war. 

19 He that goeth about as a tale-bearer re- 
vealeth secrets : therefore meddle not with 
him that flattereth with his lips. 

20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, 
his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. 

21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at 
the beginning; but Alie end thereof shall not 
be blessed. 

22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; 
but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee. 

23 Divers weightsv?re an abomination unto 
the Lord ; and a false balance is not good. 

24 Man's goings are of the Lord ; how can 
a man then understand his own way ? 

25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth 
that which is holy, and after vows to make 
inquiry. 

26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and 
bringeth the wheel over them. 

27 The spirit of man is the candle of the 
Lord, searching all the inward parts of the 
belly. 

28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and 
his throne is upholden by mercy. 

29 The glory of young men is their strength : 
and the beauty of old men i$ the gray head. 

30 Thebluenessof a wound oleanseth away 
evil : so do stripes the inward parts of the 
belly. 

CHAP. XXL 

THE king's heart is- -in the hand of the 
Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth 
it whithersoever he will. 
2 Every way of a man is right in his ow'n 
eyes : but the Lord pondereth the hearts. 
6 To do justice and judgment is more ac- 
ceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. 

4 A high look, and a proud heart, and the 
ploughing of the wicked, is sm. 

5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to 
plenteousness; but of every one Ihyt is hasty, 
only to want. 

6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue 
is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek 
death. 

7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy 
them; because "they refuse to do judgment. 

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Of the pursuit of pleasure, fyc. 

8 The way of mail is fro ward and strange: 
but as far the pure, his work is right. 

9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the 
house-top, than with a brawling woman in a 
wide house. 

10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his 
neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. 

11 When the scorner is punished, the sim- 
ple is made wise ; and when the wise is in- 
structed, he receiveth knowledge. 

12 The righteous man wisely considereth 
the house of the wicked: but God over- 
throweth the wicked for their wickedness. 

13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of 
the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall 
not be heard. 

14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a 
reward in the bosom, strong wrath. 

15 It is joy to the just to do judgment : but 
destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. 

16 The man that wandereth out of the way 
of understanding shall remain in the congre- 
gation of the dead. 

17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor 
man : he that loveth wine and oil shall not 
be rich. 

18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the 
righteous, and the transgressor for the up- 
right. 

19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, 
than with a contentious and an angry woman. 

20 There is treasure to be desired, and oil 
m the dwelling of the wise ; but a foolish man 
spendeth it up. 

21 He that followeth after righteousness and 
mercy, findeth life, righteousness, and honour. 

22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, 
and casteth down the strength of the confi- 
dence thereof. 

23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, 
keepeth his soul from troubles. 

24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, 
who dealeth in proud wrath. 

25 The desire of the slothful killeth him ; for 
his hands refuse to labour. 

26 He coveteth greedily all the day long : 
but the righteous giveth and spareth not. 

27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomina- 
tion : how much more, when he bringeth it 
with a wicked mind ? 

28 A false witness shall perish : but the man 
that hearetb, speaketh constantly. 

29 A wicked man hardeneth his face : but 
as for the upright, He directeth his way. 

30 Th ere is no wisdom nor understanding 
nor counsel against the Lord. 

31 The horse is prepared against the day of 
battle : but safetv is of the Lord. 

CHAP. XXII. 

A GOOD name is rather to be chosen 
than great riches, and loving favour ra- 
ther than silver and gold. 

2 The rich and poor meet together : the 
-Lord is the maker of them all. 

3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and 
bideth himself: but the simple pass on, and 
are punished. 

4 By humility and the fear of the Lord are 
riches and honour, and life. 

5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the 



PROVERBS. Importance of right education. 
froward : he that doth keep his soul shall be 
far from them. 

6 Train up a child in the way he should go : 
and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 

7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the 
borrower is servant to the lender. 

8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity : 
and the rod of his anger shall fail. 

9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be 
blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. 

10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall 
go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. 

11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the 
grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. 

12 The eyes of the Lord preserve know- 
ledge, and he overtliroweth the words of the 
transgressor. 

13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion 
without, I shall be slain in the streets. 

14 The mouth of strange women is a deep 
pit : he that is abhorred of the Lord shall 
fall therein. 

15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a 
child ; but the rod of correction shall drive it 
far from him. 

16 He that oppressedi the poor to increase 
his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, 
shall surely come to want. 

17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words 
of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my 
knowledge. 

18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep 
them within thee ; they shall withal be fitted 
in thy lips. 

19 That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have 
made known to thee this day, even to thee. 

20 Have not I written to thee excellent 
things in counsels and knowledge, 

21 That I might make thee know the cer- 
tainty of the words of truth ; that thou might- 
est answer the words of truth to them that 
send unto thee ? 

22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor : 
neither oppress the afflicted in the gate : 

23 For the Lord will plead their cause, and 
spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. 

24 Make no friendship with an angry man ; 
and with a furious man thou shalt not go : 

25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare 
to thy soul. 

26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, 
or of them that are sureties for debts. 

27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should 
he take away thy bed from under thee ? 

28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which 
thy fathers have set. < s 

29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business ? 
he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand 
before mean men. 

CHAP. XXIlf. 



WHEN thou sittest to eat with a ruler, 
consider diligently what is before thee : 

2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a 
man given to appetite. 

3 Be not desirous of his dainties : for they 
are deceitful meat. 

4 Labour not to be rich : cease from thine 
own wisdom. 

5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which 
is not? for riches certainly make themselves 

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Of drunkenness, %c. CHAP. XXIV, 

wings; they fly away as an eagle toward 



heaven. 

6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath 
an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty 
meats : 

7 For as he thinketli in his heart, so is he : 
Eat and drink, saith he to thee ; but his heart 
is not with thee. 

8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt 
thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. 

9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he 
will despise the wisdom of thy words. 

10 Remove not the old landmark; and en- 
ter not into the fields of the fatherless : 

11 For their Redeemer is mighty; he shall 
plead their cause with thee. 

12 Apply thy heart unto instruction, and 
thine ears to the words of knowledge. 

13 Withhold not correction from the child : 
for if t\\o\\ beatest him A'ith the rod, he shall 
not die. 

14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and 
shalt deliver his soul from hell. 

15 My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart 
shall rejoice, even mine. 

16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy 
lips speak right things. 

17 Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be 
thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long. 

18 For surely there is an end; and thine 
expectation shall not be cut off". 

19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and 
guide thy heart in the way. 

20 Be not among wine-bibbers; among riot- 
ous eaters of flesh : 

21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall 
come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe 
a man with rags. 

22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, 
and despise not thy mother when she is old. 

23 Buy the truth, and sell it not ; also Avis- 
dora, and instruction, and understanding. 

24 The father of the righteous shall greatly 
rejoice : and he that begetteth a wise child 
shall have joy of him. 

25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, 
and she that bare thee shall rejoice. 

26* My son, give me thy heart, and let thine 
eves observe my ways. 

£7 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a 
strange woman is a narrow pit. 

28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and 
increaseth the transgressors among men. 

29 Who hath wo ? who hath sorrow ? who 
hath contentions ? who hath babbling ? who 
hath wounds without cause 1 who hath red- 
ness-of eyes ? 

30 They that tarry long at the wine ; they 
that go to seek mixed wine. 

31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is 
red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, 
when it moveth itself aright. 

32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and 
stingeth like an adder. 

33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, 
and thy heart shall utter perverse things. 

34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down 
in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth 
upon the top of a mast. 

&> They have stricken me, shalt thru say, 



Of wisdom, fa. 
and I was .pot sick ; they have beaten me, 
and I felt it not : when shall I awake ? 1 
will seek it yet again. 

CHAP. XXIV. 

BE not thou envious against evil men, 
neither desire to be with them : 

2 For their heart studieth destruction, and 
their lips talk of mischief. 

3 Through wisdom is a house builded ; and 
by understanding it is established : 

4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be 
filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 

5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of 
knowledge increaseth strength. 

6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy 
war : and in multitude of counsellors there is 
safety. 

7 Wisdom is too high for a fool : lie open 
eth not his mouth ill the gate. 

8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called 
a mischievous person. 

9 The thought of foolishness is sin : and 
the scorner is an abomination to men. 

10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy 
strength is small. 

11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are 
drawn unto death, and those that are ready 
to be slain ; 

12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not ; 
doth not he that pondereth the heart consider 
it 1 and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he 
know HI and shall not he render to every 
man according to his works ? 

13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is 
good; and the honey-comb, which is sweet 
to thy taste: 

14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be 
unto thy soul : when thou hast found it, then 
there shall be a reward, and thy expectation 
shall not be cut off. 

15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the 
dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his rest- 
ing-place: 

16 For a just man falleth seven times, and 
riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall 
into mischief., 

17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and 
let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth : 

18 Lest the Lord see it r and it displease 
him, and he turn away his wrath fro:r him. 

19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, 
neither be thou envious at the wicked; 

20 For there shall be no reward to the evil 
man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. 

21 My son, fear thou the Lord and the 
king: and meddle not with them that are 
given to change : 

22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly 
and who knoweth the ruin of them both ? 

23 These things also belong to the wise. 
It is not good to have respect of persons in 
judgment. 

24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou a) t 
righteous; him shall the people curse, nations 
shall abhor him : 

25 But to them that rebuke htm shall be de- 
light, and a good blessing shall come upon 
them. 

26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth 
a right answer, 

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Observations ahout rulers. 

27 Prepare thy work without, and make it 
fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards 
build thy house. 

28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour 
without cause ; and deceive not with thy lips. 

29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath 
done to me : I will render to the man accord- 
ing to his work. 

30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by 
the vineyard of the man void of understand- 



31 And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, 
and nettles had covered the face thereof and 
the stone wall thereof was broken down. 

32 Then I saw, and considered it well : I 
looked upon it, and received instruction. 

33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little 
folding of the hands to sleep : 

34 So shall thy poverty come as one that 
travelleth; and thv want as an armed man. 

CHAP. XXV. 
I Observations about kings, 8 and about avoid- 
ing of quarrels , and sundry causes thereof. 
THESE are also proverbs of Solomon, 
which the men of Hezekiah king of 
Judah copied out. 

2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing : but 
the honour of kings is to search out a matter. 

3 The heaven for height, and the earth for 
depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. 

4 Take away the dross from the silver, and 
there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. 

5 Take away the wicked from before the 
king, and his throne shall be established in 
righteousness. 

6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the 
kinjr, and stand not in the place of great men : 

7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, 
Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be 
put lower in the presence of the prince whom 
thine eyes have seen. 

8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou 
know not what to do in the end thereof, when 
thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. 

9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour him- 
self; and discover not a secret to another : 

10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, 
and thine infamy turn not away. 

11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of 
gold in pictures of silver. 

12 As an ear-ring of gold,- and an ornament 
of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an 
obedient ear. 

13 As the cold of snow in the time of har- 
vest, so is a faithful messenger to them that 
send him : for he refresheth the soul of his 
masters. 

14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is 
like clouds and wind without rain. 

15 By long forbearing is a prince persua 
ded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. 

16 Hast thou found honey 1 eat so much as 
is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled there- 
with, and vomit it. 

17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's 
house ; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate 
thee. 

18 A man thatbeareth false witness against 
his neighboui is a maul, and a sword, and a 
sharp arrow. 



PROVERBS. Of fools, sluggards, fa. 

19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time 
of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot 
out of joint. 

20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold 
weather, and as vinegar upon nitre : so is 
he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. 

21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread 
to eat ; and if he be thirsty, give him water 
to drink: 

22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his 
head, and the Lord shall reward thee. 

23 The north wind driveth away rain : so 
doth an angry countenance a Backbiting 
tongue. 

24 It is better to dwell in a corner of the 
house-top, than with a brawling woman and 
in a wide house. 

25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is 
good news from a far country. 

26 A righteous maw falling dow T n before the 
wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a cor- 
rupt spring. 

2/ It is not good to eat much honey: so for 
men to search their own glory is not glory. 
28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit 
is like a city that is broken down, and with- 
out walls. 

CHAP. XXVI. 

1 Observations about fools, 13 about sluggards, 
17 and about contentious busybodies. 



AS snow in summer, and as rain in har- 
vest ; so honour is not seemly for a fool. 
2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow 
bv flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. 
& A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, 
and a rod for the fool's back. 

4 Answer not a fool according to liis folly, 
lest thou also be like unto him. 

5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest 
he be wise in his own conceit. 

6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a 
fool cutteth off the feet, arcddrinkedi damage. 

7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is 
a parable in the mouth of fools. 

8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is 
he that giveth honour to a fool. 

9 As a thorn goetli up into the hand of a 
drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of 
fools. 

10 The great God that formed all things 
both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth 
transgressors. 

11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool 
retumeth to his folly. 

12 Seest thou a man wise in his own con- v 
ceit ? there is more hope of a fool than of him. < 

13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion 
in the way ; a lion is in the streets. 

14 As the door turneth upon his hinges, so 
doth the slothful upon his bed. 

15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bo- 
som; it grieveth him to bring it again to his 
mouth. 

16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit 
than seven men that can render a reason. 

17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with 
strife belonging not to him, is like one that 
taketh a dog by the ears. 

18 As a mad man who casteth fire-brands, 
arrows, and death, 

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19 So is the man that deceiveth his neigh- 
bour, and saith, Am not I in sport? 
90 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth 
out: so where there is no tale-bearer, the 
strife ceaseth. 

21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to 
fire ; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. 

22 The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, 
and they go down into the innermost parts of 
the belly. 

23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like 
a potsherd covered with silver dross. 

24 He that hateth, dissembleth with his lips, 
and layeth up deceit within him ; 

25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not : 
for there are seven abominations in his heart. 

26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his 
wickedness shall be shewed before the whole 
congregation. 

27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein : and 
he that roileth a stone, it will return upon him. 

28 A lying tongue hateth those that are af- 
flicted by it ; and a flattering mouth worketh 
ruin. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
1 Observations of self-love, 5 of true lore, 11 of 
care to avoid offences, 23 and of the household 
care. 

BOAST not thyself of to-morrow; for thou 
kno west not what a dav may bring forth. 

2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine 
own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own 
lips. 

3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; 
but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. 

4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; 
but who is able to stand before envy ? 

5 Open rebuke is better than secret love. 

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but 
the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 

7 The full soul loatheth a honey-comb; but 
to the hungry soul even' bitter thing is sweet. 

8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, 
so is a man that wandereth from his place. 

9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: 
so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by 
hearty counsel. 

10 Thine own friend, and thy fathers 
friend, forsake not; neither go into thy bro- 
ther's house in the day of thy calamitv : for 
better is a neighbour that h near, than a 
brother far off. 

11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, 
that I may answer him that reproacheth me. 

12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and 
hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and 
are punished. 

13 Take his garment that is surety for a 
stranger, and take a pledge of him for a 
strange woman. 

14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud 
voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be 
counted a curse to him. 

15 A continual dropping in a *«ry rainy day 
and a contentious woman are alike. 

16 Whosoever hideth her, hideth the wind, 
and the ointment of his right hand ichich be- 
wrayeth itself. 

17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpen- 
ed! the countenance of his friend. 



Of impiety and integrity,' 

18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the 
fruit thereof : so he that waiteth on his mas- 
ter shall be honoured. 

19 As in water face answereth to face, so 
the heart of man to man. 

20 Hell and destruction are never full ; so 
the eves of man are never satisfied. 

21 As the fining-pot for silver, and the fur- 
nace for gold ; so is a man to his praise. 

22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a 
mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will 
not his foolishness depart from him. 

23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy 
flocks, and look well to thy herds : 

24 For riches are not for ever : and doth 
the crown endure to every generation ? 

25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass 
sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains 
are gathered. 

26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the 
goats are the price of the field. 

27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough 
for thy food, for the food of thy household, 
and for maintenance for thy maidens. 

CHAP. XXVIII. 

General observations of impiety and religious 

integrity. 

THE wicked flee when no man pursueth : 
but the righteous are bold as a lion. 

2 For the transgression of a land many are 
the princes thereof: but by a man of under- 
standing and knowledge the state thereof 
shall be prolonged. 

3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is 
like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. 

4 They that forsake the law praise the wick- 
ed: but such as keep the law contend with 
them. 

5 Evil men understand not judgment: but 
they thatseek the Lord understand all things. 

6 Better is the poor that walketh in his up- 
rightness, than he that is perverse in his 
ways, though he be rich. 

7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son : 
but he that is a companion of riotous men 
shameth his father. 

8 He that by usury and unjust gain increas- 
eth his subslance, he shall gather it for him 
that will pity the poor. 

9 He thatturneth away his ear from hearing 
the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. 

10 Whoso causetji the righteous to go astray 
in an evil way, h$phall fall himself into his 
own pit: but the upright shall have good 
thi?i<*s in possession. 

11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; 
but the poor that hath understanding search- 
eth him out. 

12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is 
great glory : but when the wicked rise, a man 
is hidden. 

13 He that covereth his sins shall not pros- 
per: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh 
them shall have mercy. 

14 Happy is the man that feareth always : 
but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into 
mischief. 

15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, 
so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. 

16 The prince that wanteth understanding & 

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Of public government, 

also a great oppressor : but he that hateth 

covetousness shall prolong his days. 

17 A man that doetii violence to the blood 
of any person shall flee to the pit; let no 
man stay him. 

18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved ; 
but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall 
at once. 

19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty 
of bread : but he that folio wetli after vain 
persons shall have poverty enough. 

20 A faithful man shall abound with bless- 
ings : but he that maketh haste to be rich 
shall not be innocent. 

21 To have respect of persons is not good : 
for, for a piece of bread that man will trans- 
gress. 

22 He that hasteth to be rich hath art evil 
eye, and considereth not that poverty shall 
come upon him. 

23 He that rebuketh a man, afterwards 
shall find more favour than he that flattereth 
with the tongue. 

24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, 
and saith, It is no transgression; the same 
is the companion of a destroyer. 

25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up 
strife : but he that putteth his trust in the 
Lord shall be made fat. 

26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a 
fool : but whoso Avalketh wisely, he shall be 
delivered. 

27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not 
lack : but he that hideth his eyes shall have 
many a curse. 

28 When the wicked rise, men hide them- 
selves: but when they perish, the righteous 
increase. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
1 Observations of public government, \oand of 
private. 22*}/ anger, pride, thievery, coward- 
ice, and conniption. 

HE that, being often reproved, hardeneth 
his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, 
and that without remedy. 

2 When the righteous are in authority, the 
people rejoice : but when the wicked bear- 
etli rule, the people mourn. 

3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father : 
but he that keepeth company with harlots 
spendeth his substance. 

4 The kingbyjudgmentestablisheth the land: 
but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. 

5 A man thatflattereth hisneighbourspread- 
eih a net for his feet. 

C In the transgression of an evil man there 
is a snare : but the righteous doth sing and 
rejoice. 

7 The righteous considereth the cause of 
the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to 
know it. 

8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare : 
but wise men turn away wrath. 

9 7/*a wise man contendeth with a foolish 
man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no 
rest. 

10 The blood-thirsty hate the upright : but 
the just seek his soul. 

11 A fool uttpreth all his mind : but a wise 
man keepeth it in till afterwards. ' 



PROVERBS. Agur s confession and prayer, 

12\If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants 
are wicked. 

13 The poor and the deceitful man meet to- 
gether : the Lord li^hteneth both their eyes. 

14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, 
his throne shall be established for ever. 

15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but 
a child left to himself bringeth his mother to 
shame. 

16 When the wicked are multiplied, trans- 
gression increaseth: but the righteous shall 
see their fall. 

17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee 
rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy sou!. 

18 Where there is no vision, the people per- 
ish : but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. 

19 A servant will not be corrected by words : 
for though he understand he will not answer. 

20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his 
words? there is more hope of a fool than of 
hi in. 

21 He that delicately bringeth up his ser- 
vant from a child shall have him become his 
son at the length. 

22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a 
furious man aboundeth in transgression. 

23 A man's pride shall bring him low : but 
honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. 

24 Whoso is partner with a thief, hateth 
his own soul : he heareth cursing, and be- 
wray eth it not. 

25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but 
whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be 
safe. 

26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every 
man's judgment cometh from the Lord. 

27 An unjust man is an abomination to the 
just; and he that is upright in the way is 
abomination to the wicked. 

CHAP. XXX. 
I Agur'' s confession of his faith. 7 The two 
points of his prayer. 10 The meanest are not 
to be wronged. 11 Four wicked generations. 
15 Four things insatiable. 11 Parents are not 
to be despised. 18 Four things hard to be known. 
21 Four things intolerable. 24 Four things ex- 
ceeding wise. 29 Four things stately. 32 Wrath 
is to be prevented. 

THE words of Agur the son of Jakeh, 
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even the prophecy : the man spake unto 
Ithiei, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 

2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, 
and have not the understanding of a man. 

3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the 
knowledge of the holy. 

4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or 
descended? who hath gathered the wind in 
his fists? who hath bound the waters in a 
garment ? who hath established all the ends 
of the earth ? what is his name, and what is 
his son's name, if thou canst tell? 

5 Every word of God is pure : he is a shield 
unto them that put their trust in him. 

6 Add thou not unto his words, lest lie re- 
prove thee, and thou be found a liar. 

7 Two things have I required of thee; de- 
ny me them not before I die : 

8 Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give 
me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with 
food convenient for me : 

9 Lest I be full, and deny iliee, and sav, Who 
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Parents to be respected. CHAP. 

is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, 
and take the name of my God in vain. 

10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest 
he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 

11 There is a generation that curseth their 
father, and doth not bless their mother. 

12 There is a generation tliat are pure in 
their own eyes, and yet is not washed from 
their filthiness. 

13 There is a generation, O how lofty are 
their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. 

14 There is a generation, whose teeth are 
as swords, and their jaw-teeth as knives, to 
devour the poor from off the earth, and the 
needy from among men. 

15 The horse-leech hath two daughters, 
crying, Give, give. There are three things 
tliat are never satisfied, yea, four things say 
not, It is enough : 

16 The grave; and the barren womb • the 
earth that is not filled with water; and the 
fire that saith not, It is enough. 

17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and 
despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of 
the valley shall pick it out, and the young 
eagles shall eat it. 

18 There be three things which are too won- 
derful for me, yea, four which I know not: 

19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way 
of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship 
in the midst of the sea ; and the way of a 
man with a maid. 

20 Such is the way of an adulterous wo- 
man; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and 
saith, I have done no wickedness. 

21 in For three things the earth is disquiet- 
ed, and for four which it cannot bear : 

22 For a servant when he reigneth ; and a 
fool when he is filled with meat ; 

23 For an odious woman when she is mar- 
ried; and a handmaid that is heir to her mis- 
tress. 

24 There be four things which are little upon 
the earth, but they are exceeding wise : 

25 The ants are a people not strong, yet 
they prepare their meat in the summer; 

26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet 
make they their houses in the rocks; 

27 The locusts have no king, yet go they 
forth all of them bf bands ; 

28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, 
and is in kings' palaces. 

29 There be three things which go well, 
yea, four are comely in going : 

30 A lion, which is strongest among beasts, 
and turneth not away for any ; 

31 A greyhound ; a he-goat also ; and a king, 
against whom there is no rising up. 
£32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up 
thyself, or if thou hast thougnt evil, lay thy 
hand upon thy mouth. 
33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth 
butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth 
forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth 
forth strife. 

CHAP. XXXI. 
I Lemuel's lesson of chastity and temperance. 6 
The afflicted are to be comforted and defend- 
ed. 10 The praise and properties of a good 
vife. 



XXXI. Properties of a virtuous woman. 

THE words of king Lemuel, the prophe- 
cy that his mother taught him. 

2 What, my son? and what, the son of my 
womb? and what, the son of my vows? 

3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy 
ways to tliat which destroyeth kings. 

4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for 
kings to drink wine ; nor for princes strong 
drink: 

5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and 
pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 

6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready 
to perish, and wine to those that be of heavy 
hearts. 

7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and 
remember his miser}' no more. 

8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause 
of all such as are appointed to destruction. 

9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and 
plead the cause of the poor and needy. 

10 ^[ Who can find a virtuous woman ? for 
her price is far above rubies. 

11 The heart of her husband doth safely 
trust in her, so that he shall have no need of 
spoil. 

12 She will do him good and not evil all the 
days of her life. 

13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and work- 
eth willingly with her hands. 

14 She is like the merchants' ships ; she 
bringeth her food from afar. 

15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and 
giveth meat to her household, and a portion 
to her maidens. 

16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it : 
with the fruit of her hands she planteth a 
vineyard. 

17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and 
strengtheneth her arms. 

18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is 
good: her candle goeth not out by night. 

19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and 
her hands hold the distaff. 

20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; 
yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the 
needy. 

21 She is not afraid of the snow for her 
household : for all her household are clothed 
with scarlet. 

22 She maketh herself coverings of tapes- 
try; her clothing is silk and purple. 

23 Her husband is known in the gates, when 
he sitteth among the elders of the land. 

24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; 
and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. 

25 Strength and honour are her clothing ; 
and she shall rejoice in time to come. j 

26 She openeth her moudi with wisdom ; 
and in her tongue is fhe law of kindness. 

27 She looketh well to the ways of herhouse- 
hold, and eateth not the bread of idleness. - 

28 Her children arise up, and call her bless- 
ed ; her husband also, and he praiseth her. 

29 Many daughters have done virtuously, 
but thou excellest them all. 

30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain : 
but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall 
be praised. 

31 Give her of the fruit of her hands ; and 
let her own works praise her in the gates. 

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«T ECCLESIASTES, 

CHAP. I. 

1 The Preacher sheweth that all human courses 
are vain : 4 because the creatures are restless 
in their courses, 9 they bring forth nothing 
new, and all old things are forgotten, Hand 
because he hath found it so in the studies of 
wisdom. 

HE words of the Preacher, the son of 
l David, king of Jerusalem. 

2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, 
vanity of vanities; ali is vanity.' 

3 What profit hath a man of all his labour 
which he taketh under the sun ? 

4 One generation passeth away, and another 
generation cometli : but the earth abideth 
for ever. 

5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth 
down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. 

6 The wind goeth toward the south, and 
turneth about unto the north ; it -whirleth 
about continually, and the wind returneth 
again according to his circuits. 

7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea 
is not full : unto the place from whence the 
rivers come, thither they return again. 

8 All things are full of labour ; man cannot 
utter it : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, 
nor the ear filled with hearing. 

9 The thing that hath been, it is- that which 
shall be ; and that which is done is that which 
shall be done : and there is no new thing 
under the sun. 

10 Is there any thing whereof it may be 
said, See, this is new ? it hath been already 
of old time, which was before us. 
*11 There is no remembrance of former 
things; neither shall there be any remem- 
brance of things that are to come with those 
that shall come after. 

12 % I the Preacher was king over Israel 
in Jerusalem. 

13 And I gave my heart to seek and search 
out by wisdom concerning all things that are 
done under heaven: this sore travail hath 
God given to the sons of man to be exercised 
therewith. 

14 I have seen all the works that are done 
under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and 
vexation of spirit. 

15 That which is crooked cannot be made 
straight: and that which is wanting cannot 
be numbered. 

16 I communed with mine own heart, say- 
ing Lo, I am come to great estate, and have 
gotten more wisdom than all they that have 
been before me in Jerusalem : yea, my heart 
had great experience of wisdom and know- 
ledge. , . , 

17 Aud I gave my heart to know wisdom, 
and to know madness and folly : I perceived 
that this also is vexation of spirit. 

18 For in much wisdom is much £net: and 
he that increaseth knowledge mcreaseth 
sorrow, 

CHAP. II 



1 The vanity of human courses in the works of 
pleasure. 12 Though the wise be better than 
thefoi\l,yet both have one event. 18 The vanity 
of huvian labour, in leaving it they know not 
to whm. MJSTothing better than joy in our 
labour; but that is God's gift. 



or the PREACHER, 

1SAID in my heart, Go to now, I will 
prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy 
pleasure: and behold, this also is vanity. 

2 1 said of laughter, // is mad : and of mirth, 
What doeth it ? 

3 I sought in my heart to give myself unto 
wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom ; 
and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what 
was that good for the sons of men, which 
they should do under the heaven all the 
days of their life. 

41 made me great works; I builded me 
houses; I planted me vineyards: 

5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I 
planted trees in them of all kind of fruits : 

6 I made me pools of water, to water there- 
with the wood that bringeth forth trees : 

7 I got me servants and maidens, and had 
servants born in my house ; also I had great 
possessions of great and small cattle above 
all that were in Jerusalem before me; 

8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and 
the peculiar treasure of kings, and of the 
provinces: I gat me men-singers and wo- 
men-singers, and the delights of the sons ot 
men, as musical instruments, and that of all 
sorts. 

9 So I was great, and increased more than 
all that were before me in Jerusalem: also 
my wisdom remained with me. 

10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept 
not from them, I withheld not my heart from 
any joy ; for my heart rejoiced in all my la- 
bour : and this was my portion of all my labour. 

11 Then I looked on all the works that my 
hands had wrought, and on the labour that I 
had laboured to do: and behold, all was 
vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was 
no profit under the sun. 

12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, 
and madness, and folly: for what can the 
man do that cometh after the king? even 
that which hath been already done. 

13 Then I saw that wisdom excelieth folly, 
as far as light excelieth darkness. 

14 The wise man's eves are in his head ; 
but the fool walkethin darkness: and I my- 
self perceived also that one event happenetU* 
to them all. . 

15 Then said I in my heart, As it happen- 
ed! to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; 
and why was I then more wise? Then I 
said in mv heart, that this also is vanity. 

16 For^ere is no remembrance of the 
wise more than of the fool for ev^r; seeing 
that which now is in the days to come shall 
all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise 
man ? as the fool. 

17 Therefore I hated life ; because the work 
that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto 
me : for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 

18 If Yea, I hated all my labour which I 
had taken under the sun: because I should 
leave it unto the man that shall be alter me. 

19 And who knoweth whether he shall be 
a wise man or a fool ? yet shall he have rule 
over all my labour wherein I have laboured, 
and wherein I have shewed myself wise un- 
der the sun. This is also vanity. 

I 20 Therefore I went about to.oaase my 
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A time far all things. CHAP. 

heart to despair of all the labour which I 
took under the sun. 

21 For there is a man whose labour is in 
wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; 
yet to a man that hath not laboured therein 
shall he leave it for his portion. This also 
is vanity and a great evil. 

22 For what hath man of all his labour, and 
of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath 
laboured under the sun ? 

23 For all his days are sorrows, and his 
travail grief; yea, his heart taketh iu>t rest 
in the night. This is also vanity. 

24 ^ T*here is nothing better for a man than 
that he should eat and drink, and thai he 
should make his soul enjoy good in his la- 
bour. This also I saw, that it was from the 
hand of God. 

25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten 
hereunto more than I ? 

26 For God giveth to a man that is good in 
his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: 
but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather 
and to heap up, that he may give to him that 
is good before God. This also is vanity and 
vexation of spirit. 

CHAP. III. 
1 By the necessary change of times, vanity is 
added to human travail. 11 There is an ex 
cellency in God's works : \Qbut as for man, 
God shall judge his works there, and here he 
shall be like a beast. 

TO every thing' there is a season, and a 
time to every purpose under the heaven : 

2 A time to be born, and a time to die ; a 
lime to plant, and a time to pluck up that 
which is planted ; 

3 A time to kill, and a time to heal ; a time 
to break down, and a time to build up ; 

| 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh ; a 
time to mourn, and a time to dance ; 

5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to 
gather stones together; a time to embrace, 
and a time to refrain from embracing; 

6 A time to get, and a time to lose ; a time 
to 1 keep, and a time to cast away; 

7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time 
to keep silence, and a time to speak; 

8 A time to love, and a thne to hate ; a 
time of war, and a time of peace. 

9 What profit hath he that worketh in that 
wherein he laboureth ? 

10 I have seen the travail, which God hath 
given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. 

11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his 
time: also he hath set the world in their heart, 
so that no man can find out the work that 
God maketh from the beginning to the end. 

12 I know that there is no good in them, but 
for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 

13 And also that every man should eat and 
Jrink, and enjoy the good of all his labour; 

| I is the gift of (God. 

14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it 
shall be for ever : nothing can be put to it, 
mr any thing taken from it : and God doeth 
t, that men should fear before him. 

15 That which hath been is now ; and that 
vhich is to be hath already been ; and God 
equireth that which is past. 



Ill, IV. Of vanity, oppression, envy, S^c. 

16 If And moreover I saw under the sun 
the place of judgment, that wickedness was 
there ; and the place of righteousness, that 
iniquity teas there. 

17 1 said in my heart, God shall judge the 
righteous and the wicked : for there is a time 
there for every purpose and for every work. 

18 1 said in my heart concerning the estate 
of the sons of men, that God might manifest 
them, and that they might see that they them- 
selves are beasts. 

19 For that which befalleth the sons of men 
befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth 
them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other, 
yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man 
hath no pre-eminence above a beast : for all 
is vanity. 

20 Allgo unto one place; all are of the 
dust, and all turn to dust again. 

21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that go- 
eth upward, and the spirit of the beast that 
goeth downward to the earth ? 

22 Wherefore I perceive that there is no- 
thing better, than that a man should rejoice 
in his own works; for that is his portion: 
for who shall bring him to see what slmll be 
after him ? 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Vanity is increased unto men by oppression, 
4 by envy, 5 by idleness, 7 by covctousness, 
9 by solitariness, 13 by wilfulness. 

SO I returned, and considered all the op- 
pressions that are done under the sun : 
and behold the tears of such as were op- 
pressed, and they had no comforter; and on 
the side of their oppressors there was power; 
but they had no comforter. 

2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are 
already dead more than the living which are 
yet alive. 

3 Yea, better is he than both they, which 
hath not yet been, who hath not seen the 
evil work 3 that is done under the sun. 

4 If Again, I considered all travail, and 
every right work, that for this a man is en- 
vied of his neighbour. This is also vanity 
and vexation of spirit. 

5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and 
eateth his own flesh. 

6 Better is a handful with quietness, than 
both the hands full with travail and vexation 
of spirit. 

7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under 
the sun. 

8 There is one alone, and there is not a 
second; yea, he hath neither child nor bro- 
ther: yet is there no end of all his labour; 
neither is his eye satisfied with riches: nei- 
ther saith he, For whom do I labour, and be- 
reave my soul of good? This is also vanity, 
yea, it is a sore travail. 

9 1[ Two are better than one ; because they 
have a good reward for their labour. 

10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his 
fellow: but wo to him thai is alone when 
he falleth; for he hath not another to help 
him up. 

11 Again, if two lie together, then they have 
heat: but how can one be warm alone? 

12 And if one prevail against him, two shall 

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withstand him ; and a threefold eord is not 
quickly broken. 

13 ^1 Better is a poor and a wise child, than 
an old and foolish king, who will no more 
be admonished. 

14 For out of prison lie cometh to reign ; 
whereas also he that is born in his kingdom 
becometh poor. 

15 I considered all the living which walk 
under the sun, with the second child that 
shall stand up in his stead. 

16 There is no end of all the people, even 
of all that have been before them: they also 
that come after shall not rejoice in him. 
Surely this also is vanity and vexation of 
spirit. 

CHAP. V. 
1 Vanities in divine service, 8 in murmuring 
against oppression, 9 and in riches. 18 Joy in 
riches is the gift of God. 

KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the 
house of God, and be more ready to 
hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools : for 
they consider not that they do evil. 

2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not 
thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before 
God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon 
earth : therefore let thy words be few. 

3 For a dream cometh through the multi- 
tude of business; and a fool's voice is known 
by multitude of words. 

4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, de- 
fer not to pay it , for he liaill no pleasure in 
fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 

5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, 
than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 

6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to 
sin; neither say thou before the angel, that 
i l icas an error : wherefore should God be 
angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of 
thy hands ? 

7 For in the multitude of dreams and many 
words there are also divers vanities : but fear 
thou God. 

8 If If thou seest the oppression of the poor, 
and violent perverting of judgment and jus- 
tice in a province, marvel not at the matter: 
for he that is higher than the highest regard- 
eth ; and there be higher than they. 

9 If Moreover, the profit of the earth is for 
all: the kin^ himself is served by the field. 

10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied 
with silver; nor he that loveth abundance 
with increase: this is also vanity. 
, 11 When goods increase, they are increased 
that eat them: and what good is there to the 
owners thereof, saving the beholding of them 
with their eyes ? 

12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, 
whether he eat little or much : but the 
abundance of the rich will not suffer him to 
sleep. 

13 There is a sore evil which I have seen 
under the sun, namely, riches kept for the 
owners thereof to their hurt. 

14 But those riches perish by evil travail: 
and he be^etteth a son, and there is nothing 
in his hand. 

15 As he came forth of his mother's womb, 
naked shall he return to go as he came, and 



ECCLESIASTES. The vanity of riches. 

shall take nothing of his labour, which lie 
may cany away in his hand. 

16 And tli is aJso is a sore evil, that in all 
points as he came, so shall he so : and what 
profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind 7 

17 All his days also he eateth in darkness, 
and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his 
sickness. 

18 % Behold that which I have seen : it is 
good and comely for one to eat and to drink, 
and to enjoy the 'good of all his labour that 
he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, 
which God giveth him: for it is his portion. 

19 Every man also to whom God hath given 
riches and wealth, and hath given him power 
to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to 
rejoice in his labour: this is the -gift of God. 

20 For he shall not much remember the 
days of his life ; because God answereth him 
in the joy of his heart. V* 

CHAP. VI. 
1 The vanity of riches without use. 3 Of children, 
Gand old age without riches. 9 The vanity of 
sight and. wandering desires. 11 The conclu- 
sion of vanities. 

THERE is an evil which I have seen un- 
der the sun, and it is common among men: 

2 A man to whom God hath given riches, 
wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth no- 
thing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet 
God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but 
a stranger eateth it : this is "vanity, and it is 
an evil disease. 

3 Tf If a man beget a hundred children, and 
live many years, so that the days of his years 
be many, and his soul be not filled with good, 
and also that he have no burial; I say, that 
an untimely birth is better than lie. 

4 For he cometh in with vanity, and depart- 
ed! in darkness, and his name shall be cover- 
ed with darkness. 

5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun. nor 
known any thing-: this hath more rest than 
the other. 

6 ^[ Yea, though he live a thousand years 
twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not 
all go to one place ? 

7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, 
and yet the appetite is not filled. 

8 For what hath the wise more than the 
fool ? what hath the poor, that knoweth to 
walk before the living? 

9 H Better ts the sight of the eyes than the 
wandering of the desire: this is also vanity 
and vexation of spirit. 

10 That which hath been is named already, 
and it is known that it is man : neither may 
he contend with him that is mightier than he. 

11 1[ Seeing there be many things that in- 
crease vanity, what is man the better ? 

12 For who knoweth what is good for man 
in this life, all the days of his vain life which 
he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell 
a man what shall be after him under the sun ? 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Remedies against vanity are, a good name, 2 
mortification, 7 patience, 11 wisdom. 23 The 
difficulty of wisdom. 

A GOOD name is better than precious 
ointment; and the day of death than the 
day of one's birth. 

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2 If It is better to go to the house of mourn- 
ing, than to go to the house of feasting : for 
that is the end of all men ; and the living will 
lay it ^o his heart. 

3 Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the 
sadness of the countenance the heart is made 
better. 

4 The heart of the wise is in the house of 
mourning; but the heart of fools is in the 
house of mirth. 

5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, 
than for a man to hear the song of fools : 

: 6 Fdi? as the crackling of thorns under a pot, 
so is the laughter of the fool : this also is va- 
nity. 

7 Tf Surely oppression maketh a wise man 
mad ; and a gift destroveth the heart. 

8 Better is the end of a thing than the be- 
ginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is 
better than the proud in spirit. 

9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for 
anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 

10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the 
former days were better than these? for thou 
dost not inquire wisely concerning this. 

11 ^[ Wisdom is good with an inheritance: 
and by it there is profit to them that see the 
sun. 

12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is 
a defence: but the excellency of knowledge 
is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. 

13 Consider the work of God : for who 
can make that straight, which he hath made 
crooked 1 

14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in 
the day of adversity consider: God also hath 
set the one over against the other, to the end 
that man should find nothing after him. 

15 All things have I seen in the days of my 
vanity : there is a just man that perisheth in 
his righteousness, and there is a wicked man 
that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. 

16 Be not righteous over much ; neither 
make thyself over wise : why shouldest thou 
destroy thyself? 

17 Be not over much wicked, neither be 
thou foolish : why shouldest thou die before 
thy time ? 

18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold 
of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thy 
hand: for he that feareth God shall come 
forth of them all. 

19 Wisdom strengthened! the wise more 
than ten mighty men which are in the city. 

20 For there is net a just man upon earth, 
that doeth good, and sinneth not. 

21 Also take no heed unto all words that 
are spoken ; lest thou hear thy servant curse 
thee : 

22 For oftentimes also thine own heart 
knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast 
cursed others. 

23 ^[ All this have I proved by wisdom : I 
said, I will be wise ; but it was far from me. 

24 That which is far off, and exceeding 
deep, who can find it out? 

25 I applied my heart to know, and to 
search, and to seek out wisdom, and the rea 



son of things, and to know the wickedness 
of folly, even of foolishness and ^madness : 



CHAP. VIII. Riders to be respected. 

26 And I find more bitter than death the 
woman whose heart is snares and nets, and 
her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God 
shall escape from her; but the sinner shall 
be taken by her. 

27 Behold, this have I found, saith the 
Preacher, counting- one by one, to find out 
the account; 

28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find 
not: one man among a thousand have I 
found; but a woman among all those have I 
not found. 

29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath 
made man upright; but they have sought out 
many inventions. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 Kings arc greatly to be respected. 6 The divine 
providence is to be observed. A^lt is better 
with the godly in adversity, than with the 
wicked in prosperity. 1G The work of God is 
unsearchable. 

WHO is as the wise man? and who 
knoweth the interpretation of a thing? 
a man's wisdom inaketh his face to shine, and 
the boldness of his face shall be changed. 
21 counsel thee to keep the king's command- 
ment, and that in regard of the oath of God. 

3 Be not hasty to go out of his sight : stand 
not in an evil thing ; for he doeth whatso- 
ever pleaseth him. 

4 Where the word of a king is', there is 
power: and who may say unto him, What 
doest thou ? 

5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall 
feel no evil tiring: and a wise man's heart 
disc ?rneth both time and judgment. 

6 H Because to every purpose there is time 
and judgment, therefore the misery of man is 
great upon him. 

7 For he knoweth not that which shall be : 
for who can tell him when it shall be ? 

8 There is no man that hath power over the 
spirit to retain the spirit: neither hath he 
power in the day of death : and there is no 
discharge in that war; neither shall wicked- 
ness deliver those that are given to it. 

9 All this have I seen, and applied my heart 
unto every work that is done under the sun : 
there is a time wherein one man ruleth over 
another to his own hurt. 

10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who 
had come and gone from the place of the 
holy, and they were forgotten in the city 
where they had so done : this is also vanity. 

11 Because sentence against an evil work 
is not executed speedily, therefore the heart 
of the sons of men is fully set in them to do 
evil. 

12 TT Though a sinner do evil a hundred 
times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely 
I know that it shall be well with them that 
fear God, which fear before him : 

13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, 
neither shall he prolong his days, which are 
as a shadow; because he feareth not before 
God. 

14 There is a vanity which is done upon the 
earth; that there be just men, unto whom it 
happeneth according to the work of the wick- 
ed : a^ain, there be wicked men, to whom it 

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God's ivorlc unsearchable. ECCLESIASTES. 

happeneth according to the work of the right- 
eous : I said that this also is vanity. 

15 Then I commended mirth, because a 
man hath no better thing under the sun, than 
to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for 
that shall abide with him of his labour the 
days of his life, which God giveth him under 
the sun. 

16 11 When I applied my heart to know 
wisdom, and to see the business that is done 
upon the earth : (for also there is that neither 
dav nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) 

17 Then I beheld ail the work of God, that 
a man cannot find out the work that is done 
under the sun : because though a man labour 
to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea 
further ; though a wise man think to know it, 
yet shall he not be able to find it. 

CHAP. IX. 

1 Like things happen to good and bad. 4 There 
is a necessity of death unto men. 7 Comfort is 
all their portion in this life. 11 God's provi- 
dence rulelh over all. 13 IVisdom is better 
than strength. 

FOR all this I considered in my heart even 
to declare all this, that the righteous, 
and the wise, and their works, are in the hand 
of God: no man knoweth either love or ha- 
tred by all thai is before them. 

2 All things come alike to all : there is one 
event to the righteous and to the wicked ; to 
the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean ; 
to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacri- 
ficeth not : as is the good, so is the sinner; and 
he thatsw^areth, as he that feareth an oath. 

3 This is an evil among all things that are 
'.one under the sun, that there is one event 

ito all : yea, also the heart of the sons of 
-nen is full of evil, and madness is in their 
heart while they live, and after that they go 
to the dead. 

4 H For to him that is joined to all the living 
there is hope : for a living dog is better than 
a dead lion. 

5 For the living know that they shall die : 
but the dead know not any thing, neither 
have they any more a reward ; for the me- 
mory of them is forgotten. 

6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their 
envy, is now perished; neither have they any 
more a portion for ever in any thing that is 
done under the sun. 

7 1f Go thy wav, eat thy bread with joy, 
and drink thy wine with a merry heart ; for 
God now accepteth thy works. 

8 Let thy garments be always white ; and 
let thy head lack no ointment. 

9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou 
lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, 
which he hath given thee under the sun, all 
the days of thy vanity: for that is thy por- 
tion in this life, and in thy labour which thou 
takest under the sun. 

10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do 
it with thy might; for there is no work, nor 
device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the 
grave, whither thou goest. 

11 1[ I returned, and saw under the sun, that 
the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to 



Of wisdom, folly, SfC» 
yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet 
favour to men of skill; but time and chance 
happeneth to them all. 

12 For man also knoweth not his time : as 
the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and 
as the birds that are caught in the snare ; so 
are the sons of men snared in an evil time, 
when it falleth suddenly upon them. 

13 ^[ This wisdom have I seen also under 
the sun, and it seemed great unto me : 

14 There was a little city, and few men 
within it ; and there came a great king against 
it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks 
against it : 

15 Now there was found hi it a poor wise 
man, and he by his wisdom delivered the 
city ; yet no man remembered that same poor 
man. 

16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than 
strength : nevertheless the poor man's wisdom 
is despised, and his words are not heard. 

17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet 
more than the cry of him that ruleth among 
fools. 

18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war : 
but one sinner destroy eth much good. 

CHAP. X. 
1 Observations of wisdom and folly. 16 Ofript, 
18 siothfulness, 19 and money. 20 Mens 
thoughts of kings ought to be reverent. 

DEAD flies cause the ointment of the 
apothecary to send forth a stinking sa- 
vour; so doth alittle folly him that is in re- 
putation for wisdom and honour. 

2 A. wise man's heart is at his right hand ; 
but a fool's heart is at his left. 

3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walk eth 
by the Avay, his wisdom faileth him, and he 
saith to every one that he is a fool. 

4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against 
thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifi- 
eth great offences. 

5 There is an evil which I have seen undei 
the sun, as an error which proceedeth from 
the ruler : HB. , 

6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich 
sit in low place. 

7. I have seen servants upon horses, and 
princes walking as servants upon the earth. 

8 He thatdiggeth a pit shall fall into it ; and 
whoso breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite 
him. 

9 Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt there- 
with ; and he that cleaveth wood shall be 
endangered thereby. 

10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet 
the edge, then must he put to more strength : 
but wisdom is profitable to direct. 

11 Surely the serpent will bite without en- 
chantment; and a babbler is no better. 

12 The words of a wise man's mouth are 
gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow 
up himself. 

13 The beginning of the words of his mouth 
is foolishness : and the end of his talk is 
mischievous madness. 

14 A fool also is full of words : a man can- 
not tell what shall be ; and what shall be af- 

him, who can tell him ? 



the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor 15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every 

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one of them, because he knowcth not how 
to go to the city. 

]() % Wo to thee, O land, when thy king is 
a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! 

17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king 
i$ the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due 
season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! 

18 ^j By much slothfulness the building de- 
caycth; and through idleness of the hands 
the house droppeth through. 

19 IT A f east * s •"ade for laughter, and wine 
maketh merry: but money auswereth all 
things. 

20 "II Curse not the king, no, not in thy 
thought; and curse not the rich in thy bed- 
chamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the 
voice, and that which hath wings shall tell 
the matter. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 Directions for charity. 7 Death in life, 9 ami 
the day of judgment in the days of youth-, are 
to be thought on. 

CAST thy bread upon the waters : for thou 
shalt find it after many days. 

2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; 
for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon 
the earth. 

3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty 
themselves upon the earth: and if the tree 
fall toward the south, or toward the north, 
in the place where the tree falleth, there it 
shall be. 

4 He thatobserveth the wind shall not sow; 
and he that regardeth die clouds shall not 
reap. 

5 As thou knowest not what is the way of 
the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the 
womb of her that is with child : even so thou 
knowest not the works of God who maketh all. 

6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the 
evening withhold not thy hand : for thou 
knowest not whether shall prosper, either 
this or that, or whether they both shall be 
alike good. 

7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant 
thing" it is for'the eyes to behold the sun : 

8 But if # aman live many years, and rejoice 
in them all ; yet let him remember the days 
of darkness; for they shall be many. All 
that cometh is vanity. 

1j Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; 
and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy 
youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, 
and in the sight of thine eyes : but know 
thou, that for all these things God will bring 
thee into judgment. 

10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, 



XI, XII. Our Creator to be remembered. 
and put away evil from thy flesh : for child- 
hood and youth are vanity. 
CHAP. XII. 

1 The Creator is to be remembered in due time. 8 
The preacher's care to edify. 13 The fear of 
God is the chief antidote of vanity. 

REMEMBER now thy Creator in the 
days of thy youth, while the evil days 
come not, nor the years draw nigh, when 
thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them ; 

2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, 
or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds 
return after the rain : 

3 In the day when the keepers of the house 
shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow 
themselves, and the grinders cease because 
they are few, and those that look out of the 
windows be darkened, 

4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, 
when the sound of the grinding is low, and 
he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and 
all the daughters of music shall be brought low; 

5 Also when they shall be afraid of th-at 
which is high, and fears shall be in the way, 
and the almond-tree shall flourish, and the 
grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire 
shall fail : because man goeth to his long home, 
and the mourners go about the streets : 

k 6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the 
golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be 
broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken 
at the cistern. 

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as 
it was : and the spirit shall return unto God 
who £ave it. 

8 1} Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher ; 
all is vanity. 

9 And moreover, because the Preacher wa 
wise, he still taught the people knowledge , 
yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and 
set in order many proverbs. 

10 The Preacher sought to find out accept- 
able words : and that which icas written, was 
upright, even words of truth. 

11 The words of the wise are as goads, and 
as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, 
which are given from one shepherd. 

12 And further, by these, my son, be ad- 
monished: of making many books there is 
no end ; and much study is a weariness of 
the flesh. 

13 \\ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole 
matter: Fear God, and keep his command- 
ments: for this is the whole duty of man. 

14 For God shall bring every work into judg- 
ment, with every secret thing, whether it be 
good, or whether it be evil. ] 



H The Song of 
CHAP. I. 

1 The church's love unto Christ. 5 She confess- 
ed her deformity, 7 and prayeth to be directed 
to his flock. 8 Christ directeth her to the shep- 
herds 1 tents : 9 and shewing his, love to her, 
1 1 givethher gracious promises. 12 The church 
and Christ congratulate one another. 

MM HE Song of songs, which is Solomon's. 
JL 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of 

his mouth : for thy love is better than wine. 
3 Because of the savour of thy good oint- 



SOLOMON. 

ments thy name is as ointment poured forth, 
therefore do the virgins love thee. 

4 Draw nie, we will run after thee : the King 
hath brought me into his chambers : we will 
be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remem- 
ber thy love more than wine : the upright 
love thee. 

5 I am black, but comely, O ve daughters 
of Jerusalem, as the tents of l£edar, as the 
curtains of Solomon. 

6 Look not upon me, because I am black,. 

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Love of Christ, and his church. SOLOMON'S SONG. 
because die sun hath looked upon me: my 
mother's children were angry with me ; they 
made rift the keeper of the vineyards; bid 
mine own vineyard have I not kept. 

7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, 
where thou feedest, where thou makest thy 
flock to rest at noon : for why should I be as 
one that turneth aside by tiie flocks of thy 
companions? 

8 H If thou know not, O thou fairest among^ 
women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of 
the flock, and* feed" thy kids beside the shep- 
herds' tents. 

9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a 
company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. 

10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jew- 
els, thy neck with chains of gold. 

11 We will make thee borders of gold with 
studs of silve* 

12 H While the Kmgsilteth at his table, my 
spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 

13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved 
unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my 
breasts. 

14 My beloved is unto me ns a cluster of 
camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi. 

15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, 
thou art fair ■ thou hast doves' eyes. 

16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, 
pleasant: also our bed is green. 

17 The beams of our house are cedar, and 
our rafters of fir. 

CHAP. II. 
1 The mutual love of Christ and his church. 8 
The hope, Wand calling of the church. 14 
Christ's care of the church. 16 The profession 
of the church, her faith and hope. 

I AM the rose of Sharon, and the lily of 
the valleys. 
2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love 
among the daughters. 
'J As the apple-tree among the trees of the 
wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I 
sat down under his shadow with great de- 
light, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 

4 He brought me to the banqueting house, 
and his banner over me was love. 

5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with 
apples : for I am sick of love. 

6 His left hand is under my head, and his 
right hand doth embrace me. 

71 charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, 
by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that 
ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he 
please. 

8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he 
cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping 
upon the bills. 

9 Mv beloved is like a roe, or a young hart : 
behold, he standeth behind our wall, he look- 
eth forth at the windows, shewing himself 
through the lattice. 

10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, 
Rise up, my love, myfairone, and come away. 

11 For lo,the winter is past, the rain is over 
and gone ; 

12 The flowers appear on the earth ; the 
time of the singing of birds is come, and the 
voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 

13 The fig-tree uutteth forth her green figs, 



The churches victory 
and the vines with the tender grape give a 
good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and 
come away. 

14 If O my dove, that art in the clefts of 
the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, 
let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy 
voice ; for sweet is thy voice, and thy coun- 
tenance is comely. 

15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that 
spoil the vines : for our vines have tender 
grapes. 

16 1[ My beloved is mine, and I am his : he 
feedeth among the lilies. 

17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee 
away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a 
roe or a young hart upon the mountains of 
Bether. 

CHAP. HI. 

1 The church's fight and victory in temptation^ 

6 The church glorieth in Christ. 

BY night on my bed I sought him whom 
my soul loveth: I sought him, but I 
found him not. 

2 I will rise now, and go about the city in 
the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek 
him whom my soul loveth : I sought him, but 
I found him not. 

3 The watchmen that go about the city found 
me * to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my 
soul loveth ? 

4 Ttwasbut a little that I passed from them, 
but I found him whom my soul loveth : I held 
him, and would not let him go, until I had 
brought him into my mother's house, and into 
the chamber of her that conceived me. 

5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusa- 
lem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, 
that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he 
please. 

6 If Who is this that cometh out of the wil- 
derness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with 
myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of 
the merchant ? 

7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's: 
threescore valiant men are about it, of the 
valiant of Israel. 

8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: 
every man hath his sword upon his thigh be* 
cause of fear in the night. 

9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of 
the wood of Lebanon. 

10 He made the pillars thereof o/* silver, the 
bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of 
purple, the midst thereof being paved with 
love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. 

11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, <>nd 
behold king Solomon with the crown \ 
with his mother crowned him in *' ° da/ of 
his espousals, and in the day of the gladness 
of his heart. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Christ sctteth forth the graces of the church. 
8 He sheweth his love to her. 16 The church 
prayeth to be made fit for his presence. 

BEHOLD, thou art fair, my love; be- 
hold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' 
eyes within thy locks : thy hair is as a flock 
of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. 
2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that 
are even shorn, which came up from the 
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The graces of the church. CHAP. 

washing ; whereof every one bear twins, and 
none is barren among them. 

3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and 
thy speech is comely : thy temples are like 
a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. 

4 Thy neck is like the tower of David build* 
ed for an armoury, whereon there hang a 
thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. 

5 Thy two breasts are like two youii" roes 
that are twins, which feed among the lilies. 

6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee 
away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, 
and to the hill of frankincense. 

7 Thou art all fair, my love ; there is no spot 
in thee. 

8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, 
with me from Lebanon: look from the top 
of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Her- 
mon, from the lions' dens, from the moun- 
tains of the leopards. 

9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, 
my spouse ; thou hast ravished my heart with 
one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. 

10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse ! 
how much better is thy love than wine! and 
the smell of thine ointments than all spices! 

11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the ho- 
ney-comb: honey and milk are under thy 
tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like 
the smell of Lebanon. 

12 A garden enclosed is my sister, my 
spouse ; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. 

13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegra- 
nates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with 
spikenard, 

14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cin- 
namon, with all trees of frankincense ; myrrh 
and aloes, with all the chief spices: 

15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living 
waters, and streams from Lebanon. 

16 U Awake, O north wind ; and come, thou 
south ; blow upon my garden, that the spices 

" thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come 
into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. 

CHAP. V. 

1 Christ awaketh the chvrch with his calling: 

2 The church having a taste of Christ's love 

is sick of love. 9 A description of Christ by 

Ids graces. 

1AM come into my garden, my sister, my 
spouse : I have gathered my myrrh with 
my spice ; I have eaten my honey-comb with 
my honey; I have drunk my wine with my 
milk : eat, O friends ; drink, yea, drink 
abundantly, O beloved. 

2 1j" f rfefep, but my heart waketh: it is the 
voic * of my beloved that knocketh, saying, 
Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my 
undented: for my head is filled with dew, 
and my locks with the drops of the night. 

3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put 
it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I 
defile them ? 

4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of 
the door, and my bowels were moved for him. 

5 I rose up to open to my beloved ; and my 
hands dropped with myrrh, a«d my fingers 
with sweet-smelling myrrh, upon the handles 
of the lock. 

6 I opened to my beloved ; but my beloved 



V, VI. A description of Christ, 

had withdrawn himself, and was gone : my 
soul failed when he spake: I sought him", 
but I could not find him; I called him, but 
he gave me no answer. 

7 The watchmen that went about the city 
found me, they smote me, they wounded me': 
the keepers of the walls took away my vail 
from me. 

8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, 
if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I 
am sick of love. 

9 What is thy beloved more than another 
beloved, O thou fairest among women ? what 
is thy beloved more than another beloved, 
that "thou dost so charge us? 

10 My beloved is while and ruddy, the 
chiefest among ten thousand. 

11 His head is as the most fine gold, his 
locks are bushy, and black as a raven. 

12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the 
rivers of waters, washed with milk, and 
fitly set. 

13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as 
sweet flowers : his lips like lilies, dropping 
sweet-smelling myrrh. 

14 His hands areas gold rings set with the 
beryl : his belly is as bright ivory overlaid 
with sapphires. 

15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set 
upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance 
is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. 

16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he it al- 
together lovely. This is my beloved, and this 
is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. 

CHAP. VI. 
1 The chvrch professeth her faith in Christ. 
4 Christ sheweth the graces of the church, 10 
and his lore towards her. 

WHITHER is thy beloved gone, O thou 
fairest among women ? whither is thy 
beloved turned aside ? that we may seek him 
with thee. 

2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, 
to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, 
and to gather lilies. 

3 I am my beloved's and my beloved is 
mine : he fcedeth among the lilies. 

4 ^[ Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tir- 
zah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an 
army with banners. 

5 Turn away thine eyes f.om me, for they 
have overcome me : thy hair is as a flock of 
goats that appear from Gilead. 

6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which 
go up from the washing, whereof every one 
beareth twins, and there is not one barren 
among them. 

7 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy tem- 
ples within thy locks. 

8 There are threescore queens, and four- 
score concubines, and virgins without num- 
ber. 

9 My dove, my undefiled is but one ; she is 
the only one of her mother, she it the choice 
one of her that bare her. The daughter^ 
saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens 
and the concubines, and they praised her. 

10 Tf Who it she ihat looketh forth as the 
morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun f 
and terrible as an army with banners ? , 

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The graces of the church. 

11 I went down into the garden of nuts to 
see the fruits of the valley, and to see whe- 
ther the vine flourished, arid the pomegra- 
nates budded. 

12 Or ever I was aware, my soul made me 
like the chariots of Ammi-nadib. 

13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, 
return, that we may look upon thee. What 
will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were 
the company of two armies 

CHAP. VII. 

I A further description of the church's graces. 
1 The church prof ess eth her faith and desire. 

HOW beautiful are thy feet with shoes, 
O prince's daughter! the joints of thy 
thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands 
of a cunning workman. 

2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which 
wanteth not liquor; thy belly is like a heap 
of wheat set about with lilies. 

3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes 
that are twins. 

4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory ; thine 
eyes like the fish-pools in Heshbon, by the 
gate of Bath-rabbim : thy nose is as the 
tower of Lebanon which looketh toward 
Damascus. 

5 Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, and 
the hair of thy head like purple; the King 
is held in the galleries. 

6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O 
love, for delights ! 

7 This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, 
and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. 

8 1 said, I will go up to the palm-tree, I will 
take hold of the boughs thereof: now also 
thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, 
and the smell of thv nose like apples ; 

9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best 
wine for my beloved, that goeth doicn sweet- 
ly, causing the lips of those that are asleep 
to speak. 

10 % I am my beloved's, and his desire is 
toward me. 

II Come, my beloved, let us go forth into 
the field; let us lodge in the villages. 

12 Let us get up early to the vineyards ; let 
us see if the vine ftom\$i\, whether the tender 
grape appear, and the pomegranates bud 
forth : there will I give thee my loves. 

13 The mandrakes give a smell, and at our 
gates are all manner of pleasant jfrM'&s, new 
and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my 
beloved. 



ISAIAH. The church's lave to Christ 

CHAP. VIII. 

1 The love of the church to Christ. 6 The vehe- 
mency of love. 8 The calling- of the Gentiles. 
14 The church prayeth for Christ's coming. 

OTHAT thou wert as my brother, that 
sucked the breasts of my 'mother ! when 
I should find thee without, I would kiss thee ; 
yea, I should not be despised. 

2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my 
mother's house, who would instruct me: I 
would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of 
the juice of my pomegranate. 

3 His left hand should be under my head, 
and his right hand should embrace me. 

4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, 
that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until 
he please. 

5 Who is this that cometh up from the wil- 
derness, leaning upon her beloved ? I raised 
thee up under the apple-tree : there thy mo- 
ther brought thee forth : there she brought 
thee forth that bare thee. 

6 1f Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a 
seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as 
death ; jealousy is cruel as the grave : the 
coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a 
most vehement flame. 

7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither 
can the floods drown it : if a man would give 
all the substance of his house for love, it 
would utterly be contemned. 

8 U We have a little sister, and she hath 
no breasts : what, shall we do for our sister 
in the day when she shall be spoken for? 

9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a 
palace of silver: and if she be a door, we 
will enclose her with boards of cedar. 

10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers : 
then was I in his eyes as one that found fa- 
vour. 

11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon ; 
he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every 
one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thou- 
sand pieces of silver. 

12 My vineyard which is mine, is before 
me : thou, O Solomon, must have a thou- 
sand, and those that keep the fruit thereot 
two hundred. 

13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the 
companions hearken to thy voice : cause me 
to hear it. 

14 H Make haste, my beloved, and be thou 
like to a roe or to a young hart upon the 
mountains of spices. 



H The Book o r the 
CHAP. I. 

1 Tsaiah complaineth of Judah for her rebellion. 
5 He lamenteth her judgments. 10 Heupbraid- 
eth their whole service. 16 He exhorteth to re- 
pentance, with promises and threatenings. 21 
Bewailing their wickedness, he denounceth 
God's judgments 25 He promiseth grace, 28 
and threateneth destruction to the wicked. 

THE vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, 
which he saw concerning Judah and 
Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, 
Aliaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. 
2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth : 
for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished 



Prophet ISAIAH. 

and brought up children, and they have re- 
belled against me. 

3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass 
iiis masters crib : but Israel doth not know, 
my people doth not consider. 

4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with ini- 
quity, a seed of evil-doers, children that are 
corrupters! thev have forsaken the Lord, 
they have provoked the Holy One of Israel 
unto anger, they are gone away backward. 

5 Why should ye be stricken any more ? ye 
will revolt more and more: the whole head 
is sick, and the whole heart faint. 

6 From the sole of the foot even unto the 

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Isaiah exhorteth to repentance. 
head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, 
and bruises, and putrifying sores : they have 
not been closed, neither bound up, neither 
mollified with ointment. 

7 Your country is desolate, your cities are 
burned with fire : your land, strangers devour 
it in your presence, and it is desolate, as 
overthrown by strangers. 

8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cot- 
tage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of 
cucumbers, as a besieged city. 

9 Except the Lord of hosts had left unto 
us a very small remnant, we should have 
been as Sodom, and we should have been 
like unto Gomorrah. 

10 *[ Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers 
of Sodom : give ear unto the law of our God, 
ye people of Gomorrah. 

11 To what purpose is the multitude of your 
sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: 1 am 
full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat 
of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood 
of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 

12 When ye come to appear before me, 
who hadi required this at your hand, to tread 
my courts 1 

13 Bring no more vain oblations : incense 
is an abomination unto me; the new-moons 
and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I 
cannot away with ; it is iniquity, even the 
solemn meeting. 

14 Your new-moons and your appointed 
feasts my soul hateth : they are a trouble 
unto me; I am weary to bear them. 

15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I 
will hide mine eyes from you ; yea, when ye 
make many prayers, I will not hear: your 
hands are full of blood. 

16 If Wash you, make you clean : put away 
the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; 
cease to do evil , 

17 Learn to do well ; seek judgment, relieve 
the oppressed, judge die fatherless, plead for 
the widow. 

13 Come now, and let us reason together, 
saith the Lord : though your sins be as scar- 
let, they shall be as white as snow; though 
they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 

19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall 
eat the good of the land : 

20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be 
devoured with the sword : for the mouth of 
the Lord hath spoken it. 

21 ^f How is the faithful city become a har- 
lot! it was full of judgment; righteousness 
lodged in it; but now murderers. 

22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine 
mixed with water : 

23 Thy princes are rebellious, and compa- 
nions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and 
followeth after rewards: they judge not the 
fatherless, neither doth die cause of the wi- 
dow come unto diem. 

24 Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of 
hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will 
ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me 
of mine enemies : 

25 TJ And I wiU turn my hand upon thee, 
and purely purge away thy dross, and take 
away all thy tin : 

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•HAP. II. Christ '# coming propJiesied. 

26 And I will restore thy judges as at the 
first, and thy counsellors as at die beginning : 
afterward thou shalt be called, The city of 
righteousness, the faithful city. 

27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgmenr, 
and her converts with righteousness. 

28 If And the destruction of the transgres- 
sors and of the sinners shall be together, and 
they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed. 

29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks 
which ye have desired, and ye shall be con- 
founded for the gardens that ye have chosen. 

30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf 
fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. 

31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the 
maker of it as a spark, and they shall both 
burn together, and none shall quench them. 

CHAP. II. 
1 Isaiah prophesieth the coming of Christ's king- 
dom. 6 Wickedness is the cause of God's for- 
saking. 10 He exhorteth to fear, because of 
the powerful effects of OooVs majesty. 

THE word that Isaiah the son of Amoz 
saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 

2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, 
that the mountain of the Lord's house shall 
be established in the top of the mountains, 
and shall be exalted above the hills; and all 
nations shall flow unto it. 

3 And many people shall go and say, Come 
ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the 
Lord, to die house of the God of Jacob ; and 
he will teach us of his ways, and we will 
walk in his paths : for out of Zion shall go 
forth the law, and die word of the Lord from 
Jerusalem. 

4 And he shall judge among the nations, and 
shall rebuke many people: and they shall 
beat their swords into plough-shares, and 
their spears into pruning-hooks ; nation shall 
not lift up sword against nation, neiUier sr?all 
they learn war any more. 

5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us 
walk in the light of the Lord. 

6 1T Therefore thou hast forsaken thy peo- 
ple the house of Jacob, because they be re- 
plenished from the east, and are soothsayers 
like the Philistines, and they please them- 
selves in the children of strangers. 

7 Their land also is full of silver and gold, 
neither is there any end of their treasures ; 
their land is also full of horses, neither is 
there any end of their chariots : 

8 Their land also is full of idols; they wor- 
ship the work of dieir own hands, that which 
their own fingers have made : 

9 And the mean man boweth down, and the 
great man humbletli himself: therefore for- 
give them not. 

10 If Enter into the rock, and hide thee ir 
die dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the 
gloryof his majesty. 

11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled 
and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed 
down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted 
in that day. 

12 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall 
be upon every one that is proud and lofty, 
and upon every one that is lifted up ; and be 
shall be brought lew : 



The effects of Goifs majesty. ISAIAH. 

13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that 
&re high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks 
of Bashau, 

14 And upon all the high mountains, and 
upon all the lrills that are lifted up, 

15 And upon every high tower, and upon 
every fenced wall, 

16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and 
upon all pleasant pictures. 

17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed 
down, and the haughtiness of men shall be 
made low : and the Lord alone shall be ex- 
alted in that day. 

18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish. 

19 And they shall go into the holes of the 
rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear 
of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, 
when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 

20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of 
silver, and his idols of gold, which they made 
each one for himself to worship, to the moles 
and to the bats; 

21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and 
into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of 
the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, 
when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 

22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in 
his nostrils: for wherein is he to be account- 
ed of? 

CHAP. III. 
1 The great confusion which comcth by sin. 9 
The impudency of the people. 12 The oppres- 
sion and covetousness of the rulers. 16 The 
judgments which shall be for the pride of the 
women. 

FOR behold, the Lord, the Lord of 
hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem 
.and from Judah the stav and the staff, the 
whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of 
y\vnter, 

\2 The mighty man, and the man of war, the 
judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and 
the ancient, 

3 The captain of fifty, and the honourable 
man, and the counsellor, and the cunning ar- 
tificer, and the eloquent orator. 

4 And I will give children to he their princes, 
and babes shall rule over them. 

5 And the people shall be oppressed, every 
one by another, and every one by his neigh- 
bour: the child shall behave himself proudly 
against the ancient, and the base against the 
honourable. 

6 When a man shall take hold of his brother 
of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast 
clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin 
he under thy hand: 

7 In that day shall he swear, saying, I will 
not be a healer; for in my house is neither 
bread nor clothing : make me not a ruler of 
the people. 

8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is 
fallen : because their tongue and their doings 
are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes 
of his glory. 

9 If The shew of their countenance doth 
witness against them ; and they declare their 
sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Wo unto 
their soul ! for they have rewarded evil unto 
themselves. 



Against oppression and pride. 

10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be 
well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of 
their doings. 

11 Wo unto the wicked ! it shall he ill with 
him : for the reward of his hands shall be 
given him. 

12 ^[ As for my people, children are their 
oppressors, and women rule over them. O 
my people, they which lead thee cause thee 
to err. and destroy the way of thy paths. 

13 The Lord standeth up to plead, and 
standeth to judge the people. 

14 The Lord will enter into judgment with 
the ancients of his people, and ihe princes 
thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard ; 
the spoil of the poor is in your houses." 

15 What mean ye that ye beat my people 
to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? 
saith the Lord God of hosts. 

16 H Moreover the Lord saith, Because the 
daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk 
with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, 
walking and" mincing as they go, and making 
a tinkling with their feet: 

17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a 
scab the crown of the head of the daughters 
of Zion, and the Lord will discover their 
secret parts. 

18 In that day the Lord will take away the 
bravery of their tinkling ornaments ahoitt 
their feet, and their cauls, and their round 
tires like the moon, 

19 The chains, and the bracelets, and the 
mufflers, 

20 The bonnets, and the ornaments of the 
legs, and the head-bands, and the tablets, 
and the ear-rings, 

21 The rings, and nose-jewels, 

22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the 
mantles, and Sie wimples, and the crisping- 
pins, 

23 The glasses, and the fine linen, and the 
hoods, and the vails. 

24 And it shall come to pass, that instead 
of sweet smell there shall be stink; and in- 
stead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well 
set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher 
a girding of sackcloth : and burning instead 
of beauty. 

25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy 
mighty in the war. 

26 And her gates shall lament and mourn ; 
and she, being desolate, shall sit upon the 
ground. 

CHAP. IV. 

In the extremity of evils, Christ's kingdom shall 

be a sanctuary. 

AND in that day seven women shall take 
hold of one man, saying, We will eat 
our own bread, and wear our own apparel : 
only let us be called by thy name, to take 
away our reproach. 

2 In that day shall the branch of the Lord 
be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the 
earth shall be excellent and comely for them 
that are escaped of Israel. 

3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is 
left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jeru- 
salem, shall be called holy, even everyone that 
is written among the living in Jerusalem: 

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The parable of a vineyard. CHAP. V 

4 When the Lord shall have washed away 
the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall 
have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the 
midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and 
by the spirit of burning. 

5 And the Lord will create upon every 
dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her 
assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and 
the shilling of a flaming fire by night : for 
upon all the glory shall be a defence. 

6 And there shall be a tabernacle for a sha- 
dow in the day time from the heat, and for a 
place of refuge, and for a covert from storm 
and from rain. 

CHAR. V. 
1 Under the parable of a vineyard God excuseth 
his severe judgment. 8 His judgments upon 
covetousness, 11 upon lasciviousness, 13 upon 
impiety^ 20 and upon injustice. 20 The execu- 
tioners of God's judgments. 
NOW will I sing to my well-beloved a 
song of my beloved touching his vine- 
yard. My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a 
very fruitful hill : 

2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the 
stones therevf, and planted it with the choicest 
vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and 
also made a wine-press therein : and he look- 
ed that it should bring forth grapes, and it 
brought forth wild grapes. 

3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and 
men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me 
and my vineyard. 

4 What could have been done more to my 
vineyard, that I have not done in it ? where- 
fore, when I looked that it should bring forth 
grapes, brought it forth wild grapes ? 

5 And now go to ; I will tell you what I will 
do to my vineyard: I will take away the 
hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up ; and 
break down the wall thereof, and it shall be 
trodden down : 

6 And I will lay it waste : it shall not be 

Crimed, nor digged ; but there shall come up 
riers and thorns: I will also command the 
clouds that they rain no rain upon it. 

7 JFor the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is 
the house of Israel, and the men of Judah 
his pleasant plant: and he looked for judg- 
ment, but behold oppression; for righteous- 
ness, but behold a cry. 

8 1[ Wo unto them that join house to house, 
that lay field to field, till there be no place, 
that they may be placed alone in the midst of 
the earth ! 

9 In mine ears, said the Lord of hosts, Of 
a truth many houses shall be desolate, even 
great and fair, without inhabitant. 

10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield 
one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield 
an ephah. 

11 II Wo unto them that rise up early in 
the morning, that they may follow strong 
drink ; that continue until night, till wine in- 
flame them ! 

12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, 
and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts : but 
they regard not the work of the Lord, nei- 
ther consider the operation of his hands. 

13^1 Therefore my people are gone into cap- 



God? s judgments for sin. 
tivity, because they have no knowledge : and 
their honourable men are famished, and their 
multitude dried up with thirst. 

14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, 
and opened her mouth without measure: 
and their glory, and their multitude, and 
their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall de- 
scend into it. 

15 And the mean man shall be brought 
down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, 
and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled : 

16 But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted 
in judgment, and God that is holy shall be 
sanctified in righteousness. 

17 Then shall the lambs feed after their 
manner, and the waste places of the fat ones 
shall strangers eat. 

18 Wo unto them that draw iniquity with 
cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart- 
rope : 

19 That say, Let him make speed, and 
hasten his work, that we may see it : and let 
the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw 
nigh and come, that we may know it ! 

20 TI Wo unto them that call evil £ood, and 
good evil • that put darkness for light, and 
light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, 
and sweet for bitter! 

21 Wo unto them that are wise in their own 
eyes, and prudent in their own sight ! 

22 Wo unto them that are mighty to drink 
wine, and men of strength to mingle strong 
drink : 

23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and 
take away the righteousness of the righteous 
from him ! 

24 Therefore as the fire devoureth the stub- 
ble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so 
their root shall be as rottenness, and th£ir 
blossoms shall go up as dust : because they 
have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, 
and despised the word of the Holy One of 
Israel. 

25 Therefore is the anger of the Lord kin- 
dled against his people, and he hath stretch- 
ed forth his hand against them, and hath 
smitten them : and the hills did tremble, and 
their carcasses were torn in the midst of the 
streets. For all this his anger is not turned 
away, but his hand is stretched out still. 

26 "ft And he will lift up an ensign to the na- 
tions from far, and will hiss unto them from 
the end of the earth ; and behold, they shall 
come with speed swiftly : 

27 None shall be weary nor stumble among 
them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither 
shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor 
the latchet of their shoes be broken : 

28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their 
bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted 
like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind. 

29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, thev 
shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall 
roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry 
it away safe, and none shall deliver it. 

30 And in that day they shall roar against 
them like the roaring of the sea: and if one 
look unto the land, behold, darkness and sor- 
row, and the light is darkened in the heavens 
thereof. m 



Isaiah' *s glorious vision. 

CHAP. VI. 

1 Isaiah, in avision of the Lord in his glory, 5 
being terrified, is confirmed for his message. 
9 He sheweth the obstinacy of the people unto 
their desolation. 13 A remnant shall be saved. 

IN the year that king Uzziah died I saw 
also the Lord sitting upon a tin-one, high 
and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 

2 Above it stood the seraphims : each one 
had six wings ; with twain he covered his 
face, and with twain he covered his feet, and 
with twain he did fly. 

3 And one cried unto another, and said, 
Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the 
whole earth is full of his glory. 

4 And the posts of the door moved at the 
voice of him that cried, and the house was 
filled with smoke. . 

5 tf Then said I, Wo is me ! for I am un- 
done; because I am a man of unclean lips, 
and I dwell in the midst of a people of un- 
clean lips : for mine eyes have seen die King, 
the Lord of hosts. 

6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, 
having a live coal in his hand, which he had 
taken with the tongs from off the altar : 

7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, 
Lo, this hath touched thy lips ; and thine ini- 
quity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 

8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, say- 
ing, Whom shall I send, and who will go for 
us ? Then said I, Here am I ; send me. 

9 % And he said, Go, and tell this people, 
Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see 
ye indeed, but perceive not. 

10 Make the heart of this people fat, and 
make then* ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; 
lest they see with their eyes, and hear with 
their ears, and understand with their heart, 
and convert, and be healed. 

11 Then said I, Lord, how long 1 And he 
answered, Until the cities be wasted without 
inhabitant, and the houses without man, and 
the land be utterly desolate ; 

12 And the Lord have removed men far 
away, and there he a great forsaking in die 
midst of die land. 

13 ^[ But yet in it shall, be a tenth, and it 
shall return, and shall be eaten : as a teil- 
tree, and as an oak whose substance is in 
them, when they cast their leaves : so the 
holy seed shall he the substance thereof. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Ahaz, being troubled with fear of Rezin and 
Pekah, is comforted by Isaiah. 10 Ahaz, hav- 
ing liberty to choose a sign, and refusing it, 
hath for a sign, Christ promised. 17 His judg- 
ment isprophesied to come by Assyria. 
A ND it came to pass in the days of Ahaz 
il. the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, 
king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, 
and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Is- 
rael, went up toward Jerusalem to war 
against it, but could not prevail against it. 
% And it was told the house of David, say- 
ing, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And 
his heart was moved, and the heart of his 
people, as the trees of the wood are moved 
with the wind. 

3 fh*m said tfce Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth 
P«w to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub 



ISAIAH. Christ promised. 

thy son, at the end of the conduit of the up- 



per pool in the highway of the fuller's field; 

4 And say unto him, Take heed, and be 
quiet; fear not, neither be faint-hearted for 
the two tails of these smoking fire-brands, 
for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and 
of the son of Remaliah. 

5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of 
Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against 
diee, saying, 

6 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, 
and let us make a breach therein for us, and 
set a king in the midst of it, even the son of 
Tabeal: 

7 Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not 
stand, neither shall it come to pass. 

8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and 
the head of Damascus is Rezin : and within 
threescore and five years shall Ephraim be 
broken, lhat it be not a people. 

9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and 
the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If 
ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be es- 
tablished. 

10 ^[ Moreover, the Lord spake again unto 
Ahaz, saying, 

11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God ; 
ask it either in die depdi, or in the height 
above. 

12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will 
I tempt the Lord. 

13 And he said, Hear y# now, O house of 
David ; Is it a small thing for you to weary 
men, but will ye weaiy my God also ? 

14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give 
you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, 
and bear a son, and shall call his name lm- 
manuel. 

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he 
may know to refuse the evil, and choose the 
good. 

16 For before the child shall know to refuse 
die evil, and choose the good, the land that 
thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of bodi her 
kings. 

17 H The Lord shall bring upon thee, and 
upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, 
days diat have not come, from the day that 
Ephraim departed from Judah ; even die king 
of Assyria. 

18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that 
the Lord shall hiss for die fly diat is in the 
uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for 
the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 

19 And they shall come, and shall rest all 
of them in the desolate valleys, and iu the 
holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and 
upon all bushes. 

20 In the same day shall the Lord shave 
with a razor that is hired, namely, by them 
beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the 
head, and the hair of the feet : and it shall 
also consume the beard. 

21 And it shall come to pass in diat day, 
that a man shall nourish a young cow, and 
two sheep ; 

22 And it shall come to pass, for the abun- 
dance of milk that they shall give that he 
shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall 
every one eat diat is left in die land. 

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Syria, Israel, £c. Uireatened. CHAP. VIII, IX. 

23 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
that every place shall he, where there were 
a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, 
it shall even he for briers and thorns. 

24 With arrows and with bows shall men 
come thither; because all the land shall be- 
come briers and thorn?. 

25 And oua\1 hills that shall be digged with 
the mattock, there shall not come thither the 
fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for 
the sending forth of oxen, and for the tread- 
ing of lesser cattle. 

CHAP. VIII. 



I In, Mahcr-shalal-hash-baz he prophesieth that 
Syria and Israels/tall be subdued by Assyria. 
SJudah likewise for their infidelity, il God's 
judgments shall be uiircsistiblc. 11 Comfort 
shall be to them that fear God. 19 Great af- 
flictions to idolaters. 

MOREOVER, the Lord said unto me, 
Take thee a great roll, and write in it 
with a man's pen concerning Maher-shalal- 
hash-baz. 

2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to 
record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the 
son of Jeberechiah. 

3 And I went unto the prophetess ; and she 
coneeived, and bare a son. Then said the 
Lord to me, Call his name Maher-shalal- 
hash-baz. 

4 For before the child shall have knowledge 
fo cry, My father, and my mother, the riches 
of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall 
be taken away before the king of Assyria. 

5 1f The Lord spake also unto me* again, 
saving, 

6 Forasmuch as this people refnseth the 
waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice 
in Rezin and Remaliah's son ; 

7 Njw therefore, behold, the Lord bring- 
eth up upon them the waters of the river, 
strong and many, even the king of Assyria, 
and all his glory: and he shall come up over 
all his channels, and go over all his banks: 

8 And he shall pass through Judah ; lie shall 
overflow and go over, he shall reach c^wto 
the neck ; and the stretching out of his wings 
shall fill thebreadth of thy land, O human uel. 

9 % Associate yourselves, O ye people, and 
ye shall be broken in pieces;" and give ear, 
all ye of far countries : gird yourselves, and 
ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, 
and ye shall be broken in pieces/ 

10 Take counsel together, and it shall come 
to nought; speak die word, and it shall not 
stand : for God is with us. 

II % For the Lord spake thus to me with 
a strong hand, and instructed me that I should 
not walk in the way of this people, saying, 

12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them 
to whom this people shall say, A confedera- 
cy ; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. 

13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and 
Jet hi m be your fear, and let him be your 
dread. 

14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; butfor a 
stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence 
to both the houses of Israel, for agin and for 
a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

15 And many among them shall stumble, 



Christ's birth and kingdom. 
and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and 
be taken. 

16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law 
among my disciples. 

17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that 
hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and 

1 will look for him. 

18 Behold, I and the children whom the 
Lord hath given me are for signs and for 
wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, 
which dwellethin mount Zion. 

19 ^1 And when they shall say unto you, 
Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, 
and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter : 
should not a people seek unto their God? 
for the living to the dead ? 

20 To the law and to the testimony: if they 
speak not according to this word, it is be- 
cause there is no light in them. 

21 And they shall pass through it, hardly 
bestead and hungry : and it shall come to 
pass, that when they sjhall be hungry, they 
shall fret themselves, and curse their king 
and their God, and look upward. 

22 And they shall look unto the earth; and 
behold trouble and darkness, dimness of an- 
guish ; and they shall be driven to darkness. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 What joy shall be in the midst of afflictions, by 
the kingdom and birth of Christ. 8 The judg- 
ments upon Israel for their pride, 13/or their 
hypocrisy, 18 and for their imvenitency. 

TVTEVERTHELESS the dimness shall not 
Xl be such as was in her vexation, when 
at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Ze- 
bulun, and the land of Naphtali, and after- 
ward did more grievously afflict her by the 
way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of 
the nations. 

2 The people that walked in darkness have 
seen a great light : they that dwell in the 
land of the shadow of death, upon them hath 
the light shined. 

3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not 
increased the joy: they joy before thee ac- 
cording to the joy in harvest, and as men re- 
joice when they divide the spoilt 

4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his bur- 
den, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of 
his oppressor, as in the day of Midian, 

5 For every battle of the warrior is with 
confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; 
but this shall be with burning and fuel cf fire! 

For unto us a child is bom, unto us a son 
is given : and the government shall be upon 
his shoulder: and his name shall be called 
Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty Gcd, 
The everlasting Father, The Prince of 
Peace. 

7 Of the increase of his government and 
peace there shall be no end, upon the throne 
of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, 
and to establish it with judgment and with 
justice from henceforth even for ever. The 
zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. 

8 ^[ The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and 
it hath lighted upon Israel. 

9 And all the people shall know, even 
Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that 
say in the pride and stoufuess of heart, 

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The jttdgments Upon Israel. ISAIAH 

10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will 
ouild with hewn stones : the sycamores are 
cut down, but we will change them into ce- 
dars. 

11 Therefore the Lord shall set up the ad- 
versaries of Rezin against him, and join his 
enemies together; 

12 The Syrians before, and the Philistines 
behind ; and they shall devour Israel with 
open mouth. For all this his anger is not 
turned away, but his hand is stretched out 
still. 

13 H For the people turneth not unto him 
that smiteth them, neither do they seek the 
Lord of hosts. 

14 Therefore the Lord will cut off from Is- 
rael head and tail, branch and rush, in one 
day. 

la The ancient and honourable, he is the 
head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he 
is the tail. 

16 For the leaders of this people cause them 
to err ; and they that are led of them are de- 
stroyed. 

• 17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in 
their young men, neither shall have mercy 
on their fatherless and widows : for every 
one is a hypocrite and an evil-doer, and eve- 
ry mouth speaketh folly. For all this his 
anger is not turned away, but his hand is 
stretched out still. 

18 U For wickedness burnetii as the fire ; it 
shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall 
kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they 
shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. 

19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts 
is the land darkened, and the people shall be 
as the fuel of the fire : no man shall spare 
his brother. 

20 And he shall snatch on the right hand, 
and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left 
hand, and they shall not be satisfied : they 
shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: 

21 Manasseh, Ephraim ; and Ephraim, Ma- 
nasseh : and they together shall be against 
Judah. For all this his anger is not turned 
away, but his hand is stretched out still. 

CHAP. X. 

\The wo of tyrants. 5 Assyria, therod I of hypo- 
crites, for his pride shall be broken. 20 A rem- 
nant of Israel shall be saved. 24 Israel is 
comforted with promise of deliverance from 
Assyria. 

WO unto them that decree unrighteous 
decrees, and that write grievousness 
which they have prescribed ; 

2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, 
and to take away the right from the poor of 
my people, that widows may be their prey, 
and that they may rob the fatherless! 

3 And what will ye do in the day of 



tion, and in the desolation which shall come 
from far? to whom will ye flee for help ? and 
where will ye leave your glory ? 

4 Without me they shall bow down under 
the prisoners, and they shall fall undor the 
slain. For all this his anger is not turned 
away, but his hand is stretched out still. 

5 if O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and 
the staff in their hand is mine indignation. 



Assyria to be broken. 

6 I will send him against a hypocritical na- 
tion, and against the people of my wrath will 
I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and 
to take the prey, and to tread them down 
like the mire of the streets. 

7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth 
his heart think so; but it is in his heart to 
destroy and cut oft' nations not a few. 

8 For he saith, Are not my princes altoge- 
ther kings ? 

9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Ha- 
math as Arpad ? is not Samaria as Damascus? 

10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of 
the idols, and whose graven images did ex- 
cel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria ; 

11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Sama- 
ria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and 
her idols? 

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that 
when the Lord hath performed his whole 
work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I 
will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the 
king of Assyria, and the glory of his high look?. 

13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand 
I have done it, and by my wisdom ; for I am 
prudent : and I have removed the bounds of 
the people, and have robbed their treasures, 
and I have put down the inhabitants like a 
valiant man : 

14 And my hand hath found as a nest the 
riches of the people : and as one gathereth 
eggs that are left, have I gathered all the 
earth ; and there was none that moved the 

ring', or opened the mouth, or peeped. 

15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that 
heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnify 
itself against him that shaketh it? as it the 
rod should shake itself against them that 
lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, 
as if it were no wood. 

16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of 
hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and 
under his glory he shall kindle a burning like 
the burning of a fire. 

17 And the light of Israel shall be for afire, 
and his Holv One for a flame : and it shall 
burn and devour his thorns and his briers in 
one day; 

18 And shall consume the glory of his fo- 
rest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and 
body : and they shall be as when a standard- 
bearer fainteth. 

19 And the rest of the trees of his forest 
shall be few, that a child may write them. 

20 U And it shall come to pass in that day, 
that the remnant of Israel, and such as are 
escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more 
again stay upon him that smote them ; but 
shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of 
Israel, in truth. 

21 The remnant shall return, even the rem- 
nant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. 

22 For though thy people Israel be as the 
sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall 
return: the consumption decreed shall over- 
flow with righteousness. 

23 For the Lord God of hosts shall make a 
consumption, even determined, in the midst 
of all the land. 

24 U Therefore thus saith the Lord God of 

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Christ's peaceable kingdom. CHAP. XI, 
hosts, O my people that dwell est in Zion, be 
not afraid of the Assyrian : he shall smite 
thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff 
against thee, after the manner of Egypt. 
§5 For yet a very little while, and the indig- 
nation shall cease, and mine anger in their 
destruction. 

26 And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a 
scourge for him according to the slaughter 
of Miilian at the rock of Orel): and as his 
rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up 
after the manner of Egypt. 

27 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
that his burden shall be taken away from off 
thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, 
and the yoke shall be destroyed because of 
the anointing. 

28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Mi- 
gron; at Miclunash he hath laid up his car- 
riages : 

2i) They are gone over the passage : they 
have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ra- 
mah is afraid ; Gibeah of Saul is fled. 

30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim : 
cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Aua- 
thoth. 

31 Madmenah is removed ; the inhabitants 
of Gebim gather themselves to flee. 

32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day : 
he shall shake his hand against the mount 
of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 

33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts 
shall lop the bough with terror : and the high 
ones of stature shall he hewn down, and die 
haughty shall be humbled. 

34 And he shall cut down the thickets of 
the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall 
by a mighty one. 

CHAP. XI. 

1 The peaceable kingdom of the Branch out of 

the root of Jesse. 10 The victorious rcstura 

t'wn of Israel, and vocation of the Gentiles. 

AND there shall come forth a rod out of 
the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall 
grow out of his roots: 

2 And the Spirit of tlte Lord shall rest upon 
him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, 
the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of 
knowledge and of the fear of the Lord ; 

3 And shall make him of quick understand- 
ing in the fear of the Lord : and he sliall 
not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither 
reprove after the hearing of his ears: 

4 But with righteousness sliall he judge the 
poor, and reprove with equity for the meek 
of the earth: and he shall smite the earth 
with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath 
of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 

5 And righteousness" shall be the girdle of 
his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his 
reins. 

6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, 
and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; 
and the calf and the young lion and the fat- 
ling together; and a little child shall lead 
them. 

7 And the cow and the bear shall feed', 
their young ones shall lie down together: and 
the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 

8 And the sucking child shall play on the 



XII,- XIII. A thanksgiving for mercies. 
hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall 
put his hand on the cockatrice's den. 

9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my 
holy mountain : for the earth shall be full of 
the knowledge of the Lord, as die waters 
cover the sea. 

10 U And in that day there shall be a root 
of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of 
the people ; to it shall the Gentiles seek : 
and his rest shall be glorious. 

11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that 
the Lord shall set his hand again the second 
time to recover the remnant of his people, 
which shall be left, from Assyria, and from 
Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, 
and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from 
Hainath, and from the islands of the sea. 

12 And he shall set up an ensign for the na- 
tions, and shall assemble the outcasts of Is- 
rael, and gather together the dispersed of 
Judah f'.om the four corners of the earft". 

13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, 
and the adversaries of Judah shall be cutoff: 
Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah 
shall not vex Ephraim. 

14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of 
the Philistines toward the west; they shall 
spoil them of the east together: they shall 
lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and 
the children of Amnion shall obey them. 

15 And the Lord shall utterly destroy the 
tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his 
mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the 
river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, 
and make men go over dry-shod. 

16 And there shall be a highway for the 
remnant of his people, which shaft be left, 
from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the 
day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. 

CHAP. XII. 

A joyful thanksgiving of the faithful for the 
mercies of God. j< 

VND in that day thou shait say, O Lord, 
I will praise thee : though" thou wast 
angry' with me, thine anger is turned away, 
and thou comfortedst me. 

2 Behold, God is my salvation ; I will triiPt; 
and not be afraid : for the Lord JEHOVA II 
is my strength and my song ; he also is be- 
come my salvation. 

3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water 
out of the wells of salvation. 

4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the 
Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings 
among the people, make mention that liis 
name is exalted. 

5 Sing unto the Lord ; for he hath done ex- 
cellent things : this is known in all the earth. 

6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion ; 
for great is the Holy One of Israel in the 
midst of thee. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 God muster eth the armies of his wrath. (> He 
threateneth to destroy Babylon by the Medes. 
19 The desolation of Babylon. 

THE burden of Babylon, which Isaiah 
the son of Amoz did see. 
2 Lift ye up a banner upon the high moun- 
tain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the 
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The desolation of Babylon. 

hand, that they may go into the gates of the 
nobles. 

3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I 
have also called my mighty ones for mine 
anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. 

4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, 
Jike as of a great people ; a tumultuous noise 
of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: 
the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the 
battle. 

5 They come from a far country, from the 
end of heaven, even the Lord, and the wea- 
pons of his indignation, to destroy the whole 

3 and. 

6 % Howl ye ; for the day of the Lord is at 
hand ; it shall come as a destruction from the 
Almighty. 

7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and 
every man's heart shall melt; 

3 Snd they shall be afraid; pangs and sor- 
rows shsl! take hold of them ; they shall be 
in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall 
he amazed one at another; their faces shall 
be as flames. 

9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel 
both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the 
land desolate : and he shall destroy the sin- 
ners thereof out of it. 

10 For the stars of heaven and the constel- 
lations thereof shall not give their light: the 
sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and 
the moon shall not cause her light to shine. 

11 And I will punish the world for their 
evil, and the wicked for their iniquity ; and 
I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to 
cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of 
the terrible. 

12 I will make a man more precious than 
fine gold ; even a man than the golden wedge 
ofOphir. 

13 Therefore. I will shake the heavens, and 
the earth shall remove out of her place, in 
the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the 
day of his fierce anger. 

14 And it shall be as the chased roe, and as 
a sheep that no man taketh up : they shall 
every man turn to his own people, and flee 
every one into his own land. 

15 fevery one that is found shall be thrust 
through; and every one that is joined unto 
them shall fall by the sword. 

16 Their children also shall be dashed to 

Cieces before their eyes; their- houses shall 
e spoiled, and their wives ravished. 

17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against 
them, which shall not regard silver ; and as 
for gold, they shall not delight in it. 

13 Their bows also shall dash the young 
men to pieces ; and they shall have no pity on 
the fruit of the womb ; their eye shall not 
spare children. 

19 IT And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, 
the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall 
be as when God overthrew Sodom and Go- 
morrah. 

20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall 
k be dwelt in from generation to generation : 
neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; 
neither shall the shepherds make their fold 
there : , -'" ' 



ISAIAH. IsiaeVs triumph over Babylon. 

21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie 
there ; and their houses shall be full of dole- 
ful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, 
and satyrs shall dance there. 

22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry 
in their desolate houses, and dragons in their 
pleasant palaces: and her time is near to 
come, and her days shall not be prolonged. 

CHAP. XIV. 

1 God's merciful restoration of Israel. 3 Their 
triumphant iasultation over Babel. 24 God's 
purpose against Jissyria. 29 Palcstina is 



FOR the Lord will have mercy on Ja- 
cob, and will yet choose Israel', and set 
them in their own land : and the strangers 
shall be joined with them, and they shall 
cleave to the house of Jacob. 

2 And the people shall take them, and bring 
them to their place : and the house of Israel 
shall possess them in the land of the Lord 
for servants and handmaids: and they shall 
take them captives, whose captives they were ; 
and they shall rule over their oppressors. 

3 And it shall come to pass in the day that 
the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sor- 
row, and from thy fear, and from the' hard 
bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, 

4 That thou shalt take up this proverb 
against the king of Babylon, and say, How 
hath the oppressor cea.«od, the golden city 
ceased ! 

5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the 
wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 

G He who smote the people in wrath with 
a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations 
in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. 

7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet : 
they break forth into singing. 

8\'ea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, mid the 
cedars of Lebanon, saying; Svnce thou art 
laid down, no feller is come up against us. 

9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to 
meet ifiee at thy coming : it stirreth up the 
dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the 
earth : it hath raised up from their thrones 
all the kings of the nations. 

10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, 
Art thou also become weak as we ? Art thou 
become like unto us ? 

11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, 
and the soise of thy viols: the worm is spread 
under thee, and the worms cover thee. 

12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lu- 
cifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut 
down to the ground, which didst weaken the 
nations ! 

13 For thou hast said in .thy heart, I will as- 
cend into heaven, I will exalt my throne 
above the stars of God: I will sit also npeii 
the mount of the congregation, in the sides 
of the north : 

14 I will ascend above the heights of the 
clouds ; I will be like the Most High. 

15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, 
to the sides of the pit. 

16 They that see thee shall narrowly look 
upon thee, and consider thee, sai/insr, Is 
this the man that made the earth to tremble* 
that did shake kingdoms: 

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GoiVs purpose against Assyria. CHAP. 

17 That made the world as a wilderness, 
and destroyed the cities thereof: that open- 
ed not the house of his prisoners? 

18 All the kings of the nations, even all of 
them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 

19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like 
an abominable branch, and as the raiment 
of those that are slain, thrust through with 
a sword, that go down to the stones of the 
pit ; as a carcass trodden under feet. 

20 Thou slialt not be joined with them in 
burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, 
and slain thy people: the seed of evil-doers 
shall never be renowned. 

21 Prepare slaughter for his children for 
the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not 
rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of 
the world with cities. 

22 For I will rise up against them, saith the 
Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the 
name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, 
saith the Lord. 

23 I will also make it a possession for the 
bittern, and pools of water : and I will sweep 
it with the besom of destruction, saith the 
Lord of hosts. 

24 If The Lord of hosts hath sworn, say- 
ing, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come 
to pass ; and as I have purposed, so shall it 
stand : 

25 That I will break the Assyrian in my 
land, and upon my mountains tread him un- 
der foot : then shall his yoke depart from off 
them, and his burden depart from off their 
shoulders. 

26 This is the purpose that is pu«%^;ed upon 
the whole earth : and this is the hand that is 
stretched out upon all the nations. 

27 For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, 
and who shall disannul it ? and his hand is 
stretched out, and who shall turn it back ? 

28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this 
Ourden. 

29 If Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, be- 
cause the rod of him that smote thee is bro- 
ken : for out of the serpent's root shall come 
forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a 
fiery flying serpent. 

30 And the first-born of the poor shall feed, 
and the needy shall lie down in safety: and 
I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall 
slay thy remnant. 

31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole 
Palestina, art dissolved : for there shall come 
from the north a smoke, and none shall be 
alone in his appointed times. 

32 What shallow then answer the messen- 
gers of the nation-? That the Lord hath 
founded Zion, and the poor of his people 
shall trust in it. 

CHAP. XV. 
The lamentable state of Moab. 

THE burden of Moab. Because in the 
night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and 
brought to silence ; because in the night Kir 
of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; 
2 He is gone up to Bajith,andto Dibon, the 
high places, to weep: Moabsshall howl over 
Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads 
shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. 
X* 



XV, XVI. Moab exhorted to obedience* 

3 In their streets they shall gird themselves 
with sackcloth : on the tops of their houses, 
and in their streets, every one shall howl, 
weeping abundantly. 

4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh • 
their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz : 
therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall 
cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. 

5 My heart shall cry out for Moab ; his fugi- 
tives shall flee unto Zoar, a heifer of three 
years old : for by the mounting up of Luhith 
with weeping shall they go it up; for in the 
way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of 
destruction. , 

6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be deso- 
late : for the hay is withered away, the 'grass 
faileth, there is no green thing. 

7 Therefore die abundance they have got- 
ten, and that which they have laid up, shall 
they carry away to the brook of the willows. 

8 For the cry is gone round about the bor- 
ders of Moab, the howling thereof unto Eg- 
laim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim. 

9 For the waters of Dimon shall be full ot 
blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, 
lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and 
upon the remnant of the land. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 Moab is exhorted to yield obedience to Christ's 
kingdom. 6 Moab is threatened for her pride. 
9 The prophet bewaileth her. 12 The judgment 
of Moab. 

SEND ye the lamb to the ruler of the land 
from Sela to the wilderness, unto the 
mount of the daughter of Zion. 

2 For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird 
cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab 
shall be at the fords of Arnon. 

3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make 
thy shadow as the night in the midst of the 
noon-day ; hide the outcasts; bewray not him 
that warwlereth. 

4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; 
be thou a covert to them from the face of the 
spoiler : for the extortioner is at an end, the 
spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed 
out of the land. 

5 And in mercy shall the throne be esta- 
blished : and he shall sit upon it in truth in 
the tabernacle of David, judging, and seek- 
ing judgment, and hasting righteousness. 

6 y. We have heard of the pride of Moat ; 
he is very proud : even of his haughtiness, 
and his pride, and his wrath : but his lies shall 
not be so. 

7 Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, 
ever) 7 one shall howl : for the foundations of 
Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn ; surely they are 
stricken. 

8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and 
the vine of Sibmah : the lords of the heathen 
have broken down the principal plants, there* 
of, they are come even unto Jazer, they wan- 
dered through the wilderness : her hranches 
are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. 

9 % Therefore I will bewail with the weep- 
ing of Jazer the vine of Sibmah : I will water 
thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elea- 
leh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits 
and for thy harvest is fallen. 



Syria and Israel threatened, ISAIAH 

10 And gladness is taken away, and joy out 
of die plentiful field; and in the vineyards 
there shall be no singing, neither shall there 
he shouting: the treaders shall tread out no 
wine in their presses; I have made their 
vintage-sh outing to cease. 

11 Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a 
harp for Moab, and mine in 'ward --parts for 
Kir-haresh. 

12 IT And it shall come to pass, when it is 
seen that Moab iswearv on the high place, 
that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray ; 
but he shall not prevail. 

13 This is the word that the Lord hath 
spoken concerning Moab since that time. 

14 But now the Lord hath spoken, saying, 
Widiin diree years, as the years of a hireling, 
and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, 
with all that great multitude ; and the rem- 
nant shall be very small and feeble. 

CHAP. XVII. 

I Syria and Israel are threatened. §A remnant 

shall forsake idolatry. 9 The rest shall be 
plagued for their impiety. 12 The wo of Is- 
rael's enemies. 

THE burden of Damascus. Behold, Da- 
mascus is taken away from being a city, 
and it shall be a ruinous heap. 

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken : they 
shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and 
none shall make them afraid. 

3 The fortress also shall cease froinEphraim, 
and the kingdom from Damascus, and the 
remnant of Syria: they shall be as the 
glory of the children of Israel, saith the Lord 
of hosts. 

4 And in that day it shall come to pass, that 
the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and 
the fatness of his flesh shall Wax lean. 

5 And it shall be as when the harvest-man 
gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with 
fiisarm; and it shall be as he that gathereth 
ears in the valley of Rephaim. 

6 *\ Yet gleaning-grapes shall be left in it, 
as the shaking of an olive-tree, two or three 
berries in the top of the uppermost bough, 
four or five in the outmost frautful branches 
thereof, saith the Lord God of Israel. 

7 At that day shall a man look to his Maker, 
and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy 
One of Israel. 

8 And he shall not look to the altars, the 
work of his hands, neither shall respect that 
which his fingers have'made,either the groves, 
or the images. 

9 ^[ In that day shall his strong cities be as a 
forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, 
which they left because of the children of 
Israel : and there shall be desolation. 

10 Because thou hast forgotten the God of 
thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of 
the Rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou 
plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with 
strange slips : 

II In the day shalt thou make thy plant to 
grow, and in the morning shalt thou make 
thy seed to flourish : but\\\e harvest shall be 
a heap in the day of grief and of desperate 
sorrow. 

12 f Wo to the multitude of many people, 



Ethiopia to be destroyed* 
which make a noise like the noise of the seas; 
and to the rushing of nations, that make a 
rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! 

13 The nations shall rush like the rushing 
of many waters : but God shall rebuke them" 
and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased 
as the chaffof the mountains before the wind, 
and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. 

14 And behold at evening-tide trouble; and 
before the morning he is not. This is tiie 
portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of 
them that rob us. 

CHAP. XVIII. 

1 God in care of his people will destroy the Ethi- 
opians. 7 An access thereby shall grow unto 
the church. 

WO to the land shadowing with wing?, 
which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia : 

2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, 
even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, 
saying. Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation 
scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from 
their beginning hitherto ; a nation meted out 
and trodden down, whose land the rivers 
have spoiled ! 

3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwell- 
ers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up 
an ensign on the mountains; and when he 
bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. 

4 For so the Lord said unto me, I will take 
my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling- 
place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like 
a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. 

5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is 
perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the 
flower, h* shall both cut off" the sprigs with 
pruning-hooks, and take away and cut down 
the branches. 

6 They shall be left together unto the fowls 
of the mountains, and to the beasts of the 
earth : and the fowls shall summer upon 
them, and all the beasts of the earth shall 
winter upon them. 

7 H In that time shall the present be brought 
unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered 
and peeled, and from a people terrible from 
their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out 
and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers 
have spoiled, to the place of the name of the 
Lord of hosts, the mount Zion. 

CHAP. XIX. 
1 The confusion of Egypt. 11 The foolishness of 
their princes. 18 The callingpf Egypt to the 
church. 23 The covenant of Egypt, Assyria, 
and Israel. 

THE burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord 
rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall 
come into E^ypt: and the idols of Egypt 
shall be moved at his presence, and the heart 
of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. 

2 And I will set the Egyptians against the 
Egyptians r and they shall fight every one 
against his brother, and every one against 
his neighbour; city against city, and king- 
dom against kingdom. 

3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the 
midst thereof: and I will destroy the coun- 
sel thereof : and they shall seek to the idols, 
and to the charmers, and to them that have 
familiar spirits, and to the wizards. 

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The confusion of Egypt. CHAP. 

4 And the Egyptians will I give over into 
the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king 
shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the 
Lord of hosts. 

5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and 
tJie river shall he wasted and dried up. 

6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; 
and the brooks of defence shall be emptied 
and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. 

7 The paper-reeds by the brooks, by the 
mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown 
by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, 
and be no more. 

8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they 
that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, 
and they that spread nets upon the waters 
shall languish. 

9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, 
and thev that weave net- works, shall be con- 
founded. 

10 And they shall be broken in the purposes 
thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for 
fish. 

11 U Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, 
the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pha- 
raoh is become brutish : how say ye unto 
Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son 
of ancient kings ? 

12 Where are they ? where are thy wise 
men? and let them tell thee now, and let 
them know what the Lord of hosts hath pur- 
posed upon Egypt. 

13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, 
the princes of Noph are deceived ; they have 
also seduced Egypt, even they that are the 
stay of the tribes thereof. 

14 The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit 
in the midst thereof: and they have caused 
Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunk- 
en man staggereth in his vomit. 

15 Neither shall there be any work for 
Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or 
rush, may do. 

16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto wo- 
men : and it shall be afraid and fear, because 
of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of 
hosts, which he shaketh over it. 

17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror 
unto Egypt, every one that maketh men- 
tion thereof shall be afraid in himself, because 
of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which 
he hath determined against it. 

18U In that day shall five cities in the land 
of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and 
swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be 
called, The city of destruction. 

19 In that day shall there be an altar to the 
Lord in the midst of the land of E^ypt, and 
a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord. 

20 And it shall be for a sign and for a wit- 
ness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of 
Egypt: for they shall cry unto the Lord be- 
cause of the oppressors, and he shall send 
them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall 
deliver them. 

21 And the Lord shall be known to Egypt, 
and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in 
that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation ; 
yea, they shall vow a vow unto the Lord, 
and perform it$ 



XX, XXI. Captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia. 

22 And the Lord shall smite Egypt: he 
shall smite and heal it: and they shall return 
even to the Lord, and he shall be entreated 
of them, and shall heal them. 

23 % In that day shall there be a highway 
out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian 
shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into 
Assyria, and the Egyptians shalf serve with 
the Assyrians. 

24 In that day shall Israel be the third with 
Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in 
the midst of the land: 

25 Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, 
saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and As- 
syria the work of my hands, and Israel mine 
inheritance. 

CHAP. XX. 

A type prefiguring the shameful captivity of 

Egypt and Ethiopia. 

IN the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, 
(when Sargon the king of Assyria sent 
him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; 

2 At the same time spake the Lord by 
Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose 
the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off 
thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walk- 
ing naked and barefoot. 

3 And the Lord said, Like as my servant 
Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three 
years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and 
upon Ethiopia; 

4 So shall the king of Assyria lead away the 
Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians cap- 
tives, ymin<£ and old, naked and barefoot, 
even with their buttocks uncovered, to the 
shame of Egypt. 

5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of 
Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt 
their glory. 

6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say, 
in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, 
whither we flee for help to be delivered from 
the king of Assyria : and how shall we escape ? 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 The prophet, bewailing the captivity of his peo- 
ple, seeth in a vision the fall of Babylon by 
the Medes and Persians. 11 Edom, seaming 
the prophet, is moved to repentance. 13 The 
set time of Arabia's calamity. 

THE burden of the desert of the sea. As 
whirlwinds in the south pass through; 
so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible 
land. 

2 A grievous vision is declared unto me ; 
The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherous- 
ly, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, OElam: 
besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof 
have! made to cease. 

3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain : 
pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs 
of a woman that travaileth : I was bowed 
down at the hearing of it ; I was dismayed 
at the seeing of it. 

4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted 
me : the night of my pleasure hath he turned 
into fear unto me. 

5 Prepare the table, watch in tho watch- 
tower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and 
anoint the shield. 

6 For thus hath die Lord said onto roe, 
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The invasion of Jewry. ISAIAH. 

Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he 
seed). 

7 And he saw a chariot with a couple of 
horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot 
of camels ; and he hearkened diligently with 
much heed : 

8 And he cried, A lion : My lord, I stand 
continually upon the watch-tower in the day 
lime, and I am set in my ward whole nights. 

9 And behold, here cometh a chariot of men, 
with a couple of horsemen. And he answer- 
ed and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen ; and 
all the graven images of her gods he hath 
broken unto the ground. 

10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor : 
that which I have heard of the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. 

11 ir The burden of Dumah. He cafletli 
to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of die 
night? Watchman, what of the night? 

12 The watchman said, The morning com- 
eth, and also the night : it ye will inquire, 
inquire ye : return, come. 

113 'ft The burden upon Arabia. In die for- 
est in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling 
companies of Dedanim. 

14 The inhabitants *f the land of Tema 
brought water to him that was thirstv, they 
prevented with their bread him that ned. 

15 For they fled from die swords, from the 
drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and 
from the grievousness of war. 

16 For thus hath the Lord said unto me, 
Within a year, according to the years of a 
hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail : 

17 And the residue of the number of archers, 
the mighty men of the children of Kedar, 
shall be diminished : for the Lord God of 
Israel hadi spoken it, 

CHAP. XXII. 
1 The prophet lamenteth the invasion of Jewry 
by the Persians. 8 He reproveth their human 
wisdom and worldly joy. 15 He prophesieth 
Shebna's deprivation, 20 and Eliakim, pre- 
figuring the kingdom of Christ, his substitu- 
tion. 

THE burden of the valley of vision. What 
aileth thee now, that thou art wholly 
gone up to the house-tops ? 

2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous 
city, a joyous city : thy slain men are not slain 
with the sword, nor dead in battle. 

3 All thy rulers are fled togedier, they are 
bound by the archers: all mat are found in 
thee are bound together, which have fled 
from far. 

4 Therefore said I, Look away from me ; I 
will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, 
because of the spoiling of the daughter of my 
people. 

5 For it is a day of trouble, and of treading 
Oown, and of perplexity by the Lord God of 
h&sts in the valley of vision, breaking down 
die walls, and of crying to the mountains. 

Ami Elam bare the quiver with chariots 
«f men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered 
the shield. 

7 And it shall come to pas3, that thy choicest 
valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horse- 
men shall set themselves in array at the gate. 



Prophecy of Eliakim son of Hilkiah, 

8 % And he discovered the covering of Ju- 
dah, and thou didst look in that day to the 
armour of the house of the forest. 

9 Ye have seen also the breaches of the 
city of David, that they are many : and ye 
gathered together the watersof die lower pool. 

10 And ye have numbered the houses of 
Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken 
down to fortify the wall. 

11 Ye viade also a ditch between die two 
walls for the water of the old pool ; but ye 
have not looked unto the maker thereof, 
neither had respect unto him diat fashioned 
it long ago. 

12 And in that day did the Lord God of 
hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and 
to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth : 

13 And behold joy and gladness, slaving 
oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and 
drinking wine : let us eat and drink ; for to- 
morrow we shall die. 

14 And it was revealed in mine ears by the 
Lord of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not 
be purged from you till ye die, saith die 
Lord God of hosts. 

15 H Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, 
Go, get^thee unto this treasurer, even unto 
Shebna, which is over the house, and say, 

16 What hast thou here, and whom hast 
thou here, that diou hast hew^d thee out a 
sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out 
a sepulchre on high, and that gravedi a habi- 
tation for himself in a rock ? 

17 Behold, the Lord will carry thee away 
widi a mighty captivity, and will surely cover 
thee. 

18 He will surely violently turn and tos3 
thee like a ball into a large country : there 
shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy 
glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house, 

19 And I will drive thee from thy station, 
and from thy state shall he pull thee down. 

20 1[ And it shall come to pass in that day, 
that I will call my servant Eliakim, die son 
of Hilkiah : 

21 And I will clodie him with thy robe, an<i 
strengthen him with thy girdle, and I wil 
commit thy government into his hand : and 
he shall be a fadier to the inhabitants of Je- 
rusalem, and to the house of Judah. 

22 And the key of the house of David will 
I lay upon his shoulder : so he shall open, 
and none shall shut; and lie shall shut, and 
none shall open. 

23 And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure 
place ; and he shall be for a glorious throne 
to his father's house. 

24 And thev shall hang upon him all the 
glory of his father's house, the offspring and 
die issue, all vessels of small quantity, from 
the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of 
flagons. 

25 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, 
shall the nail that is fastened in die sure place 
be removed; and be cut down, and fall ; and 
the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: 
for die Lord hath spoken it. 

CHAP. XXIII. 

1 The miserable overthrow of Tyre. IT Their 

unhappy return. 

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The overthrmc of Tyre. CHAP 

THE burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ship's 
of Tarshish ; for it is laid waste, so that 
there is no house, no entering in : from the 
land of Chitthn it is revealed to them. 

2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle ; thou 
whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass 
over the sea, have replenished. 

3 And by great waters the seed of Sihor, 
the harvest of the river, is her revenue ; and 
she is a mart of nations. 

4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon : for the sea 
hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, 
saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, 
neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring 
up virgins. 

5 As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall 
thev be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. 

6 fciss ye over to Tarshish ; howl, ye in- 
habitants of the isle. 

7 Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity 
is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry 
her afar off to sojourn. 

8 Who hath taken this counsel against 
Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants 
are princes, whose traffickers are the ho- 
nourable of the earth ? 

9 The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to 
stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into 
contempt all the honourable of the earth. 

10 Pass through thy land as a river, O daugh- 
ter of Tarshish : there is no more strength. 

11 He stretched out his hand over the sea, 
he shook the kingdoms : the Lord hath 
given a commandment against the merchant- 
cily, to destroy the strong holds thereof. 

12 And he said, Thou shalt no more re- 
joice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of 
Zidon: arise, pass over to Chiitim; there 
also shalt thou nave no rest. 

13 Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this 
l>eople was not, till the Assyrian founded it 
for them that dwell in the wilderness: they 
set up the towers thereof, they raised up the 
palaces thereof, and he brought it to ruin. 

14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your 
strength is laid waste. 

15 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, ac- 
cording to the days of one king : after the end 
of seventy years shall Tyre sing as a harlot. 

16 Take a harp, go about the city, thou 
harlot that hast been forgotten ; make sw r eet 
melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest 
be remembered. 

17 H And it shall come to pass after the end 
of seventy years, that the Lord will visit 
Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and 
shall commit fornication with all the king- 
doms of the world upon the face of the earth. 

18 And her merchandise and her hire shall 
be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be 
treasured nor laid up; for her merchan- 
dise shall be for them that dwell before the 
Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable 
clothing. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
I The doleful judgments of God upon the land. 
13 A remnant shall joyfully praise him. 16 
Ood in his judgments shall advance his king- 
dom. 



XXIV. The judgments of God for sin. 

BEHOLD, the Lord maketh die earth 
empty, and maketh it waste, and turn- 
eth it upside down, and scattereth abroad 
the inhabitants thereof. 

2 And it shall be, as witli the people, so 
with the priest; as with the servant, so with 
his master; as with the maid, so with her 
mistress ; as with the buyer, so with the sel- 
ler ; as with the lender, so with the borrower j 
as with the taker of usury, so with the giver 
of usury to him. 

3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and 
utterly spoiled : for the Lord hadi spoken 
this word. 

4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away, 
the world lan^uisheth and fadeth away, the 
haughty people of the earth do languish. 

5 The earth also is defiled under the in- 
habitants thereof; because they have trans- 
gressed the laws, changed the ordinance, 
broken the everlasting covenant. 

6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the 
earth, and they that dwell therein are deso- 
iate : therefore the inhabitants of the earth 
are burned, and few men left. 

7 The new wine mourneth, the vine Ian- 
guisheth, aU the merry-hearted do sigh. 

8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise 
of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the- 
harp ceaseth. 

9 They shall not drink wine with a song; 
strong "drink shall be bitter to them that 
drink it. 

10 The city of confusion is broken dow r n : eve- 
ry house is shut up, that no man may come in. 

11 There is a crying for wine in the streets; 
all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is 
gone. 

12 In the city is left desolation, and die 
gate is, smitten with destruction. 

13 % When thus it shall be in the midst of 
the land among the people, there shall be 
as the shaking of an olive-tree, and as the 
glean ing-gra pes when the vintage is done. 

14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall 
sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shaft 
cry aloud from the sea. 

15 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the 
fires, even the name of the Lord God of Is- 
rael in the isles of the sea. 

16 ^[ From the uttermost part of the earth 
have we heard songs, even glory to the right- 
eous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, 
wo unto me ! the treacherous dealers have 
dealt treacherously; yea, the treacheroua 
dealers have dealt very treacherously. 

17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are 
upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 

18 And it shall come to pass, that he who 
fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into 
the pit ; and he that cometh up out of the 
midst of the pit shall be taken in die snare : 
for the windows from on high are open, and 
the foundations of the earth do shake. 

19 The earth is utterly broken down, the 
earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved 
exceedingly. 

20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a 
drunkard, and shall be removed like a cot- 

Itage; and the transgression thereof shall be 
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Isaiah praiseth God for his judgments. ISAIAH 
heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise 



Song of confidence in God. 



§1 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
that the Lord shall punish the host of the 
high ones that are on high, and the kings of 
the earth upon the earth. 

22 And they shall be gathered together, as 

Crisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall 
e shut up in the prison, and after many days 
shall they be visited. 

23 Then the moon shall be confounded, 
and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of 
hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Je- 
rusalem, and before his ancients' gloriously. 

CHAP. XXV*. 
1 The prophet praiseth God, for his judgments, 
6 for his saving benefits, ( J and for his victo- 
rious salvation. 

OLORD, thou art my God; I will exalt 
thee, I will praise thy name ; for thou 
hast done wonderful things ; thy counsels 
of old are faithfulness and truth. 

2 For thou hast made of a city a heap; of 
a defenced city a ruin : a palace of strangers 
to be no city; it shall never be built. 

3 Therefore shall the strong people glorify 
thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear 
thee. 

4 For thou hast been a strength to the poor, 
a strength to the needy in his distress, a re- 
fuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, 
when die blast of the terrible ones is as a 
storm against the wall. 

5 Thou shalt bringdown the noise of stran- 
gers, as the heat in a dry place ; even the 
heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch 
of the terrible ones shall be brought low. 

6 II And in this mountain shall the Lord of 
hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, 
a feast of wines on the lees ; of fat things full 
of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. 

7 And he will destroy in this mountain the 
face of the covering cast over all people, and 
the vail that is spread over all nations. 

8 He will swallow up death in victory; and 
the Lord God will wipe away tears from off 
all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall 
he take away from off all the earth : for the 
Lord hath spoken it. 

9^[ And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this 
is our God; we have waited for him, and he 
will save us: this is the Lord; we have 
waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice 
in his salvation. 

10 For in this mountain shall the hand of 
the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden 
down under him, even as straw is trodden 
down for the dunghill. 

11 And lie shall spread forth his hands in 
the midst of them, as he that s wimmeth spread- 
eth forth his hands to swim : and he shall 
bring down their pride together with the 
spoils of their hands. 

12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy 
walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring 
to the ground, even to the dust. 

CHAP. XXVI. 
1 A song inciting to confidence in God, 5 for his 
judgments, 12 and for his favour to his peo- 
ple. 20vfln exhortation to wait on God. 



"g"N that dav shall this song be sung in the 
JL land of Judah ; We have a strong city ; 
salvation will God appoint/or walls and bul- 
warks. 

2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous na- 
tion which keepeth the truth may enter in. 

3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose 
mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth 
in thee. 

4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever : for in the 
Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength : 

5 ^| For he bringeth down them that dwell 
on high ; the lofty city, lie layeth it low ; he 
layeth it low, even to the ground; he bring- 
eth it even to the dust. 

6 The foot shall tread it down, even the feet 
of the poor, and the steps of the needy. 

7 The way of the just is uprightness : thou, 
most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. 

8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, 
have we waited for thee; the desire of our 
soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance 
of thee. 

9 With my soul have I desired thee in the 
night ; yea," with my spirit within me will I 
seek thee early : for when thy judgments are 
in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will 
learn righteousness. 

10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet 
will he not learn righteousness: in the land 
of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will 
not behold the majesty of the Lord. 

11 Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they 
will not see: but they shall see, and be asha- 
med for their envy at the people ; yea, the 
fire of thine enemies shall devour them. 

12 1f Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us : 
for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. 

13 O Lord our God, other lords besides thee 
have had dominion over us; but by thee only 
will we make mention of thy name. 

14 They are dead, they shall not live ; they 
are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore 
hast thou visited and destroyed them, and 
made all their memory to perish. 

15 Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, 
thou hast increased the ; nation ; thou art glo- 
rified : thou hadst removed it far unto all the 
ends of the earth. 

16 Lord, in trouble have they visited thee; 
they poured out a prayer when thy chasten- 
ing was upon them. 

17 Like as a woman with child, that draw- 
eth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, 
and crieth out in her pangs ; so have we been 
in thy sight, O Lord. 

1 18 We have been with child, we have been 
in pain, we have as it were brought forth 
wind ; we have not wrought any deliverance 
in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of 
the world fallen. 

19 Thy dead men shall live, together with 
my dead body shall they arise. Awake and 
sing, ye that dwell in dust : for thy dew is 
as the dew of herbs, and the eardi shall cast 
out the dead. . 

20 IT Come, my people, enter thou into thy 
chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: 
hide thyself as it were for a little moment, 
until the indignation be overpast, 

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God's care over his vineyard. CHAP. XXV 
21 For behold, the Lord cometh out of his 
place to punish the inhabitants of the earth 
for their iniquity : the earth also shall dis- 
close her blood, and shall no more cover her 
slain. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
1 The care of God over his vineyard. 7 His 

chastisements differ from judgments. 12 The 

church of Jews and Gentiles. 

IN that day the Lord with his sore and 
great and strong sword shall punish levi- 
athan the piercing serpent, even leviathan 
that crooked serpent ; and he shall slay the 
dragon that is in the sea. 

2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard 
of red wine. 

3 I the Lord do keep it; I will water it 
every moment : lest any hurt it, I will keep 
it night and day. 

4 Fury is not in me : who would set the 
briers and thorns against me in battle? I 
would go through them, I would burn them 
together. 

5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that 
he may make peace with me, and he shall 
make peace with me. 

6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob 
to take root : Israel shall blossom and bud, 
and fill the face of the world with fruit. 

7 U Hath he smitten him, as he smote those 
that smote him? or is he slain according to 
the slaughter of them that are slain by him ? 

8 In moasure, when it shooteth forth, thou 
wilt debate with it : he stayeth his rough 
wind in the day of the east wind. 

9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Ja- 
cob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take 
away his sin ; when he maketh all the stones 
of the altar as chalk-stones that are beaten 
in sunder, the groves and images shall not 
stand up. 

10 Yet the defenced city shall he desolate, 
and the habitation forsaken, and left like a 
wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and 
there shall he lie down, and consume the 
branches thereof. 

11 When the boughs thereof are withered, 
they shall be broken oft': the women come 
and set them on fire : for it is a people of no 
understanding : therefore he that made them 
will not have mercy on them, and he that 
formed them will shew them no favour. 

12 U And it shall come to pass in that day, 
thai the Lord shall beat off from the chan- 
nel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, 
and ve shall be gathered one by one, O ye 
children of Israel. 

13 And it shall come to pass in that day, 
tiiat the great trumpet shall be blown, and 
they shalfr come which were ready to perish 
in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in 
the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord 
in the holy mount at Jerusalem. 

CHAP. XXVIII. 
1 TJie prophet threateneth Ephraim for their 
pride and drunkenness. 5 The residue shall be 
advanced in the kingdom of Christ. 7 He re- 
buketh their error. 9 Their untowardness to 
learn, 14 and their security. 16 Christ the sure 
foundation is promised. 18 Their security shall 



II, XXVIII. Ephraim threatened for pride. 
be tried. 23 They are incited to the considera- 
tion of God's discreet providence. 

WO to the crown of pride, to the drunk- 
ardsof Ephraim, whose glorious beau- 
ty is a fading flower, which are on the head 
of the fat valleys of them that arc overcome 
with wine ! 

2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong 
one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroy- 
ing storm, as a flood of mighty waters over- 
flowing, shall c;ist down to the earth with 
the hand. 

3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of 
Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet : 

4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the 
head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flow- 
er, andnstUe hasty fruit before the summer; 
which when he that looketh upon it seeth, 
while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. 

5 U In that day shall the Lord of hosts be 
for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of 
beauty, unto the residue of his people, 

6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that 
sitleth in judgment, and for strength to them 
that turn the battle to the gate. 

7 % But they also have erred through wine, 
and through strong drink are out of the way ; 
the priest and the prophet have erred through 
strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, 
they are out of the way through strong drink ; 
they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. 

8 For all tables are full of vomit and iilthi- 
ness, so tliat there is no place clean. 

9 ^f Whom shall he teach knowledge ? and 
whom shall lie make to understand doctrine? 
them that are weaned from the milk, and 
drawn from the breasts. 

10 For precept must be upon precept, pre- 
cept upon precept ; line upon line, line upon 
line; here a little, and there a little : 

11 For with stammering lips and another 
tongue will he speak to this people. 

12 To whom he said, This is the rest where- 
with ye may cause the weary to rest ; and 
this is- the refreshing: yet they would not hear. 

13 But the word of the Lord was unto them, 
precept upon precept, precept upon precept ; 
line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, 
and there a little; that they might go, and 
fall backward, and be broken, and snared, 
and taken. 

14 % Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, 
ye scornful men, that rule this people which 
is in Jerusalem. 

15 Because ye have said, We have made a 
covenant with death, and with hell are we 
at agreement ; when the overflowing scourge 
shall pass through, it shall not come unto us : 
for we have made lies our refuge, and under 
falsehood have we hid ourselves : 

16 H Therefore thus saith the Lord God, 
Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, 
a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure 
foundation : he that believeth shall not make 
haste. 

17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and 
righteousness to the plummet : and the hail 
shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the 
waters shall overflow the hiding-place. 

18 II And your covenant with death shall 

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God's judgment against Jerusalem, ISAIAH. 
I>e disannulled, and your agreement with hell 
shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge 
shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden 
down by it. 

19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall 
take you: for morning by morning shall it 
pass over, by day and by night: and it shall 
be a vexation only to understand the report. 

20 For the bed is shorter than that a man 
can stretch himself on it: and the covering 
narrower than titat he can wrap himself muL 

21 For the Lord shall rise up as in mount 
Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley 
of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his 
strange work; and bring to pass his act, his 
strange act. 

22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest 
your bands be made strong : for I have heard 
from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, 
even determined upon the whole earth. 

23 1f Give ye ear, and hear my voice ; hear- 
ken, and hear my speech. 

24 Doth the ploughman plough all day to 
sow 1 doth he open and break the clods of 
his eround ? 

25 When he hath made plain the face there- 
of, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and 
scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal 
wheat, and the appointed barley, and the rye 
in their place ? 

26 For his God doth instruct him to discre- 
tion, and doth teach him. 

27 For the fitches are not threshed with a 
threshing instrument, neither is a cart-whee' 
turned about upon the cummin; but the 
fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the 
cummin with a rod. 

28 Bread-corn is bruised; because he will 
not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the 
wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horse- 



29 This also cometh forth from the Lord 
of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and 
excellent in working. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
1 God's heavy judgment upon Jerusalem. 7 The 
insatiableness of her enemies. 9 The senseless- 
ness, 13 and deep hypocrisy of the Jews. 18 
A promise of sanctification to the godly. 

WO to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where 
David dwelt ! add ye year to year; let 
them kill sacrifices. 

2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall 
be heaviness and sorrow : and it shall be unto 
me as Ariel. 

3 And I will camp against thee round about, 
and will lay siege against thee with a mount, 
and I will raise forts against thee. 

4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt 
speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall 
be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, 
as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of 
the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out 
of the dust. 

5 Moreover, the multitude of thy strangers 
shall be like small dust, and the multitude of 
the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth 
away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. 

6 Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts 
with thunder, and with earthquake, and great 



The senselessness, SfC. of the Jews, 
noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame 
of devouring fire. 

7 % And the multitude of all the nations tiiat 
fight against Ariel, even all that fight against 
her and her munition, and that distress her, 
shall be as a dream of a night-vision. 

8 It shall even be as when a hungry man 
dreameth, and behold, he eateth; but he 
awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when 
a thirsty man dreameth, and behold, he drink- 
eth ; but he awaketh, and behold, he is faint, 
and his soul hath appetite : so shall the mul- 
titude of all the nations be, that fight against 
mount Zion. 

9 *& Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye 
out, and cry : they are drunken, but not with 
wine ; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 

10 For the Lord hath poured out upon you 
the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your 
eyes : the prophets and your rulers, the seers 
hath he covered. 

11 And the vision of all is become unto you 
as the words of a book that is sealed, which 
men deliver to one that is learned, saying, 
Read this, I pray thee : and he saith, I can- 
not; for it is sealed: 

12 And the book is delivered to him that is 
not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee : 
and he saith, I am not learned. 

13 1{ Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch 
as this people draw near me with their mouth, 
and with their lips do honour me, but have 
removed their heart far from me, and their 
fear toward me is taught by the precept of 
men : 

14 Therefore behold, I will proceed to do a 
marvellous work among this people, even a 
marvellous work and a wonder: tor the wis 
dom of their wise men shall perish, and the 
understanding of their prudent men shall be 
hid. 

15 Wo unto them that seek deep to hide 
their counsel from the Lord* and their works 
are in the dark, and they say, Whoseeth us? 
and who knoweth us ? 

16 Surely your turning ofdiings upside down 
shall be esteemed as the potter's clay : for 
shall the work say of him that made It, He 
made me not? or shall the tiling framed say 
of him that framed it, He had no understand- 

17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Le- 
banon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and 
the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 

18 1[ And in that day shall the deaf hear the 
words of the book, and the eyes of the blind 
shall see out of obscurity, and out of dark- 
ness. 

19 The meek also shall increase their joy 
in the Lord, and the poor amon« men shall 
rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 

20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, 
and the scorner is consumed, and all that 
watch for iniquity are cut off : 

21 That make a man an offender for a word, 
and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the 
gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of 
nought. 

22 Therefore thus saith the Lord, who re- 
deemed Abraham, concerning the house of 

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God threatenetk Israel. CHAP, 

Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, nei- 
ther shall his face now wax pale. 

23 But when he seeth his children, the 
work of mv bonds, in the midst of him, they 
shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy 
One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Is- 
rael. 

24 They also that erred in spirit shall come 
to understanding, and they that murmured 
shall learn doctrine. 

CHAP. XXX. 
1 The prophet threatencth the people for their 
confidence in Egypt. 8 and contempt of God's 
•word. 18 God's mercies towards his church. 
£7 God's wrath, and the people's joy, inthede- 
struction of Assyria. 

WO to the rebellious children, saith the 
Lord, that take counsel, but not of 
me; and that cover witli a covering, but not 
of my Spirit, that they may add siu to sin : 

2 That walk to go down into Egypt, and 
have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen 
themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and 
to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 

3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh 
be your shame, and the trust in the shadow 
of Egypt your confusion. 

4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his 
ambassadors came to Hanes. 

5 They were all ashamed of a people that 
could not profit them, nor be a help nor pro- 
fit, !>!*t a shame, and also a reproach. 

6 The burden of the beasts of the south : 
into the land of troubje and anguish, from 
whence come the young and old lion, the viper 
and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their 
riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and 
their treasures upon the bunches of camels, 
to a people that snail not profit them. 

7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and 
to no purpose: therefore have I cried con- 
cerning this, The«5 strength is to sit still. 

8 U Now go, write it before them in a table, 
and note it in a book, that it may be for the 
time to come for ever and ever: 

9 That this is a rebellious people, lying chil- 
dren, children tiiat will not hear the law of 
the Lord : 

10 Which say to the seers, See not ; and to 
the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right 
thing?, speak unto us smooth things, prophe- 
sy* deceits : 

11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out 
of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to 
cease from before us. 

12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of 
Israel, Because ye despite this word, and 
trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay 
thereon: 

13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as 
a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high 
wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an 
instant. 

14 And he shall break it as the breaking of 
the potter's vessel that is broken in pieces; 
he shall not spare : so that there shall not be 
found in the bursting of it a sherd to take 
fire frosa the hearth, or to take water withal 
out of the pit. 

15 For thus saith the Lord God, the Holv 



XXX. God's mercies to his church. 

One of Israel ; In returning and rest shall ye 
be saved; in quietness and in confidence 
shall be your strength: and ye would not. 

16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon 
horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will 
ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that 
pursue you be swift. 

17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of 
one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee : till 
ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a 
mountain, and as an ensign on a hill. 

18 *[\ And therefore will the Lord wait, that 
he may be gracious unto you, and therefore 
will he be exalted, that he may have mercy 
upon you: for the Lord is a God of judg- 
ment: blessed are all they that wait for him. 

19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Je- 
rusalem : thou shalt weep no more: lie will 
be very gracious unte thee at the voice of thy 
cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer 
thee. 

20 And though the Lord give you the bread 
of adversity, and the water of "affliction, yet 
shall not thy teachers be removed into a cor- 
ner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy 
teachers : 

21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind 
thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, 
when ye turn to the right hand, and when 
ye turn to the left. 

22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy 
graven imasres of silver, and the ornament of 
thy molten Images of gold: thou shalt cast 
them away as a menstruous cloth ; thou shalt 
say unto it, Get thee hence. 

23 Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, 
that thou shalt sow the ground withal; ami 
bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall 
be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy 
cattle feed in lar«;e pastures. 

24 The oxen likewise and' die young asses 
that ear the ground shall eat clean proven- 
der, which hath been winnowed with the* 
shovel and with the fan. 

25 And there shall be upon every high 
mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers 
and streams of waters in die day of the great 
slaughter, when the towers fall. 

26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be 
as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun 
shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, 
in the day that the Lord bindeth up the 
breach nf his people, and healeth the stroke 
of their wound. 

27 T[ Behold, the name of the Lord cometh 
from far, burning with his anger, and the 
burden thereof is heavy : his lips are full o( 
indignation, and his tongue as a devouring 
fire : 

23 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, 
shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift 
the nations with the sieve of vanity : and 
there shall he a bridle in the jaws of the peo- 
ple, causing them to err. 

29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night 
when a holy solemnity is kept ; and gladness 
of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to 
come into the mountain of the Lord, to the 
Mighty One of Israel. 

30 And the Lord shall cause his glorious 

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voice to be heard, and shall shew the light- 
ing down, of his arm, wkh the indignation of 
his anger, and with the flame of a devouring 
fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hail- 
stones. 

31 For through the voice of the Lord shall 
the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote 
with a rod. 

32 And in every place where the grounded 
staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay 
upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: 
and in battles of shaking will he fight with it. 

33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yen, for 
the king it is prepared ; he hath made it deep 
and large : the pile thereof is fire and much 
wood ; the breath of the Lord, like a stream 
of brimstone, doth kindle it. 

CHAP. XXXI. 
1 The prophet sheweth the cursed folly* in trust- 
ing to Egypt, and forsaking of God. He. 
exhorteth to conversion. 8 He sheweth the fall 
of Assyria. 

WO to them that go down to, Egypt for 
help; and stay on horses, and trust in 
chariots, because they are many; and in 
horsemen, because they are very strong* but 
they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, 
neither seek the Lord ! 

2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, 
and will not call back his words: but will 
arise against the house of the evil-doers, and 
against the help of them that work iniquity.. 

3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God ; 
and their horses f esh, and not spirit. When 
the Lord shalL stretch out his hand, both he 
that helpeth shall fall, and he that is ho 1 pen 
shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. 

4 For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, 
Like as the lion and the young lion roaring 
on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds 
is called forth against him, he will not be 
afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the 
noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts 
come down to fight for mount Zion, and for 
the hill thereof. 

5 As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts 
defend Jerusalem; defending also he will de- 
liver it ; and passing over he will preserve it. 

6 **ff Turn ye unto him from whom the chil- 
dren of Israel have deeply revolted. 

7 For in that day every man shall cast away 
his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which 
your own hands have made unto you for a sin. 

8 H Then shall the Assyrian fall with the 
sword, not of a mighty man ; and the sword, 
not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he 
shall flee from the sword, and his young men 
shall be discomfited. 

9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold 
for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the 
ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, 
and Jiis furnace in Jerusalem. 

CHAP. XXXIT. 
1 The blessings of Christ's kingdom. 9 Deso- 
lation is foreshewn. 15 Restoration is pro- 
mised to succeed. 

BEHOLD, a King shall reign in righteous- 
ness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 
2 And a man shall be as a hiding-place from 
die wind, and a covert from the tempest; as 



ISAIAH. Blessings of ChrisVs kingdom. 

rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow 
of a great rock in a weary land. 

3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be 
dim, and the ears of them that hear shall 
hearken. 

4 The heart also of the rash shall under- 
stand knowledge, and the tongue of the stam- 
merers shall be ready to speak plainly. 

5 The vile person shall be no more called 
liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. 

6 For the vile person will speak villany, and 
his heart will work iniquity, to practise hy- 
pocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, 
to make empty the soul of the hungry; and 
he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 

7 The instruments also of the churl are evil : 
he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the 
poor with lying words, even when the needy 
speaketh right. 

8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things ; and 
by liberal things shall he stand. 

9 IT Rise up, ye women that are at ease; 
hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give 
ear unto my speech. 

10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, 
ye careless women ; for the vintage shall fail, 
the gathering shall not come. 

1 I Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be 
troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and 
make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your 
loins. 

12 They shall lament for the teats, for the 
pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. 

13 Upon the land of my people shall come 
up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the 
houses of joy in the joyous city : 

14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken ; 
the multitude of ihe city shall be left ; the 
forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a 
joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; 

15 Until the Spirit be poured upon us from 
on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful 
field, and the fruitful field be counted for a 
forest. 

16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wil- 
derness, and righteousness remain in the fruit- 
ful field. 

17 And the work of righteousness shall be 
peace ; and the effect of righteousness, quiet- 
ness and assurance for ever. 

18 And my people shall dwell in a peacea- 
ble habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in 
quiet resting-places, 

19 When it shall hail, coming down on the 
forest ; and the city shall be low in a low place. 

20 Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, 
that send forth thither the feet of the ox and 
the ass. 

CHAP. XXXII T. 

1 God's judgments against the enemies of his 

church. 13 The privileges of the godly. 



WO to thee that spoilest, and thou wast 
not spoiled; and dealest treacherous- 
ly, and they dealt not treacherously with 
thee ! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou 
shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make 
an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal 
treacherously with thee. 
2 O Lord, be gracious unto us ; we have 
waited for thee : be thou their arm every 
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CHAP. XXXIV. 



GodavengetJi his church. 



morning, 
trouble, 



our salvation also in the time of 



3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled ; 
at the lifting up of thyself the nations were 
scattered. 

4 And your spoil shall be gathered like the 
gathering of the caterpillar: as the running 
to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. 

5 The Lord is exalted; for he dwelleth on 
high : he hath filled Zion with judgment and 
righteousness. 

6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the 
stability of thy times, and strength of salva- 
tion : the fear of the Lord is Ins treasure. 

7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry with- 
out : the ambassadors of peace shall weep 
bitterly. 

8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring 
man ceasetli : he hath broken the covenant, 
he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no 
man. 

9 The earth mourneth and languisheth : 
Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down : Sha- 
ron is like a wilderness ; and Bashan and 
Carmel shake off their fruits. 

10 Now will I rise, saith the Lord ; now 
will I be exalted ; now will I lift up myself. 

11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring 
forth stubble : your breath, «s"fire, shall de- 
vour you. 

12 And the people shall be as the burnings 
of lime; as thorns cut up shall they be burn- 
ed in the fire. 

13 If Hear, ye that are far off, what I have 
done* and ye thai are near, acknowledge 
my mteht. 

14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearful- 
ness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who 
among us shall dwell with the devouring fire ? 
who among us shall dwell with everlasting 
burnings? 

15 He that walketh righteously, and speak- 
eth uprightly ; he that despiseth the gain of 
oppressions, that shaketh his hands from 
holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from 
hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from 
seeing evil; 

16 He shall dwell on high : his place of de- 
fence shallbe the munitions of rocks: bread 
shall be given him; his waters shall be siwe. 

17 Thine eyes shall see the King; in his 
beauty: they shall behold the land that is 
very far off. 

18 Thy heart shall meditate terror. Where 
is the scribe ? where is the receiver ? where 
is he that counted the towers? 

19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a peo- 
ple of deeper speech than thou canst per- 
ceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou 
canst not understand. 

20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemni- 
ties: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet 
habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be ta- 
ken down ; not one of the stakes thereof shall 
ever be removed, neither shall any of the 
cords thereof be broken. 

21 But there the glorious Lord will he unto 
lis a place of broad rivers and streams; 
wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither 
shall gallant ship pass thereby. 



22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is 
our lawgiver, the Lord is our King; he will 
save us. 

23 Thy tacklings are loosed ; they could not 
well strengthen their mast; they could not 
spread the sail : then is the prey of a great 
spoil divided ; the lame take the prey. 

24 And the inhabitant shall not say, I am 
sick : the people that dwell therein shall be 
forgiven their iniquity. 

CHAP. XXXIV. 
1 The judgments wherewith God revevgeth hit 
church. 11 The desolation of her enemies. 16 
The certainty of the prophecy. 

COME near, ye nations, to hear; and 
hearken, ye people : let the earth hear, 
and all that is therein; the world, and all 
things that come forth of it. 

2 For the indignation of the Lord is upon 
all nations, and his fury upon all their armies : 
he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath de- 
livered them to the slaughter. 

3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their 
stink shall come up out of their carcasses, and 
the mountains shall be melted with their 
blood. 

4 And all the host of heaven thall be dis- 
solved, and the heavens shall be rolled to- 
gether as a scroU: and all their host shall 
fall down, as the leaf falletli off from the 
vine, and as a falling fig from the fig-tree. 

5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven : 
behold, it shall come dov*n upon Idumca, and 
upon the people of my curse, to judgment. 

6 The sword of the Lord is filled with 
blood, it is made fat with fatness, and witli 
the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of 
the kidneys of rams: for the? Lord hath a 
sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in 
the land of Idumea. 

7 And the unicorns shall come down with 
them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and 
their land shall be soaked with blood, and 
their dust made fat with fatness. 

8 For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, 
and the year of recompences for the contro- 
versy of Zion. 

9 And the streams thereof shall be turned 
into pitch, and the dust thereof into brim- 
stone, and the land thereof shall become 
burning pitch. 

10 It shall not be quenched night nor day ; 
the smoke thereof shall go up for ever : from 
generation to generation it shall lie waste ; 
none shall pass through it for ever and ever. 

11 H But the cormorant and the bittern 
shall possess it; the owl also and the raven 
shall dwell in it : and he shall stretch out 
upon it the line of confusion, and the stone3 
of emptiness. 

12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the 
kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her 
princes shall be nothing. 

13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, 
nettles and brambles in the fortresses there- 
of: and it shall be a habitation of dragons, 
and a court for owls. 

14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also 
meet with the wild beasts of the island, and 
the satyr shall crv to his fellow ; die screech- 

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owl also shall rest there, and find for herself 
a place of rest. 

15 There shall the great owl make her 
nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under 
her shadow : there shall the vultures also be 
gathered, every one with her mate. 

16 *ff Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, 
and read: no one of these shall fail, none 
shall want her mate : for my mouth, it hath 
commanded, and his spirit, it hath gathered 
them. 

17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and 
hit hand hath divided it unto them by line : 
th< y shall possess it for ever, from genera- 
tion to generation shall they dwell therein. 

CHAP. XXXV. 
1 The joyful flourishing of Christ's kingdom. 
3 The weak are encouraged by the virtues and 
privileges of the gospel. 
TjlHE wilderness and the solitary place 
JL shall be glad for them; and the desert 
shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 

2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice, 
even with joy and singing : the glorv of Le- 
banon shall be given unto it, the excellency of 
Cannel and Sharon, they shall see the glory 
of the Lord, and the excellency of our God. 

3 *J[ Strengthen ye the weak hands, and 
confirm the feeble'knees. 

4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart, 
Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will 
come with vengeance, even God with a re- 
compense; he will come and save you. 

5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, 
and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 

6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, 
and the tongue of the dumb sing : for in the 
wilderness shad waters break out, and streams 
in the desert. 

7 And the parched ground shall become a 
pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: 
in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, 
sliatt be grass with reeds and rushes. 

8 And a highway shall be there, and a way, 
and it shall be called, The way of holiness; 
the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall 
be for those: the way-faring men, "though 
fouls, shall not err therein. 

9 No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous 
beatft shall go up thereon, it shall not be found 
there; but the redeemed shall walk there: 

10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall re- 
turn, and come to Ziou with songs and ever- 
lasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain 
joy and gladness, and sorrow "and sighing 
shall flee awav. 

CHAP. XXXVT. 
1 Sennacherib inradcth Judah. 4 Rabshakeh, 
sent by Sennacherib, by blasphemous persua- 
sions soliciteth the people to revolt. 22 His 
words are told to Hezekiah. 

NOW it came to pass in the fourteenth 
year of king Hezekiah, that Senna- 
cherib king of Assyria came up against all 
the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. 
2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakch 
from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Heze- 
kiah with a great army. And he stood by 
the conduit of the upper pool in the highway 
of the fuller's field. 



<VH. Itabsliakclis btaspliemy. 

3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hil- 
kiah's son, which wan over the house, and 
Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, 
the recorder. 

4 ^1 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say 
ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great 
king, the kin£ of Assyria, What confidence 
is this wherein thou trustest? 

5 I say, aayest thou (but they are hit vain 
words) I have counsel and strength for war: 
now on whom dost thou trust, that thou re- 
bellest against me ? 

6 Lo, thou tru*test in the staff of this broken 
reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it 
will go into his hand, and pierce it : so is 
'Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. 

7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the 
Lord our God: is it not he, whose high 
places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken 
away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 
Ye shall worship before this altar? 

8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, 
to my master the king of Assyria, and I will 
give thee two thousand horses, if thou be 
able on thy part to set riders upon them. 

9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of 
one captain of the least of my master's ser- 
vants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots 
and for horsemen ? 

10 And am I now come up without the 
Lord against this land to destroy it? the 
Lord said unto me, Go up against this land, 
and destroy it. 

11 Then said Eliakim, and Shebna, and 
Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, 
unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for 
we understand it: and speak not to us in the 
Jews' language, in the ears of the people that 
are on the wall. 

12 H But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master 
sent me to thy master and to thee to speak 
these words ? hath he not sent me to the men 
that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their 
own dung, and drink their own piss with you? 

13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with 
a lotid voice in the Jews' language, and said, 
Hear ye the words of the great king, the 
king of Assyria. 

14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah 
deceh e you : for lie shall not be able to de- 
liver vou. 

15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in 
the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely de- 
liver us : this city shall not be delivered into 
the hand of the king of Assyria. 

16 Hearken not to Hezekiah : for thus saith 
the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with 
me by a present, and come out to me : and- 
eat ye every one of his vine, and every one 
of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the 
waters of his own cistern* 

17 Until I come and take you away to a 
land like your own land, a land of corn and 
wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 

18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, 
saying, The Lord will deliver us. Hath any 
of the gods of the nations delivered his laiul 
out of the hand of the king of Assyria ? 

19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Ar- 
phad? where are the jjods of Sepharvaim? 

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and have they delivered Samaria out of my 

hand? * ; 

20 Who are they among all the gods of 
these lands, tirat have delivered their land 
out of my hand, that the Lord should de- 
liver Jerusalem out of my hand ? 

21 But they held their peace, and answered 
him not a word: for the king's command- 
ment was, saying, Answer him not. 

22 II Then came Eliakim the son of Hilki- 
ah, that was over the household, and Sliebna 
the scribe, and .Toah, the son of Asaph, the 
recorder, to Hezekiah with their clot lies 
rent, and told him the words of llabshakeh. 

CHAP. XXXVII. 
] Hezekiah mournmg sendcth to Isaiah to pray 
for them. 6 Isaiah comforteth them. & Senna- 
cherib,* going to encounter Tirhakah, sendcth 
a. blasphemous letter to Hezekiah. 14 Hezeki- 
ah' sprayer. 21 Isaiah's prophecy of the pride 
and destruction of Sennacherib, and the good 
of Zion. 36 Jin angel slayeth the Assyrians. 
37 Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own 
sons. 

AND it came to pass, when king Heze- 
kiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, 
and covered himself with sackcloth, and 
went into the house of the Lord. 

2 And he sent Eliakim, who mm over the 
household, and Shebna the scribe, and the 
elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, 
unto Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. 

3 And they said unto him, Thus saith He- 
zekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of 
rebuke, and of blasphemy : for the children 
are come to the birth, and tlxere is not strength 
to bring forth. 

4 It mav be the Lord thy God wilt hear the 
words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of As- 
syria his master hath sent to reproach the 
living God, and will reprove the words which 
the Lord thy God hath heard : wherefore 
lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. 

5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came 
to Isaiah. 

6 H And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall 
ve say unto your master, Thus saith the 
Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou 
hast heard, wherewith the servants of the 
king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 

7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and 
he shall hear a rumour, and return to his 
own land ; and I will cause him to fall by the 
sword in his own land. 

8 1j So Rabshakeh returned, and found the 
king of Assyria warring against Libnah : for 
he had heard that he was departed from 
Lachish. 

9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah 
king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make 
war with thee. And when he heard it, he 
sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 

10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king 
of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom 
thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusa- 
lem shall not be given into the hand of the 
king of Assyria. 

11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings 
of Assyria have done to all lands bv destrov 



CI I AP. XXXVII. IsaiaVs prophecy. 

them which my fathers have destroyed, as 
Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the 
children of Eden which were in Telassar? 

13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the 
king of Arphad, and the king of the city of 
Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah ? 

14 U And Hezekiah received the letter from 
the hand of the messengers, and read it : and 
Hezekiah went up unto the hou.se of the 
Lord, and spread it before the Lord. 

15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, 
saying, 

16 O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that 
dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the 
God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of 
the earth ; thou hast made heaven and earth. 

17 Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear ; 
open thine eyes, O Lord, and see : and hear 
ail the words of Sennacherib, which hath 
sent to reproach the living God. 

18 Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria 
have laid waste all the nations, and their 
countries, 

19 And have cast their gods into the fire, 
for they were no gods, but the work of men's 
hands, wood and stone : therefore they have 
destroyed them. 

20 Now therefore, O Lord our God, save 
us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of 
the earth mav know that thou art the Lord, 
even thou only. 

21 T[ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto 
Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God 
oflsiaei, Whereas thou hast prayed to me 
against Sennacherib kin^ of Assyria: 

22 This is the word which the "Lord hath 
spoken concerning him ; The virgin, the 
daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, a?id 
laughed thee to scorn ; the daughter of Jeru- 
salem hath shaken her head at thee. 

23 Whom hast thou reproached and blas- 
phemed ; and against whom hast thou exalt- 
ed thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on 
high? even against the Holy One of Israel. 

24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the 
Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my 
chariots am I come up to the height of the 
mountains, to the sides of Lebanon ; and I 
will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the 
choice fir-trees thereof: and I will enter into 
the height of his border, and the forest of his 
Carmei. 

251 have digged, and drunk water; and 
with the sole of my feet have I dried up all 
the rivers of the besieged places. 

26 Hast thou not heard.long ago, how I have 
done it ; and of ancient times, that I have 
formed it ? now have I brought it to pass, 
tit at thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced 
cities into ruinous heaps. 

27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small 
power, they were dismayed and confounded : 
they were as the grass of the field, and as 
the green herb, as the grass on the house- 
tops, and as eorn blasted before it be grown up. 

28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, 
and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. 

29 Because thy rage against me, and thy 



ing them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? I tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore 
12 Have the gods of the nations delivered will I put inv hook in tliv nose, and my bri- 

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Sennacherib slain by his sons. ISAIAH* 

nle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by 
the way by which thou earnest. 

30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye 
shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; 
and the second year that which springeth of 
the same : and in the third year sow ye, and 
reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit 
thereof. 

31 And the remnant that is escaped of the 
house of Judah shall again take root down- 
ward, and bear fruit upward: 

32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a 
remnant, and they that escape out of mount 
Zion : the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do 
this. 

33 Therefore thus saith the Lord concern- 
ing the king of Assyria, He shall not come 
into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor 
come before it with shields, nor cast a bank 
against it. 

34 By the nay that he came, by the same 
shall he return, and shall not come into this 
city, saith the Lord. 

3o For I will defend this city to save it, for 
mine own sake, and for my servant David's 
sake. 

36 Then the angel of the Lord went forth, 
and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a 
hundred and fourscore and five thousand : 
and when they arose early in the morning, 
behold, they were all dead corpses. 

37 Tf So Sennacherib king of Assyria de- 
parted, and went and returned, and dwelt at 
Nineveh. 

38 And it came to pass, as he was worship- 
ping in the house of Nisroch his god, that 
Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote 
him with the sword; and they escaped into 
the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his 
son reigned in his stead. 

CHAP. XXXVIII. 

1 Hezekiah, hawing' received amessage of death, 

by prayer hath his life lengthened. 8 The sun 

goeth ten degrees backward, for a sign of that 

promise. 9 His song of thanksgiving. 

IN those days was Hezekiah sick unto 
death. And Isaiah the prophet the son 
of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, 
Tims saith the Lord, Set thy house in or- 
derY for thou shalt die, and not live. 

2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward 
the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, 

3 And said, Remember now, O Lord, I be- 
seech thee, how I have walked before thee 
in truth and with a perfect heart, and have 
done that which is good in thy sight. And 
Hezekiah wept sore. 

4 H Then came the word of the Lord to 
Isaiah, saying, 

5 Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the 
Lord, the God of David thy father, I have 
heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: be- 
hold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. 

6 And I will deliver thee and this city out 
of the hand of the king of Assyria : and I will 
defend this city. 

7 And this sJiall be a sign unto thee from 
the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing 
that he hath spoken ; 

8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of 



Hezekiah? s song of thanksgiving. 
the degrees, which is gone down in the sun- 
dial of Ahaz ten degrees backward. So the 
sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees 
it was gone down. 

9 ^1 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, 
when he had been sick, and was recovered 
of his sickness: 

101 said in the cutting ofTof mv days, I shall 
go to the gates of the grave : I am deprived 
of the residue of my years. 

11 I said, I shall not' see the Lord, even the 
Lord, in the land of the living: I shall be- 
hold man no more with the inhabitants of the 
world. 

12 Mine age is departed, and is removed 
from me as a shepherd's tent : I have cut oft 
like a weaver my life : he will cut me oft' 
with pining sickness : from day even to night 
wilt thou make an end of me. 

13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, 
so will he break all my bones : from day er.en 
to night wilt thou make an end of me. 

14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chat- 
ter : 1 did mourn as a dove : mine eyes fail 
with looking upward : O Lord, I am oppress- 
ed ; undertake for me. 

15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken 
unto me, and himself hath done it : I shall 
go softly all my years in the bitterness of my 
soul. 

16 O Lord, by these things men live, and 
in all these things is the life of my spirit: so 
wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. 

17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness : 
but tiiou hast in love to my soul delivered it 
from the pit of corruption : for thou hast 
cast all my sins behind thy back. 

18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death 
cannot celebrate thee : they that go down 
into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 

19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, 
as I do this day : the father to the children 
shall make known thy truth. 

20 The Lord was ready to save me : there- 
fore Ave will sing my songs to the stringed in- 
struments all the days of our life in the house 
of the Lord. 

21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a 
lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the 
bile, and he shall recover. 

22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign 
that I shall go up to the house of the Lord ? 

CHAP. XXXIX. 
1 Jllerodach-baladan, sending to visit Hezekiah 
because of the wonder, hath notice of his trea- 
sures. 3 Isaiah, understanding thereof, fore- 
telleth the Babylonian captivity. 

AT that time Merodach-baladan, the son 
of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent let- 
ters and a present to Hezekiah : for he had 
heard that he had been sick, and was re- 
covered. 

2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and 
shewed them the house of his precious tilings, 
the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and 
the precious ointment, and all the house of 
his armour, and all that was found in his trea- 
sures : there was nothing in his house, nor 
in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed 
them not. 

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The promulgation of the gospel. 
3H Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king 
Hezekiah and said unto him, What said these 
men ? and from whence came they unto thee ? 
and Hezekiah said, They are come from a 
far country unto me, even from Babylon. 

4 Then said lie, What have they seen in 
thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All 
that is in my house have they seen : there is 
nothing among my treasures that I have not 
shewed thern. 

5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the 
word of the Lord of hosts: 

6 Behold, the days come, that all that is in 
thy house, and that which thy fathers have 
laid up in store until this day, shall he car- 
ried to Babylon : nothing shall be left, saith 
the Lord. 

7 And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, 
which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; 
and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of 
the king of Babylon. 

8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is 
the word of the Lord which thou hast spo- 
ken. He said moreover, For there shall be 
peace and truth in my da vs. 

CHAP. XL. 
1 The promulgation of the gospel. 3 The preach- 
ing of John Baptist. 9 The preaching of the 
apostles. 12 The prophet, by the omnipotency 
of God, 18 and his incomparableness, 26 com- 
forteth the people. 

COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, 
saith your Grod. 

2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and 
cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplish- 
ed, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she 
hath received of the Lord's hand double 
for all her sins. 

3 ^f The voice of him that crieth in the wil- 
derness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, 
make straight in the desert a highway for 
our God. 

4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every 
mountain and hill shall be made low : and 
the crooked shall be made straight, and the 
rough places plain : 

5 And the glory of the Lord shall be re- 
vealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for 
the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 

6 The voice* said, Cry. And he said, What 
shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the 
goodliness thereof is as the flower ofthe field : 

7 The grass yvithereth, the flower fadeth : 
because the spirit of the Lord blowetli upon 
it : surely the people is grass. 

8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : 
but the word of our God shall stand forever. 

9 IT- O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get 
thee up into the high mountain : O Jerusalem, 
that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice 
with strength ; lift it up, be not afraid ; say 
unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God ■ 

10 Behold the Lord God will come with 
strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him : 
behold, his reward is with him, and his work 
before him. 

11 He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: 
he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and 
cany them in his bosom, and shall gently 
lead those that are with young. 



CHAP. XL. God's incomparable poicer. 

12 H Who hath measured the waters in the 
hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven 
with the span, and comprehended the dust 
of the earth in a measure, and weighed the 
mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? 

13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, 
or being his counsellor hath taught him ? 

14 With whom took he counsel, and who in- 
structed him, and taught him in the path of 
judgment, rind taught him knowledge, and 
shewed to him the way of understanding? 

15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a 
bucket, and are counted as the small dust of 
the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles 
as a very little thing. 

16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, 
nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt- 
offering. 

17 All nations before him are as nothing; 
and they are counted to him less than nothing, 
and vanity. 

18 II To whom then will ye liken God? oi 
what likeness will ye compare unto him? 

19 The workman melteth a graven image, 
and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, 
and casteth silver chains. 

20 He that is so impoverished that he hath 
no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; 
he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to 
prepare a graven image that shall not be 
moved. 

21 Have ye not known ? have ye not heard ? 
hath it not been told you from the beginning ? 
have ye not understood from the foundations 
of the earth ? 

22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the 
earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as 
grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the hea- 
vens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as 
a tent to dwell in : 

23 Thatbringeth the princes to nothing, he 
maketli the judges of the earth as vanity. 

24 Yea, they shall not be planted : yea, they 
shall not be sown : yea, their stock shall not 
take root in the earth : and he shall also blow 
upon them, and they shall wither, and the 
whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. 

25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall 
I be equal ? saith the Holy One. 

26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold 
who hath created these things, that bringeth 
out their host by number: he calleth them all 
by names, by the greatness of his might, for 
that he is stiong in power: not one faileth. 

27 Why say est thou, O Jacob, and speak- 
est, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, 
and my judgment is passed over from my God ? 

28 U Hast thou not known ? hast thou not 
heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, 
the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth 
not, neither is weary ? there is no searching 
of his understanding. 

29 He giveth powerto the faint; and to them 
that have no might he increaseth strength. 

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, 
and the young men shall utterly fall : 

31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall 
renew their strength; they shall mount up 
with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not 
be wearv ; and they shall walk, and not faint. 

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God's mercies to his church, 

CHAP. XLI. 

I God expostulateth with his people, about his 
mercies to the church, 10 about his promises, 
21 and about the vanity of idols. 

KEEP silence before me, O islands; and 
let the people renew their strength : let 
them come near; then let them speak : let us 
come near together to judgment. 

2 Who raised ap the righteous man from the 
east, called him to his loot, gave the nations 
before him, and made him rule over kings ? 
he gave them as the dust to his sword, and 
as driven stubble to his bow. 

3 He pursued them, anil passed safely; even 
by the way Ileal he had not <*one with his feet. 

4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling 
the generations from the beginning? I the 
Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he. 

5 The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of 
the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. 

6 They helped every one his neighbour; and 
every one said to his brother, Be of good 
courage. 

7 So the carpenter encouraged the gold- 
smith, and he that smootheth irith the ham- 
mer him that smote the anvil, saying, It th- 
ready for the sodering; and he fastened it 
with nails, iluzt it should not be moved. 

8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob 
whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham 
my friend. 

9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends 
of the earth, and called thee from the chief 
men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art 
my servant ; I have chosen thee, and not 
cast thee away. 

10 % Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be 
not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will 
strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, 
I will uphold thee with the right hand of my 
righteousness. 

II Behold, all they that were incensed 
against thee shall be ashamed and confound- 
ed : they shall be as nothing; and they that 
strive with thee shall perish. 

12 Thou shalt seek them, and shah not find 
them, even them th at contended with thee: 
thev that war against thee shall be as nothing, 
amf as a thin? of nought. 

13 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy 
right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I 
will help thee. 

14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men 
of Israel ; I will help thee, saith the Lord, 
and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 

15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp 
threshing instrument having teeth : thou shalt 
thresh the mountains, and beat them small, 
and shalt make the hills as chaff. 

16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall 
carry them away, and the whirlwind shall 
scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the 
Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of 
Israel. 

17 When the poor and needy seek water, 
and there is none, and their tongue faileth 
for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, / the 
God of Israel will not forsake them. 

18 1 will open rivers in high places, and fbun- 
\ainsinthe midst of the vailevs: I will make 



ISA I AH. The office of Christ . 

the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry 
land springs of water. 

19 I will plant iirthe wilderness the cedar, 
the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil- 
tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, and 
the pine, and the box-tree together: 

20 That they may see, and know, and con- 
sider, and understand together, that the hand 
of the Lord hath clone this, and the Holy 
One of Israel hath created it. 

21 Produce your cause, saith the Lord ; 
bring forth your strong reasons, saith the 
King of Jacob. 

22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us 
what shall happen: let them shew the former 
things, what they he, that we may consider 
them, and know the latter end of them; or 
declare us things for to come. 

23 Shew the things that are to come here- 
after, that we may know that ye are gods: 
yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dis- 
mayed, and behold it together. 

24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work 
of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth 
you. 

25 I have raised up one from the north, and 
he shall come : from die rising of the sun 
shall he call upon my name: and he shall 
come upon princes as upon mortar, and as 
the potter treadeth clay. 

26 Who hath declared from the beginning, 
that we may know ? and beforetime, that we 
may say, He is righteous ? yea, there is none 
thatsheweth, yea, thereis none that dcclareth, 
yea, there is none that heareth your words. 

27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, be- 
hold them : and I will give to Jerusalem one 
that bringeth good tidings. 

28 For I beheld, and there was no man ; 
even among them, and there was no coun- 
sellor, that, when I asked of them, could an- 
swer a word. 

29 Behold, they are all vanity, their works 
are nothing: their molten images are wind 
and confusion. 

CHAP. XLII. 
1 The office of Christ, graced with meekness and 
constancy. 5 God's promise unto him. 10 J?n 
exhortation to praise God for his gospel. 17 
He reproveth the people of incredulity. 

BEHOLD my servant, whom I uphold ; 
mine elect, in whom my soul delight- 
eth; I have put my Spirit upon him: he shall 
bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 

2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his 
voice to be heard in the street. 

3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the 
smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall 
bring forth judgment unto truth. 

4 He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till 
he have set judgment in die earth : and the 
isles shall wait for his law. 

5 H Thus saith God the Lord, he that cre- 
ated the heavens, and stretched them out; 
he that spread forth the earth, and that 
which cometh out of it ; he that giveth breath 
unto the people upon it, and spirit to them 
that walk therein : 

6 I the Lord have called thee in righteous- 
ness, and will hold thv hand, and will keep 

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An exhortation to praise God. CHAP, 

ihee, and give thee for a covenant of the peo- 
ple, for a fight of the Gentiles; 

7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the 
prisoners from the prison, and them that sit 
tn darkness out of the prison-house. 

8 I am the Lord : that is my name : and 
my glory will I not give to another, neither 
my praise to graven images. 

9 Behold, the former tilings are come to 
pass, and new things do I declare : before 
they spring forth I tell you of them. 

10 Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his 
praise from the end of the earth, ye that go 
down to the sea, and all that is therein , die 
isles, and the inhabitants thereof. 

11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof 
lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar 
doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock 
sing, let them shout from the top of the moun- 
tains. 

12 Let them give glory unto the Lord, and 
declare his praise in the islands. 

13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty 
man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of 



vail against his enemies, 

14 I have long time holden my peace ; I 
have been still, and refrained myself: now 
will I cry like a travailing woman ; I will de- 
stroy and devour at once. 

15 I will make waste mountains and hills, 
and dry up all their herbs; and I will make 
the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. 

16 And I will bring the blind by a way that 
they knew not; I will lead them in pathr 
that they have not known : 1 will make dark- 
ness light before them, and crooked things 
straight. These things will I do unto them, 
and not forsake them. 

17 Tf They shall be turned back, they shall 
he greatly ashamed, that trust in graven 
images, that say to the molten images, Ye 
are our gods. 

18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that 
ye may see. 

19 Who is blind, but my servant ? or deaf, 
as my messenger that I sent? who is blind 
as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord's 
servant? 

20 Seeing many things, but thou observest 
not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. 

21 The Lord is well pleased for his right- 
eousness' sake ; he will magnify the law, and 
make it honourable. 

22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; 
they are all of them snared in holes, and they 
are hid in prison -houses ; they are for a prey, 
and none delivereth, for a spoil, and none 
saith, Restore. 

23 Who among you will give ear to this? 
icho will hearken, and hear for the time to 
come ? 

24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel 
to the robbers ? did not the Lord, he against 
whom we have sinned ? for they would not 
walk in his ways, neither were they obedient 
unto his law. 

25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the 
fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: 
and it hath 3et him on fire round about, yet 

22 Y 



XLIII. God comfot teth ike church. 

he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid 
it not to heart. 

CHAP. XLIII. 

1 The Lord comforteth the church with his pro- 
mises. 8 He appealeth to the people for wit- 
ness of his omnipotcncy. 14 Heforetelleth them 
the destruction of Babylon., 18 and his wonder- 
ful deliverance of his people. 22 He reprovctk 
the people as inexcusable. 

BUT now thus saith the Lord that crea- 
ted thee, O Jacob, and he that formed 
thee, O Israel, Fear not : for I have redeem- 
ed thee, I have called ihee by thy name ; 
thou art mine. 

2 When thou passest through the waters, I 
will be with thee; and through the rivers, 
they shall not overflow thee: when tlioa 
walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be 
burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon 
thee. 

3 For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One 
of Israel, thy Saviour : I gave Egypt for thy 
ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. 

4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thoi/ 



war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall pre- * hast been honourable, and I have loved thee : 



therefore will I give men for thee, and peo- 
ple for thy life. 

5 Fear not; for I am with thee : I will bring 
thy seed from the east, and gather thee from 
the west: 

6 1 will say to the north, Give up; and to 
the south, Keep not back : bring my sons 
from far. and my daughters from the ends of 
the earth ; 

7 Even every one that is called by my name : 
for I have created him for my glory, I have 
formed him ; yea, I have made him. 

8 ^ Bring forth the blind people that have 
eyes, and the deaf that have ears. 

9 Let all the nations be gathered together, 
and let the people be assembled : who among 
them can declare this, and shew us former 
things ? let them bring forth their witnesses* 
that they may be justified; or let them hear, 
and say, It is truth. 

10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, 
and my servant whom I have chosen : that 
ye may know and believe me, and under- 
stand that I am he : before me there was no 
God formed, neither shall there be after me, 

11 I, even I, am the Lord ; and besides me 
there is no saviour. 

12 I have declared, and have saved, and I 
have shewed, when there was no strange god 
anions you : therefore ye are my witnesses^ 
saith the Lord, that I am God. 

13 Yea, before the day was, I am he ; and 
there is none that can deliver out of my hand r 
I will work, and who shall let it 1 

14 II Thus saith the Lord, your Redeemer, 
the Holy One of Israel ; For your sake I have 
sent to Babylon, and have brought down alt 
their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry 
is in the ships. 

15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, the 
Creator of Israel, your King. 

16Thus saith the Lord, whichmaketh away 
in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters : 

17 Which bringeth forth the chariot antf 

horse, the army and the power; they shaJ' 

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God reprovetk Ms people. 

lie down together, they shall not rise : they 

are extinct, they are quenched as tow. 

18 Remember ye not the former things, nei- 
ther consider the things of old. 

19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it 
shall spring forth ; shall ye not know it ? I 
will even make a way in the wilderness, and 
riv?rs in the desert. 

20 The beast of the field shall honour me, 
the dragons and the owls : because I give 
waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the de- 
sert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. 

21 This people have I formed for myself; 
they shall shew forth my praise. 

22 H But thou hast not called upon me, O 
Jacob ; but thou hast been weary of me, O 
Israel. 

23 Thou hast not brought me the small cat- 
tle of thy burnt-offerings ; neither hast thou 
honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not 
caused thee to serve with an offering, nor 
wearied thee with incense. 

24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with 
money, neither hast thou filled me with the 
fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me 
to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me 
with thine iniquities. 

25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy 
transgressions for mine own sake, and will 
not remember thy sins. 

26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead 
together : declare thou, that thou mayest be 
justified. 

27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy 
teachers have transgressed against me. 

28 Therefore 1 have profaned the princes of 
the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the 
curse, ana Israel to reproaches. 

CHAP. XLIV. 
] God comforteth the church with his promises. 
7 The vanity of idols, 9 and folly of idol ma- 
kers. 21 He ezhorteth to praise God for his 
redemption and omnipotency. 

YET now hear, O Jacob, my sen ant; and 
Israel, whom I have chosen : 

2 Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and 
formed thee from the womb, which will help 
thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and 
thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. 

3 For I will pour water upon him that is 
thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I 
will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my 
blessing upon thine offspring: 

4 And they shall spring up as among the 
grass, as willows by the water-courses. 

5 One shall say, I am the Lord's ; and an- 
other shall call himself 'by the name of Jacob ; 
and another shall subscribe with his hand 
unto the Lord, and surname himself by the 
name of Israel. 

C Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, 
and his Redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am 
the ^rst, and I am the last ; and besides me 
i!ie>>*is no God. 

7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare 
it, and s\./itin order for me, since I appointed 
the ancient people? and the things that are 
oom'mg, and shall come, let them shew unto 
them. 

8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid : have not 



ISAT AH. 7*he folly of idols and of idol makers. 
I told thee from that time, and have declared 
it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a 
God besides me ? yea, there is no God ; I 
know not any. 

9 ^[ They that make a graven image are all 
of them vanity; and their delectable things 
shall not profit; and they are their own wit- 
nesses; they see not, nor know, that they 
may be ashamed. 

10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a 
graven image that is profitable for nothing? 

11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed : 
and the workmen, they are of men : let them 
all be gathered together, let them stand up ; 
yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed 
together. 

12 The smith with the tongs both worketh 
in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, 
and worketh it with the strength of his arms : 
vea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth : 
he drinketh no water, and is faint. 

13 The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; 
he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it 
with planes, and he marketh it out with the 
compass, and maketh it after the figure of a 
man, according to the beauty of a man ; that 
it may remain in the house. 

14 He heweth him down cedars, and taketh 
the cypress and the oak, which he strength- 
eneth for himself among the trees of the for- 
est: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth 
nourish it. 

15 Then shall it be for a man to burn : for 
he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, 
he kindleth it, and baketli bread ; yea, he 
i;iaketliagod, andworshippetlu7; hemaketli 
it a graven image, and faileth down thereto. 

16 He burnetii part thereof in the fire ; with 
part thereof he eateth flesh ; he roasteth 
roast, and is satisfied : yea, he warmeth him- 
self and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen 
the fire : 

17 And the residue thereof he maketh a god, 
even his graven image : he faileth down unto 
it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, 
and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. 

18 They have not known nor understood : 
for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot 
see ; and their hearts, that they cannot un- 
derstand. 

19 And none considereth in his heart, nei- 
ther is there knowledge nor understanding to 
say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, 
also I have baked bread upon the coals 
thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: 
and shall I make the residue thereof an 
abomination? shall I fall down to the stock 
of a tree ? 

20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart 
hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver 
his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my 
right hand ? 

21 11 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel ; 
for thou art my servant : I have formed thee ; 
thou art my servant : O Israel, thou shalt 
not be forgotten of me. 

22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy 
transgressions, and as, a cloud, thy sins: re- 
turn unto me ; for I have redeemed thee. 

23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath 
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Cyrus called. 



done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth 
break forth into singing, ye mountains, O 
forest, and every tree therein : for the Lord 
hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself 
in Israel. 

24 Thus saith the Lord thy Redeemer, 
and he that formed thee from the womb, I 
am the Lord that maketh all things ; that 
stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that 
spreadeth abroad the earth by myself: 

25 That frustrated] the tokens of the liars, 
and maketh diviners mad ; that turneth wise 
men backward, and maketh their knowledge 
foolish ; 

26 That confirmeth the word of his servant, 
and performeth the counsel of his messen- 
gers ; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shaltbe 
inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye 
shall be built, and I will raise up the decay- 
ed places thereof: 

27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I 
will dry up thy rivers : 

28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, 
and shall perform all my pleasure : even say- 
ing to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; and 
to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. 

CHAP. XLV. 
1 God calleth Cyrus for his church'' s sake. 5 By 
his omnipotency he challengeth obedience. 20 
Heconvinceth the idols of vanity by his saving 
power. 

THUS saith the Lord to his anointed, to 
Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, 
to subdue nations before him; and I will 
loose the loins of kings, to open before him 
the two-leaved gates, and the gates shall not 
be shut; 

2 I will go before thee, and make the crook- 
ed places straight : I will break in pieces the 
gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of 
iron: 

3 And I will give thee the treasures of dark- 
ness, and hidden riches of secret places, that 
thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which 
call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. 

4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel 
mine elect, I have even called thee by thy 
name : I have sur named thee, though thou 
hast not known me. 

5 % I am the Lord, and there is none else, 
there is no God besides me : I girded thee, 
though thou hast not known me : 

6 That they may know from the rising of 
the sun, and from the west, that there is 
none besides me. I am the Lord, and there 
is none else. 

7 I form the light, and create darkness : I 
make peace, and create evil : I the Lord do 
all these things. 

8 Drop down, ye heavens, from above, 
and let the skies pour down righteousness: 
let the earth open, and let them bring forth 
salvation, and let righteousness spring up 
together; I the Lord have created it. 

9 Wo unto him that striveth with his Maker! 
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds 
of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that 
fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy 
work, He hath no hands? 

10 Wo unto him that saith unto his father, 



CHAP. XLV, XLVI. Idols convinced of vanity. 



What begettest thou? or to the woman, 
What hast thou brought forth ? 

11 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of 
Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to 
come concerning my sons, and concerning 
the work of my hands command ye me. 

12 I have made the earth, and created m*an 
upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched 
out the heavens, and all their host have 1 
commanded. 

13 I have raised him up in righteousness, 
and I will direct all his ways : he shall build 
my city, and he shall let go my captives, not 
for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts. 

14 Thus saith the Lord, The labour of 
Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of 
the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over 
unto thee, and they shall be thine : they shall 
come after thee ; in chains they shall come 
over, and they shall fall down unto thee, 
they shall make supplication unto thee, say- 
ing, Surely God is in thee; and there is 
none else, there is no God. 

15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself. 
O God of Israel, the Saviour. 

16 They shall be ashamed, and also con- 
founded, all of them : they shall go to con- 
fusion together that are makers of idols. 

17 But Israel shall be saved in the Lord 
with an everlasting salvation : ye shall not be 
ashamed nor confounded world without end. 

18 For thus saith the Lord that created 
the heavens ; God himself that formed the 
earth and made it ; he hath established it, he 
created it not in vain, he formed it to be inha- 
bited : I am the Lord ; and there is none else. 

19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark 
place of the earth : I said not unto the seed 
of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain : I the Lord 
speak righteousness, I declare things that 
are right. 

20 % Assemble yourselves and come ; draw 
near together, ye that are escaped of the 
nations: they have no knowledge that set 
up the wood of their graven image, and pray 
unto a god that cannot save. 

21 TeU ye, and bring them near; yea, let 
them take counsel together: who hath de- 
clared this from ancient time ? who hath told 
it from that time ? have not I the Lord ? and 
there is no God else besides me ; a just God 
and a Saviour; there is none besides me. 

22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the 
ends of the earth : for I am God, and there 
is none else. 

23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone 
out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall 
not return, That unto me every knee shall 
bow, every 7 tongue shall swear. 

24 Surely, shall one say, In the Lord have 
I righteousness and strength : even to him 
shall men come ; and all tMkt are incensed 
against him shall be ashamed. 

25 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel 
be justified, and shall glory. 

CHAP. XLVI. 
1 The idols of Babylon could not save them- 
selves. 3 God savcth his people to the end. 
5 Idols are not comparable to God for power,, 
12 or present salvation. 



Idols not comparable to God, 

BEL boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their 
idols were upon the beasts, and upon 
the cattle : your carriages were heavy load- 
en ; they are a burden to the weary beast. 

2 They stoop, they bow down together; 
they could not deliver the burden, but them- 
selves are gone into captivity. 

3 If Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, 
and all the remnant of the house of Israel, 
which are borne by me from the belly, which 
are carried from the womb: 

4 And even to your old age I am he ; and 
even to hoar hairs will I carry you : I have 
made, and I will bear; even 1 will cany, 
and will deliver you. 

5 ^T To whom will ye liken me, and make 
me equal, and compare me, that we may be 
like? 

6* They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh 
silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; 
and he maketh it a god : they fall down, yea, 
they worship. 

7 They bear him upon the shoulder, they 
cany him, and set him in his place, and h 



ISAIAH. GooVs judgments upon Babylon. 

mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very 
heavily laid thy yoke. 

7 1f And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for 
ever : so that thou didst not lay these things 
to thy heart, neither didst remember the lat- 
ter end of it. 

8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art 
given to pleasures, that dvvellest carelessly, 
that sayest in thy heart, I am, and none else 
besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, nei- 
ther shall I know the loss of children : 

9 But these two things shall come to thee 
in a moment in one day, the loss of children, 
and widowhood: they shall come upon thee 
in their perfection, for the multitude of thy 
sorceries, and for the great abundance ot 
thine enchantments. 

10 51 For thou hast trusted in thy wicked- 
ness: thou hast said. None seeth me. Thy 
wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath pervert- 
ed thee ; and thou hast said in thy heart, I 
am, and none else besides me. 

11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee; 
thou shalt not know from whence it riseth : 



standeth; from his place shall he not remove: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt 
yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not | not be able to put it off: and desolation shall 



answer, nor save him out of his trouble. 

8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men : 
bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors. 

9 Remember the former things of old : for 
? I am God, and there is none else; / am 

God, and there is none like me, 

10 Declaring the end from the beginning, 
and from ancient times the things that are 
not yet done, saving, My counsel shall stand, 
and I will do all my pleasure: 

11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, 
the man that executeth my counsel from a 
far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will 
also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I 
will also do it. 

12 If Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, 
til at are far from righteousness : 

13 I bring near my righteousness; it shall 
not be far off, and my salvation shall not tar- 
ry : and I will place salvation in Zion for 
Israel mv glory. 

CHAP. XLVII. 
I God's judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea, 
6 for their unmercifulness, 7 pride, 10 and 
overboldness, 11' shall be unresistible. 

COiuE down, and sit in the dust, O virgin 
daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground : 
there is no throne, O daughter of the Chal- 
deans : for thou shalt no more be called ten- 
der and delicate. 

2 Take the millstones, and grind meal : un- 
rover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover 
the thigh, pass over the rivers. 

3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, 
thy shame shall be seen : I will take ven- 
geance, and I will not meet thee as a man. 

4 As for our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts 
I* his name, the Holy One of Israel. 

5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, 
O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt 
no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. 

6 1f I was wroth with my people, I have 
polluted mine inheritance, and given them 
wto thy hand : thou didst shew them no , 



come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt 
not know. 

12 Stand now with thine enchantments, and 
with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein 
thou hast laboured from thy youth ; if so be 
thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou 
mayest prevail. 

13 Thou art weaned in the multitude of thy 
counsels. Let now the astrologers, the star- 
gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand 
up, and save thee from these things that 
shall come upon thee. 

14 Behold, they shall be as stubble ; the fire 
shall burn them ; they shall not deliver them- 
selves from the power of the flame: there- 
shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit 
before it. 

15 Thus shall they be unto thee with whom 
thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, 
from thy youth: they shall wander every 
one to his quarter; none shall save thee. 

CHAP. XLVIII. 
1 God, to convince the people of their foreknown 
obstinacy, revealeth his prophecies. He saveth 
them for his own sake. 12 He exhorteth them 
to obedience, because of his power and provi' 
dence. 16 He lamenteth their backwardness. 
20 He powerfully deliverelh his people out of 
Babylon. 

HEAR ye this, O house of Jacob, which 
are called by the name of Israel, and 
are come forth out of the waters of Judah, 
which swear by the name of the Lord, and 
make mention of the God of Israel, but not 
in truth, nor in righteousness. 

2 For they call themselves of the holy city, 
and stay themselves upon the God of Israel ; 
The Lord of hosts is his name. 

3 I have declared the former things from 
the beginning ; and they went forth out of 
my mouth, and I shewed them ; I did them 
suddenly, and they came to pass. 

4 Because I knew that thou art obstinate* 
and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow 
brass;" 

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God ezharteih to obedience. CHAP. 

5 I have even from the beginning declared 
it to thee ; before it came to pass I shewed 
it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol 
hath done them; and my graven image, 
and my molten image, hatti commanded 
them. 

6 Thou hast heard, see all this ; and will not 
ye declared? I have shewed thee new things 
i'rom this time, even hidden things, and thou 
didst not know them. 

7 They are created now, and not from the 
beginning; even before the day when thou 
heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, 
Behold, I knew them. 

8 Yea, thou heardest not ; yea, thou knew- 
estnot; yea, from that time that thine ear 
was not opened : for I knew that thou would- 
est deal very treacherously, and wast called 
a transgressor from the womb. 

9 % For my name's sake will I defer mine 
anger, and "for my praise will I refrain for 
thee, that I cut thee not off. 

10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with 
silver ; I have chosen thee in the furnace of 
affliction. 

11 For mine own sake, even for mine own 
sake, will I do it : for how should my name 
be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto 
another. 

12 H Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, 
my called ; I am lie; I am the first, I also 
am the last. 

13 My hand also hath laid the foundation of 
the earth, and my right hand hath spanned 
the heavens : when I call unto them, they 
stand up together. 

14 All ye, assemble yourselves and hear; 
which among them hath declared these 
things? The Lord hath loved him: he will 
do lus pleasure on Babylon, and his arm sliall 
be on the Chaldeans. 

15 I, even I, have spoken, yea, I have call- 
ed him : I have brought him, and he shall 
make his way prosperous. 

16 % Come ye near unto me, hear ye this ; 
I have not spoken in secret from the begin- 
ning; from the time that it was, there am I : 
and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath 
sent me. 

17 Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the 
Holy One of Israel ; I am the Lord thy God 
which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth 
thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 

18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my com- 
mandments! then had thy peace been as a 
i iver, and thy righteousness as the waves of 
the sea : 

19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and 
the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel 
thereof; his name should not have been cut 
off nor destroyed from before me. 

20 If Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from 
the Cfealdeans, with a voice of singing de- 
clare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of 
the earth ; say ye, The Lord hath redeemed 
his servant Jacob. 

21 And they thirsted not when he led them 
through the deserts : he caused the waters 
to flow out of the rock for them : he clave 
the rock also, and the waters gushed out. 



XLIX. Christ sent to the Gentiles* 

22 There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto 
the wicked. 

CHAP. XLIX. 

1 Christ, being sent to the Jews, complaineth of 
them. 5 He is sent to the Gentiles with gra- 
cious promises. 13 God's love is perpetual ta 
his church. 18 The ample restoration of the 
church. 24 The powerful deliver ance out of cap- 
tivity. 

LISTEN, O isles, unto me ; and hearken, 
ye people, from far; The Lord hath 
called me from the womb; from the bowels of 
my mother hath he made mention of my name. 

2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp 
sword ; in the shadow of his hand hath he 
hid me, and made me a polished shaft ; in 
his quiver hath he hid me ; 

3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, 
O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. 

4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I 
have spent my strength for nought, and in 
vain; yet surely my judgment is with the 
Lord, and my work with my God. 

5 f And now, saith the Lord that formed 
me from the womb to be his servant, to bring 
Jacob again to him* Though Israel be not 
gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes 
of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength. 

6 And he said, It'is a light thing that thou 
shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes 
of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of 
Israel : I will also give thee for a light to the 
Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation 
unto the end of the earth. 

7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of 
Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man 
despiseth, to him whom the natkm abhor- 
retli, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see 
and arise, princes also shall worship, because 
of the Lord that is faithful^ and the Holy 
One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. 

8 Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable 
time have I heard thee, and in a day of sal- 
vation have I helped thee : and I will pre- 
serve thee, and give thee for a covenant of 
the people, to establish the earth, to cause 
to inherit the desolate heritages : 

9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go 
forth ; to them that are in darkness, Shew 
yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, 
and their pastures shall be in all high places. 

10 They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither 
shall the heat nor sun smite them : for he 
that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even 
by the springs of w r ater shall he guide them. 

11 And I will make all my mountains a wny, 
and my highways shall be exalted. 

12 Behold, these shall come from far; and 
lo, these from the north and from the west; 
and these from the land of Sinim. 

13 % Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O 
earth ; and break forth into singing, O moun- 
tains : for the Lord hath comforted his peo- 
ple, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 

14 But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken 
me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 

15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, 
that she should not have compassion on the 
son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yel 
will I not forget thee. 

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The restoration of the church, 

16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the 
palms of my hands ; thy walls are continu- 
ally before me. 

17 Thy children shall make haste ; thy de- 
stroyers and they that made thee waste shall 
go forth of thee. ¥ 

18 T[ Lift up thine eyes round about, and 
behold : all these gather themselves together, 
and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, 
thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, 
as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, 
as a bride doeth, 

19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, 
and the land of thy destruction, shall even 
now be too narrow by reason of the inhabi- 
tants, and they that swallowed thee up shall 
be far away. 

20 The children which thou shalt have, after 
thou hast lost the other, shall say again in 
thine ears, The place is too strait for me : 
give place to me that I may dwell. 

21 Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who 
hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost 
my children, and am desolate, a captive, and 
removing to and fro ? and who hath brought 
up these? Behold I was left alone; these, 
where had they been ? 

p2 Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will 
lift up my hand to the Gentiles, and set up 
my standard to the people : and they shall 
bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daugh- 
ters shall be carried upon their shoulders. 

23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, 
and their queens thy nursing mothers : they 
shall bow down to thee with their face to- 
ward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy 
feet : and thou shaltknow that I am the Lord : 
for they shall not be ashamed that wait forme. 

24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, 
or the lawful captive delivered ? 

25 Bat thus saith the Lord, Even the cap- 
tives of the mighty shall be taken away, and 
the prey of the terrible shall be delivered : 
for I will contend with him that contendeth 
with tFiee, and I will save thy children. 

26 And I will feed them that oppress thee 
with their own flesh ; and they shall be drunk- 
en with their own blood, as with sweet wine : 
and all flesh shall know that I the Lord am 
thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty 
One of Jacob. 

CHAP. L. 
1 Clirist sheweth that the dereliction of the Jews 
is not to be imputed to him, by his ability to 
save, 5 by his obedience in that work, 7 and by 
his confidence in that assistance. 10 Jin ex- 
hortation to trust in God, and not in ourselves. 

THUS saith the Lord, Where is the bill 
of your mother's divorcement, whom I 
have put away ? or which of my creditors is 
it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your 
iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for 
your transgressions is your mother put 
away. 

2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no 
man ? when I called, was there none to an- 
swer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it 
cannot redeem ? or have I no power to de- 
liver ? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, 
I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish 



ISAIAH. Exhortation to trust in God, 

stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth 
for thirst. 

3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and 
I make sackcloth their covering. 

4 The Lord God hath given me the tongue 
of the learned, that I should know how to 
speak a word in season to him that is weary: 
he wakeneth morning by morning, he waken- 
etli mine ear to hear as the learned. 

5 if The Lord God hath opened mine ear, 
and I was not rebellious, neither turned away 
back. 

6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my 
cheeks to them that plucked off the hair : I 
hid not my face from shame and spitting. 

7 For die Lord God will help me : there- 
fore shall I not be confounded: therefore 
have I set my face like a flint, and I know 
that I shall not be ashamed. 

8 He is near that justifieth me : who Mill 
contend with me ? let us stand together: who 
is mine adversary? let him come near to me. 

9 Behold, the Lord God will help me; who 
is he that shall condemn me ? lo, they all 
shall wax old as a garment ; the moth shall 
eat them up. 

10 If Who is among you that feareth the 
Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, 
that walketh in darkness, and hath no light ? 
let him trust in the name of the Lord, and 
stay upon his God. 

11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that 
compass yourselves about with sparks : walk 
in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that 
ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my 
hand ; ye shall lie down in sorrow. 

CHAP. LI. 



1 Jin exhortation, after the pattern of Abraham, 
to trust in Christ. 3 by reason of his comfort- 
able promises, 4 of his righteous salvation, 7 
and man's mortality. 9 Christ by his sanctifi- 
ed arm defendethhis from the fear of man. 17 
He bewaileth the afflictions of Jerusalem, 21 
and promiseth deliverance. 

HEARKEN to me, ye that follow after 
righteousness, ye that seek the Lord : 
look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and 
to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. 

2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto 
Sarah that bare you : for I called him alone, 
and blessed him, and increased him. $ 

3 For the Lord shall comfort Zion : he will, 
comfort all her waste places; and he will 
make her wilderness like Eden, and her de- 
sert like the garden of the Lord ; joy and 
gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, 
and the voice of melody. 

4 H Hearken unto me, my people ; and give 
ear unto me, O my nation : for a law shall 
proceed from me, and I will make my judg- 
ment to rest for a light of the people. 

5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is 
gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the 
people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on 
mine arm shall they trust. 

6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look 
upon the earth beneath : for the heavens shall 
vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall 
wax old like a garment, and they that dwell 
therein shall die in like manner : but mv saU 

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Christ defendeth his people. CHAP. LII, LIII. 

vation shall be for ever, and my righteous- 
ness shall not be abolished. 

7 if Hearken unto me, ye that know right- 
eousness, the people in whose heart is my 
law; tear ye not the reproach of men, neither 
be ye afraid of thek' revilings. 

8 For the moth shall eat them up like a gar- 
ment, and the worm shall eat them like wool : 
but my righteousness shall be for ever, and 
my salvation from generation to generation. 

9 IT Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm 
of the Lord ; awake, as in the ancient days, 
in the generations of old. Art thou not it that 
hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon ? 

10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sen, 
the waters of the great deep ; that hatli made 
tlie depths of the sea a way for the ransomed 
to pass over ? 

11 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord 
shall return, and come with singing unto Zion ; 
and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: 
they shall obtain gladness and joy ; and sor- 
row and mourning shall flee away. 

12 1, even I, am he that comforteth you : who 
art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a 
man that shall die, and of the son of man 
which shall be made as grass; 

13 And forgettestthe Lord thy Maker, that 
hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the 
foundations of the earth; and hast feared 
continually even' day because of the fury of 
the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy ? 
and where is the fuiy of the oppressor? 

14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may 
be loosed, and that he should not die in the 
pit, nor that his bread should fail. 

15 But I am the Lord thy God, that divided 
-the sea, whose waves roared : The Lord of 
hosts is his name. 

16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, 
and have covered thee in the shadow of my 
hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay 
the foundations of die earth, and say unto 
Zion, Thou art my people. 

17 ^[ Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusa- 
lem, which hast drunk at the hand of the 
Lord the cup of his fury ; thou hast drunken 
the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung 
them out. 

18 Therein none to guide her among all the 
sons whom she hath brought forth ; neither is 
there any that taketh her by the hand of all 
the sons that she hath brought up. 

19 These two things are come unto thee; 
who shall be sorry for thee ? desolation, and 
destruction, and the famine, and the sword : 
by whom shall I comfort thee 1 

20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the 
head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net : 
they are full of the fury of the Lord, the re- 
buke of thy God. 

21 H Therefore hear now this, thou afflict- 
ed, and drunken, but not with wine : 

22 Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy 
God that pleadeth the cause of his people, 
Behold, T have taken out of thy hand the cup 
of trembling, even the dregs ot the cup of my 
furv ; thou shalt no more drink it again : 

23 But 1 will put it into the hand of them 
that afflict thee ; which have said to thy soul, 



His free redemption 
Bow down, that we may go over: and thou 
hast laid thy body as the ground, and as tl*e 
street, to them that went over. 

CHAP. LII. 
1 Christ persuadeth the church to believe his free 
redemption, 7 to receive the ministers thereof \ 
9 to joy in the power thereof, 11 and to free 
themselves from bondage* 13 Christ's king- 
dom shall be exalted. 

AWAKE, awake, put on thy strength, O 
Zion ; put on thy beautiful garments, O 
Jerusalem, the holy city: fo* henceforth 
there shall no more come into thee the un- 
circumcised and the unclean. 

2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and 
sit down, O Jerusalem : loose thyself from the 
bands of tlvy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. 

3 For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold 
yourselves for nought ; and ye shall be re- 
deemed without money. 

4 For thus saith the Lord God, My people 
went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn 
there ; and the Assyrian oppressed them 
without cause. 

5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith 
the Lord, that my people is taken away foi 
nought ? they that rule over them make them 
to howl, saith the Lord; and my name con- 
tinually every day is blasphemed. 

6 Therefore my people shall know my name : 
therefore they shall knoio in that day that I 
am he that doth sneak : behold, it is I. 

7 If How beautilul upon the mountains are 
! the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, 

that publisheth peace ; that bringeth good 
tidings of good, that publisheth salvation ; 
that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth ! 

8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; 
with the voice together shall they sing: for 
they shall see eye to eye, when the Loud 
shall bring again Zion. 

9 Tf Break forth into joy, sing together, ye 
waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord 
hath comforted his people, he hath redeem- 
ed Jerusalem. 

10 The Lord hath made bare his holy arm 
in the eyes of all the nations: and all the ends 
of the earth shall see t'he salvation of our God. 

11 ^[ Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from 
thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out 
of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the" 
vessels of the Lord. 

12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor 
go by flight: for the Lord will go before 
you ; and the God of Israel will be your rere- 
ward. 

13 Tf Behold, my servant shall deal prudent- 
ly, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be 
very high. 

14 As many were astonished at thee; (his 
visage was so marred more than any man, 
and his form more than the sons of men :) 

15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the 
kings shall shut their mouths at him : for 
tliat which had not been told them shall they 
see ; and that which they had not heard shail 
they consider. 

CHAP. LIII. 

1 The prophet, complaining of incredulity, ex- 

1 cuseth the scandal of the cross, 4 by the benefit 

' of his passion^ 10 and thegcod success thereof. 

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. The benefit of Christ's passion. 

WHO hath believed our report ? and to 
whom is the arm of the Lord revealed ? 

2 For he shall grow up before him as a ten 
der plant, and as a root out of a dry ground : 
he hath no form nor comeliness; and when 
we shall see him, there is no beauty that we 
should desire him. 

3 He is despised and rejected of men ; a man 
of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and 
we hid as it- were our faces from him ; he 
was despised, and we esteemed him not. 

4 U Surely he hath borne our griefs, and 
carried our sorrows : yet we did esteem him 
stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 

5 But he was wounded for our transgres- 
sions, he was bruised for our iniquities ; the 
chastisement of our peace teas upon him ; 
and with his stripes we are healed. 

6 All we like sheep have gone astray ; we 
have turned every one to his own way ; and 
the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us 
all. 

7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, 
yet he opened not his mouth : he is brought 
as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep be- 
fore her shearers is dumb, so he opened not 
his mouth. 

8 He was taken from prison and from judg- 
ment : and who shall declare his generation ? 
for he was cut off out of the land of the liv- 

. ing : for the transgression of my people was 
he stricken. 

9 And he made his grave with the wicked, 
and with the rich in his death ; because he 
had done no violence, neither was any de- 
ceit in his mouth. 

10 *j\ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; 
he hadi put him to grief: when thou shalt 
make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see 
his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the 

Eleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his 
and. 

11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, 
.and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall 
my righteous servant justify many; for he 
shall bear their iniquities. 

12 Therefore will I divide him a portion 
with the great, and he shall divide the spoil 
with the strong; because he hath poured out 
his soul unto death : and he was numbered 
.vith the transgressors; and he bare the sin 
of many, and made intercession for the trans- 
gressors. 

CHAP. LIV. 



ISAIAH. The Gentiles' deliverance, SfC. 

hand and on the left; and thy seed shall in- 
herit the Gentiles, and make the desolate 
cities to be inhabited. 

4 Fear not ; for thou shalt not be ashamed : 
neither be thou confounded ; for thou shalt 
not be put to shame : for thou shalt forget the 
shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember 
the reproach of thy widowhood any more. 

5 For thy Maker is thy husband ; The Lord 
of hosts is his name ; and thy Redeemer the 
Holy One of Israel ; The God of the whole 
earth shall he be called. 

6 For the Lord hath called thee as a wo- 
man forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a 
wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith 
thy God. 

7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee ; 
but with great mercies will I gather thee. 

8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee 
for a moment; but with everlasting kindness 
will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord 
thy Redeemer. 

9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto 
me : for as I have sworn that the waters of 
Noah should no more go over the earth ; so 
have I sworn that I would not be wroth with 
thee, nor rebuke thee. 

10 For the mountains shall depart, and the 
hills be removed ; but my kindness shall not 
depart from thee, neither shall the covenant 
of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that 
hath mercy on thee. 

11 U O diou afflicted, tossed with tempest, 
and not comforted! behold, I will lay thy 
stones with fan- colours, and lay thy founda- 
tions with sapphires. 

12 And I will make thy windows of agates, 



and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy bor- 
ders of pleasant stones. 



1 The prophet, for the comfort of the Gentiles, 
prophesieth the amplitude of their church, 4 
their safety, 6 their certain deliverance out of 
affliction, 11 their fair edification, lb and 
their sure preservation. 

SING, O barren, thou that didst not bear; 
break forth into singing, and cry aloud, 
thou that didst not travail with child: for 
more are the children of the desolate than 
the children of the married wife, saith the 
Lord. 

2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them 
stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations; 
spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen 
thy stakes ; 

3 For thou shalt break forth on the right 



13 And all thy children shall be taught of 
the Lord ; and great shall be the peace of 
thy children. 

14 In righteousness shalt thou be establish- 
ed : thou shalt be far from oppression ; for 
thou shalt not fear : and from terror ; for it 
shall not come near thee. 

15 Behold, they shall surely gather together, 
but not by me : whosoever shall gather toge- 
ther against thee shall fall for thy sake. 

16 Behold, I have created the smith that 
bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bring- 
eth forth an instrument for his work; and I 
have created the waster to destroy. 

17 If No weapon that is formed against thee 
shall prosper; and every tongue that shall 
rise against thee in judgment thou shalt con- 
demn. This is the heritage of the servants 
of the Lord, and tiieir righteousness is of 
me, saith the Lord. 

CHAP. LV. 
1 The prophet, with the promises of Christ, call- 
eth to faith, 6 and to repentance. 8 The happy 
success of them that believe. 

HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to 
the waters, and he that hath no mo- 
ney ; come ye, buy, and eat ; yea, come, buy 
wine and milk without money and without 
price. 

2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that 

which is not bread ? and your labour for that 

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The happiness of believers* 



CHAP. LVI, LVII. 



The blind watchmen. 



which satisfied! not? hearken diligently unto 
me, and eat ye thai -which is good, and let 
your soul delight itself in fatness. 

3 Incline your ear, and come unto me : hear, 
and your soul shall live^ and 1 will make an 
everlasting covenant with you, even the sure 
mercies ot David. 

4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to 
the people, a leader and commander to the 
people. 

5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou 
k no west not, and nations that knew not thee 
shall run unto thee, because of the Lord thy 
God, and for the Holy One of Israel ; for he 
hath glorified thee. 

6^[ Seek ye the Lord while he may be 
found, call ye upon him while he is near : 

7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the 
unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him 
return unto the Lord, and he will have mer- 
cy upon him ; and to our God, for lie will 
abundantly pardon. 

8 5T For my thoughts are not your thoughts, 
neither are your ways my ways, saith the 
Lord. 

9 For as the heavens are higher than the 
earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, 
and my thoughts than your thoughts. 

10 For as the rain cometh down, and the 
snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, 
but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring 
forth and bud, that it may give seed to the 
sower, and bread to the eater : 

11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out 
of my mouth : it shall not return unto me 
void, but it shall accomplish that which I 
please, and it shall prosper in the thing 
whereto I sent it. 

12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led 
forth with peace: the mountains and the 
hills shall break forth before you into singing, 
and all the trees of the field shall clap their 
hands. 

13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the 
fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come 
tip the myrtle-tree : and it shall be to the 
Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that 
shall not be cut off. 

CHAP. LVI. 

1 The prophet exhortcth to sanctification. 3 He 

2>romiseth it shall be general without respect 

of persons. 9 He inveigheth against blind 

watchmen. 

THUS saith the Lord, Keep ye j udgment, 
and do justice: for my salvation is near 
to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. 

2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and 
the son df man that layeth hold on it; that 
keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and 
keepeth his hand from doin<* any evil. 

3 T| Neither let the son of the stranger, that 
hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, say- 
ing, The Lord hath utterly separated me 
from his people : neither let the eunuch say, 
Behold, I am a dry tree. 

4 For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs 
that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things 
that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 

5 Even unto them will I give in my house 
and within mv walls, a place and a name 

Y* 



better than of sons and of daughters: I will 
give them an everlasting name, that shall not 
be cut off. 

6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join 
themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to 
love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, 
every one that keepeth the sabbath from pol- 
luting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; 

7 Even them will I bring to my holy moun- 
tain, and make them joyful in my house of 
prayer : their burnt-offerings and their sa«- 
crifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; 
for my house shall be called a house of prayer 
for all people. 

8 The Lord God which .^athereth the out- 
casts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others 
to him, besides those that are gathered unto 
him. 

9 H All ye beasts of the field, come to de- 
vour; yea, all ye beasts in the forest. 

10 His watchmen are blind : they are all 
ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they can- 
not bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to 
slumber. 

11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can 
never have enough, and they are shepherds 
that cannot understand : they all look to 
their own way, every one for his gain, from 
his quarter. 

12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and 
we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and 
to-morrow shall be as this day, and much 
more abundanv. 

CHAP. LVII. 

1 T7ie blessed death of the righteous. 3 Ood re- 

proveth the Jews for their whorish idolatry. 13 

He giveth evangelical promises to thepenitent. 

THE righteous perisheth, and no man lay- 
eth it to heart : and merciful men are 
taken away, none considering that the right- 
eous is taken away from the evil to come. 

2 He shall enter into peace : they shall rest 
in their beds, each one walking in his up- 
rightness. 

3 ^f But draw near hither, ye sons of .the 
sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the 
whore. 

4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? 
against whom make ye a wide mouth, and 
draw out the tongue ? are ye not children of 
transgression, a seed of falsehood ; 

5 Inflaming yowrselves with idols under 
every green tree, slaying the children in the 
valleys under the clitts of the rocks? 

6 Among the smooth stones of the stream is 
thy portion ; they, they are thy lot : even to 
them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou 
hast offered a meat-offering. Should I re* 
ceive comfort in these ? 

7 Upon a lofty and high mountain hast 
thou set thy bed : even thidier wentest thou 
up to offer sacrifice. 

8 Behind the doors also and die posts hast 
thou setup thy remembrance : for thou hast 
discovered thyself to another than me, and 
art gone up ; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and 
made thee a covenant with them; thou lov- 
edst their bed where thou sawest it. 

9 And thou wentest to the king with oint- 
ment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and 

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God's promises ta the penitent, 

didst send thy messengers far off, and didst 

debase thyself even unto hell. 

10 Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy 
way; yet saidstthou not, There is no hope : 
thou hast found the life of thy hand ; there- 
fore thou wast not grieved. 

11 And of whom hast thou been afraid or 
feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not re- 
membered me, nor laid it to thy heart ? have 
not I held my peace even of old, and thou 
fearest me not ? 

12 I will declare thy righteousness, and thy 
works ; for they shall not profit thee. 

13 Tf When thou criest, let thy companies 
deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them 
all away ; vanity shall take them : but he 
that putteth his trust in me shall possess the 
Band, and shall inherit my holy mountain; 
J 14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, 
prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block 
out of the way of my people. 

I 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that 
inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy ; I 
dwell in the high and holy place, with him 
also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, 
to revive the spirit of the humble, and to re- 
vive the heart of the contrite ones. 
; 16 For I will not contend for ever, neither 
yf\\\ I be always wroth : for the spirit should 
fail before me, and the souls which I have 
made. 

I 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was 
I wroth, and smote him : 1 hid me, and was 
wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way 
of his heart. 

| 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him : 
I will lead him also, and restore comforts 
iinto him and to his mourners. 

19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, 
peace to him that is far off, and to him that 
is near, saith the Lord ; and I will heal him. 
j 20 But the wicked are like the troubled 
sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast 
xip mire and dirt. 

21 There is no peace, saith my God, to the 
wicked. 

CHAP. LVIII. 



jl The prophet, being sent to reprove hypocrisy, 
3 ezpresscth a counterfeit fast and a true. 8 
He declareth what promises are due unto god- 
liness, 13 and to the keeping of the sabbath. 
€RY aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice 
like a trumpet, and shew my people 
aheir transgression, and the house of Jacob 
iheir sins. 

2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to 
!know my ways, as a nation that did right- 
eousness, and forsook not the ordinance of 
itheir God : they ask of me the ordinances of 
justice : they take delight in approaching to 
God. 

3 U Wherefore have we fasted, say they, 
and thou seest not ? wherefore have we af- 
flicted our soul, and thou takest no know- 
ledge ? Behold, in the day of your fast ye 
find pleasure, and exact all your labours. 

4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and 
to smite with the fist of wickedness : ye shall 
not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice 
to be heard on high. 



ISAIAH. The promises to godliness 

5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day 
for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down 
his head as a bulrush, and to spread sack- 
cloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call 
this a fast, and an acceptable day to the 
Lord? 

6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? 
to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo 
the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed 
go free, and that ye break every yoke ? 

7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, 
and that thou bring the poor that are cast out 
to thy house ? when thou seest the naked, 
that thou cover him; and that thou hide not 
thyself from thine own flesh ? 

8 H Then shall thy light break forth as the 
morning, and thy health shall spring forth 
speedily : and thy righteousness shall go be- 
fore thee ; the glory of the Lord shall be thy 
rere-ward. 

9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall 
answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, 
Here I am. If thou take away from the midst 
of thee the yoke, die putting forth of the fin- 
ger, and speaking vanity ; 

10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hun- 
gry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall 
thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness 
be as the noon-day : 

11 And the Lord shall guide thee continu- 
ally, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make 
fat thy bones : and thou shalt be like a wa- 
tered garden, and like a spring of water, 
whose waters fail not. 

12 And they that shall be of thee shall build 
the old v/aste places : thou shalt raise up the 
foundations of many generations ; and thou 
shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, 
The restorer of paths to dwell in. 

13 % If thou turn away thy foot from the 
sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy 
day ; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy 
of the Lord, honourable ; and shalt honour 
him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding 
thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own 
words : 

14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the 
Lord ; and I will cause thee to ride upon the 
high places of the earth, and feed thee with 
the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the 
mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 

CHAP. LIX. 
1 The damnable nature of sin. 3 The sins of the 
Jews. 9 Calamity is for sin. 16 Salvation is 
only of Ood. 20 The covenant of the Redeemer. 



BEHOLD, the Lord's hand is not short- 
ened, that it cannot save; neither his 
ear heavy, that it cannot hear : 

2 But your iniquities have separated be- 
tween you and your God, and your sins have 
hid his face from you, that he will not hear. 

3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and 
your finders with iniquity; your lips have 
spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered per- 
verse ness. 

4 None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth 
for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak 
lies ; they conceive mischief, and bring forth 
iniquity. 

5 They hatch cockatrice's eggs, and weave 

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Saltation from God only, 
the spider's web : he that eatetli of their eggs 
dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh 
out into a viper. 

6 Their webs shall not become garments, 
neither shall they cover themselves with their 
works : their works are works of iniquity, 
and the act of violence is in their hands. 

7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste 
to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are 
ihoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction 
are in their paths. 

8 The way of peace they know not : and 
(here is no judgment in their goings: they 
have made them crooked paths: whosoever 
goeth therein shall not know peace. 

9 IF Therefore is judgment far from us, nei- 
ther doth justice overtake us: we wait for 
light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but 
we walk in darkness. 

10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and 
we grope as if we Jiad no eyes: we stumble 
at noon-day as in the night; we are in deso- 
late places as dead men. 

11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore 
like doves: we look for judgment, but there 
is none ; for salvation, but it is far off from us. 

12 For our transgressions are multiplied be- 
fore thee, and our sms testify against us : for 
our transgressions are with us ; and as for 
our iniquities, we know them; 

13 In transgressing and lying against the 
Lord, and departing away from our God, 
speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving 
and uttering from the heart words of false- 
hood. 

14 And judgment is turned away backward, 
and justice, standeth afar oft*: for truth is 
fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 

15 Yea, truth faileth ; and he that departeth 
from evil maketh himself a prey : and the 
Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there 
was no judgment. 

16 ^[ And he saw that there was no man, and 
wondered that there was no intercessor: 
therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; 
and his righteousness, it sustained him. 

17 For he put on righteousness as a breast- 
plate, and a helmet of salvation upon his 
head; and he put on the garments of ven- 
geance for clothing, and was clad with zeal 
as a cloak. 

18 According to their deeds, accordingly he 
will repay, fury to his adversaries, recom- 
pence to his enemies ; to the islands he will 
repay recompence. 

19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord 
from the west, and his glory from the rising 
of the sun. When the enemy shall come in 
like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift 
up a standard against him. 

&0 ^1 And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, 
and unto them that turn from transgression 
in Jacob, saith the Lord. 

21 As forme, this is my covenant with them, 
saith the Lord ; My Spirit that is upon thee, 
and my words which I have put in thy mouth, 
shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of 
the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth 
of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from 
henceforth and for ever. 



CHAP. LX. Glorious access of the Gentiles* 
CHAP. LX. 

1 The glory of the church in the abundant access 
of the Gentiles, 15 and the great blessings 
after a short affliction. 

ARISE, shine ; for thy light is come, and 
the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. 

2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the 
earth, and gross darkness the people : but the 
Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory 
shall be seen upon thee. 

3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light j 
and kings to the brightness of thy rising. 

4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see : 
all they gather themselves together, they 
come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, 
and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. 

5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, 
and thy heart shall fear, and be enlarged ; 
because the abundance of the sea shall be 
converted unto thee, the forces of the Gen- 
tiles shall come unto thee. 

6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, 
the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah ; all 
they from Sheba shall come : they shall bring 
gold and incense ; and they shall shew forth 
the praises of the Lord. 

7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered 
together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall 
minister unto thee : they shall come up with 
acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify 
the house of my glory. 

8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as 
the doves to their windows ? 

9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the 
ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from 
far, their silver and their gold with them, unto 
the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy 
One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. 

10 And the sons of strangers shall build up 
thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto 
thee : for in my wrath I smote tliee, but in 
my favour have I had mercy on thee. 

11 Therefore thy gates shall be open conti- 
nually ; they shall not be shut day nor night; 
that men may bring unto thee the forces of 
the Gentiles, and that their kings may be 
brought. 

12 For the nation and kingdom that will 
not serve thee shall perish; yea, those na- 
tions shall be utterly wasted. , 

13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto 
thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box 
together, to beautify the place of my sanctu- 
ary ; and I will make the place of my feet 
glorious. 

14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee 
shall come bending unto thee : and all they 
that despised thee shall bow themselves down 
at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call 
thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the 
Holy One of Israel. 

15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and 
hated, so that no man went through thee, I 
will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy 
of many generations. 

16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gen- 
tiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and 
thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Sa- 
viour and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of 
Jacob. 

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The office of Christ, 



ISAIAH. 



The office of ministers, 



17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron 
I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and 
for stones iron: I will also make thy officers 
peace, and thine exactors righteousness. 

lo Violence shall no more be heard in thy 
land, wasting nor destruction within thy bor- 
ders ; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, 
And thv gates Praise. 

19 The sun shall be no more thy light by 
day: neither for brightness shall the moon 
give light unto thee : but the Lord shall be 
unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God 
thy glory. 

20 Thy sun shall no more go down ; neither 
shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord 
shall be thine everlasting light, and the days 
of thv mourning shall be ended. 

21 Thy people also shall be all righteous : 
they shall inherit the land for ever, the 
branch of my planting, the work of my hands, 
that I may be glorified. 

22 A little one shall become a thousand, and 
a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will 
hasten it in his time. 

CHAP. LXI. 

3 The office of Christ. 4 T7ie forwardness, 7 and 

blessings of the faithful. 

THE Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; 
because the Lord hath anointed me to 
preach good tidings unto the meek ; ke hath 
sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to 
proclaim liberty to the captives, and the 
opening of the prison to them that are bound ; 

2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the- 
Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God ; 
to comfort all that mourn*; 

3 To appoint unto thein that mourn in Zion, 
to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of 
joy for mourning, the garment of praise for 
the spirit of heaviness; that they might be 
called Trees of righteousness, The planting 
of the Lord, that he might be glorified. 

4 H And they shall build die old wastes, they 
shall raise up the former desolations, and they 
shall repair the waste cities, the desolations 
©f many generations. 

5 And strangers shall stand and feed your 
flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your 
ploughmen and your vine-dressers. 

6 But ye shall be named the Priests of the 
Lord : men shall call you the Ministers of 
our God : ye shall eat the riches of the Gen- 
tiles, and in their glory shall ye boast your- 
selves. 

7 If For your shame ye shall have double ; 
and for confusion they shall rejoice in their 
portion: therefore in their land they shall 
possess the double : everlasting joy shall be 
tinto them, 

8 For I the Lord love judgment, I hate rob- 
bery for burnt-offering ; and I will direct their 
work in truth, and I will make an everlast- 
ing covenant with them. 

9 And their seed shall be known among the 
Gentiles, and their offspring among the peo- 
ple : all that see them shall acknowledge 
them, that they are the seed which die Lord 
hath blessed. 

10 I will greatlv rejoice in the Lord, my 
soul shall be joyful in my God ; for he hath 



clothed me with the garments of salvation, 
he hath covered me with the robe of right- 
eousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself 
with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth her- 
self with her jewels. 
11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, 
and as the garden causeth the things that are 
sown in it to spring forth ; so the Lord God 
will cause righteousness and praise to spring 
forth before all the nations. 

CHAP. LXII. 

1 The fervent desire of the prophet to confirm 
the church in God's promises. 5 The office of 
the ministers (unto which they are incited) in 
preaching the gospel, 10 and preparing the 
people thereto. 

FOR Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, 
and for Jerusalem's sake I will not res' 
until the righteousness thereof go forth 
brightness, and the salvation thereof as 
lamp that burnetii. 

2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteous- 
ness, and all kings thy glory : and thou shait 
be called by a new name, which the mouth 
of the Lord shall name. 

3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in th 
hand of die Lord, and a royal diadem in tl 
hand of thy God. 

4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken 
neither shall thy land anymore be term_„ 
Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi- 
bah, and thy land Beulali : for die Lord de- 
lightedi in thee, and thy land shall be married. 

5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, i 
shall thy sons marry thee : and as die brid« 
groom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall tli 
God rejoice over thee. 

6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O 
Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace 
day nor night : ye diat make mention of the 
Lord, keep not silence, 

7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and 
till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. 

8 The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, 
and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will 
no more give diy corn to be meat for thine 
enemies ; and the sons of the stranger shall 
not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast 
laboured : 

9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, 
and praise the Lord ; and they that have 
brought it together shall drink it in die courts 
of my holiness. 

10 ^[ Go through, go through die gates; pre- 
pare ye the way of the people ; cast up, cast 
up the highway; gather out the stones ; lift 
up a standard for die people. 

11 Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto 
die end of the world, Say ye to the daughter 
of Zion, Behold, dry salvation cometh ; be- 
hold, his rejvard is with him, and his work 
before him. 

12 And they shall call them, The holy peo- 
ple, The redeemed of the Lord : and thott 
shalt be called, Sought out, A city not for- 
saken. 

CHAP. LXIII. 
1 Christ sheweth who he is, Cushat his victory 
over his enemies, land what his mercy to- 
ward his church. 10 In his just wrath he re- 
ft Q 



Christ skeweth who he is. CHAP. LXIII, 

membereth his free mercy. 15 The church in 
their prayer , Viand complaint, profess their 
faith, f 

WHO is this that cometh from Edom, with 
dyed garments from Bozrah ? this that 
is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the 
greatness of his strength ? I that speak in 
righteousness, mighty to save. 

2 Wherefore art thhu red in thine apparel, 
and thy garments like him that treadeth in 
the wine-fat? 

3 I have trodden the wine-press alone ; and 
of the people there teas none with me : for I 
will tread them in mine anger, and trample 
them in my fury, and their blood shall be 
sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain 
all my raiment. 

4 For the day of vengeance is in my heart, 
and the year of my redeemed is come. 

5 And I looked, and there was none to help; 
and I wondered that there was none to up- 
hold : therefore mine own arm brought sal- 
vation unto me ; and my fury, it upheld me. 

6 And I will tread down the people in mine 
anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and 
I will bring down their strength to the earth. 

7 U I will mention the loving-kindnesses of 
the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, ac- 
cording to all that the Lord hath bestowed 
on us, and the great goodness toward the 
house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on 
them according to his mercies, and accord- 
ing to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses. 

8 For he said, Surely they are my people, 
children that will not lie : so he was their 
Saviour. 

9 1T In all their affliction he was afflicted, 
and the angel of his presence saved them : 
in his love and in his pity he redeemed them ; 
and he bare them, and carried them all the 
days of old. 

10 ^[ But thev rebelled, and vexed his Holy 
Spirit : therefore he. was turned to be their 
enemy, and he fought against them. 

11 Then l>e remembered the days of old, 
Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he 
that brought them up out of the sea with the 
shepherd of lus flock ? where is he that put 
his Holy Spirit within him ? 

12 That led them by the right hand of Moses 
with his glorious arm, dividing the water be- 
fore them, to make himself an everlasting 
name ? 

13 That led them through the deep as a 
horse in the wilderness, that they should not 
stumble ? 

14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, 
the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest : 
so didst thou lead thy people, to make thy- 
self a glorious name. 

15 *tf Look down from heaven, and behold 
from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy 
glory : where is thy zeal and thy strength, 
the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mer- 
cies toward me ? are they restrained ? 

16 Doubtless thou art our Father, though 
Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel ac- 
knowledge us not : thou, O Lord, art our 
Father, our Redeemer; thy name is from 
everlasting. 



LXIV, LXV. The prayer of {he church. 

17 H O Lord, why hast thou made us to 
err from thy ways, "and hardened our heart 
from thy fear ? Return for thy servants' sake, 
the tribes of thine inheritance. 

18 The people of thy holiness have posses- 
sed it but a little while: our adversaries have 
trodden down thy sanctuary. 

19 We are thine : thou never barest rule 
over them ; they were not called by thy name. 

CHAP LXIV. 
1 The church prayeth for the illustration of 
God's power. 5 Celebrating Gods mercy, it 
maketk confession of their natural corrup- 
tions. It complaineth of their affliction. 
OH that thou wouldest rend the heavens, 
that thou wouldest come down, that the 
mountains might flow down at thy presence, 

2 As when the melting fire burnetii, the fire 
causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name 
known to thine adversaries, that the nations 
may tremble at thy presence ! 

3 When thou didst terrible tilings which we 
looked not for, thou earnest down, the moun- 
tains flowed down at thy presence. 

4 For since tlie beginning of the world men 
have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, 
neither hath the eye seen, O God, besides 
thee, what he hath prepared for him that 
waiteth for him. 

5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and* 
worketh righteousness, those that remember 
thee in thy ways : behold, thou art wroth ; 
for we have sinned : in those is continuance, 
and we shall be saved. 

6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and 
all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and 
we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, 
like the w T ind, have taken us away. 

7 And there is none that calleth upon thy 
name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of 
thee : for thou hast hid thy face from us, and 
hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. 

8 But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; 
we are the clay, and thou our potter ; and we 
all are the work of thy hand. 

9 If Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, nei- 
ther remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, 
we beseech thee, we are all thy people. 

1 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion 
is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 

11 Our holy and our beautiful house, wbere 
our fathers praised thee, is burned up with 
fire : and all our pleasant things are laid 
waste. 

12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things t 

Lord 1 wilt thou hold thy peace, and a£ 
flict us very sore ? 

CHAP. LXV. 

1 The calling of the Gentiles. 2TJie Jews, for 
their incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy, are 
rejected. 8 JJ remnant shall be saved. 11 Judg- 
ments on the wicked, andblcssings on the god- 
ly. 17 The blessed state of the new Jerusalem. 

JAM sought of them that asked not for me\ 
I am found of them that sought me not : 
I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation 
that was not called by my name. 
2 I have spread out my hands all the day 
unto a rebellious people, which walketh in 
a way that was not good, after their own 
thoughts ; 

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God' 's judgments on the wicked, 

3 A people that provoketh me to anger con- 
tinual I y to my face ; that sacrificed! in gardens, 
and burnetii incense upon altars of brick; 

4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge 
in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, 
and broth of abominable things is in their 
vessels ; 

5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not 
near to me ; for I am holier than thou. These 
are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burnetii 
all the day. 

6 Behold, it is written before me : I will 
not keep silence, but will recompense, even 
recompense into their bosom, 

7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your 
fathers together, saith the Lord, which have 
burned incense upon the mountains, and blas- 
phemed me upon the hills : therefore will I 
measure their former work into their bosom. 

8 1[ Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine 
is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy 
it not; for a blessing is in it : so will I do for 
my servants' sake, that I may not destroy 
them all. 

9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, 
and out of Judah an inheritor of my moun- 
tains : and mine elect shall inherit it, and my 
servants shall dwell there. 

10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, 
and the valley of Achor a place for the herds 
to lie dowu in, for my people that have 
sought me. 

11 If But ye are they that forsake the Lord, 
that forget my holy mountain, that prepare 
a table for that troop, and that furnish the 
drink-offering' unto that number. 

12 Therefore will I number you to the 
sword, and ye shall all bow down to the 
slaughter : because when I called, ye did not 
answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but 
tlid evil before mine eyes, and did choose 
that wherein I delighted not. 

13 Tlierefore thus saith the Lord God, Be- 
hold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be 
hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but 
ye shall be thirsty : behold, my servants shall 
rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed : 

14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of 
heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, 
and shall howl for vexation of spirit. 

15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse 
unto my chosen : for the Lord God shall slay 
thee, and call his servants by another name : 

16 That he who blesseth himself in the 
earth, shall bless himself in the God of truth ; 
and he thatsweareth in the earth shall swear 
by the God of truth; because the former 
troubles are forgotten, and because they are 
hid from mine eyes. 

17 ^ For behold, I create new heavens and 
a new earth: and the former shall not be 
remembered, nor come into mind. 

18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in 
tJiat which 1 create : for behold, I create 
Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 

19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy 
in my people : and the voice of weeping 
shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice 
of crying. 

20 There shall be no more thence an infant 



ISAIAH. God will be served in sincerity, 

of days, nor an old man that hath not filled 
his days: for the child shall die a hundred 
years old : but the sinner being a hundred 
years old shall be accursed. 

21 And they shall build houses and inhabit 
them; and they shall plant vineyards, and 
eat the fruit of them. 

22 They shall not build, and another in- 
habit; they shall not plant, and another eat : 
for as the days of a tree are the days of my 
people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the 
work of their hands. 

23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring 
forth for trouble ; for they are the seed of the 
blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with 
them. 

24 And it shall come to pass, that before 
they call, I will answer; and while they are 
yet speaking, I will hear. 

25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed to 
gether, and the lion shall eat straw like the 
bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's 
meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in 
all my holy mountain, saith the Lord. 

CHAP. LXVI. 
1 The glorious God will be served in humble sin~ 
cerity. 5 He comforteth the humble with the 
marvellous generation, 10 and with the gra- 
cious benefits of the church. 15 God's severe 
judgments against the wicked. 19 The Gen- 
> tiles shall have a holy church, 24 and see the 
damnation of the wicked. 



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THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is 
my tli rone, and the earth is my foot- 
stool : where is the house that ye build unto 
me ? and where is the place of my rest? 

2 For all those things hath my hand made, 
and all those things have been, saith the 
Lord : but to this man will I look, even to 
him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and 
trembleth at my word. 

3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a 
man ; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut 
off a dog's neck ; he that offereth an obla- 
tion, as if he offered swine's blood ; he that 
burnetii incense, as if he blessed an idol. 
Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and 
their soul delighteth in their abominations. 

4 I also will choose their delusions, and will 
bring their fears upon them; because when 
I called, none did answer; when I spake, 
they did not hear: but they did evil before 
mine eyes, and chose that in wnich I de- 
lighted not. 

5 H Hear the word of the Lord, ye that 
tremble at his word; Your brethren that 
hated you, that cast you out for my name's 
sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified : but 
he shall appear to your joy, and they shall 
be ashamed. 

6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice 
from the temple, a voice of the Lord that 
rendereth recompence to his enemies. 

7 Before she travailed, she brought forth ; 
before her pain came, she was delivered of 
a man-child. 

8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath 
seen such things ? shall the earth be made to 
bring forth in one day ? or shall a nation be 
born at once ? for as soon as Zion travailed, 
she brought forth her children. 

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Gad's benefits to the church. CHAP. 

9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to 
bring forth ? saith the Lord : shall I cause to 
bring forth, and shut the womb ? saith thy God. 

10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad 
with her, all ye that love her : rejoice for 
joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: 

11 That ye may suck, and be satisfied with 
the breasts of her consolations; that ye may 
milk out, and be delighted with the abun- 
dance of her glory. 

12 For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will 
extend peace to her like a river, and the 
glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: 
then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon 
her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. 

13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so 
will I comfort you ; and ye shall be comfort- 
ed in Jerusalem. 

14 And when ye see this, your heart shall 
rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an 
herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be 
known toward his servants, and his indigna- 
tion toward his enemies. 

15 For behold, the Lord will come with 
fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, 
to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke 
with flames of fire. 

16 For by fire and by his sword will the 
Lord plead with all flesh : and the slain of 
the Lord shall be many. 

17 They that sanctify themselves, and puri- 
fy themselves in the gardens behind one tree 
in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the 
abomination, and the mouse, shall be con- 
sumed together, saith the Lord. 



LXV1. The calling of Jeremiah. 

18 For Iknow their works and their thoughts, 
it shall come, that I will gather all nations and 
tongues ; and they shall come, and see my 
glory. 

19 And I will set a sign among them, and I 
will send those that escape of them unto the 
nations, to Tarshish, Pul, andLud, that draw 
the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles 
afar off, that have not heard my fame, nei- 
ther have seen my glory; and they shall de- 
clare my glory among the Gentiles. 

20 And they shall bring all your brethren 
for an offering unto the Lord, out of all na- 
tions, upon horses, and in chariots, and in 
litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, 
to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the 
Lord, as the children of Israel bring an 
offering in a clean vessel into the house of 
the Lord. 

21 And I will also take of them for priests 
and for Levites, saith the Lord. 

22 For as the new heavens and the new 
earth, which I will make, shall remain be- 
fore me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed 
and your name remain. 

23 And it shall come to pass, that from one 
new-moon to another, and from one sabbath 
to another, shall all flesh come to worship 
before me, saith the Lord. 

24 And they shall go forth, and look upon 
the carcasses of the men that have trans- 
gressed against me: for their worm shall 
not die, neither shall their fire be quenched ; 
and they shall be an abhorring unto all 
flesh. 



1T The Book of the Prophet JEREMIAH. 



CHAP. I. 

1 The time, 3 and the calling of Jeremiah. 1 1 His 
prophetical visions of an almond rod, and a 
seething-pot. 15 His heavy message against 
Judah. 17 God encourageth him with his pro- 
mise of assistance. 

THE words of Jeremiah the son of Hil- 
kiah, of the priests that were in Ana- 
thoth in the land of Benjamin: 

2 To whom the word of the Lord came in 
the da;s of Josiah the son of Amon king of 
Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 

3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the 
son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of 
the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Jo- 
siah king of Judah, unto the carrying away 
of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. 

4 Then the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

5 Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew 
thee; and before thou earnest forth out of 
the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained 
thee a prophet unto the nations. 

6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God ! behold, I 
cannot speak : for I am a child. 

7 1f But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I 
am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I 
shall send thee, and whatsoever I command 
thee thou shalt speak. 

8 Be not afraid of their faces : for I am 
with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord. 

9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and 
touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto 



me, Behold, I have put my words in thy 
mouth. 

10 See, I have this day set thee over the 
nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, 
and to pull down, and to destroy, and to 
throw down, to build, and to plant. 

11 U Moreover the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, Jeremiah, What seest thou ? 
And I said, I see a rod of an almond-tree. 

12 Then said the Lord unto me, Thou 
hast well seen : for I will hasten my word 
to perform it. 

13 And the word of the Lord came unto 
me the second time, saying, What seest 
thou ? And I said, I see a seething-pot ; 
and the face thereof is toward the north. 

14 Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the 
north an evil shall break forth upon all the 
inhabitants of the land. 

15 For lo, I will call all the families of the 
kingdoms of the north, saith the Lord; and 
they shall come, and they shall set every one 
his throne at the entering of the gates of Je- 
rusalem, and against all the walls thereof 
round about, and against all the cities of 
Judah. 

16 And I will utter my judgments against 
them touching all their wickedness, who 
have forsaken me, and have burned incense 
unto other gods, and worshipped the works 
of their own hands. 

17 1[ Thou therefore gird up thy loins,, and 
arise, and speak unto them all that I com- 

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The expostulation of God 

maud thee : be not dismayed at their faces, 

lest I confound thee before them. 

18 For behold, I have made thee this day a 
defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brazen 
walls against the whole land, against the kings 
of Judah, against the princes thereof, against 
the priests thereof, and against the people of 
the land. 

19 And they shall fight against thee; but 
they shall not prevail against thee ; for I am 
with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee. 

CHAP. IL 
i God, having shewed his former kindness, ex- 
postulated with the Jews their causeless re- 
volt, 9 beyond any example. 14 They are the 
causes of their own calamities . 20 The sins of 
Judah. 31 Her confidence is rejected. 
fOREOVER the word of the Lord came 



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to me, saying, 

2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, say- 
ing, Thus saith the Lord ; I remember thee, 
■the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine 
espousals, when thou wentest after me in the 
wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 

3 Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and 
the first-fruits of his increase : all that devour 
him shall offend ; evil shall come upon them, 
saith the Lord. 

4 Hear ye the word of the Lord, O house 
of Jacob, and all the families of the house of 
Israel : 

5^ Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity 
have your fathers found in me, that they are 
gone far from me, and have walked after va- 
nity, and are become vain ? 

6 Neither said they, Where is the Lord that 
brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that 
led us through the wilderness, through a land 
of deserts and of pits, through a land of 
drought, and of the shadow of death, through 
a land that no man passed through, and where 
no man dwelt ? 

7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, 
to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness 
thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my 
land, and made my heritage an abomination. 

8 The priests said not, Where is the Lord ? 
and they that handle the law knew me not : 
the pastors also transgressed against me, and 
the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walk- 
ed after things that do not profit. 

9 U Wherefore I will yet plead with you, 
eaith the Lord, and with your children's 
children will I plead. 

10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and 
see ; and send unto Kedar, and consider dili- 
gently, and see if there be such a tiling 

11 rlath a nation changed their gods, which 
wreyet no gods T but my people have changed 
'their glory for that which doth not profit. 

12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and 
he horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith 
the Lord. 

13 For my people have committed two evils ; 
they have forsaken me the fountain of living 
waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken 
cisterns, that can hold no water. 

14 H Is Israel a servant 1 is he a home-born 
slave ? why is he spoiled ? 

15 The young lions roared upon him, and 



JEREMIAH. with the Jem. 

yelled, and they made his land waste : his 
cities are burned without inhabitant. 
- 16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes 
have broken the crown of thy head. 

17 Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, 
in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, 
when he led thee by the way ? 

18 And now what hast thou to do in the 
way of Egypt, to drink the waters of SUior ? 
or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, 
to drink the waters of the river? 

19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, 
and thy backslidings shall reprove thee : know 
therefore and see that it is an evil thing and 
bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy 
God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the 
Lord God of hosts. 

20 H For of old time I have broken thy yoke, 
and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will 
not transgress ; when upon every high hill 
and under every green tree thou wanderest, 
playing the harlot. 

21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, 
wholly a right seed : how then art thou turn- 
ed into the degenerate plant of a strange vine 
unto me ? 

22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, 
and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity 
is marked before me, saith the Lord God. 

23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, 
I have not gone after Baalim ? See thy way 
in the valley, know what thou hast done : 
thou art a swift dromedary traversing her 
ways ; 

24 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that 
snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her 
occasion who can turn her away? all they 
that seek her will not weary themselves; in 
her month they shall find her. 

25 Withhold thy foot from being unshod, 
and thy throat from thirst : but thou saidst, 
There is no hope: no; for I have loved 
strangers, and after them will I go. 

26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, 
so is the house of Israel ashamed ; they, their 
kings, their princes, and their priests, and 
their prophets, 

27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father, 
and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth : 
for they have turned their back unto me, and 
not their face : but in the time of their trou- 
ble they will say, Arise, and save us. 

28 But where are thy gods that thou hast 
made thee? let them arise, if they can save 
thee in the time of thy trouble : for accord- 
ing to the number of thy cities are thv gods, 
O Judah. 

29 Wherefore will ye plead with me ? ye 
all ha*, e transgressed against me, saith the 
Lord. 

30 In vain have I smitten your children ; 
they received no correction : your own sword 
hath devoured your prophets, like a destroy- 
ing lion. 

31 H O generation, see ye the word of the 
Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Is- 
rael? a land of darkness ? wherefore say my 
people, We are lords ; we will come no more 
unto thee ? 

32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a 
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God's great mercy to Judak. CHAP. Ill 

bride her attire ? yet my people have forgot- 
ten me days without number. 

33 Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love ? 
therefore hast thou also taught the wicked 
ones thy ways. 

34 Also in "thy skirts is found the blood of 
the souls of the poor innocents : I have not 
found it by secret search, but upon all these. 

35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, 
surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, 
I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, 
I have not sinned. 

36 Why gaddest thou about so much to 
change thy way ? thou also shalt be ashamed 



of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. 
37 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and 



thy hands upon thy head : for the Lord hath 
rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not 
prosper in them. 

CHAP. III. 
] God's great mercy in Jud alt's vile whoredom, 
(i Judah is worse than Israel. 12 The promises 
of the gospel to the penitent. 20 Israel reprov- 
ed, and called by God, maketh a solemn con- 
fession of their sins. 

THEY say, If a man put away his wife, 
and she go from him, and become an- 
other man's, shall he return unto her again ? 
shall not that land be greatlv polluted ? but 
thou hast played the harlot with many lovers ; 
yet return again to me, saith the Lord. 

2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, 
and see where thou hast not been lain with. 
In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the 
Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast 
polluted the land with thy whoredoms, and 
with thy wickedness. 

3 Therefore the showers have been with- 
holden, and there hath been no latter rain ; 
and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou re- 
fusedst to be ashamed. 

4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me., 
My father, thou art the guide of my youth ? 

5 Will he reserve his anger for ever ? will 
he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast 
«poken and done evil things as thou couldest. 

6 ^f The Lord said also unto me in the days 
of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which 
backsliding Israel hath done ? she is gone 
up upon every high mountain, and under 
every green tree, and there hath played the 
harlot. 

7 And I said after she had done all these 
things, Turn thou unto me. But she return- 
ed not. And her treacherous sister Judah 
saw it. 

8 And I saw, when for all the causes where- 
by backsliding Israel committed adultery, I 
had put her away, and given her a bill of 
divorce ; yet her treacherous sister Judah 
feared not, but went and played the harlot 
also. 

9 And it came to pass through the lightness 
of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, 
and committed adultery with stones and with 
stocks. 

10 And yet for all this, her treacherous sis- 
ter Judah hath not turned unto me with her 
whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord. 

11 And the Lord said unto me, The back- 



IV. The promises of the gospel. 

sliding Israel hath justified herself more than 
treacherous Judah. 

12 Tf Go and proclaim these words toward 
the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding 
Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause 
mine anger to fall upon you : for I am mer- 
ciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep 
anger for ever. 

13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, tlmt 
thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy 
God, and hast scattered thy ways to the 
strangers under every green tree, and ye have 
not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord. 

14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the 
Lord; for I am married unto you: and 1 
will take you one of a city, and two of a fa- 
mily, and I will bring you to Zion : 

15 And I will give you pastors according to 
my heart, which shall feed you with know- 
ledge and understanding. 

16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be 
multiplied and increased in the land, in those 
days, saith the Lord, they shall say no more, 
The ark of the covenant of the Lord : nei- 
ther shall it come to mind : neither shall they 
remember it; neither shall they visit it; nei- 
ther shall that be done any more. 

17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the 
throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall 
be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, 
to Jerusalem : neither shall they walk any 
more after the imagination of their evil heart. 

18 In those days the house of Judah shall 
walk with the house of Israel, and they shall 
come together out of the land of the north 
to the land that I have given for an inheri- 
tance unto your fathers. 

19 But I said, How shall I put thee among 
the children, and give thee a pleasant land, 
a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? 

f and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; 
and shalt not turn away from me. 

20 Tf Surely as a wife treacherously depart- 
eth from her husband, so have ye dealt 
treacherously with me, O house of Israel, 
saith the Lord. 

21 A voice was heard upon the high places, 
weeping and supplications of the children of 
Israel : for they have perverted their way, 
and they have forgotten the Lord their God. 

22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I 
will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come 
unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God. 

23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from 
the hills, and from the multitude of moun- 
tains : truly in the Lord our God is the sal- 
vation of Israel. 

24 For shame hath devoured the labour of 
our fathers from our youth ; their flocks and 
their herds, their sons and their daughters. 

25 We lie down in our shame, and our con- 
fusion covereth us: for we have sinned against 
the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from 
our youth even unto this day, and have not 
obeyed the voice of the Lord our God. 

CHAP. IV. 



1 God calleth Israel by his promise. 3 He ezhorU 
eth Judah to repentance by fearful judgments. 
19 A grievous lamentation for the miseries of 
Judah. 

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Judah exhorted to repent JEREMIAH, 

IF thou wilt return, O Israel, saitli the 
Lord, return unto me: and if thou wilt 
put away thine abominations out of my sight, 
then shalt thou not remove. 

2 And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in 
truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and 
the nations shall bless themselves in him, and 
in him shall they glory. 

3 Tf For thus saith the Lord to the men of 
Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow 
ground, and sow not among thorns. 

4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and 
take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men 
of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest 
my fury come forth like fire, and burn that 
none can quench it, because of the evil of 
your doings. 

5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jeru- 
salem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the 
land: cry, Gather together, and say, Assem- 
ble yourselves, and let us go into the de- 
fenced cities. 

6 Set up the standard toward Zion : retire, 
stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, 
and a great destruction. 

7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and 
the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; 
he is gone forth from his place to make thy 
land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid 
waste, without an inhabitant. 

8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament 
and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord 
is not turned back from us. 

9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith 
theXoRD, that the heart of the king shall 
perish, and the heart of the princes; and the 
priests shall be astonished, and the prophets 
shall wonder. 

10 Then said I, Ah, Lord God ! surely thou 
hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusa- 
lem, saying, Ye shall have peace ; whereas 
the sword reacheth unto the soul. 

11 At that time shall it be said to this peo- 
ple and to Jerusalem, Adiy wind of the high 
places in the wilderness toward the daughter 
of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, 

12 Even a full wind from those places shall 
come unto me : now also will I give sentence 
against them. 

13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and 
his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his 
horses are swifter than eagles. Wo unto us ! 
for we are spoiled. i 

14 O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wick- 
edness, that thou mayest be saved. How long 
shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? 

15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and pub- 
lished! affliction from mount Ephraim. 

16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, 
publish against Jerusalem, that watchers 
come from a far country, and give out their 
voice against the cities of Judah. 

17 As keepers of a field, are they against 
her round about; because she hath been re- 
bellious against me, saith the Lord. 

18 Thy way and thy doings have procured 
these things unto thee; this is thy wicked- 
ness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth 
unto thy heart. 

19 H My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at 



Lamentation over Judah, 
my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in 
me ; I cannot hold my peace, because thou 
hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trum- 
pet, the alarm of war. 

20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; 
for the whole land is spoiled : suddenly are 
my tents spoiled, and my curtai ns in a moment. 

21 How long shall I see the standard, and 
hear the sound of the trumpet? 

22 For my people is fooiish, they have not 
known me ; they are sottish children, and they 
have none understanding : they are wise to do 
evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. 

23 I beheld the earth, and lo, it was with- 
out form, and void ; and the heavens, and 
they had no light. 

24 I beheld the mountains, and lo, they 
trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. 

25 I beheld, and lo, there was no man, and 
all the birds of the heavens were fled. 

26 I beheld, and lo, the fruitful place was a 
wilderness, and all the cities thereof were 
broken down at the presence of the Lord, 
and by his fierce anger. 

27 For thus hath the Lord said, The whole 
land shall be desolate ; yet will 1 not make a 
full end. , 

28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the 
heavens above be black : because I have 
spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not 
repent, neither will I turn back from it. 

29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of 
the horsemen and bowmen ; they shall go into 
thickets, and climb up upon the rocks : every 
city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell 
therein. 

30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt 
thou do? Though thou dottiest thyself with 
crimson, though thou deckest thee with or- 
naments of gold, though thou rendestthy face 
with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself 
fair: thy lovers will despise thee, they will 
seek thy life. 

31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman 
in travail, and the anguish as of her that 
bringeth forth her first child; the voice of 
the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, 
that spreadeth her hands, saying. Wo u me 
now ! for my soul is wearied because of mur- 
derers. 

CHAP. V. 
1 The judgments of God upon the Jews, for their 
pereerseness, 7 for their adultery, 10 for thc^r 
impiety, 10/or their contempt of God, QUayid 
for their great corruptionin the civil state, 30 
and ecclesiastical. 

RUN ye to and fro through the streets of 
Jerusalem, and see now, and know, 
and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye 
can find a man, if there be any that exeeuteth 
judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will 
pardon it. 

2 And though they say, The Lord liveth ; 
surely they swear lalsely. 

3 O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the 
truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have 
not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but 
they have refused to receive correction: they 
have made their faces harder than a rock ; 
they have refused to return. 

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God/ s judgment upon the Jews, 

4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; 
they are foolish : for thev know not the way 
of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God. 

5 I will get me unto the great men, and will 
speak unto them; for they have known the 
way of the Lord, and the judgment of their 
God : but these have altogether broken the 
yoke, and burst the bonds. 

6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall 
slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall 
spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their 
cities: every one that goeth out thence shall 
be torn in pieces: because their transgres- 
sions are many, and their backshdings are 
increased. 

7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy 
children have forsaken me, and sworn by 
them that are no gods: when I had fed them 
to the full, they then committed adulter}', and 
assembled themselves by troops in the har- 
lots' houses. 

8 They were as fed horses in the morning: 
every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. 

9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the 
Lord : and shall not my soul be avenged on 
such a nation as this ? 

10 H Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy ; 
but make not a fud end : take away her bat- 
tlements ; for they are not the Lord's. 

11 For the house of Israel and the house of 
Judah have dealt very treacherously against 
me, saith the Lord. 

12 They have belied the Lord, and said, It 
is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; 
neither shall we see sword nor famine : 

13 And die prophets shall become wind, and 
the word is not in them : thus shall it be done 
unto them. 

14 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of 
hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, 
I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and 
this people wood, and it shall devour them. 

15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from 
far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord : it is a 
mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a na- 
tion whose language thou knowest not, nei- 
ther understandest what they say. 

16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, 
they are all mighty men. 

17 And thev shall eat up thy harvest, and 
thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters 
should eat : they shall eat up thy flocks and 
thy herds : they shall eat up thy vines and thy 
fig-trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced 
cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. 

18 Nevertheless, in those days, saith the 
Lord, I will not make a full end with you. 

19 n And it shall come to pass, when ye 
shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our 
God all these thinsrs unto us ? then shalt 
thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken 
me, and served strange gods in your land, so 
shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not 
yours. 

20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and 
publish it in Judah, saying, 

21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and 
without understanding; which have eyes, 
and see not ; which have ears, and hear not : 

22 Fear ye not me ? saith the Lord : will 



CHAP. VI. for their manifold corruptions. 

ye not tremble at my presence, which have 
placed the sand for the bound of the sea by 
a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: 
and though the waves thereof toss them- 
selves, yet can they not prevail ; though they 
roar, yet can they not pass over it ? 

23 But this people hath a revolting and a 
rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. 

24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us 
now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, 
both the former and the latter, in his season : 
he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of 
the harvest. 

25 11 Your iniquities have turned away these 
things, and your sins have withholden good 
things from you. 

26 For among my people are found wicked 
men : they lay wait, as he that setteth snares ; 
they set a trap, they catch men. 

27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their 
houses full of deceit : therefore they are be- 
come great, and waxen rich. 

28 They are waxen fat, they shine : yea, 
they overpass the deeds of the wicked : they 
judge not the cause, the cause of the father- 
less, yet they prosper ; and die right of the 
needy do they not judge. 

29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith 
the Lord : shall not my soul be avenged on 
such a nation as this ? 

30 U A wonderful and horrible tiling is com- 
mitted in the land ; 

31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the 
priests bear rule by their means; and my 
people love to have it so : and what will ye 
do in the end thereof! 

CHAP. VI. 

1 The enemies sent against Judah 4 encourage 
themselves. 6 Q ad setteth them on work be- 
cause of their sins. 9 The prophet lamenteth 
the judgments of God because of their sins. 
18 He proclaimeth God's wrath. 26 He calleth 
the people to mourn for the judgment on their 
sins. 

OYE children of Benjamin, gather your- 
selves to flee out of the midst of Jerusa- 
lem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set 
up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem : for evil 
appeareth out of the north, and great de- 
struction. 

2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a 
comely and delicate woman. 

3 The shepherds with their flocks shall 
come unto her; they shall pitch their tents 
against her round about ; they shall feed eve- 
ry one in his place. 

4 Prepare ye war against her; arise, an 1 
let us go up at noon. Wo unto us ! for the 
day goeth away, for the shadows of the eve- 
ning are stretched out. 

5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us 
destroy her palaces. 

6 ^ For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, 
Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against 
Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited ; she 
is whollv oppression in the midst of her. 

7 As a 'fountain casteth out her waters, so 
she casteth out her wickedness: violence 
and spoil is heard in her ; before me conti- 
nually is grief and wounds. 

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Enemies sent against Judah. JEREMIAH. 

8 Be thou instructed, <0 Jerusalem, lest my 
soul depart from thee ; lest I make thee de- 
solate, aland not inhabited. 

9 U Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They 
•shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel 
«a a vine : turn back thy hand as a grape- 
gatherer into the baskets. 

10 To whom shall I speak, and give warn- 
ing, that they may hear ? Behold, their ear 
4s uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken : 
behold, the word of the Lord is unto them 
a reproach ; they have no delight in it. 

11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the 
Lord: I am ■weary with holding in: I will 
pour it out upon the children abroad, and 
■upon the assembly of young men together : 
for even the husband with the wife shall be 
taken, the aged with him that is full of days. 

12 And their houses shall be turned unto 
others, with their fields and wives together : 
for I will stretch out my hand upon the in- 
habitants of the land, saith the Lord. 

13 For from the least of them even unto the 
greatest of them everyone is given to co- 
vetousness; and from the prophet even unto 
the priest every one dealeth falsely. 

14 They have healed also the hurt of the 
daughter of my people slightly, saying, 
Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 

15 Were they ashamed when they had com- 
mitted abomination 1 nay, they were not at 
all ashamed, neither could they blush; there- 
fore they shall fall among them that fall : at 
the time that I visit them they shall be cast 
down, saith the Lord. 

16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the 
ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, 
where is the good way, and walk therein, 
and ye shall find rest for your souls. But 
they said, We will not walk therein, 

17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, 
Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But 
they said, We will not hearken. 

18 H Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, 
O congregation, what is among them. 

19 Hear, O earth : Behold, I will bring evil 
upon this people, even the fruit of their 
thoughts, because they have not hearkened 
unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. 

20 To what purpose cometh there to me in- 
cense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a 
far country ? your burnt-offerings are not ac- 
ceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. 

21 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, 
\ will lay stumbling-blocks before this peo- 
ple, and the fathers and the sons together 
shall fall upon them ; the neighbour and his 
friend shall perish. 

22 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people 
cometh from the north country, and a great na- 
•tion shall be raised from the sides of the earth. 

23 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; 
they are cruel, and have no mercy; their 
voice roareth like the sea; and they ride 
upon horses, set in array as men for war 
against thee, O daughter of Zion. 

24 We have heard the fame thereof: our 
4iands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold 
of us, arid pain, as of a woman in travail. 

25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by 



Exhortations to repentance. 
the way ; for the sword of the enemy and 
fear is on every side. 

26 Tf O daughter of my people, gird thee 
with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: 
make thee mourning, as for an only son, 
most bitter lamentation : for the spoiler shall 
suddenly come upon us. 

27 1 have set thee for a tower and a fortress 
among my people, that thou mayest know 
and try their way. 

28 They are all grievous revolters, walking 
with slanders : they are brass and iron ; they 
are all corrupters. 

29 The bellows are burned, the lead is con- 
sumed of the fire; the founder melteth in 
vain : for the wicked are not plucked away. 

30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, be- 
cause the Lord hath rejected them. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Jeremiah is sent to call for true repentance, to 
prevent the Jews'' captivity. 8He rejecteth their 
vain confidence, V&by the example of Shiloh. 
11 He threateneth them for their idolatry. 21 
He rejecteth the sacrifices of the disobedient. 
29 He exhortcth to mourn for their abomina- 
tions in Tophct, 32 and the judgments for the 
same. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah from 
the Lord, saying, 

2 Stand in the gate of the Lord's house, 
and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear 
the word of the Lord, all ye of Judah, that 
enter in at these gates to worship the Lord. 

3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of 
Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, 
and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 

4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The 
temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, 
The temple of the Lord, are these. 

5 For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and 
your doings; if ye thoroughly execute judg- 
ment between a man and his neighbour ; 

6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the father- 
less, and the widow, and shed not innocent 
blood in this place, neither walk after other 
gods to your hurt; 

7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this 
place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, 
for ever and ever. 

8 If Behold, ye trust in lying words, that 
cannot profit. 

9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adul- 
tery, and swear falsely, and burn incense 
unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom 
ye know not; 

10 And come and stand before me in this 
house, which is called by my name, and say, 
We are delivered to do all these abomina- 
tions ? 

11 Is this house, which is called by my name, 
become a den of robbers in your eyes? Be- 
hold, even I have seen it, saith the Lord. 

12 But go ye now unto my place which was 
in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, 
and see what I did to it for the wickedness 
of my people Israel. 

13 And now, because ye have done all these 
works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, 
rising up early and speaking, but ye heard 
not ; and I called you, but ye answered not; 

14 Therefore will I do unto this house, which 
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The Jetcs threatened for idolatry. 
is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and 
unto the place which I gave to you and to 
your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. 

15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I 
have cast out all your brethren, even the 
whole seed of Ephraim. 

16 Therefore pray not thou for this people, 
neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, nei- 
ther make intercession to me : for I will not 
hear thee. 

17 U Seest thou not what they do in the ci- 
ties of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem ? 

18 The children gather wood, and the fa- 
thers kindle the fire, and the women knead 
their dough, to make cakes to the queen of 
heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto 
other gods, that they may provoke me to 
anger. 

ID Do they provoke me to anger? saith the 
Lord : do they not provoke themselves to 
the confusion of their own faces? 

20 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Be- 
hold, mine anger and my fury shall be pour- 
ed out upon this place, upon man, and upon 
beast, and upon the trees of the field, and 
upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall 
burn, and shall not be quenched. 

21 % Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
of Israel ; Put your burnt-offerings unto your 
sacrifices, and eat flesh. 

22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor 
commanded them in the day that I brought 
them out of the land of Egypt, concerning 
burnt-offerings or sacrifices : 

23 But this thing commanded I them, say- 
ing, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, 
and ye shall be my people : and walk ye in 
all the ways that I have commanded you, that 
it may be well unto you. 

24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined 
their ear, but walked in the counsels arid in 
the imagination of their evil heart, and went 
backward, and not forward. 

25 Since the day that your fathers came 
forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I 
have even sent unto you all my servants the 
prophets, daily rising up early and sending 
them : 

26 Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor in- 
clined their ear, but hardened their neck: 
they did worse than their fathers. 

27 Therefore thou shalt sneak all these 
words unto them ; but they will not hearken 
to thee : thou shalt also call unto them; but 
they will not answer thee. 

28 But thou shalt say unto them, This is a 
nation that obeyeth not the voice of the Lord 
•their God, nor receiveth correction : truth is 
perished, and is cutoff from their mouth. 

29 % Cut off thy hair, O Jerusalem, and 
cast it away, and take up a lamentation on 
high places; for the Lord hath rejected and 
forsaken the generation of his wrath. 

30 For the children of Judah have done 
evil in my sight, saith the Lord : they have 
set their abominations in the house which is 
called by my name, to pollute it. 

31 And they have built the high places of 
Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of 
Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daugh- 



CHAP. VIII. Their impenitency upbraided, 

ters in the fire ; which I commanded them 
not, neither came it into my heart. 

32 1[ Therefore, behold, the days come, 
saith the Lord, that it shall no more be call 
ed Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hin- 
nom, but The valley of Slaughter : for they 
shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place. 

33 And the carcasses of this people shall be 
meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the- 
beasts of the earth ; and none shall fray them 
awav. 

34 Then will I cause to cease from the cities 
of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, 
the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, 
the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of 
the bride : for the land shall be desolate. 

CHAP. VIII. 
1 The calamity of the Jews, both dead and alive. 
A He upbraideth their foolish and shameless 
impenitency. 33 He sheweth their grievous- 
judgment, 18 and bewaileth their desperate es- 
tate. 

AT that time, saith the Lord, they shalt 
bring out the bones of the kings of Ju* 
dah, and the bones of his princes, and the 
bones of the priests, and the bones of the pro- 
phets, and the bones of the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem, out of their graves: 

2 And they shall spread them before the sun, 
and the moon, and all the host of heaven, 
whom they have loved, and whom they have 
served, and after whom they have walked, 
and whom they have sought, and whom they 
have worshipped : they shall not be gather- 
ed, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon? 
the face of the earth. 

3 And death shall be chosen rather than life 
by all the residue of them that remain of thia 
evil family, which remain in all the places 
whither I have driven them, saith the Lord l 
of hosts. 

4 TT Moreover, thou shalt say unto them, Thus* 
saith the Lord ; Shall they fall, and not arise f 
shall he turn away, and not return ? 

5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slid- 
den back by a perpetual backsliding ? they 
hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. 

6 1 hearkened and heard, hut they spake not 
aright: no man repented him of his wicked- 
ness, saying, What have I done ? every one 
turned to his course, as the horse rusheth 
into the battle. 

7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her 
appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, 
and the swallow, observe the time of thei^ 
coming ; but my people know not the judg- 
ment of the Lord. 

8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law 
of the Lord is with us ? Lo, certainly in vahv 
made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. 

9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dis- 
mayed and taken : lo, they have rejected the 
word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in 
them ? 

10 Therefore will I give their wives unto^ 
others, and their fields to them that shall in- 
herit them : for every one from the least even 
unto the greatest is given to covetousness* 
from the prophet even unto the priest every 
one dealeth falselv. 

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God? s judgments on the Jews, JEREMIAH. 

1 L For lliey have healed the hurt of the 
daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, 
peace; when there is no peace. 

12 Were they ashamed when they had com- 
mitted abomination ? nay, they were not at 
all ashamed, neither could they blush : there- 
fore shall they fall among them that fall: in 
the time of their visitation they shall be cast 
down, saith the Lord. 

13 If I will surely consume them, saith the 
Lord : there shall be no grapes on the vine, 
nor figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf shall 
fade ; and the things that I have given them 
ehall pass away from them. 

14 Why do we sit still ? assemble yourselves, 
and let us enter into the defenced cities, and 
let us be silent there : for the Lord our God 
hath put us to silence, and given us water of 
gall to drink, because we have sinned against 
Die Lord. 

15 W T e looked for peace, but no good came ; 
and for a time of health, and behold, trouble ! 

16 The snorting of his horses was heard 
from Dan ; the whole land trembled at the 
sound of the neighing of his strong ones: for 
they are come, and have devoured the land, 
and all that is in it ; the city, and those that 
dwell therein. 

17 For behold, I will send serpents, cock- 
atrices, among you, which will not be charm- 
ed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord. 

18 ^f When I would comfort myself against 
sorrow, my heart is faint in me. 

19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daugh- 
ter of my people because of them that dwell 
in a far country : Is not the Lord in Zion ? 
is not her King in her? Why have they pro- 
voked me to anger with their graven images, 
and with strange vanities ? 

20 The harvest is past, the sunuper is end- 
ed, and we are not saved. 

21 For the hurt of the daughter of my peo- 
ple am I hurt; I am black; astonishment 
hath taken hold on me. 

22 Is tJiere no balm in Gilead ; is there no 
physician there ? why then is not the health 
of the daughter of my people recovered? 

CHAP. IX. 
1 Jeremiah lamenteth the Jews for their mani- 
fold sins, 9 and for their judgment. 12 Dis- 
obedience is the cause of their bitter calamity. 
17 He exhorteth tomourn for their destruction, 
23 and tq trust not in themselves, but in God. 
25 He threateneth both Jews and Gentiles. 

OH that my head were waters, and mine 
eyes a fountain of tears, that I might 
weep day and night for the slain of the daugh- 
ter of my people! 

2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging- 
place of way-faring men ; that I might leave 
my people, and go from them ! for they be all 
adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. 

3 And they bend their 'tongues like their bow 
for lies : out they are not valiant for the truth 

upon the earth ; for they proceed from evil 
to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord. 

4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, 
and trust ye not in any brother : for every 
brother will utterly supplant, and every neigh- 
bour will walk with slanders. 



The causes of their calamity . 

5 And they will deceive every one his neigh- 
bour, and will noi speak the truth : they have 
taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary 
themselves to commit iniquity. 

6 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit • 
through deceit they refuse to know me, saith 
the Lord. 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
Behold, I will melt them, and try them ; for 
how shall I do for the daughter of my people ? 

8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out ; it 
speaketh deceit : one speaketh peaceably to 
his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart 
he layeth his wait. 

9 ^[ Shall I not visit them for these things ? 
saith the Lord : shall not my soul be avenged 
on such a nation as this ? 

10 For the mountains will I take up a weep* 
ioff and wailing, and for the habitations of the 
wilderness a lamentation, because they are 
burned up, so that none can pass through 
them ; neither can men hear the voice of the 
cattle : both the fowl of the heavens and the 
beast are fled; they are gone. 

11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and 
a den of dragons ; and I will make the cities 
of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. 

12 U Who is the wise man, that may under- 
stand this? and who is he to whom the mouth 
of the Lord hath spoken, that he may de- 
clare it, for what the land perisheth and is 
burned up like a wilderness, that none pass- 
etli through ? 

13 And the Lord saith, Because they have 
forsaken my law which I set before them, 
and have not obeyed my voice, neither walk* 
ed therein ; 

14 But have walked after the imagination 
of their own heart, and after Baalim, which 
their fathers taught them : 

35 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel ; Behold, I \yill feed them, 
even this people, with wormwood, and give 
them water of gall to drink. 

16 I will scatter them also among the hea- 
then, whom neither they nor their fathers 
have known : and I will send a sword aftei 
them, till I have consumed them. 

17 U Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Con 
sider ye, and call for the mourning women 
that they may come ; and send for cunning 
women, that they may come : 

18 And let them make haste, and take up a 
wailing for us, that our eyes may run down 
with tears, and our eyelids gush out with 
waters. 

19 For a voice of wailing is heard out oi 
Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greath 
confounded, because we have forsaken the 
land, because our dwellings have cast us out 

20 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O y€ 
women, and let your ear receive the wore 
of his mouth, and teach your daughters wail 
ing, and eveiy one her neighbour lamenta' 
tion. 

21 For death is come up into our windows 
and is entered into our palaces, to cut off tin 
children from without, and the young mer 
from the streets. 

22 Speak, Thus saith the Lord Even the 
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None comparable with God. CHAP 

carcasses of men shall fall as dung upon the 
open field, and as the handful after the har- 
vest-man, ana none shall gather them. 

23 ^f Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise 
man glory in his wisdom, neither let the 
mighty man glory in his might, let not the 
rich man glory in his riches : 

24 But let him that glorieth, glory in this, 
that he understandeth and knoweth me, that 
I am the Lord which exercise loving-kind- 
ness, judgment, and righteousness, in the 
earth : for in these things! delight, saith the 
Loud. 

25 ^[ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
that [ will punish all them which are circum- 
cised with the uncircumcised ; 

26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the 
children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that 
are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the 
wilderness : for all these nations are uncir- 
cumcised, and all the house of Israel are un- 
circumcised in the heart. 

CHAP. X. 
1 The unequal comparison of God and idols. 17 
The prophet cxhorteth to flee from the calami- 
ty to come. 19 He lamenteth the spoil of the 
tabernacle by foolish pastors. 23 He maketh 
an humble supplication. 

HEAR ye the word which the Lord 
speaketh unto you, O house of Israel : 

2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way 
of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the 
signs of heaven ; for the heathen are dismay- 
ed at them. 

3 For the customs of the people are vain : 
for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the 
work of the hands of the workman, with the 
axe. 

4 They deck it with silver and with gold; 
they fasten it with nails and with hammers, 
that it move not. 

5 They are upright as the palm-tree, but 
speak not : they must needs be borne, be- 
cause they cannot go. Be not afraid of 
them ; for they cannot do evil, neither also 
is it in them to do good. 

6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto 
thee, O Lord ; thou art great, and thy 
name is great in might. 

7 Who would not fear thee, O King of na- 
tions? for to thee doth it appertain: for- 
asmuch as among all the wise men of the 
nationg, and in all their kingdoms, there is 
none like unto thee. 

8 But they are altogether brutish and fool- 
ish : the stock is a doctrine of vanities. 

9 Silver spread into plates is brought from 
Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of 
the workman, and of the hands of the foun- 
der: blue and purple is their clothing: they 
are all the work of cunning men. 

10 But the Lord is the true God, he is the 
living God, and an everlasting King : at his 
wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations 
shall not be able to abide his indignation. 

11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods 
tlrat have not made the heavens and the 
earth, even they shall perish from the earth, 
and from under these heavens. 

12 He hath made the earth by his power, 



, X, XI. Spoil of the tabernacle lamented 
he hath established the world by his wisdom, 
and hath stretched out the heavens by his 
discretion. 

13 When he tittereth his voice, there is a 
multitude of waters in the heavens, and he 
causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends 
of the earth; he maketh lightnings with 
rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his 
treasures. 

14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: 
every founder is confounded by the graven 
image: for his molten image is falsehood, 
and there is no breath in them. 

15 They are vanity, and the work of errors : 
in the time of their visitation they shall perish. 

16 The Portion of Jacob is not like them : 
for he is the former of all thing's ; and Israel 
is the rod of his inheritance : The Lord of 
hosts is his name. 

17 T[ Gather up thy wares out of the land, O 
inhabitant of the fortress. 

18 For thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I will 
sling out the inhabitants of the land at this 
once, and will distress them that they may 
find it so> 

19 H Wo is me for my hurt! my wbuhii i? 
grievous : but I said, Truly this is a grief, 
and I must bear it. 

20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords 
are broken : my children are gone forth of 
me, and they are not: there is none to 
stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up 
my curtains. 

21 For the pastors are become brutish, and 
have not sought the Lord : therefore they 
shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be 
scattered, 

22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is como, 
and a gre&t commotion out of the north coun- 
try, to make the cities of Judah desolate, arid 
a den of dragons. 

23 ^T O Lord, I know that the way of man 
is not in himself : it is not in man that walk* 
eth to direct his steps. 

24 O Lord, correct me, but with judgment ; 
not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to no- 
thing. 

25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that 
know thee not, and upon the families that call 
not on thy name : for they have eaten up 
Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed 
him, and have made his habitation desolate. 

CHAP. XL 
1 Jeremiah proclaimeth God's covenant, 8 re- 
buketh the Jews disobeying thereof, 11 prophet 
sieth evils to come upon them, 18 and upon the 
men of Jlnathoth, for conspiring to kill Jere- 
miah. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah from 
the Lord, saying, 

2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and 
speak unto the men of J udah, and to the in- 
habitants of Jerusalem ; 

3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the 
Lord God of Israel ; Cursed be the man that 
obeyeth not the words of this covenant, 

4 Which I commanded your fathers in the 
day that I brought them forth out of the land 
of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obev 
my voice, and do them, according to all winds 

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God's covenant proclaimed. JEREMIAH. 

I command you : so shall ye be my people, 
and I will be your God : 

5 That I may perform the oatli which I 
aave sworn unto your fathers, to give them 
a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is 
this day. Then answered I, and said, So be 
it, O Lord. 

6 Then the Lord said unto me, Proclaim 
all these words in the cities of Judah, and in 
the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the 
words of this covenant, and do them. 

7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers 
in the day thai I brought them up out of the 
Jand of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early 
and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. 

8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their 
ear, but walked every one in the imagina- 
tion of their evil heart : therefore I will bring 
upon them all the words of this covenant, 
which I commanded them to do; but they 
did them not. 

9 And the Lord said unto me, A conspiracy 
is found among the men of Judah, and anion 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

10 They are turned back to the iniquities of 
their forefathers, which refused to hear my 
words; and they went after other gods to 
serve them : the house of Israel and the house 
of Judah have broken my covenant which I 
made with then* fathers. 

II 1f Therefore thus saith the Lord, Be- 
hold, I will bring evil upon them which they 
shall not be able to escape ; and though they 
shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto 
them. 

12 Then shall the cities of Judah and inha- 
bitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the 
gods unto whom they offer incense : but they 
shall not save them at all in the time of their 
trouble. 

13 For according to the number of thy cities 
were thy gods, O Judah ; and according to 
the number of the streets of Jerusalem have 
ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even 
altars to burn incense unto Baal. 

14 Therefore pray not thou for this people, 
neither lift up a cry or prayer for them : for 
I will not hear them in the "time that they cry 
unto me for their trouble. 

15 What hath my beloved to do in my house, 
seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many; 
and the holy flesh is passed from thee ? when 
thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. 

16 The IiORD called thy name, A green 
olive-tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the 
noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire 
upon it, and the branches of it are broken. 

17 For the Lord of hosts, that planted thee, 
hath pronojjjjjced evil against thee, for the 
evil of the house of Israel and of the house 
of Judah, which they have done against them- 
selves to provoke me to anger in offering in- 
cense unto Baal. 

18^ And the Lord hath given me know- 
ledge of it, and I know it: then tlwni shew- 
edst me their doings. 

19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is 
brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that 
they had devised devices against me, say in. 



Prosperity of Die wicked. 
of, and let us cut him off from the land of the 
living, that his name may be no more remem- 
bered. 

20 But, O Lord of hosts, that judgest right- 
eously, thattrie.st the reins and the heart, let 
me see thy vengeance on them : for unto thee 
have I revealed my cause. 

21 Therefore thus saith the Lord of the 
men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, 
Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that 
thou die not by our hand : 

22 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
Behold, I will punish them: the young men 
shall die by the sword; their sons and their 
daughters shall die by famine : 

23 And there shall be no remnant of them: 
for 1 will bring evil upon the men of Ana- 
thoth, even the year of their visitation. 

CHAP. XII. 



I Jeremiah, complaining of the wicked's pros- 
perity, by faith seeth their ruin. 5 God ad- 
vwnishcth him of his brethren's treachery 
against him, 7 and lamenteth his heritage. 14 
He promistth to the penitent return from cap- 
tivity. 

RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord, when- 
I plead with thee: yet let me talk with 
thee of 2% judgments: therefore doth the 
way of the wicked prosper ? wherefore are 
all they happy that deal very treacherously ? 

2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have 
taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth 
fruit : thou art near in "their mouth, and far 
from their reins. 

3 But thou, O Lord, knowest me : thou hast 
seen me, and tried my heart toward thee : 
pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, 
and prepare them for the day of slaughter. 

4 How long shall the land mourn, and the 
herbs of every field wither, for the wicked- 
ness of them that dwell therein 1 the beasts 
are consumed, and the birds; because they 
said, He shall not see our last end. 

5 ^f If thou hast run with the footmen, and 
they have wearied thee, then how canst thou 
contend with horses ? and if in the land of 
peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied 
thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling 
of Jordan ? 

6 For even thy brethren, and the house of 
thy father, even they have dealt treacherous- 
ly with thee ; yea, they have called a multi- 
tude after thee : believe them not, though 
they speak fair words unto thee. 

7 If I have forsaken my house, I have left 
my heritage ; I have given the dearly beloved 
of my soul into the hand of her enemies. 

8 My heritage is unto me as a lion in the 
forest; it crieth out against me: therefore 
have I hated it. 

9 My heritage is unto me as a speckled 
bird, the birds round about are against her ; 
come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, 
come to devour. 

10 Many pastors have destroyed my vine- 
yard, they have trodden my portion under 
foot, they have made my pleasant portion a 
desolate wilderness. 

II They have made it desolate, and being 



Let us destrov the tree with the fruit there- 1 desolate it moumeth unto me; the whole 

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The type of the linen girdle. 

land is made desolate, because no man layeth 

it to heart. 

12 The spoilers are come upon all high places 
through the wilderness: for the sword of the 
Lord shall devour from the one end of the 
land even to the other end of the land : no 
flesh shall have peace. 

13 They have sown wheat, but shall reap 
thorns: they have put themselves to pain, 
but shall not profit; and they shall be ashamed 
ofyourrevenues because of the fierce angerof 
the Lokd. 

14 1T Thus saith the Lord against all mine 
evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance 
which I have caused my people Israel to in- 
herit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their 
land, and pluck out the house of Judah from 
among them. 

15 And it shall come to pass, after that I 
have plucked them out I will return, and 
have compassion on them, and will bring 
them again, every man to his heritage, and 
every man to his land. 

16 And it shall come to pass, if they will 
diligently learn the ways of my people, to 
swear by my name, The Lord liveth ; as 
they taught my people to swear by Baal; 
then shall they be built in the midst of my 
people. 

17 But if they will not obey, I will utterly 
I pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the 
I Lord. 

CHAP. XIII. 
1 In the type of a linen girdle, hidden at Ku- 
phrates, God prefigurcth the destruction of his 
people. 12 Under the parable of the bottles fill- 
ed with wine he for etelleth their drunkenness in 
misery. 15 He exhorteth to prevent their fu- 
ture judgments. 22 He sheweth that their abo- 
minations are the cause thereof. 

THUS saith the Lord unto me, Go and 
get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon 
thy loins, and put it not in water. 

2 So I got a girdle according to the word of 
the Lord, and put it on my loins. 

3 And the word of the Lord came unto me 
the second time, saying, 

4 Take the girdle that thou hast got, which 
is upon tlry loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, 
and hide it there in a hole of the rock. 

5 So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the 
| | Lord commanded me. 

6 And it came to pass after many days, that 
the Lord said unto me, Arise, go to Eu- 
phrates, and take the girdle from thence, 
which I commanded thee to hide there. 

7 Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, 
and took the girdle from the place where I 
had nid it : and behold, the girdle was mar- 
red, it was profitable for nothing. 

.8 Then the word of the Lord came unto 
line, saying, 

9 Thus saith the Lord, After this manner 
will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great 
pride of Jerusalem. 

10 This evil people, which refuse to hear 
my words, which walk in the imagination of 
their heart, and walk after other gods, to 
serve them, and to worship them, shall even 
be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. 

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CHAP. XIII. Tlie Jews exlim ted to repent. 

11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of 
a man, so have 1 caused to cleave unto me 
the whole house of Israel and the whole 
house of Judah, saith the Lord ; that they 
might be unto me for a people, and for a 
name, and for a praise, and for a glory : but 
they would not hear. 

12 tf Therefore thou shalt speak urtto them 
this word; Thus saith the Lord God of Is- 
rael, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: 
and they shall say unto thee, Do we not cer- 
tainly know that every bottle shall be filled 
with wine? 

13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Tin's 
saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the in- 
habitants of this land, even the kings that sit 
upon David's throne, and the priests, and the 
prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusa 
lem, with drunkenness. 

14 And I will dash them one against ano- 
ther, even the fathers and the sons together, 
saith the Lord : I will not pity, nor spare, 
nor have mercy, but destroy them. 

15 1[ Hear ye, and give ear ; be not proud : 
for the Lord hath spoken. 

16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before 
he cause darkness, and before your feet stum- 
ble upon the dark mountains, and while ye 
look lor light, he turn it into the shadow of 
death, and make it gross darkness. 

17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall 
weep in secret places for your pride ; and 
mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with 
tears, because the Lord's flock is carried 
away captive. 

18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Hum- 
ble yourselves, sit down : for your principali- 
ties shall come down, even the crown of your 
glory. 

19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, 
and none shall open them : Judah shall be 
carried away captive all of it, it shall be 
wholly carried away captive. 

20 Lift up your eyes, and behold them that 
come from the north : where is the flock that 
was given thee, thy beautiful flock 1 

21 What wilt thou say when he shall punish 
thee 1 for thou hast taught them to be cap- 
tains, and as chief over thee : shall not sor- 
rows take thee, as a woman in travail ? 

22 *ft And if thou say in thy heart, Where- 
fore come these things upon me? For the 
greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts dis- 
covered, and thy heels made bare. 

23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or 
the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do 
good, that are accustomed to do evil. 

24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stub- 
ble that passeth away by the wind of the 
wilderness. 

25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy mea- 
sures from me, saith the Lord ; because thou 
hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. 

26 Therefore will I discover thy skills upon 
thy face, that thy shame may appear. 

27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy 
neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, 
ana thine abominations on the hills in the 
fields. Wo unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou 
not be made clean 1 when shall it once be ? 

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A grievous famine. 

CHAP. XIV. 

1 The grievous famine 1 cause th Jeremiah to 
pray. 10 The Lord will not be intreatedfor the 
people.. 13 lAjing prophets are no excuse for 
them. 17 Jeremialv is moved to complain for 
them. 

THE word of the Lord that came to Je- 
remiah concerning the dearth. 
SI Judah monrneth,. and the gates thereof 
languish; they are black unto the ground; 
audthe cry of Jerusalem Is gone up. 

3 And their nobles have sent their little ones 
to the waters: they came to the pits, and 
(■Kind no water; they returned with their 
vessels empty; they were ashamed and con- 
founded, and covered their heads. 

4 Because the ground is chapt, for there 
was no rain in the earth, the ploughmen were 
ashamed, they covered their heads. 

5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and 
forsook it, because there was no grass. 

6 And the wild asses did stand in the High 
places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; 
their eyes did fail, because there was no grass. 

7 Tf O Lord, though our iniquities testify 
against us, do thou it for thy name's sake : 
for our backslidings are many ; we have sin- 
ned against thee. 

3 O the Hope o f Israel, the Saviour thereof 
in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as 
a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring 
man that turneth aside to tarry for a night ? 

9 Why shouldest thou be as a man aston- 
ished, as a mighty man that cannot save ? yet 
thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we 
are called by thy name ; leave us not. 

10 ^[ Thus saith the Lord unto this people, 
Thus have they loved to wander, they have 
not refrained their feet, therefore the Lord 
doth not accept them; he will now remem- 
ber their iniquity, and visit their sins. 

11 Then said the Lord unto me, Pray not 
for this people for their good. 

12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; 
and when they offer burnt-offering and an 
oblation, I will not accept them ; but I will 
consume them by the sword, and by the fa- 
mine and by the pestilence. 

13 H Then said I, Ah Lord God ! behold, 
the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see 
the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but 
I will give you assured peace in this place. 

14 Then the Lord said unto me, The pro- 
pi lets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them 
not, neither have I commanded them, neither 
spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a 
false vision and divination, and a thing of 
nought, and the deceit of their heart. 

15 Therefore thus saith the Lord concern- 
ing the prophets that prophesy in my name, 
and I sent them not, yetthevsay, Sword and 
famine shall not be in this land; By sword 
and famine shall those prophets be consumed. 

16 And the people to whom they prophesy 
shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, 
because of the famine, and the sword; and 
they shall hare none, to bury them, them, their 
wives, nor their sons, nor their -daughters: 
for I will pour their wickedness upon them. 

Yt% Therefore th m slmltsay this word unto 



JEREMIAH. The utter rejection of the Jem. 
them; Let mine eyes run down with tears 
night and day, and let them not cease : for 
the virgfn daughter of my people is broken 
with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. 

18 Iff go forth into the field, then behold 
the slain with the sword! and if I enter into 
the city, then behold them that are sick with 
famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest 
go about into a land that they know not. 

19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah ? hath 
thy soul loathed Zion ? Why hast thou smit- 
ten us, and there is no healing for us? we 
looked for peace, and there is no good ; and 
for the time of healing, and behold trouble! 

20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wicked- 
ness, and the iniquity of our fathers : for we 
have sinned against thee. 

21 Do not abhor us; for thv name's sake, 
do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: re- 
member, break not thy covenant with us. 

22 Are there any among the vanities of the 
Gentiles that can cause rain ? or can the hea- 
vens give showers? Art not thou he, O Lord 
our God ? therefore we wiil wait upon thee : 
for thou hast made all these things. 

CHAP. XV. 
1 The utter rejection and manifold judgments of 
the Jews. 10 Jeremiah, complaining of their 
spite, receirtth a promise for himself, 12 and 
a threatening for them. 15 Hcprayeth, VdancL 
receiveth a gracious promise. 

THEN said the Lord unto me, Though 
3Ioses and Samuel stood before me, yd 
my mind could not be toward this people: 
cast them out of my sight, and let them go 
forth. 

2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto 
thee, Whither shall we go forth ? then thou 
shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord; Such 
as are for death, to death ; and such as are 
for the sword, to the sword; and suchas/zre 
tor the famine, to the famine; and such as 
are for the captivitv, to the captivity. 

3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, 
saith tlie Lord: the sword to slay, and the 
dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and 
the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. 

4 And I will cause them to be removed into 
aH kingdoms of the earth, because of Manas* 
seh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for 
thai which he did in Jerusalem. 

5 For who shall have pity upon thee, O Je- 
rusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who 
shall go aside to ask how thou doest? 

6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, 
thou art gone backward : therefore will [ 
stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy 
thee; I am weary with repenting. 

7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates 
of the land ; I will bereave them of children, 
I will destroy my people, since they return 
not from their ways. 

8 Their widows are increased to me above 
the sand of the seas : I have brought upon 
them against the mother of the young men a 
spoiler at noon-day : I have caused him to 
fill upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the 
city. 

9'She th; t hath borne seven languishelh : 

she hath given upthe crhost; her sun is gone 

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Jeremiah'' s complaint. 

down while it teas yet day : she hath been 
ashamed and confounded : and the residue 
of them will I deliver to the sword before 
their enemies, saitli the Lord. 

10 ^[ Wo is me, my mother, that thou hast 
borne me a man of strife and a man of con- 
tention to the whole earth ! I have neither 
lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on 

* usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. 

11 The Lord said, Verily it shall be well 
with thy remnant ; verily I will cause the ene- 
my to entreat thee well in the time of evil 
and m the time of affliction. 

12 Shall iron break the northern iron and 
the steel ? 

13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I 
give to the spoil without price, and tliat for 
all thy sins, even in all thy borders. 

14 And I will make thee'to pass with thine 
enemies into a land which thou knowestnot : 
for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall 
burn upon you. 

15 ^ O Lord, thou knowest: remember 
me, and vigit me, and revenge me of my per- 
secutors; take me not away in thy long-suf- 
fering: know that for thy sake I have suffer- 
ed rebuke. 

16 Thy words were found, and 1 did eat 
them; and thy word was unto me the joy 

j and rejoicing of my heart : for I am called 

by thy name, O Lord God of hosts. 
I . 17 1 sat not in the assembly of the mockers, 
I nor rejoiced ; I sat alone because of thy hand : 
I for thou hast filled me with indignation. 

18 Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound 
incurable, which refuseth to be healed ? wilt 
thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as 
waters that fail ? 

19 TI Therefore thus saith the Lord, If thou 
return, then will I bring thee again, and thou 
shalt stand before me : and if thou take forth 
the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as 
my mouth : let them return unto thee ; but 
return not thou unto them. 

20 And I will make thee unto this people a 
fenced brazen wall: and they shall fight 
against thee, but they shall not prevail 
against thee : for I am with thee to save thee 
and to deliver thee, saith the Lord. 

21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand 
of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of 

• the hand of the terrible. 

CHAP. XVI. 
1 The propriety under the types of abstaining 1 from 
marriage, from houses of mourning and feast- 
ing, foresheweth the utter ruin of the Jews, 
lObecause they were worse than their fathers. 
14 Their return from captivity shall be stran- 
ger than their deliverance out of Egypt. 1G 
Qod will doubly recompense their idolatry. 

THE word of the Lord came also unto 
me, saying, 

2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither 
shalt tliou have sons nor daughters in this 
place. 

3 For thus saitli the Lord concerning the 
sons and concerning the daughters that are 
born in this place, and concerning their mo- 
thers that bare them, and concerning their 
fathers that begat them in this land : 



CHAP. XVI. Tlie complete ruinvfthe Jews. 

4 They shall die of grievous deaths ; they 
shall not be lamented ; neither shall they be 
buried ; but they shall be as dung upon the 
face of the earth : and they shall be consu- 
med by the sword, and by famine ; and their 
carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of hea- 
ven, and for the beasts of the earth. 

5 For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into 
the house of mourning, neither go to lament 
nor bemoan them : for I Jiave taken away 
my peace from this people, saith the Lord, 
even loving-kindness and mercies. 

6 Both the great and the small shall die o 
this land : they shall not be buried, neither 
shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, 
nor make themselves bald for them: 

7 Neither shall men tear themselves for them 
in mourning, to comfort them for the dead ; 
neither shall men give them the cup of con- 
solation to drink for their father or for their 
mother. 

8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of 
feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. 

9 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
of Israel ; Behold, I will cause to cease out 
of this place in your eyes, and in your days, 
the yoice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, 
the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of 
the bride. 

10 1J And it shall come to pass, when thou 
shalt shew this people all these words, and 
they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the 
Lord pronounced all this great evil against 
us ? or what is our iniquity ? or what is our 
sin that we have committed against the Lord 
our God ? 

11 Then shalt thou say unto them, Because 
your fathers have forsaken me, saith the 
Lord, and have walked after other gods, and 
have served them, and have worshipped 
them, and have forsaken me, and have not 
kept my law ; 

12 And ye have done worse than your fa- 
thers; for, behold, ye walk every one after 
the imagination of his evil heart, that they 
may not hearken unto me : 

13 Therefore will I cast you out of this Land 
into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor 
your fathers; and there shall ye serve other 
gods day and night; where I will not shew 
you favour. 

14 *f[ Therefore behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord, that it shall no more be said, The 
Lord liveth, that brought up the children of 
Israel out of the land of Egypt; 

15 But, The Lord liveth, that brought up 
the children of Israel from the land of the 
north, and from all the lands whither he had 
driven them : and I will bring them again into 
their land that I gave unto their fathers. 

16 *[[ Behold, I will send for many fishers, 
saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; 
and after will I send for many hunters, and 
they shall hunt them from every mountain, 
and from every hill, and out of the holes of 
the rocks 

17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways : 
they are not hid from my face, neither is 
their iniquity hid from mine eyes. 

18 And first I wift recompense their iniqul- 
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Judaic $ captivity for sin. 
IV and their sin double; because they have 
defiled my land, they have filled mine inhe- 
ritance with the carcasses of their detestable 
and abominable things. 

10 O Lord, my strength and my fortress, 
and my refuge in the day of affliction, the 
Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends 
of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers 
have inherited lies, vanity, and tMugs where- 
in there is no profit. 

20 Shall a man make gods unto himself, and 
ijiey are no gods ? 

21 Therefore behold, I will this once cause 
them to know, I will cause them to know 
my hand and my might; and they shall know 
that my name is The Lord. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 The captivity of Judah for her sin. 5 Trust in 
man is cursed, 7 in God is bicssed. 9 The de- 
ceitful heart cannot deceive God. 12 The sal- 
vation of God. 15 The prophet complaincth of 
the mockers of his prophecy. 19 He is sent to 
renew the covenant in hallowing the sabbath. 

THE sin of Judah is written with a pen 
of iron, and with the point of a diamond: 
it is graven upon the table of their heart, and 
upon the horns of your altars; 

2 Whilst their children remember their 
altars and their groves by the green trees 
upon the high hills. 

3 O my mountain in the field, I will give thy 
substance arid all thy treasures to the spoil, 
and thy high places for sin, throughout all 
thy borders. 

4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue 
from thy heritage that I gave thee ; and I will 
cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land 
which thou knowest not : for ye have kindled 
a Cue in mine an^er, which shall burn for ever. 

5 U Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed be the man 
that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh h is arm, 
and whose heart departeth from the Lord. 

6 For he shall be like the heath in the de- 
sert, and shall not see when good cometh ; 
but shall inhabit the parched places in the 
wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 

7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the 
Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. 

8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the 
waters, and that spreadtlh out her roots by 
the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, 
but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be 
careful in the vear of drought, neither shall 
cease from yielding fruit. 

9 H The heart is deceitful above all things, 
and desperately wicked: who can know it? 

10 I the Lord search the heart, / try the 
reins, even to give every man according to his 
ways, and according .j the fruit of his doings. 

11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and 
hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, 
and not by right, shall leave them in the midst 
of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. 

12 1[ A* glorious high throne from the be- 
ginning is the place of our sanctuary. 

13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that for- 
sake thee shall be ashamed, and they that 
depart from me shall be written in the earth, 
because they have forsaken the Lord, the 
-fountain of living waters, 



JEREM1 AH. Of hallowing the sabbath. 

14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; 
save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art 
my praise. 

15 H Behold, they say unto me, Where 7* 
the word of the Lord ? let it come now. 

16 As for me, I have not hastened from he- 
ing a pastor to follow thee : neither have I de- 
sired the woful day ; thou knowest : that which 
came out of my lips was right before thee. 

.1? Be not a terror unto me: thou art my 
hope in the day of evil. 

18 Let them be confounded that persecute 
me, but let not me be confounded: let them 
be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed : 
bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy 
them with double destruction. 

19 If Thus said the Lord unto me; Go and 
stand in the gate of the children of the peo- 
ple, whereby the kings of Judah come in, 
and by the which they go out, and in all the 
gates of Jerusalem ; 

20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of 
the Lord, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, 
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that 
enter in by these gates: 

21 Thus" saith the Lord; Take heed to 
yourselves, and bear no burden on the sab- 
bath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Je- 
rusalem ; 

22 Neither carry forth a burden out of your 
houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any 
work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I 
commanded your fathers. 

23 But they obeyed not, neither inclined 
their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they 
might not hear, nor receive instruction. 

24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently 
hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in 
no burden through the gates of this city on 
the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, 
to do no work therein ; 

25 Then shall there enter into the gates of 
this city kings and princes sitting upon the 
throne of David, riding in chariots and on 
horses, they and their princes, the men of 
Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem : and 
this city shall remain for ever. 

26 And they shall come from the cities of 
Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, 
and from the land of Benjamin, and from the 
plain, and from the mountains, and from the 
south, bringing burnt-offerings, and sacri- 
fices, and meat-offerings, and incense, and 
bringing sacrifices of praise, unto die house 
of the Lord. 

27 But if ye will not hearken unto me to 
hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a 
burden, even entering in at the gates of 
Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then ivill I 
kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall 
devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall 
not be quenched. 

CHAP. XVIII. 
1 Under the type of a potter is shewed God's ab' 
solute power in disposing of nations. 1 1 Judg- 
pievts threatened to Judah for her strange re- 
volt. 18 Jeremiah prayeth against his conspi- 
rators. 

THE word which came to Jeremiah from 
the Lord, say in?, 
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The type of the poller -. CHAP. 

2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, 
and there I will cause thee to near my words. 

3 Then I went down to the potter's house, 
and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. 

4 And the vessel that he made of clay was 
marred in the hand of the potter : so he 
made it again another vessel, as seemed good 
to the potter to make it. 

5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, 
saying, 

6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you 
as this potter ? saidi the Lord. Behold," as 
the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in 
my hand, O house of Israel. 

7 At what instant I shall speak concerning 
a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck 
up, and to pull down, and to destroy it: 

8 If that nation against whom I have pro- 
nounced, turn from their evil, I will repent 
of the evil that I thought to do unto them. 

9 And at what instant I shall speak con- 
cerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, 
to build and to plant it ; 

10 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not 
my voice, then I will repent of the good, 
wherewith I said I would benefit them. 

11 1T Now therefore go to, speak to the 
men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Je- 
rusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord ; Be- 
hold, I frame evil against you, and devise a 
device against you: return ye now everyone 
from his evil way, and make your ways and 
your doings good. 

12 And they said, There is no hope : but we 
will walk after our own devices, and we will 
everyone do the imagination of his evil heart. 

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Ask ye 
now among the heathen, who hath heard 
such things : the virgin of Israel hadi done 
a very horrible thing. 

14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon 
which cometh from the rock of the field ? or 
shall the cold flowing waters that come from 
another place be forsaken? 

15 Because my people have forgotten me, 
they have burned incense to vanity, and they 
have caused them to stumble in their ways 

from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in 
a way not cast up; 

16 To make their land desolate, and a per- 
petual hissing; every one that passeth thereby 
shall be astonished, and wag his head. 

17 I will scatter them as with an enst wind 
before the enemy ; I will shew them the back, 
and not the face, in the day of their calamity. 

18 U Then said they, Co'me, and let us de- 
vise devices against Jeremiah ; for the law 
shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel 
from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. 
Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, 
and let us not give heed to any of his words. 

19 Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken 
to the voice of them that contend with me. 

20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for 
they have digged a pit for my soul. Remem- 
ber that I stood before thee to speak good for 
them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. 

21 Therefore deliver up their children to 
the famine, and pour out their blood by the 
force of the sword ; and let their wives be 



XIX. Desolation of the Jews typified, 

bereaved of their children, and be widows ; 
and let their men be put to death ; let their 
young men be slain by the sword in batde. 

22 Let a ciy be heard from their houses, 
when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon 
them : for they have digged a pit to take me, 
and hid snares for my feet. 

23 Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their coun- 
sel against me to slay me: forgive not their 
iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy 
sight, but let them be overthrown before 
thee ; deal thus with them in the time of thine 
anger. 

CHAP. XIX. 
Under the type of breaking a potter's vessel is 
foreshewed the desolation of the Jews for their 
sins. 

THUS saith the Lord, Go and get a pot- 
ter's earthen bottle, and talee of the an- 
cients of the people, and of the ancients of 
the priests ; 

2 And go forth unto the valley of the son of 
Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east 
gate, and proclaim there the words that I 
shall tell thee. 

3 And say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, 
O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jeru- 
salem ; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, die God 
of Israel ; Behold, I will bring evil upon this 
place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears 
shall tingle. 

4 Because they have forsaken me, and have 
estranged this place, and have burned in- 
cense in it unto other gods, whom neither 
they nor their fathers have known, nor the 
kings of Judah, and have filled this place* 
with the blood of innocents ; 

5 They have built also the high places of 
Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt- 
offerings unto Baal, which I comliianded not, 
nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: 

6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord, that this place shall no more be 
called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of 
Hinnom, but The valley of Slaughter. 

7 And I will make void the counsel of Ju- 
dah and Jerusalem in this place ; and I will 
cause them to fall by the sword before their 
enemies, and by the hands of them thai seek 
their lives : and their carcasses will I give to 
be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for 
the beasts of the earth. 

8 And I will make this city desolate, and a 
hissing : every one that passeth thereby shall 
be astonished and hiss because of all the 
plagues thereof. 

9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of 
their sons and the flesh of their daughters, 
and they shall eat every one the flesh of his 
friend in the siege and straitness wherewith 
their enemies, and they that seek their lives, 
shall straiten them. 

10 Then shalt thou break the bottle in the 
sight of the men that go with thee, 

11 And shalt say unto ihem, Thus saith the 
Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this 
people and this city, as one breaketh a pot- 
ter's vessel, that cannot be made whole 
a^ain: and they shall bxvry lhe?n in Tophet, 
till there be no place to bury, 

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Pashur* s fearful doom. 

12 Thus will I do unto this place, saith the 
Lord, and to the inhabitants thereof, and 
even make this city as Tophet: 

13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the 
houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled 
as the place of Tophet, because of all the 
houses upon whose roofs they have burned 
incense unto all the host o(* heaven, and 
have poured out drink-offerings unto other 
gods. 

14 Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whi- 
ther the Lord had sent him to prophesy ; and 
he stood in the court of the Lord's house; 
and said to all the people, 

15 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon this 
city and upon all her towns all the evil that 
I have pronounced against it, because they 
have hardened their necks, that they might 
iK>t hear my words. 

CHAP. XX. 
1 Pashur, smiting Jeremiah, recciceth a new 
- name, and a fearful doom. 7 Jeremiah com- 

plaineth of contempt, 10 of Weachery, 14 and 

of his birth. 

NOW Pashur the son of Immer the priest, 
who was also chief governor in the 
house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah 
prophesied these things. 

2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, 
and put him in the stocks that were in the 
high gate of Benjamin, which was by the 
house of the Lord. 

•3 And it came to pass on the morrow, that 
Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the 
stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The 
Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but 
Magor-missabib. 

4 For thus saith the Lord, Behold j I will 
make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy 
friends: and they shall fall by the sword of 
their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it : 
and I will give all Judah into the hand of the 
king of Babylon, and he shall cany them 
captive hito Babylon, and shall slay them 
with the sword. 

5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of 
this city, and all the labours thereof, and all 
the precious things thereof, and all the trea- 
sures of the kings of Judah will I give into 
the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil 
them, and take them, and cany them to Ba- 
bylon. 

6 And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in 
thy house shall go into captivity : and thou 
shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt 
die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all 
thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied 
lies. 

7 ^[ O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I 
was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and 
hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every 
one mocketh me. 

Z Y«jt r,i;;ce I snake, I cried out, I cried vio- 
lence and spoil; because the word of the 
Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a 
derision, daily. 

9 Then I said, I will not make mention of 
him, nor speak any more in his name. But 
kls word was in my heart as a burning fire 



JEREMIAH. Jeremiah's complaint* 

shut up in my bones, and I was weary with 
forbearing, and I could not stay. 

10 % For I heard the defaming of many, 
fear on every side. Report, say they, and 
we will report it. All my familiars watched 
for my \\a\lmgy_saying, Peradventure he will 
be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, 
and we shall take our revenge on him. 

11 But the Lord is with me as a mighty 
terrible one : therefore my persecutors shall 
stumble, and they shall not prevail ; they shall 
be greatly ashamed; for they shall not pros- 
per: their everlasting confusion shall never 
be forgotten. 

12 But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the 
righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, 
let me see thy vengeance on them : for unto 
thee have I opened my cause. 

13 Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord : 
for he hath delivered the soul of the poor 
from the hand of evil-doers. 

14 H Cursed be the day wherein I was born : 
let not the day wherein my mother bare me 
be blessed. 

15 Cursed be the man who brought tidings 
to my father, saying, A man-chiul is born 
unto diee ; making him very glad. 

16 And let that man be as the cities which 
the Lord overthrew, and repented not : and 
let him hear the cry in the morning, and the 
shouting at noon-tide ; 

17 Because he slew me not from the womb ; 
or that my mother might have been my grave, 
and her womb to be always greztwith me. 

18 Wherefore came I forth out of the worn!* 
to see labour and sorrow, that my days should 
be consumed with shame ? 

CHAP. XXL 

1 Zcdekiah sendcth to Jeremiah to inquire the 
event of Nebuchadrezzar's war. 3 Jeremiah 
foretclleth a hard siege andmiserable captivi- 
ty. 8 He counselleth the people to fall to tht 
Chaldeans, 1 1 and upbraideth the king's house. 

THE word which came unto Jeremiah 
from the LorD, when king Zedekiah 
sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, 
and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the 
priest, saying, 

2 Inquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us ; 
for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh 
war against us; if so be that the Lord will 
deal with us according to all his wondrous 
works, that he may go up from us. 

3 ^[ Then said Jeremiah uuto them, Thus 
shall ye say to Zedekiah : 

4 Thus saith the Lord God of Israel ; Be- 
hold, I will turn back the weapons of war 
that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight 
against the king of Babylon, and against the 
Chaldeans, which besiege you without the 
walls, and I will assemble them into die 
midst of this city. 

5 And I myself will fight against you with 
an out-stretched hand and with a strong arm, 
even in anger, and in fury, and in great 
wrath. 

6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this 
city, both man and beast : they shall die of 
a great pestilence. 

7 And afterward, saith the Lord, I will 
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The captivity foretold. CHAP. 

deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and liis 
servants, and the people, and sueli as are 
left in this city from the -pestilence, from the 
sword, and from the famine, into the hand 
of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and 
into the hand of their enemies, and into the 
hand of those that seek their life : and he 
shall smite them with the edge of the sword; 
he shall not spare them, neither have pity, 
nor have mercy. 

8 *[ And unto this people thou shalt say, 
Thus saidi the Lord; Behold, I set before 
\ou the way of life, and the way of death. 

9 He jthat abidefh in this city shall die by 
the sword, and by the famine, and by the 
pestilence : but he that goeth out, and falleth 
to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall 
live, and his life shall be unto him for a 
prey. 

10 For I have set my face against this city 
for evil, and not for good, saith the Loud: 
it shall be given into the hand of the king of 
Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. 

11 i[ And touching the house of the king of 
Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the Loud ; 

12 O house of David, thus saith the Lord ; 
Execute judgment in the morning, and deli- 
ver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the 
oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and 
burn that none can quench it, because of the 
evil of your doings. 

13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant 
of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the 
Lord; which say, Who shall come down 
against us? or who shall enter into our ha- 
bitations? 

14 But I will punish you according to the^ 
fruit of your doings, sailh the Lord: and l 
will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it 
shall devour all things round about it. 

CHAP. XXII. 
1 He cxhorteth to repentance, with promises and 
threats. 10 The judgment of Shallum, 13 of Je- 
hoiakim, 20 and of Coniah. 
fFlHUS saith the Lord ; Go down to the 
JL house of the king of Judah, and speak 
there this word, 

2 And say, Hear the word of the Lord, O 
king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne 
of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy 
people that enter in by these gates : 

3 Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judg- 
ment and righteousness, and deliver the spoil- 
ed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do 
no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the 
fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed inno- 
cent blood in this place. 

4 For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall 
there enter in by the gates of this house kings 
sitting upon the throne of David, riding in 
chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, 
and his people. 

5 But if ye will not hear these words, I 
swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this 
house shall become a desolation. 

6 For thus saith the Lor-d unto the king's 
house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, 
and the head of Lebanon : yet surely I will 
make thee a wilderness, and cities which are 
not inhabited. 



XXII. TIte judgment of SJiallum, SfC. 

7 And I will prepare destroyers against thee, 
every one with his weapons: and they shall 
cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them 
into the fire. 

8 And many nations shall pass by this city, 
and they shall say every man to his neigh- 
bour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus 
unto this great city? 

9 Then they shall answer, Because they 
have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their 
God, and worshipped other gods, and served 
them. 

10 % Weep ye not for the dead, neither be- 
moan him : but weep sore for him that goeth 
away : for he shall return no more, nor see 
his native country. 

11 For thus saidi the Lord touching Shal- 
lum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which 
reigned instead of Josiah his father, which, 
went forth out of this place; He shall not 
return thither any more : 

12 But he shall die in the place whither 
they have led him captive, aud shall see this 
land no more. 

13 U Wo unto him that buildeth his house 
by unrighteousness, and his chambers by 
wrong; that useth his neighbour's service 
without wages, and givetli him not for his 
work ; 

14 That saith, I will build me a wide house 
and large chambers, and cutteth him out 
windows ; and it is ceiled with cedar, and 
painted with vermilion. 

15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest 
thyself in cedar ? did not thy father eat and 
drink, and do judgment and justice, and then 
it was well with him 1 

iCKe judged i he cause of the poor and 
needy; then it was well with him: was not 
this to know me ? saith the Lord. 

17But thine eyes and thy heart are not but 
for thy covetousness, and for to shed inno- 
cent blood, and for oppression, and for vio- 
lence, to do it. 

18 Therefore thus saith the Lord concern- 
ing Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Ju- 
dah ; They shall not lament for him, saying, 
Ah my brother! or. Ah sister! they shall not 
lament for him, saying, Ah lord ! or, Ah his 
glory ! 

19 He shall be buried with the burial of an 
ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of 
Jerusalem. 

20 Tf Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift 
up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the pas- 
sages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. 

21 1 spake unto thee in thy prosperity ; but 
thou saidst, I will not hear.* This hath bet n 
thy manner from thy youth, that thou obey* 
edst not my voice. 

22 The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and 
thy lovers shall go into captivity : surely then 
shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for 
all thy wickedness. 

23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy 
nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou 
be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as 
of a woman in travail ! 

24 As I live, saith the Lord, though Coniah 
the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the 

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signet upon my right hand, jet would I pluck 

thee thence ; 

25 And I will give thee into the hand of 
them that seek thy life, and into the hand of 
them whose face thou fearest, even into the 
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, 
and into the hand of the Chaldeans. 

26 And I will cast thee out, and thy mother 
that bare thee, into another country, where 
ye werenbtrbom; and there shall ye die. 

27 But to the land whereunto they desire 
to return, thither shall they not return. 

28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken 
idol 1 is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure ? 
wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, 
and are cast into a land which they know 
not? 

29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of 
the Lord. 

30 Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man 
childless, a man that shall not prosper in his 
days : for no man of his seed shall prosper, 
sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling 
any more in Judah. 

CHAP. XXIII. 

1 He prophesieth a restoration of the scattered 
Jlock. 5 Christ shall rule and save them. 9 
Against false prophets^ 33 and mockers of the 
true prophets. 

WO be unto the pastors that destroy and 
scatter the sheep of my pasture ! saith 
the Lord. 

2 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Is- 
rael against die pastors that feed my people ; 
Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them 
away, and have not visited them : behold, I 
will visit upon yuu the evil of your -doings, 
saith the Lord. 

3 And T will gather the remnant of my flock 
out of all countries whither I have driven 
them, and will brine them again to their folds ; 
and they shall be fruitful and increase. 

4 And J will set up shepherds over them, 
which shall feed them : and they shall fear 
no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they 
be lacking, saith the Lord. 

5 ^[ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
that I will raise unto David a righteous 
Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, 
and shall execute judgment and justice in 
1 he earth. 

6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Is- 
rael shall dwell safely : and this is his name 
whereby he shall be called, THE LORD 
OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord, that they shall no more say, The 
Lord liveth, which brought up the children 
of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 

8 But, the Lord liveth, which brought up 
and which led the seed of the house of Israel 
out of the north country, and from all coun- 
uico whither I had driven them; and they 
shall dwell in their own land. 

9 K My heart within me is broken because 
of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am 
like a drunken man, and like a man whom 
wine hath overcome, because of the Lord, 
and because of the words of his holiness. 

10 For the land is full of adulterers ; for be- 



jEIiEMt AH. Complaint of Jeremiah again 
cause of swearing the land mourneth; ill 
pleasant places of the wilderness are drie 
up, and their course is evil, and their forci 
is not right. 

11 For both prophet and priest are profane ; 
yea, in my house have I found their wicked- 
ness, saith the Lord. 

12 Wherefore their way shall be unto thei.. 
as slippery ways in the darkness : they shall 
be driven on, and fall therein : for I will 
bring evil upon them, even the year of their 
visitation, saith the Lord. 

13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of 
Samaria ; they prophesied in Baal, and caus- 
ed my people Israel to err. 

14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jeru- 
salem a horrible thing : they commit adultery, 
and walk in lies: they strengthen also the 
hands of evil-doers, that none doth return 
from his wickedness: they are all of them 
unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants there- 
of as Gomorrah. 

15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts 
concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed 
them with wormwood, and make them drink 
the water of gall : for from the prophets of 
Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all 
the land. 

16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Hearken 
not unto the words of the prophets that pro- 
phesy unto you : they make you vain : they 
speak a vision of their own heart, and not 
out of the mouth of the Lord. 

17 They say still unto them that despise me, 
The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace ; 
and they say unto every one that walketh af- 
ter the . imaglnatio n of his own heart. No evil 
shall come upon you. 

18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the 
Lord, and hath perceived and heard his 
word? who hath marked his word, and 
heard it? 

19 Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone 
forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind : it 
shall fall grievously upon the head of the 
wicked. 

20 The anger of the Lord shall not return, 
until he have executed, and till he have per- 
formed the thoughts of his heart : in the lat- 
ter days ye shall consider it perfectly. 

21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they 
ran ; I have not spoken to them, yet they 
prophesied. 

22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and 
had caused my people to hear my words, then 
they should have turned them from their evil 
way, and from the evil of their doings. 

23 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, 
and not a God afar off? 

24 Can any hide himself in secret places 
that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do 
notl fill heaven and earth? saith die Lord. 

25 1 have heard what the prophets said, that 
prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have 
dreamed, I have dreamed. 

26 How long shall this be in the heart of 
the prophets that prophesy lies ? yea, they 
are prophets of the deceit of their own heart 

27 Which think to cause my people to for- 
get my name by their dreams which they tell 

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false prophets and mockers. CHAP. XXIV, XXV. 



every man to his neighbour, as their fathers 
have' forgotten my name for Baal. 
23 The prophet that hath a dream, let him 
tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let 
him speak my word faithfully. What is the 
chaff to the wheat 1 saith the Lord. 

29 Is not my word like as a fire 1 saith the 
Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the 
rock in pieces ? 

30 Therefore behold, I am against the pro- 
phets, saith the Lord, that steal my words 
every one from his neighbour. 

31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith 
the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He 
saith. 

32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy 
false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell 
them, and cause my people to err by their 
lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them 
not, nor commanded thein : therefore they 
shall not profit this people at all, saith the 
Lord. 

33^[ And when this people, or the prophet, 
or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is 
the burden of the Lord 1 thou shalt then say 
unto them, What burden 1 I will even for- 
sake you, saith the Lord. 

34 And as for the prophet, and the priest, 
and the people, that shall say, The burden 
of the Lord, I will even punish that man 
and his house. 

35 Thus shall ye say every one to his neigh- 
bour, and every one to his brother, What 
hath the Lord answered ? and, What hath 
the Lord spoken ? 

36 And the burden of the Lord shall ye 
mention no more : for every man's word shall 
be his burden* for ye have perverted the 
words of the living God, of the Lord of hosts 
our God. 

37 Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What 
hath the Lord answered thee 1 and, What 
hath the Lord spoken ? 

38 But since ye say, The burden of the Lord ; 
therefore thus saith the Lord; Because ye 
say this word, The burden of the Lord, and 
I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not 
say, The burden of the Lord: 

39 Therefore behold, I, even I, will utterly 
forget you, and I will forsake you, and the 
city that I gave you and your fathers, and 
cast you out of my presence : 

40 And 1 will bring an everlasting reproach 
upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall 
not be forgotten. 

CHAP. XXIV. 
J Under the type of good and bad figs, Ahefore- 
sheweth the restoration of them that were in 
captivity, 8 and the desolation of Zedekiah and 
the re. -it. 

THE Lord shewed me, and behold, two 
baskets of figs were set before the tem- 
1)le of the Lord, after that Nebuchadrezzar 
iing of Babylon had carried away captive 
Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Ju- 
dah, and the princes of Judah, with the car- 

C enters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had 
rought them to Babylon. 
2 One basket had very good figs, even like 
the figs that are first "ripe : and the other 



The two baskets of figs. 



basket had very naughty figs, which could 
not be eaten, they were so bad. 

3 Then said theLoRD unto me, Whatseest 
thou, Jeremiah ? and I said, Figs ; the good 
figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that 
cannot be eaten, they are so evil." 

4 **j[ Again the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

5 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel ; 
Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge 
them that are carried away captive of Judah, 
whom I have sent out of this place into the 
land of the Chaldeans for their good. 

6 For I will set mine eyes upon them for 
good, and I will bring them again to this 
land : and I will build them, and not pull 
them down; and I will plant them, and not 
pluck them up, 

7 And I will give them a heart to know me, 
that I am the Lord • and they shalL be 
my people, and I will be their God : for 
they shall return unto me with their whole 
heart. 

8^[ And as the evil figs, which cannot be 
eaten, they are so evil ; surely thus saith the 
Lord, So will I give Zedekiah the king of 
Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Je- 
rusalem, that remain in this land, and them 
that dwell in the land of Egypt: 

9 And I will deliver them to be removed 
into all the kingdoms of the earth for their 
hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt 
and a curse, in all places whither I shall 
drive them. 

10 And I will send the sword, the famine, 
and the pestilence, among them, till they be 
consumed from off the land that I gave unto 
them and to their fathers. 

CHAP. XXV. 
\ Jeremiah reproving the Jews' disobedience to 
the prophets, Sforetelleth the seventy years' 
captivity, I2a?irf after that, the destruction of 
Babylon. 1 5 Under the type of a cup of wine 
he fortsheweth the destruction of all nations- 
34 The howling of the shepherds. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah con- 
cerning all the people of Judah in the 
fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah 
king of Judah, that teas the first year of Ne- 
buchadrezzar king of Babylon; 

2 The which Jeremiah the prophet spa&e 
unto all the people of Judah, and to all the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 

3 From the thirteendi year of Josiah the son 
of Anion king of Judah, even unto this day, 
that is the three and twentieth year, the word 
of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have 
spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; 
but ye have not hearkened. 

4 And the Lord hath sent unto you all his 
servants the prophets, rising early and send- 
ing them ; but ye have not hearkened, nor 
inclined your ear to hear. 

5 They said, Turn ye again now every one 
from his evil way, and from the evil of your 
doings, and dwell hi the land that the Lord 
hath given unto you and to your fathers for 
ever and ever : 

6 And go not after other gods to serve them, 
and to Avorship them, and provoke me not to 

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Seventy years? captivity foretold, 

anorer with the works of yonr hands; and I 

will do you no hint. 

7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saitli 
the Lord ; that ye might provoke me to an- 
ger with the works of your hands to your 
own hurt. 

8 Tf Therefore thus saitli the Lord of hosts ; 
Because ye J rove not heard my words, 

9 Behold, I will send and take all the fa- 
milies of the north, saith the Lord, and Ne- 
buchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my ser- 
vant, and will bring them against this land, and 
against the inhabitants thereof, and against 
ail these nations round about, and will utterly 
destroy them, and make them an astonish- 
ment; and a hissing, and perpetual desolations. 

10 Moreover I will take from them the voice 
of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice 
of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, 
the sound of the millstones, and the light of 
the candle. 

11 And this whole land shall be a desola- 
tion, and an astonishment ; and these nations 
shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 

12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy 
years., are. accomplished, that I will punish 
the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith 
the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of 
the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual 
desolations. 

13 And I will bring upon that land all my 
words which I have pronounced against it, 
evenaW that is written in this book, which Jere- 
miah hath prophesied against all the nations. 

14 For many nations and great kings shall 
serve themselves of them also : and I will re- 
compense them according to their deeds, and 
according to the works of their own hands. 

15 if For thus saith the Lord God of Israel 
unto me; -Take the wine-cup of this fury at 
my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom 
1 send thee, to drink it. 

16 Ami they shall drink, ami be moved, and 
be mad, because of the sword that I will send 
among them. 

17 Then took I the cup at the Lord's hand, 
and made all the nations to drink, unto whom 
the Lord had sent me: 

18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Ju- 
dah, and the kings thereof, and the princes 
thereof, to make them a. desolation, an asto- 
nishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is 
this day ; 

19 Pharaoh king of E^vpt, and his servants, 
aud his princes, and all his people; 

20 And all the mingled people, and all the 
kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of 
the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, 
and Azzah, and Ekron, and die remnant of 
Ashdod, 

21 Edoin, and Moab, and the children of 
Amnion, 

22 And all the kings of T;rus, and all the 
kings of Zidon, and tlve kings of the isles 
which are beyond the sea, 

23 Dedan, and Tenia, and Buz, and all iJiat 
are in the utmost corners, 

24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the 
k*»ngs of the mingled people that dwell in the 
desert, 



JEREMIAH. Prophecy of general destruction* 
25 And all the kings of Zimri, and all the 



kings of Elain, and au die kings of the Medes, 

26 And all the kings of the north, far and 
near, one with anodier, and all the kingdoms 
of the world, which are upon the face of the 
earth : and the king of Sheshach shall drink 
after them. 

27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel : 
Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, ana 
fall, and rise no more, because of the sword 
which I will send among you. 

28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the 
cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say 
unto tliem, Thus saidi the Lord of hosts; 
Ye shall certainly drink. 

29 For lo, I begin to bring evil on the city 
which is called by my name, and should ye 
be utterly unpunished 1 Ye shall not be un- 
punished: for I will call for a sword upon, 
all die inhabitants of the earth, saith the 
Lord of hosts. 

30 Therefore prophesy thou against them 
all these words, and say unto them, The 
Lord shall roar from on high, and utter his 
voice from his holy habitation ; he shall 
mightily roar upon his habitation ; he shall 
give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, 
against all the inhabitants of the earth. 

ol A noise shall come even to the ends of 
the earth ; for the Lord hath a controversy 
with the nations, he will plead with all flesh ; 
he will give them that are wicked to die 
sword, saith die Lord. 

32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, 
evil shall go fordi from nation to nation, and 
a great whirlwind shall be raised up from die 
coasts of the earth. 

33 And the slain of the Lord shall be at that 
day from one end of the earth even unto the 
oilier end of the earth: diey shall not be la- 
mented, neither gathered, nor buried; they 
shall be dung upon the ground. 

34 U Howl, ye shepherds, and cry yaixA wal- 
low yourselves in the aslies, ye principal of 
the flock : for the days of your slaughter and 
of your dispersions are accomplished ; and ye 
shall fall like a pleasant vessel. 

35 And the shepherds shall have no way to 
flee,jior the principal of the flock to escape. 

36 A voice of the ciy of the shepherds, and 
a howling of the principal of the flock, shall 
be heard : for the Lord hath spoiled their 
pasture. 

37 And the peaceable habitations are cut 
down because of the fierce anger of the Lord. 

38 He hath forsaken Iris covert, as the lion : 
for their land is desolate because of the fierce- 
ness of the oppressor, and because of his 
fierce anger. 

CHAP. XXVI. 
I Jeremiah, by promises and threatenings, ex- 
hortetk to repentance. 8 He is therefore appre- 
hended, 10 and arraigned. 12 His apology. 
16 He is quit in judgment, by the example of 
Micah, 20 and of Urijah, 24 and by the care of 
Jihikam. 

XN the beginning of the reign of Jehoia- 
kim the son of Josiah king of Judah came 
this word from die Lord, saying, 
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Jeremiah exhorting is arraigned. CHAP 

2 Thus saith the Lord; Stand in the court 
of the Lord's house, and speak unto all the 
critics of Judah, which come to worship in 
the Lord's house, all the words that I com- 
mand thee to speak unto them ; diminish not 
a word : 

3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every 
man from his evil way, that I may repent me 
of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them 
because of the evil of their doings. 

4 And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord, If ye will not hearken to me to 
walk in my law, which I have set before you, 

5 To hearken to the words of my servants 
the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising 
up early, and sending them, but ye have not 
hearkened; 

6 Then will [ make this house like Shilolt, 
and will make this city a curse to all the na- 
tions of the earth. 

7 So the priests and the prophets and all 
the people heard Jeremiah speaking these 
words in the house of the Lord. 

S TT Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah 
had made an end of speaking all that the 
Lord had commanded him to speak unto all 
the people, that the priests and the prophets 
and all the people took him, saying, Thou 
ehalt surely die. 

9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of 
the Lord, saying, This house shall be like 
Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate with- 
out an inhabitant? And all the people were 
gathered against Jeremiah -in die house of 
the Lord. 

10 Tf When the princes of Judah heard these 
things, then they came up from the king's 
house unto the house of the Lord, and sat 
down in the entry of the new gate of the 
LoRr's house. 

11 Then spake the priests and the prophets 
unto the princes and to all the people, saying, 
This man is worthy to die; for he hath pro- 
phesied against this city, as ye have heard 
with your ears. 

12 if Then spake Jeremiah unto all the 

5?rinces, and to all the people, saying, The 
.ord sent me to prophesy against this house 
and against this city all the words that ye 
have heard. 

13 Therefore now amend your ways and 
your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord 
your God; and the Lord will repent him of 
the evil that he hath pronounced against you. 

14 As forme, behold, I am in your hand : do 
with me as seemeth good and meet unto you : 

15 But know ye for certain, that if ye* put 
mc to death, ye shall surelv bring innocent 
blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, 
and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a 
truth the Lord hath sent me unto you to 
speak all these words in your ears. 

I6.1f Then said the princes and all the peo- 
ple unto the priests and to the prophets; This 
man is not worthy to die : for he hath spoken 
to us hi the name of the Lord our God. 

17 Then rose up certain of the elders of the 
land, and spake to all the assembly of the 
people, saying, 

18 Micah the Morasthhe prophesied in the 



. XX VII. He is acquitted^ 

days of He/ekiah king of Judah, and spake 
to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saHh 
the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be ploughed 
like a field, and Jerusalem shall become 
heaps, and the mountain of the house as the 
high places of a forest, 
ly Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Ju- 
dah put him at all to death ? did he not fear 
the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the 
Lord repented him of the evil which he had 
pronounced against them? Thus might we 
procure great evil against our souls. 

20 And there was also a man that prophe- 
sied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son 
of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophe- 
sied against this city and against this land ac- 
cording to all the words of Jeremiah : 

21 And when Jehoiakina the king with all 
his mighty men, and all the princes, heard 
his words, the king sought to put him to death : 
but when Urijah ueapd it, he was afraid, and 
fled, and went into Egypt; 

22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into 
Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, 
ixn&certpin men with him into Egypt. 

23 And they fetched forth Urfjah out of 
Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the 
king; who slew him with the sword, and cast 
his dead body into the graves of the common 
people. 

24 Nevertheless, the hand of Ahikam the 
son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they 
should not give hhn into the hand of the peo- 
ple to put him to death. 

CHAP. XXVII. 
1 Under the type of bonds and yokes heprophesi- 
eth the subduing of the neighbour kings unto 
Nebuchadnezzar. 8 Heexhorteth them toi/icld, 
and not to believe the false prophets. 12 The 
like he dotth to ZedckiaJi. 19 He foretcllcth, 
the remnant of the vessels shall be carried to 
Babylon, and there continue until the day of 
visitation. 

IN the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim 
the son of Josiah king of Judah came this 
"word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee 
bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, 

3 And send them to the king of Edom, and 
tothekhigof Moab, and to the king of the Am- 
monites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the 
king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers 
which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah 
king of Judah; 

4 And command them to say unto their 
masters, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your 
masters; 

5 I have made the earth, the man and the 
beast that are upon ihe ground, by my great 
power and by my out-stretched arm, and have 
given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. 

6 And now have I given all these lands into 
the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of 
Babylon, my servant; ai\d the beasts of the 
field have I given him also to serve him. ■ 

7 And all nations shall ?ev\e him, an^ his 
son, and his son's son, until the very tia.z> of 
his laud come : and then many nations and 
great kings shall serve themselves of him. 

8 And it shail come to pass, tfiat the nation 
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Babylon s sovereignty typified* JEREMIAH 

and kingdom which will not serve the same 
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and 
that will not put their neck under the yoke 
of the king of Babylon, that nation will I 
punish, saith the Lord, with the sword, and 
with the famine, and with the pestilence, un- 
til I have consumed them by his hand. 
9Therefore hearken notye to yourprophets, 
nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, 
nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, 
which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not 
serve the king of Babylon : 

10 For they prophesy a lie unto you, to re- 
move you far from your land; and that I 
should drive you out, and ye should perish. 

11 But the nations that bring their neck un- 
der the yoke of the king of Babylon, and 
serve him, those will I let remain still in their 
own land, saith the Lord ; and they shall 
till it, and dwell therein. 

12 it I spake also to Zedekiah king of Ju- 
dah according to all these words, saying, 
Bring your necks under the yoke of the king 
of Babylon, and serve him and his people, 
and live. 

13 Why will ye die, thou and tky people, by 
the sword, by the famine, and by the pesti- 
lence, as the Lord hath spoken against the 
nation that will not serve the king of Baby Ion ? 

14 Therefore hearken not unto the words 
of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, 
Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; for 
they prophesy a lie unto you. 

15 For I have not sent them, saith the Lord, 
yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I 
might drive you out, and that ye might perish, 
ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. 

16 Also I spake to the priests and to all this 
people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Hear- 
ken not to the words of your prophets that 
prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the ves- 
sels of the Lord's house shall now shortly 
be brought again from Babylon : for they pro- 
phesy a lie unto you. 

17 Hearken not unto them; serve the king 
of Babylon, and live : wherefore should this 
city be laid waste ? 

18 But if they be prophets, and if the word 
of the Lord be with them, let them now 
make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that 
the vessels which are left in the house of the 
Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, 
and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. 

19 % For thus saith the Lord of hosts con- 
cerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, 
and concerning the bases, and concerningthe 
residue of the vessels that remain in this city, 

20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 
took not, when he carried away captive Je- 
coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah 
from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles 
of Judah and Jerusalem; 

21 Yea, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
God of Israel, concerning the vessels that re- 
main in the house of the Lord, and in the 
house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem ; 

22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and 
there shall they be until the day that I visit 
them, saith the Lord ; then will I bring them 
uis, and restore them to this place. 



Hananiah 1 * false prophecy. 

CHAP. XXVIII. 

1 Hananiah prophesieth falsely the return of the 
vessels, and of Jeconiah. b Jeremiah, wishing 
it to be true, shewcth that the event will declare 
who are true prophets. lOHananiah breaketh 
JeremialCs yoke. 12 Jeremiah telleth of an iron 
yoke, 15 and foretelleth Hananiah 1 s death, 

AND it came to pass the same year, in 
the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah 
king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the 
fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur 
the prophei, which was of Gibeon, spake 
unto me in the house of the Lord, in the pre- 
sence of the priests, and of all the people, 
saying, 

2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the 
God of Israel, saying, I have broken the 
yoke of the king of Babylon. 

3 Within two full years will I bring again 
into this place all the vessels of the Lord's 
house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 
took away from this place, and carried them 
to Babylon. 

4 And I will bring again to this place Je- 
coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, 
with all the captives of Judah, that went into 
Babylon, saidi the Lord ; for I will break 
the yoke of the king of Babylon. 

5 % Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto 
the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the 
priests, and in the presence of all the people 
that stood in the house of the Lord, 

6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen : 
the Lord do so : the Lord perform thy words 
which thou hast prophesied, to bring again 
the vessels of the Lord's house, and all that 
is carried away captive, from Babylon into 
this place. 

7 Nevertheless, hear thou now this word that 
I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all 
the people; 

8 The prophets that have been before me and 
before thee of old, prophesied both against 
many countries, and against great kingdoms, 
of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. 

9 The prophet which prophesieth of peace, 
when the word of the prophet shall come to 
pass, then shall the prophet be known, that 
the Lord hath truly sent him. 

10 H Then Hananiah the prophet took the 
yoke from off the prophet Jeromiah's neck, 
and brake it. 

11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of 
all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; 
Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchad- 
nezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all 
nations within the space of two full years. 
And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. 

12 U Then the word of the Lord came unto 
Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah 
the prophet had broken the yoke from off 
the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 

13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus 



±v \ju iiuu icii iiasidiiiaii, jsojiug, iiius 

saith the Lord; Thou hast broken the yokes 
of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes 
of iron. 
14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
God of Israel ; I have put a yoke of iron upon 
the neck of all these nations, that they may 
serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and 
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Jeremiah's letter to the CHAP. 

they shall serve him : and I have given him 
the beasts of the field als©. 

15 H Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto 
Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah ; 
theLoRD hath notsentthee; but thou makest 
this people to trust in a lie. 

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, 
I will cast thee from off the face of the earth : 
this year thou shak die, because thou hast 
taught rebellion against the Lord. 

17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same 
vear in the seventh month. 

CHAP. XXIX. 
J Jeremiah sendcth a letter to the captives in Ba- 
bylon, to be quiet there, Sand not to believe 
the dreams of their prophets, 10 and that they 
shall return with grace after seventy years. 
15 He forctellcth the destruction of the rest for 
their disobedience. 20 He sheweth the fearful 
end of Jihab and Zedekiah, two lying prophets. 
24 Shemaiah writeth a letter against Jeremiah. 
30 Jeremiah rcadeth his doom. 

NOW these are the words of the letter that 
Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusa- 
lem unto the residue of the elders which 
were carried away captives, and to the 
priests, and to the prophets, and to all the 
people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried 
away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon ; 

2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the 
queen, and the eujmchs, the princes of Ju- 
dah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and 
the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem ;) 

3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, 
and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Ze- 
dekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to 
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, 

4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 'God of 
Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, 
whom I have caused to be carried away from 
Jerusalem unto Babylon ; 

5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them ; and 
plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them ; 

6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daugh- 
ters; and take wives for your sons, and give 
your daughters to husbands, that they may 
bear sons and daughters ; that ye may be in- 
creased there, and not diminished. 

7 And seek the peace of the city whither I 
have caused you to be carried away captives, 
and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the 
peace thereof shall ye have peace. 

8 1[ For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
God of Israel ; Let not vour prophets and 
your diviners, that be in the midst of you, de- 
ceive you, neither hearken to your dreams 
which ye cause to be dreamed. 

9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my 
name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord. 

10 51 For thus saith the Lord, That after 
seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I 
will visit you, and perform my good word to- 
ward you, in causing you to return to this 
place. 

11 For I know the thoughts that I think to- 
ward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, 
and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 

J,2,Tlien shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go 
a#q pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 

4&Anci ye shall seek me, and find me, when 
ye shall search for me with all your heart. 



XXIX. captives in Babylon. 

14 And I will be found of you, saith the 
Lord : and I will turn away your captivity, 
and I will gather you from all the nations, 
and from all the places whither I have dri- 
ven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring 
you again into the place whence I caused 
you to be carried away captive. 

15 U Because ye have said, The Lord hath 
raised us up prophets in Babylon; 

16 Know that thus saith the Lord of die 
king that sitteth upon the throne of David, 
and of all the people that dwelleth in this 
city, and of your brethren that are not gone 
forth with you into captivitv ; 

17 Thus saith the Lord ot r hosts; Behold, I 
will send upon them the sword, the famine, 
and the pestilence, and will make them like 
vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so 
evil. 

18 And I will persecute them with the 
sword, with the famine, and with the pesti- 
lence, and will deliver them to be removed 
to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, 
and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a 
reproach, among all the nations whither I 
have driven them : 

19 Because they have not hearkened to my 
words, saith the Lord, which I sent unto 
themj by my servants the prophets, rising up 
early and sending Ihem; but ye would not 
hear, saith the Lord. 

20 ^[ Hear ye therefore the word of the 
Lord, all ye of the captivity, whom I have 
sent from Jerusalem to Babylon : 

21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of 
Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which pro- 
phesy a lie unto you in my name ; Behold, I 
will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchad- 
rezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay 
them before your eves; 

22 And of th«m snail be taken up a curse 
by all the captivity of Judah which are in 
Babylon, saying, the Lord make thee like 
Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the kkig of 
Babvlon roasted in the fire ; 

23 iBecause they have committed villany in 
Israel, and have committed adultery with 
their neighbours' wives, and have spoken 
lying words in my name, which I have not 
commanded them ; even I know, and am a 
witness, saith the LoRDr 

24 *[ Thus shalt thou also speak to Shema- 
iah the Nehelamite, saying, 

25 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the 
God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent 
letters in thy name unto all the people that 
are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son 
of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, 
saving, 

2*6 The Lord hath made thee priest in the 
stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should 
be officers in the house of the Lord, for 
every man that is mad, and maketh himself 
a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in 
prison, and in the stocks. 

27 Now therefore why hast thou not reprov- 
ed Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh 
himself a prophet to you ? 

28 For therefore he sent unto us in Baby- 

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The return of the Jetcs foretold. JEREMIAH. 

Ion, saying, This captivity is Jong : build ye 
houses, and dwell in them; and plant gar- 
dens, and eat the fruit of them. 

29 And Zephaniah the priest read this let- 
ter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. 

30 H Then came the word of the Lord 
unto Jeremiah, saying, 

31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, 
Thus saith the Lord concerning Shemaiah 
the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah 
hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, 
and he caused you to trust in a lie : 

32 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, 
I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and 
his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell 
among this people ; neither shall he behold 
the good that I will do for my people, saith 
the Lord; because he hath taught rebellion 
against the Lord. 

CHAP. XXX. 

I God shewctk Jeremiah the return of the . Tews. 
4 After their trouble they shall have deliver- 
ance. 10 He comforteth Jacob. 18 Their re- 
turn shall be gracious. 23 Wrath shall fall on 
the wicked. 

FTH HE word that came to Jeremiah from 
A the Lord, saying, 

2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, 
saying, Write thee all the words that 1 have 
spoken unto thee in a book. 

3 For lo, the days come, saith the Lord, 
that I will bring again the captivity of my 
people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord : 
and I will cause them to return to the land 
that I gave to their fathers, and they shall 
possess it. 

4 *U And these are the words that the Lord 
spake concerning Israel, and concerning 
Judah. 

5 For thus saith the Lord ; We have heard 
a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. 

6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth 
travail with child ? wherefore do I see every 
man with his hands on his loins, as a woman 
in travail, and all faces are turned into pale- 
ness ? 

7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none 
is like it : it is even the lime of Jacob's trou- 
ble, but he shall, be saved out of it. 

8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith 
the Lord of hosts, that I will break his yoke 
from oft" thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, 
and strangers shall no more serve themselves 
of him: 

9 But they shall serve the Lord their God, 
and David their king, whom I will raise up 
unto them. 

10 U Therefore fear thou not, O my servant 
Jacob, saith the Lord • neither be dismayed, 
O Israel: for lo, I will save thee from afar, 
and thy seed from the land of their captivity; 
and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, 
and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. 

11 For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to 
save thee : though 1 make a full end of all 
nations whither C have scattered thee, yet 
will I not make a full end of thee : but I will 
correct thee in measure, and will not leave 
thee altogether unpunished. 

12 For thus saith the Lord, Thy bruise 



Their return shall be gracious. 



is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. 

13 There is none to plead thy cause, that 
thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no 
healing medicines. 

14 Ail thy lovers have forgotten thee; they 
seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with 
the wound of an enemy, with the chastise- 
ment of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine 
iniquity; because thy sins were increased. 

15 Why criest thou for thine affliction ? thy 
sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine 
iniquity : because thy sins were increased, I 
have done these things unto thee. 

16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall 
be devoured ; and all thine adversaries, every 
one of them shall go into captivity ; and they 
that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that 
prey upon thee will I give for a prey. 

17 For I will restore health unto thee, and 
I will heal thee of thy wounds, saitli the 
Lord; because they called thee an Outcast, 
saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh 
after. 

18 If Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will 
bring again the captivity of Jacob's teats, 
and have mercy on his dwelling-places: and 
the city shall be builded upon her own heap, 
and the palace shall remain after the man- 
ner thereof. 

19 Ami out of them shall proceed thanks- 
giving and the voice of them that make mer- 
ry: and I will multiply them, and they shall 
not be few ; I will also glorify them, and they 
shall not be small. 

20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, 
and their congregation shall be established 
before me, and I will punish all that oppress 
them. 

21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, 
and their governor shall proceed from the 
midst of them; and I will cause him to draw 
near; and he shall approach unto me: for 
who is this that engaged his heart to ap- 
proach unto me? saith the Lord. 

22 And ve shall be my people, and I will be 
your Gocf. 

"23 Behold, the whirlwind of the Lord go- 
etli forth with Any, a continuing whirlwind : 
it shall fall with pain upon the head of the 
wicked. 

21 The fierce anger of the Lord shall not 
return, until he have done it, and until he 
have jKirformcd the intents of his heart: in 
tlie latter days ye shall consider it. 

" CHAP. XXXI. 
1 T/te restoration of Israel. 10 The publication 
thereof. 15 Rachel mourning is comforted. 18 
Ephraim repenting is brought home again. 
22 Christ is promised. 27 His care over tht 
church. 31 His new covenant. 35 The- stabili- 
ty, 38 and amplitude of the church. 

AT the same time, saith the Lord, will I 
be the God of all the families of Israel, 
and they shall be my people. 

2 Thus saith the Lord, The people tvkich 
were left of the sword found grace in the 
wilderness; even Israel, when I went to 
cause him to rest. 

3 The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, 
saying; Yea, I have loved thee with an 






The restoration of Israel. CHAP. 

everlasting love : therefore with loving-kind- 
ness have I drawn thee. 

4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be 
built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be 
adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth 
in the dances of them that make merry. 

5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the 
mountains of Samaria: the planters shall 
plant, and shall eat them as common things. 

6 For there shall be a day, that the watch- 
men upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, 
Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the 
Lord our God. 

7 For thus saith the Lord; Sing with glad- 
ness for Jacob, and shout among the chief 
of the nations : publish ye, praise ye, and 
say, O Lord, save thy people, tlie remnant 
ot Israel. 

8 Behold, I will bring them from the north 
country, and gather them from the coasts of 
the earth, and with them the blind and the 
lame, the woman with child and her that 
travaileth with child together: a great com- 
pany shall return thither. 

9 They shall come with weeping, and with 
supplications will I lead them ; I will cause 
them to walk by the rivers of waters in a 
straight way, wherein they shall not stum- 
ble : for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim 
is my first-born. 

10 *j[ Hear the word of the Lord, O ye na- 
tions, and declare it in the isles afar oft', and 
say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, 
and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. 

11 For the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, 
and ransomed him from the hand of him that 
teas stronger than he. 

12 Therefore they shall come and sing in 
the height of Zion, and shall flow together 
to the gooduess of the Lord, for wheat, and 
for wine, and for oil, and for the young of 
the flock and of the herd: and their soul 
shall be as a watered garden ; and they shall 
not sorrow anv more at all. 

.13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, 
both young men and old together: for I will 
turn their mourning into joy, and will com- 
fort them, and make them rejoice from their 
sorrow. 

14 And I will satiate the soul of the priests 
with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied 
with my goodness, saith the Lord. 

15 If Thus saith the Lord ; A voice was 
heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter 
weeping; Rachel weeping for her children 
refused to be comforted for her children, 
because they were not. 

16 Thus saith the Lord ; Refrain thy voice 
from weeping, and thine eyes from tears : 
for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the 
Lord ; and they shall come again from the 
land of the enemy. 

17 And there is hope in thine end, saith 
the Lord, that thy children shall come again 
to their own border. 

18 1[ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoan- 
ing himself thus ;' Thou hast chastised me, 
and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccus- 
tomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall 
be turned ; for thou art the Lord my God. 



XXXI. Christ is promised. 

19 Surely after that I was turned, I repent- 
ed ; and after that I was instructed, I smote 
upon my thigh : I was ashamed, yea, even 
confounded, because I did bear the reproach 
of my youth. 

20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a plea- 
sant child ? for since I spake against him, I 
do earnestly remember him still : therefore 
my bowels are troubled for him; I will sure- 
ly have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. 

21 Set thee up way-marks, make thee high 
heaps : set thy heart toward the highway, 
even the wav which thou wentest : turn again, 

virgin o( Israel, turn again to these thy 
cities. 

22 If How long wilt thou go about, O thou 
backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath 
created a new thing in the earth, A woman 
shall compass a man. 

23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
of Israel; As vet they shall use this speech 
in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, 
when I shall bring again their captivity ; The 
Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice, and 
mountain of holiness. 

24 And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and 
in all the cities thereof together, husband- 
men, and they that go forth with flocks. 

25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and 

1 have replenished every sorrowful soul. 

2G Upon this I awaked, and beheld ; and 
my sleep was sweet unto me. 

27 ^f Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
that I will sow the house of Israel and the 
house of Judah with the seed of man, and 
with the seed of beast. 

28 And it shall come to pass, that like ns I 
have watched over them, to pluck up, and to 
break down, and to throw down, and to de- 
stroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over 
them, to build and to plant, saith the Lord. 

29 In those days they shall say no more, 
The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the 
children's teeth are set on edge. 

30 But every one shall die for his own ini- 
quity : every man that eatetli the sour grape, 
his teeth shall be set on edge. 

31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
that I will make a new covenant with the 
house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 

32 Notaccording to the covenant that I made 
with their fathers, in die day that I took them 
by the hand to bring them out of the land of 
Egypt; which my covenant they brake, al- 
though I was a husband unto them, saith the 
Lord : 

33 But this shall be the covenant that I will 
make with the house of Israel ; After those 
days, saith the Lord, I will put mv Jaw in 
their inward parts, and write itm their hearts; 
and will be their God, and they shall be my 
people. 

34 And they shall teach no more every man 
his neighbour, and every man Ins brother, 
saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all 
know me, from the least of them unto the 
greatest of them, saith the Lord : for I Mill 
forgive their iniquity, and I will remember 
their sin no more. 

35 If Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the 

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The amplitude of (he church. 



sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of 
the moon and of the stars for a light by night, 
which divideth the sea when the" waves 
thereof roar ; The Lord of hosts is his name : 

36 If those ordinances depart from before 
me, saith the Lord, then the seed of Israel 
also shall cease from being a nation before 
me for ever. 

37 Thus saith the Lord; If heaven above 
can be measured, and the foundations of the 
earth searched out beneath, I will also cast 
off all the seed of Israel for all that they 
have done, saith the Lord. 

38 Tf Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
that the city shall be built to the Lord from 
the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the 
corner. 

39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth 
over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall 
compass about to Goath. 

40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, 
and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the 
brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the 
horse-gate toward the. east, shall be holy unto 
the Lord ; it shall not be plucked up, nor 
ihrown down any more for ever. 

CHAP. XXXII. 
1 Jeremiah, being imprisoned by Zedekiah for 
his prophecy, 6buyeth HanameeVs field. 13 
Baruch must preserve the evidences, as tokens 
of the people's return. 16 Jeremiah in his 
prayer complaineth to God. 26 Godconfirmcth 
the captivity for their sins, 36ajid promts eth 
a gracious return. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah from 
the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah 
king of Judali, which was the eighteenth 
year of Nebuchadrezzar. 

2 For then the king of Babylon's army be- 
sieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the pro- 
phet was shut up in the court of the prison, 
which was in the king of Judah's house. 

3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him 
up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, 
and say, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I 
wmM give this city into the hand of the king 
of Babylon, and he shall take it; 

4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not 
escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but 
shall surely be delivered into the hand of the 
king of Babylon, and shall speak with him 
mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold 
his eyes; 

5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, 
and there shall he be until I visit him, saith 
the Lord: though ye fight with the Chal- 
deans, ye shall not prosper? 

6 % And Jeremiah said. The word of the 
Lord came unto me, saying, 

7 Behold, Hanameel, the son of Shallum 
thine uncle, shall come unto thee, saying, 
Buy thee my field that is. in Anathoth : for 
the right of redemption is thine to buy it. 

8 So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to 
me in the court of the prison, according to 
the word of the Lord, and said unto me, Buy 
my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, 
which is in the country of Benjamin : for the 
right of inheritance is thine, and the redemp- 
tion is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I 



JEREMIAH. Jeremiatis complaint and prayer. 



knew that this icas the word of the Lord. 

9 And I bought the field of Hanameel mine 
uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weigh- 
ed him the money, even seventeen shekels 
of silver. 

10 And I subscribed the evidence, and seal- 
ed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him 
the money in the balances. 

11 So I took the evidence of the purchase. 
both that which was sealed according to the 
law and custom, and that which was open : 

12 And I gave the evidence of die purchase 
unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of 
Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine 
uncle's son, and in the presence of the wit- 
nesses that subscribed the book of the pur- 
chase, before all the Jews that sat in the 
court of the prison. 

13 ^[ And 1 charged Baruch before them, 
saying, 

14 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
of Israel; Take these evidences, this evi- 
dence of the purchase, both which is sealed, 
and this evidence which is open ; and put 
them in an earthen vessel, that they may 
continue many days. 

15 For thus saith "the Lord of hosts, the God 
of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards 
shall be possessed again in this land. 

16 H Now when I had delivered the evi- 
dence of the purchase unto Baruch the son 
of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord, saying, 

17 Ah Lord God ! behold, thou hast made 
the heaven and the earth by thy great power 
and stretched-out arm, and there is nothing 
too hard for thee : 

18 Thou shewest loving-kindness unto thou- 
sands, and recompensest the iniquity of the 
fathers into the bosom of their children after 
them : The Great, The Mighty God, The 
Lord of hosts, is his name ; 

19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: 
for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of 
the sons of men; to give everyone accord- 
ing to his ways, and according to the fruit of 
his doings : 

20 Which hast set signs and wonders in the 
land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Is- 
rael, and among other men ; and hast made 
thee a name, as at this day ; 

21 And hast brought forth thy people Israel 
out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with 
wonders, and with a strong hand, and with 
a stretched-out arm, and with great terror; 

22 And hast given them this land, which 
thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, 
a land flowing with milk and honey; 

23 And they came in, and possessed it; but 
they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in 
thy law ; they have done nothing of all that 
thou commandedstthemtodo : therefore thou 
hast caused all this evil to come upon them: 

24 Behold the mounts, thev are come unto 
the citv to take it; and the city is given into 
the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against 
it, because of the sword, and of the famine, 
and of the pestilence : and what thou hast 
spoken is come to pass; and behold, thou 
seest it, 

25 And thou hast said unto me, O Lord God, 

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God promiseih to ike captivity 
Buy thee the field for money, and take wit- 
nesses; for the city is given into the hand of 
the Chaldeans. 

26 If Then came the word of the Lord unto 
Jeremiah, saving, 

27 Behold, "I am the Lord, the God of all 
flesh : is there anything too hard for me ? 

28 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, 
I will give this city into the hand of the Chal- 
deans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar 
king of Babylon, and he shall take it: 

29 And the Chaldeans, that fight against 
this city, shall come and set fire on this city, 
and burn it with the houses, upon whose 
roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, 
and poured out drink-offerings unto other 
gods, to provoke me to anger. 

30 For the children of Israel and the chil- 
dren of Judah have only done evil before me 
from their youth : for the children of Israel 
have only provoked me to anger with the 
work of their hands, saith the Lord. 

31 For this city hath been to me as a pro- 
vocation of mine an<jerand of my fury from 
the day that they built it even unto this day ; 
that I should remove it from before my face, 

32 Because of all the evil of the children 
of Israel and of the children of Judah, which 
they have done to provoke me to anger, they, 
their kings, their princes, their priests, and 
their prophets, and the men of Judah, and 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

33 And they have turned unto me the back, 
and not the face : though I taught them, ri- 
sing up early and teaching them, yet they 
have not hearkened to receive instruction. 

34 But they set their abominations in the 
house which is called by my name, to defile it. 

35 And they built the high places of Baal, 
which are in the valley of the son of Hin- 
nom, to cause their sons and their daughters 
to pass through the fire unto Molech; which 
I commanded them not, neither came it into 
my mind, that they should do this abomina- 
tion, to cause Judah to sin. 

3611 And now therefore thus saith the Lord, 
the God of Israel, concerning this city, where- 
of ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand 
of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by 
the famine, and by the pestilence; 

37 Behold, I will gather them out of all 
countries, whither I have driven them in 
mine anger, and in my fury,, and in great 
wrath ; and I will bring them again unto this 
place, and I will cause them to dwell safely : 

38 And they shall be my people and I will 
be their God: 

39 And I will give them one heart and one 
way, that they may fear me for ever, for the 
good of them, and of tfoeir children afterthem: 

40 And I will make an everlasting covenant 
with them, that I will not turn away from 
them, to do them good ; but I will put my 
fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart 
from me. 

41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them 
good, and I will plant them in tins land as- 
suredly with my whole heart and with my 
whole soul. 

42 For thus saith the Lord ; Like as I have 



CHAP. XXXIII. a gracious return. 

brought all this great evil upon this people, 
so will I bring upon them all the good that I 
have promised them. 

43 And fields shall be bought in this land, 
whereof ye say, It is desolate without man 
or beast; it is given into the hand of the 
Chaldeans. 

44 Men shall buy fields for money, and sub- 
scribe evidences, and seal them, and take 
witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in 
the places about Jerusalem, and in the citiea 
of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, 
and in the cities of the valley, and in the 
cities of the south: for I will cause their 
captivity to return, saith the Lord. 

CHAP. XXXIII. 

1 God promiseth to the captivity a gracious re- 
turn, 9 a joyful state, 12 asettledgovemment, 
15 Christ the Branch of righteousness, 17 a 
continuance of kingdom and priesthood, 20 
and a stability of a blessed seed. 

MOREOVER the word of the Lord 
came unto Jeremiah the second time, 
while he was yet shut up in the court of the 
prison, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, 
the Lord that formed it, to establish it; The 
Lord is his name ; 

3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and 
sliew thee great and mighty things, which 
tlion knowest not. 

I For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, 
concerning the houses of this city, and con- 
cerning the houses of the kings of Judah, 
which are thrown down by the mounts, and 
by the sword ; 

5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, 
but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of 
men, whom I have slain in mine anger and 
in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I 
have hid my face from this city. 

6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, 
and I will cure them, and will reveal unto 
them the abundance of peace and. truth. 

7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah 
and the captivity of Israel to return, and will 
build them, as at the first. 

8 And I will cleanse them from all their ini- 
quity, whereby they have sinned against me; 
and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby 
they have sinned, and whereby they have 
transgressed against me. 

9 U And it shall be to me a name of joy, a 
praise, and an honour, before all the nations 
of the earth, which shall hear all the good 
that I do unto them: and they shall fear and 
tremblefor all the goodness and for all the 
prosperity that I procure unto it. 

10 Thus saith the Lord; Again there shall 
be heard in this place, which ye say shall be 
desolate without man and without beast, even 
in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of 
Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, 
and without inhabitant, and without beast, 

II The voice of joy, and the voice of glad- 
ness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the 
voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall 
say, Praise the Lord of hosts : for the Lord 
is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: 
and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of 

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Christ Vie righteous Branch. JEREMIAH, 

praise into the house of the Lord. For 1 will 
cause to return the captivity of the land, as at 
the first, saith the Lord. 

12 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in 
this place, which is desolate without man and 
without beast, and in all the cities thereof, 
shall be a habitation of shepherds causing 
their flocks to lie down. 

13 In the cities of the mountains, in the 
cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, 
find m the laud of Benjamin, and in the places 
about Jerusalem, and In the cities of Judah, 
shall the flocks pass again under the hands 
of him that telleth them, saith the Lord. 

14 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
that I will perform that good thing which I 
have promised unto the house of Israel and 
to the house of Judah. 

15 H In those days, and at that time, will I 
cause the Branch of righteousness to grow 
up unto David ; and he shall execute judg- 
ment and righteousness in the land. 

16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and 
Jerusalem shall dwell safely* and this is the 
tiarne wherewith she shall be called, The 
Lord our Righteousness. 

17 % For thus saith the Lord; David shall 
never want a man to sit upon the throne of 
the house of Israel \ 

18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want 
a man before me to offer burnt-offerings, and 
to kindle meat-offerings, and to do sacrifice 
continually. 

19 i! And the word of the Lord came unto 
Jeremiah, saying, 

20 Thus saith the Lord; If ye can break 
my covenant of the day, and my covenant of 
the night, and that there shoultl not be day 
and night in their season; 

21 Then may also my covenant be broken 
with David my servant, that he should not 
have a son to reign upon his throne ; and with 
tiie Levites the priests, my ministers. 

22 As the host of heaven cannot be num- 
bered, neither the sand of the sea measured: 
so will I multiply the seed of David my ser- 
vant, and the Levites that minister unto me. 

23 Moreover the word of the Lord came to 
Jeremiah, saying, 

24 Considerest thou not what this people 
have spoken, saying, The two families which 
the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them 
off? thus they have despised my people, that 
they should be no more a nation before them. 

25 Thus saith the Lord ; If my covenant be 
not with day and night, and ifl have not ap- 
pointed the ordinances of heaven and earth ; 

26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, 
find David my servant, so that I will not 
take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed 
of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will 
cause their captivity to return, and have mer- 
cy on them. 

CHAP. XXXIV. 

1 Jeremiah prophesicth the captivity of Zedekiah 
and the city. 8 The princes and the people hav- 
ing dismissed their bond-servants, contrary to 
the covenant of God, reassume them. 12 Jere- 
miah, for their disobedience, giveth them and 
Zedekiah into the hands of their encmi'-?. 



Jerusalem's destruction foretold. 

THE word which came unto Jeremiah 
from the Lord, when Nebuchadnezzar 
kiug of Babylon, and all his army, and all 
tiie kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, 
and all the people fought against Jerusalem, 
and against all the cities thereof, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; 
Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, 
and tell him, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, 
I will give this city into the hand of the king 
of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: 

3 And" thou shalt not escape out of his hand, 
but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into 
his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the 
eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall 
speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou 
shalt go to Babylon. 

4 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zede- 
kiah king of Judah ; Thus saith the Lord of 
thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword : 

5 But thou shalt die in peace : and with the 
burnings of thy fathers, the former kings 
which were before thee,, so shall they burn 
odours for thee: and they will lament thee, 
saying, Ah lord! fori have pronounced the 
word, saith the Lord. 

6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all 
these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in 
Jerusalem, 

7 When the king of Babylon's army fought 
against Jerusalem, and against all the cities 
of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and 
against Azekah: for these defenced cities 
remained of the cities of Judah. 

8 U This is the word that came unto Jere- 
miah from the Lord, after that the king 
Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the 

f>eople which icere at Jerusalem, to proclaim 
iberty unto them ; 

9 That every man should let his man-ser- 
vant, and every man his maid-servant, being 
a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that 
none should serve himself of them, to wit, of 
a Jew his brother. 

10 Now when all the princes, and all the 
people which had entered into the covenant, 
heard that everyone should let his man-ser- 
vant, and every one his maid-servant, go free, 
that none should serve themselves of them 
any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. 

11 But afterwards they turned, and caused 
the servants and the handmaids, whom they 
had let go free, to return, and brought them in- 
to subjection for servants and for handmaids. 

12 ^[ Therefore the word of the Lord came 
to Jeremiah, from the Lord, saying, 

13 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel ; 
I made a covenant with your fathers in the 
day that I brought them forth out of the land 
of Egypt, out of the house of bond-men, 
saying, 

14 At the end of seven years, let ye go every 
man his brother a Hebrew, which hath been 
sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee 

ix years, thou shalt let him go free from 
thee; but your fathers hearkened not unto 
me, neither inclined their ear. 

15 And ye were now turned, and had done 
right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every 
man to his neighbour: and ye had made a 

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ZedckialCs captivity, 8? c - CHAP. XXXV, XXXVI. Temperance of the Rechabites, 



covenant before me in the house which is 
called by my name: 

1G But ye turned and polluted my name, and 
caused everv man his servant, and every man 
his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at 
their pleasure, to return, and brought them 
into subjection, to be unto you for servants 
and for handmaids. 

17 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Ye have 
not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liber- 
ty, every one to his brother, and every man 
to his neighbour: behold,! proclaim a liberty 
for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the 
pestilence, and to the famine; and I will 
make you to be removed into all the king- 
doms of the earth. 

18 And I will give the men that have trans- 
gressed my covenant, which have not per- 
fonned the words of the covenant which they 
had made before me, when they cutthe calf in 
twain, and passed between the parts thereof, 

19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of 
Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and 
•all the people of the land, which passed be- 
tween the parts of the calf; 

20 I will even give them into the hand of 
their enemies, and into the hand of them that 
seek dieir life: and their dead bodies shall 
be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and 
to the beasts of the earth. 

21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his 
princes will I ffive into the hand of their ene- 
mies, and into the hand of them that seek their 
life, and into the hand of the king of Baby- 
lon's army, which are gone- up from you. 

22 Behold, I will command, saith the Lord, 
and cause them to return- to this city; and 
they shall fight against it, and take it, and 
burn it with fire: and I will make the cities 
of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant. 

CHAP. XXXV. 
1 By the obedience of the Rcchabites, 12 Jere- 
miah condetnnet.fi the disobedience of the Jews. 
18 God blesseth the Rcchabites for their obe- 
dience. 
FT! HE word which came to Jeremiah from 
JL the Lord, in the days of Jehoiakim the 
son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 

2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and 
speak unto them, and bring; them into the 
house of die Lord, into one of the chambers, 
and give them wine to drink. 

3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jere- 
miah, the son of Habaziniah, and his bre- 
thren, and all his sons, and the whole house 
of the Rechabites; 

4 And I brought them into the house of the. 
Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, 
the son of I^daliah, a man of God, which 
icas by the chamber of the princes, which 
ica$ above the chamber of Maaseiah the son 
of Shallum, the keeper of the door: 

5 And I set before the sons of the house of 
the Rechabites, pots full of wine, and cups, 
and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. 

f) But they said, We will drink no wine: for 
Jonadab the son of Rechab our father com- 
manded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, 
neither ye, nor your sons for ever: 

7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, 



nor plant vineyard, nor have any : but all 
your days ye shall dwell in tents ; that ye may 
live many days in the land where ye be 
strangers. 

8 Thus have Ave obeved the voice of Jona- 
dab the son of Rechab our father in all that 
he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our 
days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daugh- 
ters ; 

9 IVor to build houses for us to dwell in : 
neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: 

10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have 
obeyed, and done according to all that Jona- 
dab our father commanded us. 

11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchad- 
rezzar king of Babvlon came up into the 
land, that we said, Come, and let us go to 
Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chal- 
deans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: 
so we dwell at Jerusalem. 

-. 12 1[ Then came the word of the Lord unto 
Jeremiah, saying, 

13 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of 
Israel: Go and tell the men of Judah and 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not re- 
ceive instruction to hearken to my words? 
saith the Lord. 

14 The words of Jonadab the son of Re- 
Onab, that he commanded his sons not to 
drink wine, are performed ; for unto this day, 
tliey drink none, but obey their father's 
commandment : notwithstanding I have spo- 
ken unto you, rising early and speaking; Gut 
ye hearkened not unto me. 

151 have sent also unto you all my servants 
the prophets, rising up early and sending 
them, saying, Return ye now every man from 
his evil way, and amend your doings, and go 
not after other gods to serve them, and ye 
sliall dwell in the land which I have given to 
you and to your fadiers: but ye have not in- 
clined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. 

16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of 
Rechab have performed the commandment 
of their father, which he commanded them ; 
but this people hath not hearkened unto me : 

17 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of 
hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I willbriiig 
upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced 
against tnetn ; because I have spoken unto 
them, but they have not heard; and I have 
called unto them, but they have not answered. 

18 % And Jeremiah said unto the bouse of 
the Rechabites, Thus saith the Lord 9l hosts, 
the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed 
the commandment of Jonadab your father, 
and kept all his precepts, and done accord- 
ing unto all that he hath commanded von : 

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel ; Jonadab the son of Re- 
chab sliall not wanta man to stand before me 
for ever. 

CHAP. XXXVI. 

1 Jeremiah causeth Baruch to write his pro- 
phecy, 5 and publicly to read it. 11 The 
princes, bavin? intelligence thereof by .Micha- 
iah, send Jehudi to fetch the roll, and read it. 
19 They will Baruch to hide himself and Jere- 
miah. 20 The king Jehoiakim^ being certified 
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Baruch writetk 

thereof, heareth part of it, and hurneth the 
roll. 27 Jeremiah denounccth his judgment. 32 
Baruch writetk a new copy. 

AND it came to pass in the fourth year of 
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Ju- 
dah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from 
the Lord, saying, 

2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write 
therein all the words that I have spoken unto 
thee against Israel, and against Judah, and 
ngainst all the nations, from the day I spake 
unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto 
this day. 

3 It may be that the house of Judah will 
hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto 
them ; that they may return every man from 
his evil way ; that I may forgive their iniqui- 
ty and their sin. 

4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of 
Neriah : and Baruch wrote from the mouth 
of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord, which 
he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a 
book. 

5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, say- 
ing, I am shut up, I cannot go into the house 
ot the Lord : 

6 Therefore go thou and read in the roll, 
which thou hast written from my mouth, the 
words of the Lord in the ears of the people 
in the Lord's house upon the fasting day : 
and also thou shalt read them in the ears of 
all Judah that come out of then* cities. - t . 

7 It may be they will present their supplica- 
tion before the Lord, and will return every 
one from his evil way : for great is the an- 
ger and the fury that the Lord hath pro- 
nounced against this people. 

8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did accord- 
ing to all that Jeremiah the prophet com- 
manded him, reading in the book the words 
of the Lord in the Lord's house. 

9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Je- 
hoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in 
the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast 
before the Lord to all the people in Jerusa- 
lem, and to all the people that came from the 
Cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. 

10 Then read Baruch in the book the words 
of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the 
chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan 
the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry 
of the new gate of the Lord's house, in the 
ears of all the people. 

11 T[ When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, 
the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the 
book all the words of the Lord, 

12 Then he went down into the king's house, 
into the scribe's chamber: and lo, all the 
princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, 
and Delaiahthe son ofShemaiah, andElna- 
than the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the 
son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of 
Hananiah, and all the princes. 

13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all 
the words that he had heard, when Baruch 
read the book in the ears of the people. 

14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi 
the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, 
the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take 
in thy hand the roil wherein thou hast read 



JEREMIAH. Jeremiah's prophecy* 

in the ears of the people, and come. So Ba- 
ruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his 
hand, and came unto them. i 

15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, 
and read it iti our ears. So Baruch read it 
in their ears. 

16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard 
all the words, they were afraid both one and 
other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely 
tell the king of all these words. 

17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us 
now, How didst thou write all these words at 
his mouth? 

18 Then Baruch answered them, He pro- 
nounced all these words unto me with his 
mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. 

19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go 
hide thee, thou and Jeremiah ; and let no man 
know where ye be. 

20 ^[ And they went in to the king into the 
court, but they laid up the roll in the cham- 
ber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the 
words in the ears of the king. 

21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll : 
and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's 
chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of 
the king, and in the ears of all the princes 
which stood beside the king. 

22 Now the king sat in the winter-house in 
the ninth month: and there was afire on 
the hearth burning before him. 

23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi 
had read three or four leaves, he cut it with 
the penknife, and casU'Z into the fire that was 
on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed 
in the fire that was on the hearth. 

24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their 
garments, neitlier the king, nor any of his 
servants that heard all these words. 

25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and 
Gemariah had made intercession to the kin» 
that he would not burn the roll : but he would 
not hear them. 

26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the 
son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of 
Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to 
take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the 
prophet: but the Lord hid them. 

27 H Then the word of the Lord came to 
Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the 
roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at 
the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, 

28 Take thee again another roll, and write 
in it all the former words that were in the 
first roll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah 
hath burned. 

29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king ot 
Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burn- 
ed this roil, saying, Why hast thou written 
therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall 
certainly come and destroy this land, and 
shall cause to cease from thence man and 
beast ? 

30 Therefore thus saith the Lord, of Jyhoia- 
kim king of Judah ; He shall have none to sit 
upon the throne of David : and his dend body 
shall be cast out in the day to the he&t, and 
in the ,night to the frost. 

31 And I will punish him and his seed and 
his servants for their iniquity; and i will 

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Siege of Hie Chaldean's raised. CHAP. XXXVH, XXXVIII. Jeremiah is imprisoned. 
bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all 
the evil that Wiave pronounced against them; 
but thev hearkened not. 
32 U 1'hen took Jeremiah another roll, and 
gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Ne- 
riah ; who wrote therein from the mouth of 
Jeremiah all the words of the book which 
Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the 
fire : and there were added besides unto 
them many like words. 

CHAP. XXXVII. 
1 The Egyptians having raised the siege of the 

Chahlearis Ling Zedckiah sendrth to Jeremiah 

to pray for the people. Jeremiah prophesieth 

the Chaldeans' 1 certain return and victory. 11 

He is taken for a fugitive, beaten, and put in 

prison. 16 He assureth Zcdekiah of the cap- 
tivity. 18 Intr eating for his liberty, hcobtain- 

eth some favour. 

AND king Zedekiah the son of Josiah 
reigned instead of Coniah the son of 
Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of 
Babylon made king in the land of Judah. 

2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the 
people of the land, did hearken unto the 
words of the Lord, which he spake by the 
prophet Jeremiah. 

3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the 
son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of 
Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, 
saying, Pray now unto the Lord our God 
for us. 

4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out 
among the people : for they had not put him 
into prison. 

5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out 
of Egvpt : and when the Chaldeans that be- 
sieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they 
departed from Jerusalem. 

6 U Then came the word of the Lord unto 
the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 

7 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel ; 
Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that 
sent you unto me to inquire of me; Behold, 
Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help 
you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. 

8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and 
fight against this city, and take it, and burn it 
with fire. 

9 Thus saith the Lord; Deceive not your- 
selves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely 
depart from us : for they shall no* depart. 

10 For though ye had smitten the whole 
army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, 
and there remained but wounded men among 
them, yet should they rise up every man in 
his tent, and burn this city with fire. 

11 H And it came to pass, that when the 
army of the Chaldeans was broken up from 
Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 

12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jeru- 
salem to go into the land of Benjamin, to se- 
parate himself thence in th-e midst of the 
people. 

13 And when he was in the gate of Benja- 
min, a captain of the ward was there, whose 
name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the 
son of Hananiah ; and he took Jeremiah the 
prophet, saving, Thou fullest away to the 
Chaldeans. 



14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false ; I fall 
not away to the Chaldeans. But lie hear- 
kened not to him : so Irijah took Jeremiah, 
and brought him to the princes. 

15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with 
Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in pri- 
son in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for 
they had made that the prison. 

16 H When Jeremiah was entered into the 
dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah 
had remained there many days; 

17 Then Zedekiah the kin°? sent, and took 
him out: and the king asked him secretly in 
his house, and said, Is there any word from 
the Lord ? And Jeremiah said, There is : 
for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the 
hand of the king of Babylon. 

18 Moreover, Jeremiah said unto king Ze- 
dekiah, What have I offended against thee, 
or against thy servants, or against this peo- 
ple, that ye have put me in prison ? 

19 Where are now your prophets which 
prophesied unto you, saying, The king of 
Babylon shall not come against you, nor 
against this land ? 

£0 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my 
lord the king: let my supplication, I pray 
thee, be accepted before thee; that thou 
cause me noi to return to the house of Jona- 
than the scribe, lest I die there. 
21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded 
that they should commit Jeremiah into the 
court of the prison, and that they should give 
him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' 
street, until all the bread in the city were 
spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in die court 
of the prison. 

CHAP. XXXVIII. 
1 Jeremiah, by a false suggestion, is put into the 
dungeon of Malchiah. 7 Ebcd-melech, by suit, 
getteth him some enlargement. 14 Upon secret 
conference he counselleth the king by yielding 
to save his life. ^4 By the king's instructions 
he conccaleth the conference from the princes. 

THEN Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and 
Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal 
the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of 
Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah 
had spoken unto all the people, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord, He that remaineth 
in this city shall die by the sword, by the fa- 
mine, and by the pestilence: but he that 
goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for 
he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. 

3 Thus saith the Lord, This city shall sure- 
ly be given into the hand of the king of Baby- 
lon's army, which shall take it. 

4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, 
We beseech thee, let this man be put to 
death : for thus he weakeneth the hands of 
the men of war that remain in this city, and 
the hands of all the people, in speaking such 
words unto them : for this man seeketh not 
the welfare of this people, but the hurt. 

5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he 
is in your hand: for the king is not he that 
can do any thing against you. 

6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him 
into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of 

L Hamineiech, that was in the court of the pri- 
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Jeremiah is enlarged. JEREMIAH. 

son : and they let down Jeremiah with cords. 
And in the dungeon there was no water, but 
mire : so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. 

7 U Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, 
one of the eunuchs which was in the king's 
house, heard that they iiad put Jeremiah in 
the dungeon ; the king then sitting in the gate 
of Benjamin ; 

8 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's 
house, and spake to the king, saying, 

9 My lord the king, these men have done 
evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah 
the prophet, whom they have cast into the 
dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in 
tlte place where he is : for there is no more 
bread in the city. 

10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech 
the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence 
thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah 
the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. 

11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, 
and went into the house of the king under 
the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts 
and old rotten rags, and let them down by 
cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 

12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said 
unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts 
and rotten rags under thine arm-holes under 
the cords. And Jeremiah did so. 

13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, 
and took him up out of the dungeon : and 
Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. 

14 H Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took 
Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third 
entry that is in the house of the Lord : and 
the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a 
thing: hide nothing from me. 

15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I 
declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put 
me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt 
thou not hearken unto me? 

16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly 
unto Jeremiah, saying, As the Lord liveth, 
that made us this soul, I will not put thee to 
death, neither will I give thee into the hand 
of these men that seek thy life. 

17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, 
Thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the 
God of Israel ; If thou wilt assuredly go forth 
unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy 
soul shall live, and this city shall not be 
burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy 
house : 

18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king 
of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be 
given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and 
they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt 
not escape out of their hand. 

19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jere- 
miah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen 
to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into 
their hand, and they mock inc. 

20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver 
thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the 
Lord, which I speak unto thee: so it shall 
be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. 

21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the 
word that the Lord hath shewed me: 

22 And behold, all the women that are left 
in the king of Judah's house s/j/iZ/te brought 



Jerusalem is taken, ana 
forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and 
those women shall say, Thy friends have set 
thee on, and have prevailed against thee : 
thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are 
turned away back. 

23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and 
thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt 
not escape out of their hand, but shalt be 
taken by the hand of the king of Babylon : 
and thou shalt cause this city to be burned 
with fire. 

21 U Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, 
Let no man know of these words, and thou 
shalt not die. 

25 But if the princes hear that I have talked 
with thee, ana they come unto thee, and say 
unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou 
hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, 
and we will not put thee to death ; also what 
the king said unto thee : 

26 Then thou shalt say unto them, I pre- 
sented my supplication before the king, that 
he would not cause me to return to Jona- 
than's house, to die there. 

27 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, 
and asked him : and he told them according 
to all these words that the king had com- 
manded. So they left off" speaking with him ; 
for the matter was not perceived* 

28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the 
prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken : 
and he was there when Jerusalem was taken, 

CHAP. XXXIX. 
1 Jerusalem is taken. A Zedekiah is made Mind, 
and sent to Babylon. 8 The city ruinated, 9 
the people captivated. llJfcbuchadrezzar's 
charge for the good usage of Jeremiah. 1& 
God's promise to Ebed-melech. 

IN the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Ju- 
dah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchad- 
rezzar king of Babylon and all his army 
against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. 

2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in 
the fourth month, the ninth day of the mohtli, 
the city was broken up. 

3 And all the princes of the king of Babylon 
came in, and sat in the middle gate, even 
Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, 
Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with 
all the residue of the princes of the king of 
Babylon. 

4 1f And it came to pass, that when Zede- 
kiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the 
men of war, then they fled, and went forth 
out of the city by night, by the way of tlie 
king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two 
walls: and he went out the way of the plain. 

5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after 
them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains 
of Jericho : and when they had taken him, 
they brought him up to Nebhchadnezzar king 
of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, 
where he gave judgment upon him. 

6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of 
Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the 
king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. 

7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and 
bound him with chains, to cany hirn to Ba- 
bvlon. 

8 ^ And the Chaldeans bnrned the king's 
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t)ve people captivated. CHAP 

house, and the houses of the people, with 
fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. 

9 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the 
guard carried away captive into Babylon the 
remnant of the people that remained in the 
city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, 
with the rest of the people that remained. 

10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the 
guard left of the poor of the people, which 
had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave 
them vineyards and fields at the same time. 

11 1f Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon 
gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebu- 
zar-adan the captain of the guard, saying, 

12 Take him, and look well to him, and do 
him no harm; but do unto him even as he 
shall say unto thee. 

13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the 
guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and 
Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king 
of Babylon's princes ; 

14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of 
the court of the prison, and committed him 
unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of 
Shaphan, that he should carry him home: 
so he dwelt among the people. 

15 If Now the word of the Lord came unto 
Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court 
of the prison, saying, 

16 Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethi- 
opian, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel ; Behold, T will bring my 
words upon this city for evil, and not for 
good; and they shall be accomplished in that 
oav before thee. 

17 But I will deliver thee in that day, saith 
the Lord: and thou shalt not be given into 
the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. 

18 Fbr I will surely deliver thee, and thou 
shalt not fall by the" sword, but thy life shall 
be for a prey unto thee : because thou hast 
put thy trust in me, saith the Lord. 

CHAP. XL. 
1 Jeremiah, being set free by JVcbuzar-adan, 
goeth to Gedaliah. 7 The dispersed Jews re- 
pair unto him. 13 Johanan revealing IshmaeV s 
conspiracy is not believed. 

THE word which came to Jeremiah from 
the Lord, after that Nebuzar-adan the 
captain of the guard had let him go from 
Ramah, when he had taken him being bound 
in chains among all that were carried away 
captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were 
carried away captive unto Babylon. 

2 And the captain of the guard took Jere- 
miah, and said unto him, The Lord thy God 
hath pronounced this evil upon this place. 

3 Now the Lord hath brought it, and done 
according as he hath said : because ye have 
sinned against the Lord, and have not obey- 
ed his voice, therefore this tiling is come 
upon you. 

4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day 
from the chains which were upon thy hand. 
If it seem good unto thee to come with me 
into Babylon, come; and I will look well 
unto thee : but if it seem ill unto thee to come 
with meinto Babylon, forbear: behold, all the 
land is before thee : whither it seemeth good 
and convenient for thee to go, thither go. 



. XL. IshmaeV s plot is discovered. 

5 Now while lie was not yet gone back, he 
said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of 
Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king 
of Babvlon hath made governor over the 
cities of Judah, and dwell with him among 
the people : or go wheresoever it seemeih 
convenient unto thee to go. So the captain 
of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, 
and let him go. 

6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the 
son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with 
him among the people that were left in the 
land. 

7 TJ Now when all the captains of the forces 
which were in the fields, even they and their 
men, heard that the king of Babylon had 
made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor 
in the land, and had committed unto bin) 
men, and women, and children, and of the 
poor of the laml, of them that were not car- 
ried away captive to Babylon ; 

8 Then thev came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 
even Ishmaet the son of Nethaniah, and Jo- 
hanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and 
Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons 
of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the 
son of a Maachathite, they and their men. 

9 And Gedalial: the son of Ahikam the son 
of Shaphan swnre unto them and to their 
men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chalde- 
ans : dwell in the land, and serve the king 
of Babylon, aud it shall be well with you. 

10 As "for me, behold, I will dwell at Miz- 
pah, to serve the Chaldeans, which will come 
unto us: but ye, qnther ye wine, and sum- 
mer fruits, and oil, and put them in your ves- 
sels, and dwell in your cities that ye have 
taken. 

11 Likewise when all the Jews that were 
in Moab, and amoiv,' the Ammonites, and iu 
Edom, and that were in all the countries, 
heard that the king of Babylon had left a 
remnant of Judah, and that he had set over 
them Gedaliah the uon of Ahikam the son 
of Shaphan ; 

12 Even all the Jews returned out of all 
places whither they were driven, and came 
to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Miz- 
pah, and gathered wine and summer fruits 
very mucti. 

13 % Moreover, Johanan the son of Kareah, 
and all the captains of the forces that irere 
in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, 

14 And said unto him, Dost thou certainly 
know thatBaalis the king of the Ammonites 
hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to 
slay thee? But Gedaliah the son cf Ahikam 
believed them not. 

15 Then Johanan tho son of Kareah spake 
to Gedaliah in Mizpali secretly, sayimr, Let 
me go, I pray thee, an3 I will slay Ishmael 
the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall 
know it: wherefore should he slay thee, 
that all the Jews which are gathered unto 
thee should be scattered, and the remnant 
in Judah perish ? 

16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said 
unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt 
not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely 
of ishmael. 

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Jokanan recovereth ike captives. JEREMIAH. 
CHAP. XLI. 

1 Jshmacl, treacherously killing Gedaliah and 
ythers, purposeth with the residue to flee unto 
the Ammonites. HJohanan recovereth the cap- 
tives, and mindeth to flee into Egypt. 
NOW it came to pass in the seventh 
month, that Ishmael the son of Netha- 
niah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, 
and the princes of the king, even ten men 
with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of 
Ahikam to Mizpah ; and there they did eat 
bread together in Mizpah. 

2 Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethani- 
ah, and the ten men that were with him, and 
smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son 
of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, 
whom the king of Babylon bad made go- 
vernor over the land. 

3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were 
with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, 
and the Chaldeans that were found there, 
and the men of war. 

4 And it came to pass the second day after 
lie had slain Gedaliah, and \\b man knew it, 

5 That there came certain from Shechem, 
from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even four- 
score men, having their beards shaven, and 
their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, 
with offerings and incense in their hand, to 
bring them to the house of the Lord. 

6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went 
forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping 
all along as lie went: and it came to pass, 
as he met them, he said unto them, Come to 
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. 

7 And it was so, when they came into the 
midst of the city, that LJnnael the son of 
Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into 
the midst of the pit, he, and the men that 
were with him. 

8 But ten men were found among them that 
said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: forwe have 
treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, 
and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, 
and slew them not among their brethren. 

9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all 
the dead bodies of the men, whom he had 
slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa 
the king had made for fear of Baasha kin<* 
of Israel : and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah 
filled it with them tliatwere slain. 

10 Then Ishmael carried away captive all 
the residue of the people that were in Miz- 
pah, even the king's (laughters, and all the 
people that remained in Mizpah, whom Ne- 
buzar-adan the captain of the guard had 
committed to Gedaliab the son of Ahikam : 
and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried 
them away captive, and departed to go over 
to the Ammonites. 

11 H But when Joh man the son of Kareah, 
and all the captains of the forces that were 
with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael 
the son of Nethaniah had done, 

12 Then they took all the men, and went 
to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, 
and found him by t;he great waters that are 
in Gibeon. 

13 Now it came to pass, that when all the 
people which were with Ishmael saw Joha- 



His request to Jeremiah, 
nan the son of Kareah, and all the captains 
of the forces that were with him, then they 
were glad. 

14 So all the people that Ishmael had car- 
ried away captive from Mizpah cast about 
and returned, and went unto Johanan the 
son of Kareah. 

15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah es- 
caped from Johanan with eight men, and 
went to the Ammonites. 

16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, 
and all the captains of the forces that were 
with him, all the remnant of the people 
whom he had recovered from Ishmael the 
son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that 
he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, 
even mighty men of war, and the women, 
and the children, and the eunuchs, whom 
he had brought again from Gibeon : 

17 And they departed, and dwelt in the 
habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth- 
lehem, to go to enter into Egypt, 

18 Because of the Chaldeans : for they were 
afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of 
Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of 
Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made 
governor in the land. 

CHAP. XLII. 
1 Johanan desireth Jeremiah to inquire of God, 
promising obedience to his will. Ueremiah as- 
snrcth him of safety in Judea, 13 and destruc- 
tion in Egypt. 19 He reproveth their hypocri- 
sy, in requiring of the Lord that which they 
meant not. 

THEN all the captains of the forces, and 
Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jeza- 
niah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people 
from the least even unto the greatest, came 
near, 

2 And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, 
we beseech thee, our supplication be ac- 
cepted before thee, and pray for us unto the 
Lord thy God, even for all this remnant; 
(for we are left but a few of many, as thine 
eyes do behold us :) ' 

3 That the Lord thy God may shew us the 
way wherein we may walk, and the thing 
that we may do. 

4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto 
them, I have heard yov ; behold, I will pray 
unto the Lord your God according to your 
words ; and it shall come to pass, mat what- 
soever thing the Lord shall answer you, I 
will declare it unto you ; I will keep nothing 
back from you. 

5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The Lord 
be a true and faithful witness between us, if 
we do not even according to all things for the 
which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us. 

6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, 
we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, 
to whom we send thee; that it may be well 
with us, when we obey the voice of the 
Lord our God. 

7 And it came to pass after ten days, that 
the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah. 

8 Then called he Johanan the son of Ka- 
reah, and all the captains of the forces which 
were with him, and all the people from the 
least even to the greatest, 

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Judah's hypocrisy reproved. CHAP. XLIII, XLIV. Conquest vf Egypt for etotd. 

9 And said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, 
the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to 
present your supplication before him; 

10 If ye will still abide in this land, then 
will I build you, and not pull you down, and 
I will plant vou, and not pluck you up : for I 
repent me ofthe evil that I have (lone unto you. 

11 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of 
whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, 
saith the Lord: for I am with you, to save 
you, and to deliver you from his hand. 

12 And I will shew mercies unto you, that 
he may have mercy upon you, and cause you 
to return to your own land. 

13 If But if ye say, We will not dwell in this 
land, neither obey the voice of the Lord 
your God, 

14 Saying, No ; but we will go into the land 
of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor 
hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have 
hunger of bread: and there will we dwell: 

15 And now dierefore hear the word of the 
Lord, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the 
Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye 
wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and 
go to sojourn there; 

16 Then, it shall come to pass, that the 
sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you 
there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, 
whereofye were afraid, shallfollowelose after 
you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. 

17 So shall it be with all the'men that set 
their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there ; 
they shall die by the sword, by the famine, 
and by the pestilence: and none of them 
shall remain or escape from the evil that 
will bring upon them. 

18 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury 
hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured 
forth upon you, when ye shall enter into 
Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and 
an astonishment, and a curse, and a re- 
proach; and ye shall see this place no more. 

19 IT The Lord hath said concerning you, 

ye remnant of Judah ; go ye not "into 
Egypt: know certainly that I have admo- 
nished you this day. 

20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when 
ye sent me unto the LordVoui* God, saying, 
Pray for us unto the Lord our God; and 
according unto all that the Lord our God 
shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. 

21 And now I have this day declared it to 
you ; but ye have notobeyed'the voice of the 
Lord your God, nor any thing for the which 
he hath sent me unto you. 

22 Now therefore know certainly that ye 
shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by 
the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire 
to go and to sojourn. 

CHAP. XLIII. 

1 Johanan, discrediting Jeremiah's prophecy, 
carrieth Jeremiah and others into Egypt. 8 
Jeremiah prophesieth by a type the conquest 
of Egypt by the Babylonians. 

AND it came to pass, that when Jeremiah 
had made an end ©f speaking unto all 
the people all the words of the Lord their 
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God, for which the Lord their God had sent 
him to them, even all these words, 

2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiali, 
and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the 
proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou 
speakest falsely : the Lord our God hath not 
sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn 
there : 

3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee 
on against us, for to deliver us into the hand 
of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to 
death, and carry us away captives into Ba-' 
bvlon. 

4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all 
the captains of the forces, and all the people, 
obeyed not the voice of the Lord, to dwell 
in the land of Judah. 

5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all 
the captains of the forces, took all the rem- 
nant of Judah, that were returned from all 
nations, whither they had been driven, to 
dwell in the land of Judah; 

6 Even men, and women, and children, and 
the king's daughters, and every person that 
Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had 
left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son 
of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and 
Baruch the son of Neriali. 

7 So they came into the land of Egypt: for 
they obeyed not the voice of the Lord : thus 
came they even to Tahpanhes. 

8 If Then came the word of the Lord unto 
Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, 

9 Take great stones in thy hand, and hide 
them in the clay in the brick-kiln, which is 
at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tah- 
panhes, in the sight of the men of Judah ■ 

10 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord 
of hosts, the God of Israel ; Behold, I will 
send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of 
Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne 
upon these stones that I have hid; and he 
shall spread his royal pavilion over tfcem. 

11 And when he cometh, he shall smite the 
land of Egypt, and deliver such a$ are for 
death to death ; and such as are for captivity 
to captivity; and such as are for the sword 
to the sword. 

12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of 
the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, 
and cany them away captives: and he shall 
array himself with the land of Egypt, as a 
shepherd putteth on his garment; and he 
shall go forth from thence in peace. 

13 He shall break also the images of Beth- 
shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and 
the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall 
he burn with fire. * 

CHAP. XLIV. 
1 Jeremiah expresseth the desolation of Judah 
for their idolatry. 11 He prophesieth their de- 
struction, who commit idolatry in Egypt. 15 
The obstinacy of the Jews. 30 Jeremiah, 
threateneth them for the same, 29 and for a 
sign prophesieth the destruction of Egypt. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah con- 
cerning all the Jews which dwell in the 
land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at 
Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country 
of Pathros, saying, 

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The desolation of Judah. J EREMI A H . 

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of 
Israel ; Ye have seen all the evil that I have 
brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the 
cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are 
a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein ; 

3 Because of their wickedness which they 
have committed to provoke me to anger, in 
that they went to burn incense, and to serve 
other gods, whom they knew not, neither 
they, ye, nor your fathers. 

4 Howbeit, I sent unto you all mv servants 
the prophets, rising early and sending tliem, 
saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that 
I hate. 

5 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their 
ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn 
no incense unto other gods. 

6 Wherefore my fury and mine anger was 
poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of 
Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem ; and 
they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. 

7 Therefore now thus saith the Lord, the 
God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore 



The Jews are threatened 



commit ye this great evil against your soul 
to cut off from you man and woman, child 
and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none 
to remain ; 

8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with 
the works of your hands, burning incense 
unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither 
ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut your- 
selves off, and that ye might be a curse and a 
reproach among all the nations of the earth ? 

9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your 
fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of 
Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and 
your own wickedness, and the wickedness of 

J row wives, which they have committed in the 
and of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem ? 

10 They are not humbled even unto this day, 
neither have they feared, nor walked in my 
law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you 
and before your fathers. 

11 If Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel j Behold, I will set my face 
against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. 

12 Ana I will take the remnant of Judah, 
that have set their faces to go into the land 
of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all 
be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt ; 
they shall even be consumed by the sword and 
by the famine : they shall die, from the least 
even unto the greatest, by the sword and by 
the famine : and they shall be an execration, 
and an astonishment, and a curse, and a re- 
proach. 

13 For I will punish them that dwell in the 
land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, 
by the sword, by the famine, and by the pes- 
tilence : 

14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, 
which are gone into the land of Egypt to so- 
journ there, shall escape or remain, that they 
should return into the land of Judah, to the 
which they have a desire to return to dwell 
there : for none shall return but such as shall 
escape. 

5 TT Then all the men which knew that 
their wives had burned incense unto other 
§\nis, and all the- women that stood by, a 



great multitude, even all the people that 
dwelt in the land of Egypt, in rathros, an- 
swered Jeremiah, saying, 

16 As for the word that thou hast spoken 
unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not 
hearkeu unto thee. 

17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing 
goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn in- 
cense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour 
out drink-offerings unto her, as we have 
done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our 
princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the 
streets of Jerusalem : for then had we plenty 
of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. 

18 But since we left off to burn incense to 
the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink- 
offerings unto her, we have wanted all thing's, 
and have been consumed by the sword and 
by the famine. 

19 And when we burned incense to the 
aueen of heaven, and poured out drink-offer- 
ings unto her, did we make her cakes to 
worship her, and pour out drink-offerings 
unto her, without our men ? 

20 % Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, 
to the men, and to the women, and to all the 
people which had given him that answer, 
saying, 

21 The incense that ye burned in the cities 
of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye 
and your fathers, your kings and your princes, 
and the people of the land, did not the Lord 
remember them, and came \inot into his mind? 

22 So that the Lord could no longer bear, 
because of the evil of your doings, and be- 
cause of the abominations which ye have 
committed ; therefore is your land a desola- 
tion, and an astonishment, and a curse, with- 
out an inhabitant, as at this day. 

23 Because ye have burned incense, and 
because ye have sinned against the Lord, 
and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, 
nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor 
in his testimonies ; therefore this evil is hap- 
pened unto you, as at this day. 

24 Moreover, Jeremiah said unto all the 
people, and to all the women, Hear the word 
of the Lord, all Judah that are in the land 
of Egypt: 

25 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of 
Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both 
spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with 
your hand, saying, We will surely perform 
our vows that we have vowed, to burn in- 
cense to the queen of heaven, and to pour 
out drink-offerings unto her : ye will surely 
accomplish your vows, and surely perform 
your vows. 

26 Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, 
all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt ; 
Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith 
the Lord, that my name shall no more be 
named in the mouth of any man of Judah in 
all the land of Egvpt, saying, The Lord God 
liveth. 

27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, 
and not for good: and all the men of Judah 
that cure in the land of Egypt shall be con- 
sumed by the sword and by the famine, until 
there be an end of them. 

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Baruch is comforted. 



28 Yet a small number that escape the 
sword shall return out of the land of Egypt 
into the land of Judah; and all the remnant 
of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt 
to sojourn there, shall know whose words 
shall stand, mine, or theirs. 

29 T[ And this shall be a sign unto you, saith 
the Lord, that I will punish you in this 
place, that ye may know that my words shall 
surely stand against vou for evil : 

30 Thus saith the* Lord ; Behold, I will 
give Pharaoh -hophra king of Egypt into the 
hand of his enemies, and into the hand of 
diem that seek his life ; as I gave Zedekiah 
kiDg of Judah into the hand of Nebuchad- 
rezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that 
sought his life. 

CHAP. XLV. 

I Baruch being dismayed, 4 Jeremiah instruct- 

eth and comforteth him. 

THE word that Jeremiah the prophet 
spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, 
when he had written these words in a book 
at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year 
of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, 
saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, 
unto thee, O Baruch ; 

3 Thou didst say, Wo is me now ! for the 
Lord hath added grief to my sorrow ; I faint- 
ed in my sighing, and I fine! no rest. 

4 If Thus shalt thou say unto him, The 
Lord saith thus ; Behold, that which I have 
built will I break down, and that which I 
have planted I will pluck up, even this whole 
land. 

5 And seekest diou great things for thyself? 
seek them not : for behold, I will bring evil 
upon all flesh, saith the Lord : but thy life 
will I give unto thee for a prey in all places 
whither thou goest. 

CHAP. XL VI. 

1 Jeremiah prophesieth the overthrow of Pha- 
raoh's army at Euphrates, 13 and the con- 
quest of Egypt by Nebuchadrezzar. 27 He 
comforteth Jacob in their chastisement. 

THE word of the Lord which came to 
Jeremiah the prophet against the Gen- 
tiles ; 

2 Against Egypt, against the army of Pha- 
raoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the 
river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Ne^ 
buchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the 
fourth year of Jehoiakim die son of Josiah 
king of Judah. 

3 Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw 
near to battle. 

4 Harness the horses ; and get up, ye horse- 
men, and stand forth with your helmets; fur- 
bish the spears, and put on the brigandines. 

5 Wherefore have I seen them dismayed 
and turned away back? and their mighty 
ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, 
and look not back : for fear w as round about, 
saith the Lord. 

6 Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty 
man escape : they shall stumble, and fall to- 
ward the north by the river Euphrates. 

7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, 
whose waters are moved as the rivers ? 



CHAP. XLV, XLVI. Pltaraak's overthrow foretold. 



8 Egypt risetli up like a flood, and his wa- 
ters are moved like the rivers ; and he saith, 
I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will 
destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. 

9 Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye cha- 
riots ; and let the mighty men come forth : 
the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle 
the shield ; and the Lydians, that handle and 
bend the bow. 

10 For this is the day of the Lord God of 
hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge 
him of his adversaries : and the sword shall 
devour, and it shall be satiate and made 
drunk with their blood : for the Lord God of 
hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by 
the river Euphrates. 

11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O vir- 
gin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt 
thou use many medicines ; for thou shalt not 
be cured. 

12 The nations have heard of thy shame, 
and thy cry hath filled the land : for the 
mighty man hath stumbled against the migh- 
ty, and they are fallen both together. 

13 1[ The word that the Lord spake to Je- 
remiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar 
king of Babylon should come and smite the 
land of Egypt. 

14 Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Mig- 
dol, and publish in Nophand in Tahpanhes : 
say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee ; for the 
sword shall devour round about thee. 

15 Why are thy valiant men swept away ? 
they stood not, because the Lord did drive 
them. 

16 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon 
anotiier: and they said, Arise, and let us go 
again to our ow r n people, and to the land of 
our nativity, from die oppressing sword. 

17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of 
Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the 
time appointed. 

18 As I live, saith the King, whose name .is 
The Lord of hosts, Surely as Tabor is 
among die mountains, and as Carmel by die 
sea, so shall he come. , 

19 O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, fur- 
nish thyself to go into captivity : for Noph 
shall be waste and desolate without an inha- 
bitant. 

20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but de- 
struction cometh ; it cometh out of the north. 

21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her 
like fatted bullocks ; for they also are turned 
back, and are fled away together : they did 
not stand, because the day of their calamity 
was come upon them, and the time of their 
visitation. 

22 The voice thereof shall go like a serpent, 
for they shall march with an army, and come 
against her with axes, as hewers of wood. 

23 They shall cut down her forest, saith the 
Lord, though it cannot be searched; be- 
cause they are more than the grasshoppers, 
and are innumerable. 

24 The daughter of Egypt shall be confound- 
ed; she shall be delivered into the hand of 
the people of the north. 

25 The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 
saitii; Behold, I will punish the multitude of 

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Instruction of the Philistines. 
No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their 
gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and 
all them that trust in him : 

26 And I will deliver them into the hand of 
those that seek their lives, and into the hand 
of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into 
die hand of his servants : and afterward it 
shall be inhabited, as in die days of old, saidi 
die Lord. 

27 If But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, 
and be not dismayed, O Israel : for behold, I 
will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from 
die land of their captivity ; and Jacob shall 
return, and be in rest and at ease, and none 
shall make him afraid. 

28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith 
the Lord : for I am with thee ; for I will 
make a full end of all the nations whither I 
have driven thee : but I will not make a full 
end of thee, but correct thee in measure ; yet 
will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. 

CHAP. XLVII. 
The destruction of the Philistines. 

THE word of the Lord that came to Je- 
remiah the prophet against the Philis- 
tines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. 

2 Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, waters rise 
up out of the north, and shall be an overflow- 
ing flood, and shall overflow die land, and 
all that is therein ; the city, and them tiiat 
dwell therein : then the men shall cry, and 
all die inhabitants of die land shall howl. 

3 At die noise of the stamping of the hoofs 
of his strong horses, at the rushing of his cha- 
riots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the 
fathers shall not look back to their children 
for feebleness of hands ; 

4 Because of the day diat cometh to spoil 
all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus 
and Zidon every 7 helper that remainedi : for 
die Lord will spoil the Philistines, die rem- 
nant of the country of Caphtor. 

5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon 
Is cut off with the remnant of their valley : 
how long wilt thou cut tiiyself ? 

6 O thou sword of the Lord, how long icill 
it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into 
thy scabbard, rest, and be still. 

7 How can it be quiet, seeing the Lord 
hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and 
against the sea shore ? there hath he ap- 
pointed it. 

CHAP. XLVIII. 
1 Thejudgment of Moab, 7 for their pride, 11 for 
their security, 14 for their carnal confidence, 
26 and for their contempt ofOod and his peo- 
ple. 47 The restoration of Moab. 

AGAINST Moab thus saith the Lord of 
hosts, the God of Israel ; Wo unto Ne- 
bo! for it is spoiled : Kiriathaim is confound- 
ed and taken: Misgab is confounded and 
dismayed. 

2 There shall be no more praise of Moab : 
in Heshbon they have devised evil against it ; 
come, and let us cut it off from being a na- 
tion. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Mad- 
men ; the sword shall pursue thee. 

3 A voice of crying shall be from Horona'm, 
spoiling and great destruction. 



JEREMIAH. The judgment of Moab 

4 Moab is destroyed; her litde ones have 
caused a cry to be heard. 

5 For in tlie going up of Luhith continual 
weeping shall go up; for in the going down 
of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry 
of destruction. 

6Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath 
in the wilderness. 

7 1f For because thou hast trusted in thy 
works and in dry treasures, thou shalt also 
be taken: aud Chemosh shall go forth into 
captivity with his priests and his princes to- 
gether." 

8 And the spoiler shall come upon even* city, 
and no city shall escape: die valley also 
shall perish,' and die plain shall be destroyed, 
as the Lord hath spoken. 

9 Give wings unto Moab, tiiat it may flee 
and getaway: for die cities thereof shall be 
desolate, without any to dwell tiierein. 

10 Cursed be he that doedi the work of the 
Lord deceitfully, and cursed be he that keep- 
eth back his sword from blood. 

11 H Moab hath been at ease from his youth, 
and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not 
been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither 
hath he gone into captivity : therefore his 
taste remained in him, and his scent is not 
changed. 

12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord, tiiat I will send unto him wander- 
ers that shall cause him to wander, and shall 
empty his vessels, and break their bottles. 

13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh. 
as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth 
el their confidence. 

14 1f How say ye, We are mighty and strong 
men for the war ? 

15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her 
cities, and his chosen young men are gone 
down to die slaughter, saith the King, whose 
name is The Lord of hosts. 

16 The calamity of Moab is near to corae, 
and his affliction hastedi fast. 

17 All ye tiiat are about hini bemoan him ; 
and all ye that know his name, say, How 
is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful 
rod! 

18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, 
come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst ; 
for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, 
and he shall destrov thy strong holds. 

19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, 
and espy ; ask him that fieeth, ana 1 her tiiat 
escape tfi, and say, What is done ? 

20 Moab is confounded ; for it is broken 
down : howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon. 
that Moab is spoiled," 

21 And judgment is come upon the plain 
country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, 
and upon Mephaadi, 

22 And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and 
upon Beth-diblathaim, 

23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth- 
gamtil, and upon Beth-meon, 

24 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, 
and upon all die cities of the land of Moab, 
far or near. 

25 The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm 
is broken, saith the Lord. 

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for her several corruptions. CHAP, 

26* U Make ye him drunken ; for he magni- 
fied himself against the Lord : Moab also 
shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall 
be in derision. 

27 For was not Israel a derision unto thee ? 
was he found among thieves? for since thou 
spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. 

28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, 
and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove 
that maketh her nest in the sided of the hole's 
mouth. 

29 We have heard the pride of Moab, (lie 
is exceeding proud,) his loftiness, and his ar- 
rogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness 
of his heart. 

30 I know his wrath., saith the Lord ; but it 
shall not he so ; his lies shall not so effect #. 

31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I 
will cry out for all Moab; my heart shall 

f mourn for the men of Kir-heres. 

32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee 
with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are 
gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea 
of Jazer : the spoiler is fallen upon thy sum- 
mer fruits and upon thy vintage. 

33 And joy and gladness is taken from the 
plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; 
and I have caused wine to fail from the wine- 
presses: none shall tread with shouting; 
their shouting shall be no shouting. 

I 34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Eie- 
jaleh, and even unto Jahaz, have they utter- 
|ed their voice, from Zoar even unto Horo- 

naim, as a heifer of three years old: for the. 

waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate. 

35 Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, 
saith the Lord, him thatoffereth in the high 
places, and him that burnetii incense to his 
gods. 

36 Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab 
like pipes, and my heart shall sound like 
pipes for the men of Kir-heres : because the 
riches that he hath gotten are perished. 

37 For every head shall be bald, and every 
beard clipped : upon all the hands shall be 
cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. 

38 There shall be lamentation generally 
upon all the house-tops of Moab, and in the 
streets thereof: for I have broken Moab 
like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith 
the Lord. 

39 They shall howl, saying; How is it bro- 
ken down ! how hath Moab turned the back 
with shame ! so shall Moab be a derision and 
a dismaying to all them about him. 

40 For thus saith the Lord ; Behold, he 
shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his 
wings over Moab. 

41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds 
are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts 
in Moab at that day &hall be as the heart of 
a woman in her pangs. 

42 And Moab shall be destroyed from being 
a people, because he hath magnified himself 
against the Lord. 

43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be 
upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the 
Lord. 

44 He ;hat fleeth from the fear, shall fall 
into the pit ; and he that getteth up out of 



XLIX. The judgment of the Ammonites. 
the pit, shall be taken in the snare : for 1 will 
bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of 
their visitation, saith the Lord. 

45 They that fled stood under the shadow 
of Heshbon because of the force : but a fire 
shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame 
from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the 
corner of Moab, and the crown of the head 
of the tumultuous ones. 

46 Wo be unto thee, O Moab ! the people 
of Chemosh perisheth : for thy sons are taken 
captives, and thy daughters captives. 

47 If Yet will I bring again the captivity of 
Moab in the latter days, saith the Lord. 
Thus far is the judgment of Moab. 

CHAP. XLIX. 
1 The judgment of the Ammonites. 6 Their re- 
storation. 1 The judgment of Edom^ 23 of Da- 
mascus^ 28 of Kedar, 30 o/ Haior, 34 and of 
Elam. 39 The restoration of El am. 

CONCERNING the Ammonites, thus 
saith the Lord ; Hath Israel no sons 1 
hath he no heir? why then doth their king 
inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his 
cities? 

2 Therefore behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord, that I will cause an alarm of war 
to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; 
and it shall be a desolate heap, and her 
daughters shall be burned with fire: then 
shall Israel be heir unto them that were his 
heirs, saith the Lord. 

3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled : cry, 
ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sack- 
cloth ; lament, and run to and fro by the 
hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, 
and his priests and his princes together. 

4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy 
flowing valley, O backsliding daughter ? that 
trusted in her treasures, say-tug,- Who shall 
come unto me ? 

5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith 
the Lord God of hosts, from all those that be 
about thee; and ye shall be driven out every 
man right forth ; and none shall gather up 
him that wandereth. 

6 And afterward I will bring again the cap- 
tivity of the children of Ammon, saith the 
Lord. 

7 ^[ Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord 
of hosts : Is wisdom no more in Teman 1 is 
counsel perished from the prudent? is their 
wisdom vanished ? 

8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inha- 
bitants of Dedan ; for I will bring the cala- 
mity of Esau upon him, the time that I will 
visit him. 

9 If grape-gatherers come to thee, would 
they not leave some gleaning-grapes ? if 
thieves by night, they will destroy till they 
have enough. 

10 But I have made Esau bare, I have un* 
covered his secret places, and he shall not 
be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, 
and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he 
is not. 

11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will pre- 
serve them alive; and let thy widows trust in 
me. 

12 For thus saith the Lord ; Behold, they 

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The judgment of Damascus, 
whose judgment was not to drink of the cup, 
have assuredly drunken; and art thou he 
that shall altogether go unpunished? thou 
shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely 
drink of it. 

13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the 
Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, 
a reproach, a waste, and a curse ; and all the 
cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. 

14 I have heard a rumour from the Lord, 
and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, 
saying, Gather ye together, and come against 
her, and rise up to the battle. 

15 For lo, I will make thee small among 
the heathen, and despised among men. 

16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and 
the pride of thy heart, O thou that dwellest 
in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the 
height of the hill: though thou shouldest 
make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will 
bring thee down from thence, saith the 
Lord. 

17 Also Edom shall be a desolation : every 
one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and 
shall hiss at all die plagues thereof. 

18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Go- 
morrah and the neighbour cities thereof, 
saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, 
neidier shall a son of man dwell in it. 

19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from 
the swelling of Jordan against die habitation 
of the strong : but I will suddenly make him 
run away from her: and who is a chosen 
man, that I may appoint over her ? for who 
is like me? and who will appoint me the 
time ? and who is that shepherd diat will 
stand before me 1 

20 Therefore hear the counsel of die Lord, 
that -lie hath taken against Edom; and his 
purposes, diat he hath purposed against the 
inhabitants of Teman : Surely the least of 
the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall 
make their habitations desolate with them. 

21 The eardi is moved at die noise of "dieir 
fall, at the cry die noise thereof was heard in 
the Red sea. 

22 Behold, he shall come up and flv as the 
eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah : 
and at that day shall the heart of the mighty 
men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in 
her pangs. 

23 *ff Concerning Damascus. Hamath is 
confounded, and Arpad : for they have heard 
evil tidings: they are faint-hearted; there is 
sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. 

24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth 
herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her : 
anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a 
woman in travail. 

25 How is the eity of praise not left, the city 
of my joy ! 

26 Therefore her young men shall fall in 
her streets, and all the men of war shall be 
cut off in that day, saith the Lord of hosts. 

27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Da- 
mascus, and it shall consume the palaces of 
Ben-hadad. 

,28 U Concerning Kedar, and concerning 
the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrez- 
zar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the 



JEREMIAH. Kedar, Hazor, and Elam. 

Lord ; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil 
the men of the east. 

29 Their tenfe and their flocks shall they 
take away: they shall take to themselves 
their curtains, and all their vessels, and their 
camels; and diey shall cry unto them, Fear 
is on ever}' side. 

30 *ft Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ve 
inhabitants of Hazor, saith the Lord ; for 
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken 
counsel against you, and hath conceived a 
purpose against you. 

31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy na- 
tion, diat dwelleth without care, saith the 
Lord, which have neither gates nor bars, 
which dwell alone. 

32 And their camels shali be a booty, and 
the muldtude of their cattle a spoil : and I 
will scatter into all winds them that are in 
the utmost corners; and I will bring their 
calamity from all sides diereof, saith the 
Lord. 

33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dra- 
gons, and a desolation for ever : there shall 
no man abide there, nor any son of man 
dwell in it. 

34 If The word of the Lord that came to 
Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the 
beginning of die reign of Zedekiah king of 
Judah, saying, 

35 Thus saith the Lord of hosts* Behold, I 
will break the bow of Elam, the chief of 
their might. 

36 And upon Elam will I bring the four 
winds from die four quarters of heaven, and 
will scatter them toward all those winds ; and 
there shall be no nadon whither the outcasts 
of Elam shall not come. 

37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed 
before dieir enemies, and before them that 
seek their life : and I will bring evil upon 



them, even my fierce anger, saith the Lord; 
and I will send the sword after them, till I 
have consumed diem: 

38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and 
will destroy from dience die king and the 
princes, saith the Lord. 

39 H But it shall come to pass in the latter 
days, that I will bring again the captivity of 
Elam, saith the Lord. 

CHAP. L. 

1,9,21,35 Th.c judgment of Babylon. 4, 17,33 

The redemption of Israel. 

THE word that the Lord spake against 
Babylon and against the land of die 
Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. 

2 Declare ye among the nations, and pub- 
lish, and set up a standard; publish, and con- 
ceal not : say, Babylon is taken, Bel is con- 
founded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her 
idols are confounded, her images are broken 
in pieces. 

3 For out of the north there cometh up a 
nation against her, which shall make her 
land desolate, and none shall dwell therein : 
they shall remove, they shall depart, both 
man and beast. 

4 H In those days, and in that time, saith 
the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, 
they and the children of Judah together, 

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The judgment of Babylon. 

going and weeping: they shall go, and seek 
ie Lord their God. 

5 They shall ask the way to Zion.with their 
faces thitherward, saying, Come and let us 
join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual co- 
venant that shall not be forgotten. 

6 My people hath been lost sheep : their 
shepnerds have caused them to go astray, 
they have turned them away on the moun- 
tains: they have gone from mountain to hill, 
tiiey have forgotten their resting-place. 

7 All that found them have devoured them : 
and their adversaries said, We offend not, 
because they have sinned against the Lord, 
the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the 
hope of their fathers. 

8 Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and 
j»o forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and 
be as the he-goats before the flocks. 

9 H For lo, I will raise and cause to come 
up against Babylon an assembly of great na- 
tions from the north country : and they shall 
set themselves in array against her; from 
thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall 
be as of a mighty expert man ; none shall 
return in vain. 

10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil : all that 
spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the Lord. 

11 Because ye were glad, because ye re- 
joiced, O ye destroyers of my heritage, be- 
cause ye are grown "fat as the heifer at grass, 
and bellow as bulls; 

12 Your mother shall be sore confounded ; 
she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, 
the hindermost of the nations shall be a wil- 
derness, a dry land, and a desert. 

13 Because of the wrath of the Lord it shall 
not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly deso- 
late : every one that goeth by Babylon shall 
be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. 

14 Put yourselves in array against Babylon 
round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot 
at her, spare no arrows : for she hath sinned 
against the Lord. 

15 Shout against her round about: she hath 
given her hand : her foundations are fallen, 
her walls are thrown down : for it is the ven- 
geance of the Lord : take vengeance upon 
her; as she hath done, do unto her. 

16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him 
that handleth the sickle in the time of har- 
vest : for fear of the oppressing sword they 
shall turn every one to his people, and they 
shall flee every one to his own land. 

17 If Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions 
have driven him away : first the king of Assy- 
ria hath devoured him ; and last this Nebu- 
chadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his 
bones. 

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the 
king^ of Babylon and his land, as I have 
punished the king of Assyria. 

19 And I will bring Israel again to his ha- 
bitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and 
Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon 
mount Ephraim and Gilead. 

20 In those days, and in that time, saith the 
Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought 
for. and there shall be none ; and the sins of 



CHAP. L. The redemption of Israel. 

Judah, and they shall not be found : for I will 
pardon them whom I reserve. 

21 U Go up-against the land of Merathaim, 
even against it, and against the inhabitants 
of Pekovi : waste and utterly destroy after 
them, saith the Lord, and do according to 
all that I have commanded thee. 

22 A sound of battle is in the land, and of 
great destruction. 

23 How is the hammer of the whole earth 
cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon 
become a desolation among the nations ! 

24 I have laid a snare for Uiee, and thou art 
also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not 
aware : thou art found, and also caught, be- 
cause thou hast striven against the Lord. 

25 The Lord hath opened his armoury, and 
hath brought forth the weapons of his indig- 
nation : for this is the work of the Lord God 
of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. 

26 Come against her from the utmost bor 
der, open her storehouses: cast her up as 
heaps, and destroy her utterly : let nothing 
of her be left. 

27 Slay all her bullocks ; let them go down 
to the slaughter : wo unto them ! for their day 
is come, the time of their visitation. 

28 The voice of them that flee and escape 
out of the land of Babylon, to declare in 
Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, 
the vengeance of his temple. 

29 Call together die archers against Baby- 
lon : all ye that bend the bow, camp against 
it round "about ; let none thereof escape : re- 
compense her according to her work ; ac- 
cording to all that she hath done, do unto 
her: for she hath , been proud against the 
Lord, against the Holy One of Israel. 

30 Therefore shall her young men fall in 
the streets, and all her men of war shall be 
cut off in that day, saith the Lord. 

31 Behold, I am against thee, O thou most 
proud, saith the Lord God of hosts : for thy 
day is come, the time that I will visit thee. 

32 And the most proud shall stumble and 
fall, and none shall raise him up : and I will 
kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour 
all round about him. 

33 II Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The 
children of Israel and the children of Judah. 
were oppressed together : and all that took 
them captives held them fast; they refused 
to let them go. 

34 Their Redeemer is strong ; the Lord of 
hosts is his name : he shall thoroughly plead 
their cause, that he may give rest to the land, 
and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 

35 H A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith 
the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Baby 
Ion, and upon her princes, and upon herw»se 
men. 

36 A sword is upon the liars ; and they shall 
dote : a sword is upon her mighty men ; and 
they shall be dismayed, 

37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon 
their chariots, and upon all the mingled peo- 
ple that are in the midst of her; and they 
shall become as women : a sword is upon her 
treasures; and they shall be robbed. 

38 A drought is upon her waters; and they 
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shall be dried up : for it is the land of graven 

images, and they are mad upon their idols. 

39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert 
with die wild beasts of the islands shall dwell 
there, and the owls shall dwell therein : and 
it shall be no more inhabited for 6ver ; nei- 
ther shall it be dwelt in from generation to 
generation. 

40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomor- 
rah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith 
the Lord; so shall no man abide there, nei- 
ther shall any son of man dwell therein. 

41 Behold, a people shall come from the 
north, and a great nation, and many kings 
shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 

42 They shall hold the bow and the lance : 
they are cruel, and will not shew mercy : 
then- voice shall roar like the sea, and they 
shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, 
like a man to the battle, against thee, O 
daughter of Babylon. 

43 The king of Babylon hath heard the re- 
port of them, and his hands waxed feeble: 
anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a 
woman in travail. 

44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from 
the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of 
the strong: but I will make them suddenly 
run away from her : and who is a ehosen 
man, that I may appoint over her ? for who 
is like me ? and who will appoint me the 
time 1 and who is that shepherd that will 
stand before me? 

45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the 
Lord, that he hath taken against Babylon; 
and his purposes, that he hath purposed 
against the land of the Chaldeans : Surely 
the least of the flock shall draw them out : 
surely he shall make their habitation deso- 
late with them. 

46 At the noise of the taking of Babylon 
the earth is moved, and die ciy is heard 
among the nations. 

CHAP. LI. 

1 The severe judgment of God against Babylon 
in revenge of Israel. 59 Jeremiah delivereth 
the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast 
into Euphrates, in token of the perpetual sink- 
ing of Babylon. 

THUS saith the Lord; Behold, I will 
raise up against Babylon, and against 
them that dwell in the midst of them diat rise 
up against me, a destroying wind ; 

2 And will send unto Babylon, fanners that 
shall fan her, and shall empty her land : for 
in the day of trouble they shall be against her 
round about. 

3 Against him that bendeth let the archer 
bend nis bow, and against him thafA\{tet\\ him- 
self up in his brigandine : and spare ye not 
her young men ; destroy ye utterly all her host. 

4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the 
Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through 
in her streets. 

5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Ju- 
dah of his God, of the Lord of hosts ; though 
their land was filled with sin against the Ho- 
Jy One of Israel. 

6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and de- 
liver every man his soui : be not cut off in 



JEREMIAH. God's judgment against Babylon, 
her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord's 



vengeance ; he will render unto her a re- 
compense. 

7 Babylon hatfi been a golden cup in the 
Lord's hand, that made ail the earth drunk- 
en : the nations have drunken of her wine; 
therefore the nations are mad. 

8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: 
howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so 
be she may be healed. 

9 We would have healed Babylon, but she 
is not healed: forsake fyer, and let us go 
every one into his own country: for her 
judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted 
up even to the skies. 

10 The Lord hath brought forth our right- 
eousness : come, and let us declare in Zion 
the work of the Lord our God. 

11 Make bright the arrows; gather the 
shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit 
of the kings of the Medes : for his device is 
against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is 
the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance 
of his temple. 

12 Set up the standard upon the walls of 
Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the 
watchmen, prepare the ambushes : for the 
Lord hath both devised and done that which 
he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon. 

13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, 
abundant in treasures, thine end is come, 
and the measure of thy covetousness. 

14 The Lord of hosts hath sworn by him- 
self, saying, Surely I will fill diee with men, 
as with caterpillars ; and they shall lift up a 
shout against thee. 

15 He hath made the earth by his power, 
he hath established the world by his wisdom, 
and hath stretched out the heaven by his un 
derstanding. 

16 When he uttereth his voice, there is a 
multitude of waters in the heavens; and he 
causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends 
of the earth : he maketh lightnings with 
rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his 
treasures. 

17 Ever>' man is brutish by his knowledge ; 
everj' founder is confounded by the graven 
image: for his molten image is falsehood, 
and there is no breath in them. 

18 They are vanity, the work of errors : in 
the time of their visitation they shall perish. 

19 The Portion of Jacob is not like them ; 
for he is the former of all things : and Israel 
is the rod of his inheritance : the Lord of 
hosts is his name. 

20 Thou art my battle-axe, and weapons 
of war : for with "thee will I break in pieces 
the nations, and with thee will I destroy king- 
doms; 

21 And with thee will I break in pieces the 
horse and lws rider ; and with thee will I 
break in pieces the chariot and his rider; 

22 With thee also will I break in piecea 
man and woman ; and with thee will I break 
in pieces old and young ; and with thee will 
I break in pieces the young man and the maid; 

23 I will also break in pieces with thee the 
shepherd and his flock ; and with thee will I 
break in pieces die husbandman and his yoke 

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of oxen ; and with thee will I break in pieces 



captains and rulers. 

24 And I will render unto Babylon and to 
all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil 
that they have done in Zion in your sight, 
saith the Lord. 

25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying 
mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest 
all the earth : and I will stretch out my hand 
upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, 
and will make thee a burnt mountain. 

26 And they shall not take of thee a stone 
for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but 
thou shall be desolate for ever, saith the 
Lord. 

27 Set ye up a standard in the land, blow 
the trumpet among the nations, prepare the 
nations against her, call together against her 
the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashche- 
naz ; appoint a captain against her; cause ine 
horses to come up as the rough caterpillars. 

28 Prepare against her the nations with the 
kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and 
all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his 
dominion. 

29 And the land shall tremble and sorrow; 
for every purpose of the Lord shall be per- 
formed against Babylon, to make the land of 
Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. 

30 The mighty men of Babylon have fore- 
borne to fight, they have remained in their 
holds: their might hath failed; they became 
as women: they have burned her dwelling- 
places; her bars are broken. 

31 One post shall run to meet another, and 
one messenger to meet another, to shew the 
king of Babylon that his city is taken at one 



32 And that the passages are stopped, and 
the reeds they have burned with fire, and 
the men of war are affrighted. 

33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is 
like a threshing-floor, it is time to thresh 
her: yet a little while, and the time of her 
liar vest shall come. 

34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon 
hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he 
hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swal- 
lowed ine up like a dragon, he hath filled his 
belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. 

35 The violence done to me and to my flesh 
be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of 
Zion say; and, My blood upon the inhabi- 
tants of "Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. 

36 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Behold, 
I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance 
for thee ; and I will dry up her sea, ana make 
her springs dry. 

37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a 
dwelling-place for dragons, an astonishment, 
and a hissing, without an inhabitant. 

38 They shall roar together like lions : they 
shall yell as lions' whelps. 

39 In their heat I will make their feasts, 
and I will make them drunken, that they 
may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, 
and not wake, saidi the Lord. 

40 I will bring them down like lambs to the 
slaughter, like rams with he-goats. 

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CHAP. LI. God's judgment against Babylon. 

41 How is Sheshach taken ! and how is the 
praise of the whole earth surprised! how is 
Babylon become an astonishment among the 
nations ! 

42 The sea is come up upon Babylon: she 
is covered with the multitude of the waves 
thereof. 

43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, 
and a wilderness, a land wherein no man 
dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass 
thereby. 

44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and 
I will bring forth out of his mouth that which 
he hath swallowed up : and the nations shall 
not flow together any more unto him : yea, 
the wail of Babylon shall fall. 

45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, 
and deliver ye every man his soul from the 
fierce anger of the Lord. 

46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear 
for the rumour that shall be heard in the land, 
a rumour shall both come owe year, and after 
that in another year shall come a rumour, and 
violence in the land, ruler against ruler. 

47 Therefore behold, the days come, that I 
will do judgment upon the graven images of 
Babylon : and her whole land shall be con- 
founded, and all her slain shall fall in the 
midst of her. 

48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all 
that is therein, shall sing for Babylon : for 
the spoilers shall come unto her from the 
north, saith the Lord. 

49 As Babylon hath caused the slain of Is- 
rael to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain 
of all the earth. 

50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go 
away, stand not still : remember the Lord 
afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your 
mind. 

51 We are confounded, because we have 
heard reproach: shame hath covered our 
faces ; for strangers are come into the sanc- 
tuaries of the Lord's house. 

52 Wherefore behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord, that I will do judgment upon her 
graven hnages V and through all her land the 
wounded shall groan. 

53 Though Babylon should mount up to 
heaven, and though she should fortify the 
height of her strength, yet from me shall 
spoilers come unto her, saith the Lord. 

54 A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, 
and great destruction from the land of the 
Chaldeans : 

55 Because the Lord hath spoiled Baby- 
lon, and destroyed out of her the great voice : 
when her waves do roar like great waters, 
a noise of their voice is uttered: 

56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, 
even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are 
taken, every one of their bows is broken : 
for the Lord God of recompences shall surely 
requite. 

57 And I will make drunk her princes, and 
her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, 
and her mighty men : and they shall sleep a 
perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, 
whose name is the Lord of hosts. 

53 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; The broad 
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walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and 
her high gates shall be burned with fire ; and 
the people shall labour in vain, aud the folk 
in the fire, and they shall be weary. 

59 5[ The word which Jeremiah the pro- 
phet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, 
tiie son of Maaseiah, when he went with 
Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in 
ihe fourth year of his reign. And this Se- 
raiah icas a quiet prince. 

60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil 
that should come upon Babylon, even all 
these words that are written against Babylon. 

61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When 
thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and 
shalt read all these words; 

62 Then shalt thou say, O Lord, thou hast 
spoken against this place, to cut it off", that 
none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, 
but that it shall be desolate for ever. 

63 And it shall be, when thou hast made an 
end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind 
a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Eu- 
phrates : 

64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon 
sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I 
will bring upon her: and they shall be wea- 
ry. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. 

CHAP. LIE 
1 Zedekiah rebelleth. 4 Jerusalem is besieged and 
taken. 8 Zedekiah' 's sons killed, and his own 
eyes put out. 12 Nebuzar-adan burneth and 
spoileth the city. 24 He carrieth away the cap- 
tives. 31 Evil-merodach advanceth Jehoiachin. 
ZEDEKIAH was one and twenty years 
old when he began to reign, and he 
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his 
mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of 
Jeremiah of Libnah. 

2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes 
of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim 
had done. 

3 For through the anger of the Lord it came 
to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had 
cast them out from his presence, that Zede- 
kiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 

4 U And it came to pass in the ninth year 
of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth 
day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king 
of Babylon came, he and all his army, against 
Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built 
forts against it round about. 

5 So die city was besieged unto the eleventh 
year of king Zedekiah. 

6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day 
of the month, the famine was sore in the city, 
m that there was no bread for the people of 
the land. 

7 Then the city was broken up, and all the 
men of war fled, and went forth out of the 
city by night by the way of the gate between 
the two walls, which was by the king's gar- 
den ; (now the Chaldeans were by the cky 
round about:) and they went by the way of 
the plain. 

. 8 II But the army of the Chaldeans pursued 
after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the 
plains of Jericho; and all his army was scat- 
tered from him. 

9 Then they took the king, and carried him 



Jerusalem taken and spoiled, 
up unto die king of Babylon to Riblah, in the 
land of Hamath; where, he gave judgment 
upon him. 

10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons 
of Zedekiah before his eyes : he slew also 
all the princes of Judah, in Riblah. 

11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah ; 
and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, 
and carried him to Babylon, and put him in 
prison till the day of his death. 

12 TI Now in the fifth month, in the tenth 
day of the month, which was the nineteenth 
year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, 
came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, 
which served the king of Babylon, into Je- 
rusalem, 

13 And burned the house of the Lord, and 
the king's house ; and all the houses of Je- 
rusalem, and all the houses of the great men, 
burned he with fire : 

14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that 
were with the captain of the guard, brake 
down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. 

15 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the 
guard carried away captive certain of the 
poor of the people, and the residue of the 
people that remained in the city, and those 
that fell away, that fell to the king of Baby- 
lon, and the rest of the multitude. 

16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the 
guard left certain of the poor of the land for 
vine-dressers and for husbandmen. 

17 Also the pillars of brass that were in the 
house of the Lord, and the bases, and the 
brazen sea that was in the house of the Lord, 
the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the 
brass of them to Babylon. 

18 The caldrons also, and the shovels, and 
the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, 
and all the vessels of brass wherewith they 
ministered, took they away. 

19 And the basins, and the fire-pans, and 
the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candle- 
sticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that 
which was of gold in gold, and that which 
was of silver in silver, took the captain of the 
guard away. 

20 The two pillars, one sea, and twelve bra- 
zen bulls that were under the bases, which 
king Solomon had made in the house of the 
Lord : the brass of ail these vessels was with- 
out weight. 

21And concerning the pillars, the height of 
cne pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet 
of twelve cubits did compassit; and the thick- 
ness thereof was four fingers : it was hollow. 

22 And a chapiter of brass was upon it ; and 
the height of one chapiter was five cubits, 
with net- work and pomegranates upon the 
chapiters round about, all of brass. The 
second pillar also and the pomegranates 
were like unto these. 

23 And there were ninety and six pomegra- 
nates on aside • and all the pomegranates up- 
on the net-work were a hundred round about. 

24 ^T And the captain of the guard took Se- 
raiah the chief priest, and Zepnaniah the se- 
cond priest, and the three keepers of the door : 

25 He took also out of the city a eunuch, 
which had the charge of the men of war; and 

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seven men of them diat were near the king's 
person, which were found in the city ; and 
the principal scribe of the host, who muster- 
ed the people of the land • and threescore 
men of the people of the land, that were found 
in the midst of the city. 

26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the 
guard took them, and brought them to the 
king of Babylon to Riblah. 

27 And the king of Babylon smote them, and 
put them to death in Riblah in the land of 
Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away 
captive out of his own land. 

28 This is the people whom Nebuchadrez- 
zar carried away captive : in the seventh year 
three thousand Jews and three and twenty : 

29 In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrez- 
zar he carried away captive from Jerusalem 
eight hundred thirty and two persons : 

30 In the three and twentieth year of Ne- 
buchadrezzar, Nebuzar-adan the captain of 



LII. The miserable state of Jerusalem. 
the guard carried away captive of the Jews 
seven hundred forty and five persons : all the 
persons were four thousand and six hundred. 

31 ^f And it came to pass in the seven and 
thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin 
king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the 
five and twentieth day of the month, that 
Evil-merodach king ot Babylon in the first 
year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoi- 
achin king of Judah, and brought him forth 
out of prison, 

32 And spake kindly unto him, and set his 
throne above the throne of the kings that 
were with him in Babylon, 

33 And changed his prison garments : and 
he did continually eat bread before him all 
the days of his life. 

34 And for his diet, there was a continual 
diet given him of die king of Babylon, every 
day a portion until the day of his death, all 
the days of his life. 



CHAP, I. 

1 The miserable estate of Jerusalem by reason 
of her sin. 12 She complaineth of her grief, 18 
andconfesseth God 1 s judgment to be righteous. 

HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was 
full of people ! how is she become as a 
widow ! she that was great among the na- 
tions, and princess among the provinces, how 
is she become tributary! 

2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her 
tears are on her cheeks : among all her lovers 
she hath none to comforter; all her friends 
have dealt treacherously with her, they are 
become her enemies. 

3 Judah is gone into captivity because of af- 
fliction, and because of great servitude: she 
dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no 
rest: all her persecutors overtook her be- 
tween the straits. 

4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none 
come to the solemn feasts : all her gates are 
desolate : her priests sigh, her virgins are af- 
flicted, and she is in bitterness. 

5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies 
prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for 
the multitude of her transgressions : her chil- 
dren are gone into captivity before the enemy. 

6 And from the daughter of Zion all her 
beauty is departed : her princes are become 
like harts that find no pasture, and they are 
gone without strength before the pursuer. 

7 Jerusalem remembered in the days of her 
affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant 
things that she had in the days of old, when 
her people fell into the hand of the enemy, 
and none did help her : the adversaries saw 
her, and did mock at her sabbaths. 

8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned ; there- 
fore she is removed : all that honoured her 
despise her, because they have seen her 
nakedness: yea, she sighedi, and turneth 
backward. 

9 Her filth iness is in her skirts ; she remem- 
bereth not her last end ; therefore she came 
down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O 
Lord, behold my affliction : for the enemy 
hath magnified himself. 



H The Lamentations of JEREMIAH. 



10 The adversary hath spread out his hand 
upon all her pleasant things: for she hath 
seen that the heathen entered into her sanc- 
tuary, whom thou didst command that they 
should not enter into thy congregation. 

11 All her people sign, diey seek bread; 
they have given their pleasant things for 
meat to relieve the soul : see, O Lord, and 
consider; for I am become vile. 

12 % Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass 
by 1 behold, and 6ee if there be any sorrow 
like unto my -sorrow, which is done unto me, 
wherewidi the Lord hath afflicted me in the 
day of his fierce anger. 

13 From above hath he sent fire into my 
bones, and it prevaileth against them: he 
hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turn- 
ed me back : he hath made me desolate and 
faint all the day. 

14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound 
by his hand : they are wreathed, and come 
up upon my neck : he hath made my strength 
to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their 
hands,/r<w» whom I am not able to rise up. 

15 The Lord hath trodden under foot all 
my mighty men in the midst of me : he hath 
called an assembly against me to crush my 
young men : the Lord hath trodden the vir- 
gin, the daughter of Judah, as in a wine- 
press. Tr** 

16 For these things I weep; mine eye, 
mine eye runneth down with water, because 
the comforter that should relieve my soul is 
far from me : my children are desolate, be- 
cause the enemy prevailed. 

17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and 
there is none to comfort her : the Lord hath 
commanded concerning Jacob, that his ad- 
versaries should be round about him : Jerusa- 
lem is as a menstruous woman among them. 

18 If The Lord is righteous ; for I have re- 
belled against his commandment: hear, I 
pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow : 
my virgins and my young men are gone into 
captivity. 

19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived 
me : my priests and mine elders gave up the 

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Jeremiah lamenicth the 

ghost in the city, while they sought their 

meat to relieve their souls. 

20 Behold, O Lord ; for I am in distress : 
my bowels are troubled; my heart is turned 
within me ; for I have grievously rebelled : 
abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there 
is as death. 

21 They have heard that I sigh: there is 
none to comfort me : all mine enemies have 
heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou 
hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou 
hast called, and they shall be like unto me. 

22 Let all their wickedness come before 
thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done 
unto me for all my transgressions: for my 
sighs are many, and my heart is faint. 

CHAP. II. 

1 Jeremiah lamenteth the misery &f Jerusalem. 

20 He complaineth thereof to Ood. 

HOW hath the Lord covered the daugh- 
ter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, 
ami cast down from heaven unto the earth 
the beauty of Israel, and remembered not 
his footstool in the day of his anger! 

2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the ha- 
bitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied : he 
hath thrown down in his wrath the strong 
holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath 
brought them down to the ground : he hath 
polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. 

3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the 
horn of Israel : he hath drawn back his right 
hand from before the enemy, and he burned 
against Jacob like a flaming fire, which de- 
voureth round about. 

4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy : lie 
Btood with his right hand as an adversary 
and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in 
the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion : he 
poured out his fury like fire. 

5 The Lord was as an enemy: he hath 
swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up 
all her palaces : he hath destroyed his strong 
holds, and hath increased in the daughter of 
Judah mourning and lamentation. 

6 And he ham violendy taken away hi: 
tabernacle, as if it were of a garden : he 
hath destroyed his places of the assembly : 
the Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and 
sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath 
despised in the indignation of his anger the 
king and the priest. 

7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath 
abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up 
into the hand of the enemy the walls of her 
palaces ; they have made a noise in the house 
of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast. 
. 8 The Lord hath purposed to destroy the 
wall of the daughter of Zion : he hath stretch- 
ed out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand 
from destroying : therefore he made the ram- 
part and the wall to lament; they languished 
together. 

9 Her gates are sunk into the ground ; he 
hath destroyed and broken her bars: her 
king and her princes are among the Gentiles : 
the law is no more : her prophets also find 
j'.o vision from the Lord. 

10 The eiders of the daughter of Zion sit 
upon the ground, and keep silence; they 



LAMENTATIONS. misery of Jerusalem. 

have cast up dust upon their heads : they 
have girded themselves with sackcloth : the 
virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads 
to the ground. 

11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels 
are troubled, my liver is poured upon the 
earth, for the destruction of the daughter of 
my people; because the children and the 
sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. 

12 They say to their mothers, Where is 
corn and wine? when they swooned as the 
wounded in the streets of the city, when 
their soul was poured out into their mothers' 
bosom. 

13 What thing shall I take to witness for 
thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O 
daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal 
to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin 
daughter of 'Zion?" for thy breach is great 
like the sea : who can heal thee ? 

14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish 
things for thee : and they have not discover- 
ed thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity • 
but have seen for thee false burdens and 
causes of banishment. 

15 All that pass by, clap their hands at 
thee; they hiss and wag their head at the 
daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the 
city that men call the Perfection of beauty, 
the Joy of the whole earth ? 

16 All thine enemies have opened their 
mouth against thee : they hiss and gnash the 
teeth : they say. We have swallowed her 
up: certainly this is the day that we looked 
for; we have found, we have seen it. 

17 The Lord hath done that which he had 
devised ; he hath fulfilled his word that he 
had commanded in the days of old : he hath 
thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he 
hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, 
he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries. 

18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall 
of the daughter of Zion, Let tears run down 
like a river day and night : give thyself no 
rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. 

19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the be- 
ginning of the watches pour out thy heart 
like water before the face of the Lord : lift 
up thy hands toward him for the life of thy 
young children, that faint for hunger in the 
top of every street. 

20 1f Behold, O Lord, and consider to 
whom thou hast done this. 'Shall the women 
eat their fruit, and children of a span long ? 
shall the priest and the prophet be slain in 
the sanctuary of the Lord ? 

21 The young and the old lie on the ground 
in the streets ; my virgins and my young men 
are fallen by the swora ; thou hast slain them 
in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed,' 
and not pitied. 

22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my 
terrors round about, so that in the day of the 
Lord's anger none escaped or remained : 
those that I have swaddled and brought up r 
hath mine enemy consumed. 

CHAP. III. 

1 The faithful bewail their calamities. 2Q By 

the mercies of Ood they nourish their hope. 

37 They acknowledge God's justice. 55 They 

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He bewails his own calamities. CHAP. III. 

pray for deliverance, 64 and vengeance on 
their enemies. 

I AM the man tluit hath seen affliction by 
the rod of his wrath. 

2 He hath led me, and brought me into 
darkness, but not into light. 

3 Surely against me is he turned; he turn- 
eth his hand against me all the day. 

4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old : 
lie hath broken my bones. 

5 He hath builded against me, and com- 
passed me with gall ancl travail. 

6 He hath set me in dark places, as they 
that he dead of old. 

7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot 
get out : he hath made my chain heavy. 

8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth 
out my prayer. 

9 He hath enclosed my ways with hewn 
stone, he hath made my paths crooked. 

10 He teas unto me as a bear lying in wait, 
and as a lion in secret places. 

11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pull- 
ed me in pieces : he hath made me desolate. 

12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a 
mark for the arrow. 

13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver 
to enter into my reins. 

14 I was a derision to all my people; and 
their song all the day. 

15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he 
hath made me drunken with wormwood. 

16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel- 
stones, he hath covered me with ashes. 

17 And thou hast removed my soul far o({ 
from peace : I forgat prosperity. 

18 And I said, My strength and my hope is 
perished from the Lord : 

19 Remembering mine affliction and my 
misery, the wormwood and the gall. 

20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, 
and is humbled in me. 

21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have 
I hope. 

22 It is of the Lord's mercies that we are 
not consumed, because his compassions fail 
not. 

23 They are new every morning : great is 
thy faithfulness. 

24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul ; 
therefore will I hope in him. 

25 The Lord is good unto them that wait 
for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 

26 It is good that a man should both hope 
and quietly wait for the salvation of the 
Lord. 

• 27 It is good for a man that he bear the 
yoke in his youth. 

28 He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, 
because he hath borne it upon him. 

29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so 
be there may be hope. 

30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth 
him : he is filled full with reproach. 

31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever : 

32 But though he cause grief, yet will he 
have compassion according to the multitude 
of his mercies. 

33 For he doth not afflict willingly, nor 
grieve the children of men. 



ZiorCs prayer /or deliverance. 

34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners 
of the earth, 

35 To turn aside the right of a man before 
the face of the Most High, 

36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord 
approveth not. 

37 U Who is he that saith, and it cometh 
to pass, when the Lord commandeth it 
not? 

38 Out of the mouth of the Most High pro- 
ceedeth not evil and good ? 

39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, 
a man for the punishment of his sins? 

40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn 
again to the Lord. 

41 Let us lift up our heart with onr hands 
unto God in the heavens. 

42 We have transgressed and have rebelled : 
thou hast not pardoned. 

43 Thou hast covered with anger, and per- 
secuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not 
pitied. 

44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, 
that our prayer should not pass through. 

45 Thou hast made us as the off-scouring 
and refuse in the midst of the people. 

46 All our enemies have opened their mouths 
against us. 

47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, deso- 
lation and destruction. 

48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of 
water for the destruction of the daughter of 
my people. 

49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth 
not, without any intermission, 

50 Till the Lord look down, and behold 
from heaven. 

51 Mine eye affecteth my heart because of 
all the daughters of my city. 

52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a 
bird, without cause. 

53 They have cut off my life in the dun- 
geon, and cast a t stone upon me. 

54 Waters flowed over my head; then I 
said, I am cut off. 

55 H I called upon thy name, O Lord, out 
of the low dungeon. 

56 Thou hast heard my voice : hide not 
thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. 

57 Thou drewest near in the day thai I 
called upon thee : thou saidst, Fear not. 

58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of 
my soul ; thou hast redeemed my life. 

59 O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong : 
judge thou my cause. 

60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and 
all their imaginations against me. 

61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LoRr , 
and all their imaginations against me ; 

62 The lips of those that rose up against me, 
and their device against me all the day. 

63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising 
up ; I am their music. 

64 ^ Render unto them a recompence, 
O Lord, according to the work of their 
hands. 

65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse 
unto them. 

66 Persecute and destroy them in anger 
from under the heavens of the Lord. 

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Zions pitiful state. 

CHAP. IV. 

I Zion bcwaileth her pitiful estate. 13 She con- 
fesseth her sins. 21 Edotn is threatened. 22 
Zion is comforted. 

HOW is the gold become dim ! how is the 
most iine gold changed ! the stones of 
the sanctuary are poured out in the top of 
every street. 

2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to 
fine gold, how are tiiey esteemed as earth- 
en pitchers, the work of the hands of the 
potter ! 

3 Even the sea-monsters draw out the 
breast, they give suck to their young ones : 
the daughter of my peopled become cruel, 
like the ostriches in the wilderness. 

4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth 
to the roof of his mouth for thirst : the young 
children ask bread, and no man breaketh it 
unto them. 

5 They that did feed delicately are desolate 
in the streets: they that were Drought up in 
scarlet embrace dunghills. 

6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the 
daughter of my people is greater than the 
punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was 
overthrown as in a moment, and no hands 
stayed on her. 

7 Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they 
were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy 
in body than rubies, their polishing was of 
sapphire: 

8 Their visage is blacker than a coal j they 
are not known in the streets: their skin 
cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is 
become like a stick. 

9 They that be slain with the sword are 
better than they that be slain with hunger: 
for these pine away, stricken through for 
want of the fruits of the field. 

10 The hands of the pitiful women have 
sodden their own children : they were their 
meat in the destruction of the daughter of 
my people. 

II The Lord hath accomplished his fury; 
he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath 
kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath' devoured 
the foundations thereof. 

1*2 The kings of the earth, and all the in- 
habitants of the world, would not have be- 
lieved that the adversary and the enemy 
should have entered into the gates of Jeru 
salem. 

13 If For the sins of her prophets, and the 
iniquities of her priests, that have shed the 
blood of the just in the midst of her, 

14 They have wandered as blind men in 
the streets, they have polluted themselves 
with blood, so that men could not touch their 



LAMENTATIONS. Her complaint to God. 

vain help: in our watching we have watch- 



garments. « 

15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is 
unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when 
they fled away and wandered, they said among 
the heathen, They shall no more sojourn 
there. 

16 The anger of the Lord hath divided 
them ; he will no more regard them: they re- 
spected not the persons of the priests, they 
fnvoured not the elders. 

17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our 



ed for a nation that could not save us. 

18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go 
in our streets : our end is near, our days are 
fulfilled ; for our end is come. 

19 Our persecutors are swifter than the 
eagles of the heaven : they pursued us upon 
the mountains, they laid wait for us in the 
wilderness. 

20 The breath of our nostrils, the anointed 
of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom 
we said, Under his shadow we shall live 
among the heathen. 

21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of 
Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz ; the 
cup also shall pass through unto thee : thou 
shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself 
naked. 

22 Tf The punishment of thine iniquity is 
accomplished, O daughter of Zion ; he will 
no more carry thee away into captivity : he 
will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom ; 
he will discover thy sins. 

CHAP. V. 
j$ pitiful complaint of Zion in prayer unto God, 

REMEMBER, O Lord, what is come 
upon us : consider, and behold our re- 
proach. 

2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our 
houses to aliens. 

3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mo- 
thers are as widows. 

4 We have drunken our water for money; 
our wood is sold unto us. 

5 Our necks are under persecution : we la- 
bour, and have no rest. 

6 We have given the hand to the Egyptians, 
andto the Assyrians, to be satisfied with oread. 

7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not ; and 
we have borne their iniquities. 

8 Servants have ruled over us : there is none 
that doth deliver us out of their hand. 

9 We gat our bread with the peril of our 
lives because of the sword of the wilderness. 

10 Our skin was black like an oven because 
of the terrible famine. 

11 They ravished the women in Zion, and 
the maids in the cities of Judah. 

12 Princes are hanged up by their hand : 
the faces of elders were not honoured. 

13 They took the young men to grind, and 
the children fell under the wood. 

14 The elders have ceased from the gate, 
the young men from their music. 

15 The joy of our heart is ceased ; our dance 
is turned into mourning. 

16 The crown is fallen/fwrc our head : wo 
unto us, that we have sinned! 

17 For this our heart is faint; for these 
things our eyes are dim. 

18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which 
is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. 

19 Thou, O Lord, remainest forever; thy 
throne from generation to generation. 

20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, 
and forsake us so long time? 

21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, and we 
shall be turned; renew our days as of old. 

22 But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou 
art very wroth against us. 

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U The Book of The Prophet EZEKJEL. 



CHAP. I. 

1 The time of EzekieVs prophecy at Chebar. 4 
His vision of four ckerubims, 15 of the four 
wheels , 26 and of the glory of God. 
"\TOW it came to pass in the thirtieth year, 
i 1 in the fourth month, in the fifth day of 
the month, as I was among the captives by 
the river of Chebar, that the heavens were 
opened, and I safw visions of God. 

2 In the fifth day of the month, which was 
the fifth year of king Jehoiachiivs captivity, 

3 The word of the Lord came expressly 
unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in 
the land of the Chaideans by the river Chebar; 
and the hand of the Lord was there upon him. 

4 51 And I looked, and behold, a whirlwind 
came out of the north, a great cloud, and a 
fire infolding itself, and a brightness was 
about it, and out of the midst thereof as the 
colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 

5 Also out of the midst thereof came the 
likeness of four living creatures. And this 
was their appearance ; they had the likeness 
of a man. 

6 And every one had four faces, and every 
one had four wings. 

7 And their feet were straight feet; and the 
sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's 
foot; and they sparkled like the colour of 
burnished brass. 

8 And they had the hands of a man under 
their wings on their four sides; and they four 
had their faces and then 5 wings. 

9 Their wings were joined one to another; 
they turned not when they went ; they went 
every one straight forward. 

10 As for the likeness of their faces, they 
four had the face of a man and the face of a 
lion, on the right side *. and they four had 
the face of an ox on the left side; they four 
also had the face of an eagle. 

11 Thus were their faces: and their wings 
were stretched upward; two wings of every 
one were joined one to another, and two co- 
vered their bodies. 

12 And they went every one straight for- 
ward; whither the spirit was to go, they 
went; and they turned not when they went. 

13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, 
theiv appearance was like burning coals of 
fire, and like the appearance of lamps : it 
went up and down among the living crea- 
tures; and the fire was bright, and out of the 
fire went forth lightning. 

14 And the living creatures ran and return- 
ed as the appearance of a flash of lightning. 

15 *j[ Now as I beheld the living creatures, 
behold one wheel upon the earth by the living 
creatures, with his four faces. 

16 The appearance of the wheels and their 
work was like unto the colour of a beryl : and 
they four had one likeness: and their ap- 
pearance and their work was as it were a 
wheel in the middle of a wheel. 

17 When they went, they went upon their 
four sides : and they turned not when they 
went. 

18 As for then* rings, they were so high that 
they were dreadful ; and their rings were full 
of eyes round about them four. 



19 And when the living creatures went, the 
wheels went by them : and when the living 
creatures were lifted up from the earth, the 
wheels were lifted up. 

20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they 
went, thither was their spirit to go; and the 
wheels were lifted up over against them: for 
the spirit of the living creature was in the 
wheels. 

21 When those went, these went; and when 
those stood, these stood; and when those 
were lifted up from the earth, the wheels 
were lifted up over against them: for the 
spirit of the living creature wasin the wheels. 

22 And the likeness of the firmament upon 
the heads of the living creature was as the 
colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth 
over their heads above. 

23 And under the firmament were their 
wings straight, the one toward the other: 
every one had two, which covered on this 
side, and every one had two, which covered 
on that side, their bodies. 

24 And when they went, I heard the noise 
of their wings, like the noise of great waters, 
as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of 
speech, as the noise of a host: when they 
stood, they let down their wings. 

25 And there was a voice from the firma- 
ment that was over their heads, when they 
stood, and had let down their wings. 

26 51 And above the firmament that was over 
their heads was the likeness of a throne, as 
the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon 
the likeness of the throne was the likeness as 
the appearance of a man above upon it. 

27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the 
appearance of fire round about within it, 
from the appearance of hisloins even upward, 
and from the appearance of his loins even 
downward, I saw as it were the appearance 
of fire, and it had brightness round about. 

28 As the appearance of the bow that is in 
the cloud in the day of rain, so was the ap- 
pearance of the brightness round about. 
This was the appearance of the likeness of 
the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, 
I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of 
one that spake. 

CHAP. II. 

1 EzekieVs commission. 6 His insti&ictio.n. 9 

The roll of his heavy prophecy. 

AND he said unto me, Son of man, stand 
upon thy feet, and I will speak un V> thee, 

2 And the spirit entered into me when he 
spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that 
I heard him that spake unto me. 

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, I send 
thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious 
nation that, hath rebelled agadnst me : they 
and their fathers have transgressed against 
me, even unto this very day. 

4 For they are impudent children and stiff- 
hearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou 
shalt say unto them, Tnus saith the Lord Cod. 

5 And they, whether tluey will hear, or whe- 
ther they will forbear, (for they are a rebel- 
lious house,) yet shall know that there hath 
been a prophet among them. 

6' 5T And thou, son of man, be not afraid of 
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Ezekiel eateth the roll, EZEKIEL, 

them, nekherbe afraid of their words, though 
briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost 
dwell among scorpions : be not afraid of their 
words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though 
they be a rebellious house. 

7 And thou shalt speak my Words unto 
them, whether they will hear, or whether they 
will forbear: for they are most rebellious. 

8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say 
unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that 
rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat 
that I give thee. 

9 U And when I looked, behold, a hand teas 
sent unto me ; and lo, a roll of a book teas 
therein ; 

30 And he spread it before me : and it was 
written within and without : and there was 
written therein lamentations, and mourning, 
and wo. 

CHAP. III. 

1 Ezekiel eateth the roll. 4 God encovrageth him. 

15 God shewcth him the rule of prophecy. 22 

God shutteth andopeneth theprophefs mouth. 

MOREOVER he said unto me, Son of 
man, eat that thou findest ; eat this roll, 
and go speak unto the house of Israel. 
2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me 
to eat that roll. 
\ And he said unto me, Son of man, cause 



thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this 
roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and 
Jt was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. 

4 H And he said unto me, Son of man, go, 
get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak 
with my words unto them. 

5 For thou art not sent to a people of a 
strange speech and of a hard language, but 
to the house of Israel ; 

6 Not to many people of a strange speech 
and of a hard language, whose words thou 
canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee 
to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. 

7 But the house of Israel will not hearken 
unto thee ; for they will not hearken unto me : 
for all the house of Israel are impudent and 
hard-hearted. 

8 Behold, I have made thy face strong 
against their faces, and thy forehead strong 
against their foreheads. 

As an adamant, harder than flint have I 
made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be 
dismayed at their looks, though they be a re- 
bellious house. 

10 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, 
all my words that I shall speak unto thee re- 
ceive in thy heart, and hear with thine ears. 

11 And go, get thee to them of the captivi- 
ty, unto the children of thv people, and speak 
unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord 
God; whether they will hear, or whether 
they will forbear. 

12 Then the spirit took me up, and I heard 
behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, 
Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his 
place. 

13 I heard also the noise of the wings of the 
living creatures that touched one another, 
and the noise of the wheels over against 
them, and a noise of a great rushing. 

14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me 



The rule of prophecy* 
away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat 
of my spirit; but the hand of the Lord was 
strong upon me. 

15 If Then I came to them of the captivity 
at Tei-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, 
and I sat where they sat, and remained there 
astonished among them seven days. 

16 And it came to pass at the end of seven 
days, that the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

17 Son of man, I have made thee a watch- 
man unto the house of Israel : therefore hear 
the word at my mouth, and give them warn- 
ing from me. 

18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt 
surely die ; and thou givest him not warning, 
nor speakest to warn the wicked from his 
wicked way, to save his life* the same wick- 
ed man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood 
will I require at thy hand. 

19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he 
turn not from his wickedness, nor from his 
wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but 
thou hast delivered thy soul. 

20 Again, When a. righteous man doth turn 
from hi-s righteousness, and commit iniquity, 
and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he 
shall die : because thou hast not given him 
warning, he shall die in his sin, and his right 
eousness which he hath done shall not be re- 
membered ; but his blood will I require at thy 
hand. 

21 Nevertheless, if thou warn the righteous 
man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth 
not sin, he shall surely live, because he is 
warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. 

22 U And the hand of the Lord was there 
upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth 
into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. 

23 Then I arose, and went forth into the 
plain: and behold, the glory of the Lord 
stood there, as the glory which I saw by the 
river of Chebar : and I fell on my face. 

24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set 
me upon my feet, and spake with me, and 
said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thy 
house. 

25 But thou, O son of man, behold, they 
shall put bands upon thee, and shall'bind thee 
with them, and thou shalt not go out among 
them : 

26 And I will make thy tongue cleave to the 
roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, 
and shalt not be to them a reprover : for they 
are a rebellious house. 

27 But when I speak with thee, I will open 
thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord God; He" that heareth, 
let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him 
forbear : for they are a rebellious house. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 Under the type of a siege is shewed the time 
from the defection of Jeroboam to the captivi- 
ty. 9 By the provision of the siege is shewed 
the hardness of the famine. 

THOU also, son of man, take thee a tile, 
and lay it before thee, and portray 
upon it the city, even Jerusalem; 
2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort 
against it, and cast a mount against it; set 
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The type of a siege. 

the camp also against it, and set battering 

rams against it round about. 

3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, 
and set it/<?r a wall of iron between thee and 
the city: and set thy face against it, and it 
shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege 
against it. This shall be a sign to the house 
of Israel, 

4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay 
the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: 
according to the number of the days that thou 
shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. 

5 For I have laid upon thee the years of 
tlieir iniquity, according to the number of the 
days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt 
thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. 

6 And. when thou hast accomplished them, 
lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear 
the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days : 
I have appointed thee each day for a year. 

[ 7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward 

1 the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shallbe 

uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. 

8 And behold, I will lay bands upon thee, 
and thou slialt notfturn thee from one side to 
another, till thou hast ended the days of thy 
siege. 

9 If Take thou also unto thee wheat, and 
barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, 
and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and 
make thee bread thereof, according to the 

J number of the days that thou shalt tie upon 
thy side ; three hundred and ninety days shalt 
| thou eat thereof. 

10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall 
be by weight, twenty shekels a day : from 
time to time shalt thou eat it. 

11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, 
the sixth part of a hin : from time to time 
shalt thou drink. 

12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and 
thou shalt bake it with dung that comethout 
of man, in their sight. 

13 And the Lord said, Even thus shall the 
children of Israel eat their defiled bread 
among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. 

14 Then said I, Ah Lord God ! behold, my 
soul hath notbeen polluted: for from my youth 
up even till now have I not eaten of that 
which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; nei- 
ther came there abominable flesh into my 
mouth. 

15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given 
thee cow's dung for man's dung, ami ihuu 
shalt prepare thy bread therewith. 

16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, 
behold, I will break the staffof bread in Jeru- 
salem : and they shall eat bread by weight, 
and with care; and they shall drink water by 
measure, and with astonishment: 

17 That they may want bread and water, 
and be astonished one with another, and con- 
sume, away for their iniquity. 

CHAP. V. 
1 Under the type of hair, 5 is shewed the judg- 
ment of Jerusalem for their rebellion, \%by 
famine, sword, and dispersion. 

AND thou, son of man, take thee a sharp 
knife, take thee a barber's razor, and 
cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy 



CHAP. V. The type of hair. 

heard : then take thee balances to weigh, 
and divide the hair. 

2 Thou shalt burn with tire a third part in 
the midst of the city, when the days of the 
siege are fulfilled : and thou shalt take a third 
part, and smite about it with a knife : and a 
third part thou shalt scatter in the wind ; and 

I will draw out a sword after them. 

3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in num- 
ber, and bind them in thy skirts. 

4 Then take of them again, and cast them 
into the midst of the fire, and burn them in 
the five : for thereof shall a fire come forth 
into all the house of Israel. 

5 U Thus saith the Lord God ; This is Je- 
rusalem ; I have set it in the midst of the na- 
tions and countries that are round about her. 

6 And she hath changed my judgments into 
wickedness more than the nations, and my 
statutes more than the countries that are 
round about her: for they have refused my 
judgments and my statutes, they have not 
walked in them. 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Be- 
cause ye multiplied more than the nations 
that are round about you, and have not walk- 
ed in my statutes, neither have kept my judg- 
ments, neither have done according to the 
judgments of the nations that are round about 
you ; 

" 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Be- 
hold, I, even I, am against thee, and will exe- 
cute judgments in the midst of thee in the 
sight of the nations. 

9 And I will do in thee that which I have 
not done, and whereunto I will not do any 
more the like, because of all thine abomina- 
tions. 

10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons 
in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat 
their fathers; and I will execute judgments 
in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will 
I scatter into all the winds. 

II Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God ; 
Surely, became thou hast defiled my sanc- 
tuary with all thy detestable things, and with 
all thine abominations, therefore will I also 
diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, 
neither will I have any pity. 

12 TI A third part of thee shall die with the 
pestilence, and with famine shall they be con- 
sumed in the midst of thee : and a third part 
shall fall by the sword round about thee ; and 
I will ouattcr a third part into all the winds, 
and I will draw out a sword after them. 

13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, 
and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, 
and I will be comforted : and they shall know 
that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeaJ, 
when I have accomplished my fury in them. 

14 Moreover, I will make thee waste, and a 
reproach among the nations that are round 
about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. 

15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an 
instruction and an astonishment unto the na- 
tions that are round about thee, when 1 shall 
execute judgments in thee in anger, and in 
fury, and in furious rebukes. I the Lord 
have spoken it* 

16 When I shall send upon them the evil 
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arrows of famine, which shall be for their de- 
struction, and which I will send to destroy 
you : and I will increase the famine upon you, 
and will break your staff of bread : 
17 So will I send upon you famine and evil 
beasts, and they shall bereave thee ; and pes- 
tilence and blood shall pass through thee; 
and I will bring the sword upon thee. I 
the Lord have spoken it. 

CHAP. VI. 
] The judgment of Israel for their idolatry. &A 
remnant shall be blessed. 11 The faithful are 
exhorted to lament their calamities. 

AND the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

2 Son of man, set thy face toward the moun- 
tains of Israel, and prophesy against them, 

3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the 
word of the Lord God : Thus saith the Lord 
God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the 
rivers, and to the valleys ; Behold, I, even I, 
will bring a sword upon you, and I will de- 
stroy your high places. 

4 And your altars shall be desolate, and 
your images shall be broken : and I will cast 
down your slain men before your idols. 

5 And I will lay the dead carcasses of the 
children of Israel before their idols; and I 
will scatter your bones roundaboutyouraltars. 

6 In all your dwelling-places the cities shall 
be laid waste, and the high places shall be 
desolate; that your altars may be laid waste 
,and made desolate, and your idols may be 
broken and cease, and your images may be 
cut down, and your works maybe abolished. 

7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, 
and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 

8 ^[ Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may 
have some that shall escape the sword among 
the nations, when ye shall be scattered 
through the countries. 

9 And they that escape of you shall remem- 
ber me among the nations whither they shall 
be carried captives, because I am broken 
with their whorish heart, which hath depart- 
ed from me, and with their eyes which go a 
whoring after their idols: and they shall 
loathe themselves for the evils which they 
have committed in all their abominations. 

10 And they shall know that I am the Lord, 
and that I have not said in vain that I would 
do this evil unto them. 

11 IJThus saith the Lord God; Smite with 
thy hand, and stamp with thy t'nnt, ^»a *ay 7 
Alas, for all theevilahnminminnsof the house 
ot Israel ! for they shall fall by the sword, by 
the famine, and by the pestilence. 

12 He that is far off shall die of the pesti- 
lence ; and he that is near shall fall by the 
sword ; and he that remaineth and is besieg- 
ed shall die by the famine : thus will I ac- 
complish my fury upon them. 

13 Then shall ye know that [ am the Lord, 
when their slain men shall be among their 
idols round about theii ultars, upon every high 
hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and 
under every green tree, and under every 
thick oak, the place where they did offer 
tweet savour to all their idols. 

14 So will I sti etch out my hand upon them, 



EZEKIEL. Final desolation of Israel 

and make the land desolate, yea, more deso- 
late than the wilderness toward Diblath, in 
all their habitations: and they shall know 
that I am the Lord. 

CHAP. VII. 
1 Tlie final desolation of Israel. 16 The mourn- 
ful repentance of them that escape. 20 The 
enemies defile the sanctuary becaxise of the Is- 
raelites'' abominations. 23 Under the type of 
a chain is shewed their miserable captivity. 

MOREOVER the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 
2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord 
God unto the land of Israel ; An end, the 
end is come upon the four corners of the land. 
3Nowisthe end come upon thee, and I 
will send mine anger upon thee, and will 
judge thee according to thy ways, and will re- 
compense upon thee all thine abominations. 

4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, nei- 
ther will I have pity : but I will recompense 
thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations 
shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall 
know that I am the Lord. 

5 Thus saith the Lord God; An evil, an 
only evil, behold, is come. 

6 An end is come, die end is come : it 
watcheth for thee ; behold, it is come. 

7 The morning is come upon thee, O thou 
that dwellest in the land : the time is come, 
the day of trouble is near, and not the sound- 
ing again of the mountains. 

8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon 
thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: 
and I will judge thee according to thy ways, 
and will recompense thee for all thine abo- 
minations. 

9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will 
I have pity: I will recompense thee accord- 
ing to thy ways, and thine abominations thai 
are in the midst of thee ; and ye shall know 
that I am the Lord that smiteth. 

10 Behold the day, behold, it is come ; the 
morning is gone forth; the rod hath blos- 
somed, pride hath budded. 

11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wick- 
edness : none of them shall remain, nor of 
their multitude, nor of any of theirs : neither 
shall there be wailing for them. 

12 The time is come, the day draweth near : 
let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn : 
for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. 

13 For the seller shall not return to that 
which is sold, although they were yet alive': 
for the vision is touching the whole multitude 
thereof, which shall not return ; neither shall 
any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his 
life. 

14 They have blown the trumpet, even to 
make all ready ; but none goeth to the bat- 
tle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude 
thereof. 

15 The sword is without, and the pestilence 
and the famine within : he that is in the field 
shall die with the sword; and he that is in the 
city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. 

16 If But they that escape of them shall es- 
cape, and shall be on the mountains like 
doves of the valleys, all of tliem mourning, 
every one for his iniquity. 

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17 All hands shall be feeble, and all knees 
shall be weak as water. 

18 They shall also gird themselves \\\\h sack- 
cloth, and honor shall cover them; and 
shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness 
upon all their heads. 

19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, 
and their gold shall be removed : their silver 
and their gold shall not be able to deliver 
them in the day of the wrath of the Lord : 
they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill 
their bowels: because it is the stumbling- 
block of their iniquity. 

20^1 As for the beauty of hi? ornament, he 
set it in majesty : but they made the images 
of dieir abominations and of their detestable 
things therein: therefore have I set it far 
from them. 

21 And I will give it into the hands of the 
strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the 
earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. 

22 My face will I turn also from them, and 
they shall pollute my secret place; for the 
robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. 

23 H Make a chain : for the land is full of 
bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. 

' 24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the 
heathen, and they shall possess their houses : 
I will also make the pomp of the strong to 
cease, and their holy places shall be defiled. 

25 Destruction cometh ; and they shall seek 
peace, and there shall be none. 

26 Mischief shall come upon mischief, and 
rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall 
they seek a vision of the prophet; but the 
law shall perish from the priest, and counsel 
from the ancients. 

27 The king shall mourn, and the prince 
shall be clothed with desolation, and the 
hands of the people of the land shall be trou- 
bled: I will do unto them after their way, 
and according to their deserts will I judge 
them, and they shall know that I am the Lord. 

CHAP. VIII. 

] Ezekiel, in a vision of God at Jerusalem, 5is 
shewed the image of jealousy, 7 the chambers 
of imagery, 13 the mourners for Tammuz, 15 
the worshippers towards the sun. 18 God's 
wrath for their idolatry. 

AND it came to pass in the sixth year, in 
the sixth month, in the fifth day of the 
month, as I sat in my house, and the elders 
of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the 
Lord God fell there upon me. 

2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the 
ajipcainncc of me : from the appearance of 
his loins even downward, fire ; and from his 
loins even upward, as the appearance /xf 
brightness, as the colour of amber. 

3 And he put forth the form of a hand, and 
took me by a lock of my head; and the spirit 
lifted me up between the earth and the hea- 
ven, and broughtmein the visions of God to 
Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that 
looketh toward the north ; where was the 
seat of the image of jealousy, which provok- 
eth to jealousy. 

4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel 
was there, according to the vision that I saw 
in the plain. 



IX. The chambers of imagery, 

5 If Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift 
up thine eyes now the way toward the north. 
So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the 
north, and behold northward at the gate of 
the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. 

6 He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, 
seest thou what they do 1 even the great abo- 
minations that the house of Israel committeth 
here, that I should go far off from my sanc- 
tuary ? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt 
see greater abominations. 

7 ^1 And he brought me to the door of the 
court; and when I looked, behold a hole in 
the wall. 

8 Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig 
now in the wall : and when I had digged in 
the wall, behold a door. 

9 And he said unto me, Go in, and behold 
the wicked abominations that they do here. 

10 So I went in and saw; and behold every 
form of creeping things, and abominable 
beasts, and all the idols of the house of Is- 
rael, pourtrayed upon the wall round about. 

11 And there stood before them seventy men 
of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in 
the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of 
Shaphan, with every man his censer in his 
hand ; and a thick cloud of incense went up. 

12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast 
thou seen what the ancients of the house of 
Israel do in the dark, every man in the cham- 
bers of his imagery 1 for they say, The Lord 
seeth us not ; the Lord hath forsaken the 
earth. 

13 ^[ He said also unto me, Turn thee yet 
again, and thou shalt see greater abomina- 
tions that they do. 

14 Then he'brought me to the door of the 
gate of the Lord's house which was toward 
the north; and behold, there sat women 
weeping for Tammuz. 

15 ^ Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen 
this, O son of man ? turn thee yet again, and 
thou shalt see greater abominations than 
these. 

16 And he brought me into the inner court 
of the Lord's house, and behold, at the door 
of the temple of the Lord, between the porch 
and the altar, were about five and twenty 
men, with their backs toward the temple of 
the Lord, and their faces toward the east ; 
and they worshipped the sun toward the east. 

17 II Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen 
this, O son of man ? Is it a light thing to the 
house of Judah that they commit the abomi- 
nations which they commit here? for they" 
have filled the land with violence, and have 
rouirncd to provoke me to anger: and io, 
they put the branch to their nose. 

18 Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine 
eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity : 
and though they cry in mine ears with a loud 
voice, yet will I not hear them. 

CHAP. IX. 
1 A vision, whereby is shewed the preservation t\f 
some, 5 and the destruction of the rest. 8 God 
cannot be intreated for them. 

HE cried also in mine ears with a loud 
voice, saying, Cause them that have 
charge over the city to draw near, eyen 
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EZEKIEL. 



Tlie vision of the cherubims. 



every man with his destroying weapon ill his 
hand. 

2 And behold, six men came from the way 
of the higher gate, which lieth toward the 
north, and every man a slaughter-weapon in 
his hand; and one man among them was 
clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn 
by his side : and they went in and stood be- 
side the brazen altar. 

3 And the glory of the God of Israel was 
gone up from the cherub whereupon lie was, 
to the threshold of the house. And he called 
to the man clothed with linen, which had 
the writer's inkhorn by his side; 

4 And the Lord said unto him, Go through 
the midst of the city, through the midst of Je- 
rusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads 
of the men that sigh and that cry for all the 
abominations that be done in the midst thereof. 

5 fl" And to the others he said in my hear- 
ing, Go ye after him through the city, and 
smite: let not your eye spare, neither have 
ye pity : 

6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, 
and little children, and women : but come 
not near any man upon whom is the mark ; 
and begin at my sanctuary. Then they be- 
gan at the ancient men which were before 
the house. 

7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, 
and fill the courts with the slain : go ye forth. 
And they went forth, and slew in the city. 

8 *R And it came to pass while they were 
slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon 
my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord God! 
wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in 
thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem ? 

9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the 
house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, 
and the land is full of blood, and the city full 
of perverseness : for they say, The Lord 
hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth 
not. 

10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not 
spare, neither will I have pity, bid I will re- 
compense their way upon their head. 

11 And behold, the man clothed with linen, 
which had the inkhorn by his side, reported 
the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast 
commanded me. 

CHAP. X. 

1 The vision of the coals of fire, to be scattered 

over the city. 8 The vision of the cherubims. 
TW\ HEN I looked, and behold, in the firma- 

_I_ mcnt that was above the head of the 
cherubims there appeared over them as it 
were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of 
ibe likeness of a throne. 

2 And he spake unto the man clothed with 
linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, 
even under the cherub, and fill thy hand with 
coals of fire from between the cherubims, 
and scatter them over die city. And he went 
in in my sight. 

•3 Now the cherubims stood on the right side 
of tiie house, when the man went in; and 
the cloud filled the inner court. 

4 Then the glory of the Lord went up from 
the cherub, and "stood over the threshold of 
the -house ; and the house was filled with the 



cloud, and the court was full of the brightness 
of the Lord's glory. 

5 And the sound of the cherubims' wings was 
heard even to the outer court, as the voice of 
the Almighty God when lie speaketh. 

6 And it came to pass, that when lie had 
commanded the man clothed with linen, say- 
ing, Take fire from between the wheeLs, 
from between the cherubims; then he went 
in, and stood beside the wheels. 

7 *f[ And one cherub stretched forth his 
hand from between the cherubims unto the 
fire that was between the cherubims. and 
took thereof, and put it'mto the hands <khim 
that was clothed with linen : who took it, 
and went out. 

8 ^f And there appeared in the cherubims 
the form of a man's hand under their wings. 

9 And when I looked, behold the four wheels 
by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, 
and another wheel by another cherub: arid 
the appearance of the wheels was as the 
colour of a beryl stone. 

10 And as for their appearances, they four 
had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in 
the midst of a wheel. 

11 When they went, they went upon their 
four sides; they turned not as they went, but 
to the place whither the head looked they 
followed it; they turned not as they went. 

12 And their whole body, and their backs, 
and their hands, and their wings, and the 
wheels, were full of eyes round about, even 
the wheels that they four had. 

13 As for the wheels, it was cried unto them 
in my hearing, O wheel ! 

14 And every one had four faces: the first 
face was the face of a cherub, and the second 
face was the face of a man, and the third the 
face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an 
eagle. 

15 And thecherubims were lifted up. This 
is the living creature that I saw by the river 
of Chebar. 

16 And when the cherubims went, the 
wheels went by them: and when the cheru- 
bims lifted up their wings to mount up from 
the earth, the same wheels also turned not 
from beside them. 

17 When they stood, these stood ; and when 
they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves 
also: for the spirit of the living creature was 
in them. 

18 Then the glorv of the Lord departed 
from off the threshold of the house, and stood 
over the cherubims. 

19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, 
and mounted up from the earth in my sight : 
when they went out, the. wheels also were 
beside them, and every one stood at the door 
of the east gate of the Lord's house ; ami the 
glory of- the God of Israel was over them 
above. 

20 This is the living creature that I saw un- 
der the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; 
and I knew that they were the cherubims. 

21 Every one had four faces apiece, and 
every one four wings; and the likeness of the 
hands of a man was under their wings. 

22 And the likeness of their faces was the 
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The princes* sin and judgment. CHAP. 
same laces which I saw by the river of Che- 
bar, their appearances and themselves : they 
went even one straight forward. 
CHAP. XL 

1 The presumption of the princes. 4 Their sin 
and judgment. 13 Ezekid complaining, God 
shexcclh him his purpose in saving a remnant, 
21 and punishing the wicked. 22 The glory of 
God Icavcth the city. 24 Ezc/ciel is returned 
to the captivity. 

MOREOVER, the spirit lifted me up, and 
brought me unto the cast gate of the 
Lord's house, which looketli eastward : and 
behold at the door of the gate five and twen- 
ty men ; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the 
"son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Bena- 
iah, princes of the people. 

2 Then said he unto me, Son of man, these 
are the men that devise mischief, and give 
wicked counsel in this city: 

3 Which say, It is not near; let us build 
houses: this city is the caldron, and we be 
the flesh. 

4 fl" Therefore prophesy against them, pro- 
phesy, O son of man. 

5 And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, 
and said unto me, Speak; Thu3 saith the 
Lord ; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel : 
for I know the things that come into your 
mind, every one <?/*them. 

6 Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, 
and ye have filled the streets thereof with 
the slain. 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God : Your 
slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, 
they are the flesh, and this city is the cal- 
dron : but I will bring you forth out of the 
midst of it. 

8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will 
bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord God. 

9 And I will bring you out of the midst there- 
of, and deliver you into the hands of stran- 
gers, and will execute judgments among you. 

JO Ye shall fall by the sword ; I will judge 
\ou in the border of Israel; and ye shall 
know that I am the Lord. 

11 This city shall not be your caldron, nei- 
ther shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; 
but I will judge you in the border of Israel : 

12 And ye shall know that I am the Lord: 
for ye \\a\e not walked in my statutes, neither 
executed n.y judgments, but have done after 
the manners cf the heathen that are round 
about you. 

13 ^[ And it came to pass, when I prophe- 
sied, that Pelatiah tiie son of Benaiah died. 
Then fell I dowu upon my face, and cried 
with a loud voice, and said, All Lord God! 
wilt thou make a lull end of the remnant of 
Israel ? 

14 Again the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

15 Son of man, thy brethren, even thy bre- 
thren, the men of thy kindred, and all the 
house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get 
you far from the Lord: unto us is this land 
given in possession. 

16 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God; 
Although I have cast them far off among the 



. XI, XII. The glory of God leaveth the city. 
heathen, and although I have scattered them 
among the countries, yet will I be to them as 
a little sanctuary in the countries where they 
shall come. 
17 Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God ; 

1 will even gather you from the people, and 
assemble you out of the countries where yo 
have been scattered, and I will give you the 
land of Israel. 

' 18 And they shall come thither, and they 
shall take away all the detestable things 
thereof, and all the abominations thereof 
from thence. 

19 And I will give them one heart, and I 
will put a new spirit within you; and I will 
take the stony heart out of their flesh, and 
will give them a heart of flesh : 

20 That they may walk in my statutes, and 
keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they 
shall be my people, and I will be their God. 

21 But as for them whose heart walketh af- 
ter the heart of their detestable things and 
their abominations, I will recompense their 
way upon their own heads, saith the Lord 
God. 

22 Then did the cherubims lift up theii 
wings, and the wheels beside them; and the 
glory of the God of Israel teas over them 
above. 

23 And the glory of the Lord went uj) from 
the midst of the city, and stood upon the 
mountain which is on the east side of the city. 

24 51 Afterwards the spirit took me up, and 
brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God 
into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So 
the vision that I had seen went up from me. 

25 Then I spake unto them of the captivity 
all the things that the Lord had shewed me. 

CHAP. XII. 

1 The type of EzekicVs removing. 8 It shaceth 
the captivity of Zedekiah. YlEzekieVs trem- 
bling sheweth the Jews' desolation. 21 The 
Jews" presumptuous proverb is reproved. 26 
The speediness of the vision. 

THE word of the Lord also came unto 
me, saying, 

2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst 
of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, 
and see not; they have ears to hear, and 
hear not : for they are a rebellious house. 

3 Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee 
stuff for removing, and remove by day in 
their sight; and thou shall remove from thy 
place to another place in their sight; it may 
be they will consider, though they be a re- 
bellious house. 

4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by 
day in their sight, as stuff for removing : and 
thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as 
they that go forth into captivity. 

5 Dig thou through the wall in their sight, 
and cany out thereby. 

6 In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy 
shoulders, and carry ii forth in the twilight: 
thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not 
the ground: for I have set thee for a sign 
unto the house of Israel. 

7 And I did so as I was commanded: I 
brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for 
captivity, and in the even I digged through 

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the wall with my hand ; I brought it forth in 
the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder 
in their sight. 

8 ^[ And in the morning came the word of 
the Lord unto me, saying, 

9 Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, 
the rebellious house, said unto thee, What 
doest thou? 

10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord 
God; This burden concerneth the prince in 
Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that 
are among them. 

11 Say, I am your sign : like as I have done, 
so shall it be done unto them: they shall re- 
move and go into captivity. 

12 And the prince that is among them shall 
bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and 
shall go forth : they shall dig through the wall 
to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, 
that lie see not the ground with his eyes. 

13 My net also will I spread upon him, and 
he shall be taken in my snare : and I will 
bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chal- 
deans, yet shall he not see it, though he shall 
die there. 

14 And I will scatter toward every wind all 
that are about him to help him, and all his 
bands; and I will draw out the sword after 
them. 

15 And they shall know that lam the Lord, 
when I shall scatter them among the nations, 
and disperse them in the countries. 

16 But I will leave a few men of them from 
the sword, from the famine, and from the pes- 
tilence; that they may declare all dieir abo- 
minations among the heathen whither they 
come ; and they shall know that I am the 
Lord. 

17 K Moreover the word of the Lord came 
to me, saying, 

18 Son of" man, eat thy bread with quaking, 
and drink thy water with trembling and with 
carefulness; 

19 And say unto the people of the land, 
Tims saith the Lord God of the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They 
shall eat their bread with carefulness, and 
drink their water with astonishment, that her 
land may be desolate from all that is therein, 
because of the violence of all them that dwell 
therein. 

20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be 
laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; 
and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 

21 *f[ And the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

22 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye 
have in the land of Israel, saying, The days 
are prolonged, and every vision faileth ? 

23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord 
God ; I will make this proverb to cease, and 
they shall no more use it as a proverb in 
Israel; but say unto them, The days are at 
hand, and the effect of every vision. 

24 For there shall be no more any vain vi- 
sion nor nattering divination within the house 
of Israel. 

25 For I am the Lord : I will speak, and 
the word that I shall speak shall come to pass ; 
it shall be no more prolonged: for in your 



EZEKIEL. False prop nets reproved. 

days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, 
and will perform it, saith the Lord God. 

26 % Again the word of the Lord came to 
me, saying, 

27 Son of man, behold, they of the house of 
Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for 
many days to come, and he prophesieth of 
the times that are far off. 

28 Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the 
Lord God ; There shall none of my words 
be prolonged anymore, but the word which I 
have spoken shall be done,saith the LordGoD. 

CHAP. XIII. 

I T7ie reproof of lying prophets, 10 and their un~ 
tempered mortar. 17 Of prophetesses and their 
pillows. 

AND the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

2 Son of man, prophesy against the pro- 
phets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou 
unto them that prophesy out of their own 
hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord; 

3 Thus saith" the Lord God; Wo unto the 
foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, 
and have seen nothing! 

4 O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes 
in the deserts. 

5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither 
made up the hedge for the house of Israel to 
stand in the battle in the day of the Lord. 

6 They have seen vanity and lying divina- 
tion, saying, The Lord saith: and the Lord 
hath not sent them: and they have made 
others to hope that they would confirm the 
word. 

7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have 
ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye 
say, The Lord saith it. albeit I have not 
spoken ? 

8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Be- 
cause ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, 
therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the 
Lord God. 

9 And my hand shall be upon the prophets 
that see vanity, and that divine lies: they 
shall not be in the assembly of my people, 
neither shall they be written in the writing ot 
the house of Israel, neither shall they enter 
into the land of Israel; and ye shall know 
that I am the Lord God. 

10 1f Because, even because they have se- 
duced my people, saying, Peace; and there 
was no peace ; and one built up a wall, and 
lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar: 

II Say unto them which daub it with un- 
tempered mortar, that it shall fall : there 
shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O 
great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy 
wind shall rend it. 

12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be 
said unto you, Where is the daubing where- 
with ve have daubed it? 

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; I 
will even rend it with a stormy wind in my 
fury; and there shall be an overflowing show- 
er in mine anger, and great hailstones in my 
fury to consume it. 

14 So will I break down the wall that ye 
have daubed with untempered mortar, and 
bring it down to the ground, so that the (bun* 

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Of proj)hetesses and their pUloics. 
dation thereof shall be discovered, and it 
shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the 
midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am 
the Lord. 

15 Tims will I accomplish my wrath upon 
the wall, and upon them that have daubed it 
with untempered mortar, and will say unto 
you, The wall is no more, neither they that 
ciaubed it ; 

16 To xoit, the prophets of Israel which 
prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which 
see visions of peace for her, and there is no 
peace, saith the Lord God. 

17 H Likewise, thou son of man, set thy 
face against the daughters of thy people, 
which prophesy outot their own heart; and 
prophesy thou against them, 

18 And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Wo 
to the women that sew pillows to all arm-holes, 
and make kerchiefs upon the head of every 
stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls 
of my people, and will ye save the souls alive 
that come unto you ? 

19 And will ye pollute me among my people 
for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, 
to slay the souls that should not die, and to 
save the souls alive that should not live, by 
your lying to my people that hear your lies ? 

20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; 
Behold, I am against your pillows, where- 
with ye there hunt the souls to make them 
fly, and I will tear them from your anus, and 
will let the souls go, even the souls that ye 
hunt to make them fly. 

21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and de- 
lirer my people out of your hand, and they 
shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; 
and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 

22 Because with lies ye have made the heart 
of the righteous sad, whom I have not made 
sad; and strengthened the hands of the wick- 
ed, that he should not return from his wicked 
way, by promising him life; 

23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity 7 , 
nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my 
people out of your hand: and ye shall know 
that I am the Lord. 

CHAP. XIV. 
1 God ansicereth idolaters according to their 
own heart. 6 They arc exhorted to repent, for 
fear of judgments, by means of seduced pro- 
phets. 12 GWs irrevocable sentence of famine, 
13 of noisome beasts, 17 of the sicord, 19 and 
of pestilence. 22 .1 remnant shall be reserved 
for example of others. 

THEN came certain of the elders of Is- 
rael unto me, and sat before me. 

2 And the word of the Lord came unto me, 
saying, 

3 Son of man, these men have set up their 
idols in their heart, and put the stumbling- 
block of their iniquity before their face : 
should I be inquired of at all by them ? 

4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto 
them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Every man 
of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols 
in his hearty andputteth the stumbling-block 
of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to 
the prophet; I the Lord will answer him 
that cometh according to the multitude of his 
id^ls ; . 



CHAP. XIV. GotPs irrevocable judgment* 

5 That I may take the house of Israel in 
their own heart, because they are all es- 
tranged from me through their idols. 

6 11 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, 
Thus saith the Lord God ; Repent, and turn 
yourselves from your idols; and turn away 
your faces from ail your abominations. 

7 For every one of the house of Israel, or 
of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, 
which separateth himself from me, and set- 
teth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the 
stumbling-block of his iniquity before hia 
face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of 
him concerning me ; I the Lord will answer 
him by myself: 

8 And I will set my face against that man, 
and will make him a sign and a proverb, and 
I will cut him off from the midst of my peo- 
ple ; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 

9 And if the prophet be deceived when he 
hath spoken a thing, 1 the Lord have de- 
ceived that prophet, and I will stretch out 
my hand upon him, and will destroy him from 
the midst of my people Israel. 

10 And they shall bear the punishment of 
their iniquity : the punishment of the prophet 
shall be even as the punishment of him that 
seeketh unto him ; 

11 That the house of Israel may go no more 
astray from me, neither be polluted any more 
with all their transgressions; but that they 
may be my people, and I may be their God, 
saith the Lord God. 

12 % The word of the Lord came again to 
me, saying, 

13 Son of man, when the land sinneth 
against me by trespassing grievously, then 
will I stretch out my hand upon it, and will 
break the staff of the bread thereof, and will 
send famine upon it, and will cut off man and 
beast from it : 

14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, 
and Job, were in it, they should deliver but 
their own souls by their righteousness, saith 
the Lord God. 

15 U If I cause noisome beasts to pass 
through the land, and they spoil it, so that it 
be desolate, that no man may pass through 
because of the beasts : 

16 Though these three men were in it, as 1 
live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver 
neither sons nor daughters; they only shall 
be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. 

17 H Or if I bring a sword upon that land, 
and say, Sword, go through the land ; so that 
I cut off man and beast from it: 

18 Though these three men were in it, as I 
live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver 
neither sons nor daughters, but they only 
shall be delivered themselves. 

19 If Or if I send a pestilence into that land, 
and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut 
off from it man and beast : 

20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in 
it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall 
deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall 
but deliver their own souls by their righteous- 
ness. 

21 For thus saith the Lord God ; How much 
more when I send mv four sore judgments 

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The rejection of Jerusalem. 
upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, 
and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, 
to cut off from it mall and beast? 

22 H Yet, behold, therein shall be left a 
remnant that shall be brought forth, both 
sons and daughters : behold, they shall come 
forth unto you, and ye shall see their way 
and their doings : and ye shall be comforted 
concerning the evil that I have brought upon 
Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have 
brought upon it. 

23 And they shall comfort you, when ye see 
their ways and their doings; and ye shall 
know that I have not done without cause all 
that I have done in it, saith the Lord God. 

CHAP. XV. 
1 By the unfitness of the vine-branch for any 
work 6 is shexoed the rejection of Jerusalem. 
ND the word of the Lord came unto 



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me, saying, 

2 Son of man, What is the vine-tree more 
than any tree, or than a branch which is 
among the trees of the forest ? 

3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any 
work ? or will men take a pin of it to hang 
any vessel thereon ? 

4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel ; the 
fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the 
midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work ? 

5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet 
for no work : how much less shall it be meet 
yet for any work, when the fire hath devour- 
ed it, and it is burned? 

6 Tf Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; As 
the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, 
which I have given to the fire for fuel, so 
will I <rive the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

7 Ana I will set my face against them ; they 
shall go out from one fire, and another fire 
Ehall devour them; and ye shall know that I 
am the Lord, when I set my face against 
them. 

8 And I will make the land desolate, be- 
cause they have committed a trespass, saith 
the Lord God. 

CHAP. XVI. 
I Under the similitude of a wretched infant is 
shewed the natural state of Jerusalem. 6 
God's extraordinary love towards her. 15 
Her monstrous whoredom. 35 Her grievous 
judgment. 44 Her sin, matching her mother, 
and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Sarna- 
ria, calleth for judgments. 60 Mercy is pro- 
mised her in the end. 

AGAIN the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know 
her abominations, 

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto 
Jerusalem ; Thy birth and thy nativity is of 
the land of Canaan ; thy father was an Amo- 
rite, and thy mother a Hittite. 

4 And as for thy nativity, in the day thou 
wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast 
thou washed in water to supple thee; thou 
wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. 

5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these- 
unto thee, to have compassion upon thee ; 
but thou wast cast out in the open field, to 
the loathing of thy person, in the day that 
thou wast born. 



EZEKIEL. God's love to Jerusalem. 

6 1[ And when I passed by thee, and saw 
thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto 
thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live ; yea, 
I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, 
Live. 

7 I have caused thee to multiply as the bud 
of the field, and thou hast increased and 
waxen great, and thou art come to excellent 
ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and 
thy hah* is grown, whereas thou wast naked 
and bare. 

8 Now when I passed by thee, and looked 
upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of 
love ; and I spread my skirt over thee, and 
covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto 
thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, 
saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine. 

5 Then washed I thee with water ; yea, I 
thoroughly washed away thy blood" from 
thee, and I anointed thee with oil. 

10 I clothed thee also with broidered work, 
and shod thee with badgers' skin,, and I gird- 
ed thee about with fine linen, and I covered 
thee with silk. 

11 I decked thee also with ornaments, and 
I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain 
on thy neck. 

12 And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and 
ear-rings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown 
upon thy head. 

13 Thus wast thou decked with gold and 
silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, 
and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat 
fine flour, and honey, and oil ; and thou wast 
exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper 
into a kingdom. # 

14 And thy renown went forth among the 
heathen for thy beauty : for it was perfect 
through my comeliness, which I had put 
upon thee, saith the Lord God. 

15 ^ But thou didst trust in thine own beau- 
ty, and playedst the harlot because of thy 
renown, and pouredst out thy fornications 
on every one that passed by; his it was. 

16 And of thy garments thou didst take, and 
deckedst thy high places with divers colours, 
and playedst the harlot thereupon : the like 
things shall not come, neither shall it be so. 

17 Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of 
my gold and of my silver, which I had given 
thee, and madest to thyself images of men, 
and didst commit whoredom with them. 

18 And tookest thy broidered garments, and 
coveredst them : and thou hast set mine oil 
and mine incense before them. 

19 My meat also which I gave thee, fine 
flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed 
thee, thou hast even set it before them for a 
sweet savour : and thus it was, saith the Lord 
God. 

20 Moreover, thou hast taken thy sons and 
thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto 
me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them 
to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a 
small matter, 

21 That thou hast slain my children, and 
delivered them to cause them to pass through 
the fire for them? 

22' And in all thine abominations and thy 

whoredoms thou hast not remembered the 

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days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and 
bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. 

23 And it came to pass, after all thy wick- 
edness, (wo, wo unto thee! saith the Lord 
God,) 

24 Thai thou hast also built unto thee an 
eminent place, and hast made thee a high 
place in every street. 

25 Thou hast built thy high place at every 
head of the way, and hast made thy beauty 
to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to 
every one that passed by, and multiplied thy 
whoredoms. 

26 Thou hast also committed fornication 
with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of 
flesh ; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to 
provoke me to anger. 

27 Behold, therefore I have stretched out 
my hand over thee, and have diminished 
thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto 
the will of them that hate thee, the daughters 
of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy 
lewd way. 

28 Thou hast played the whore also with 
the Assyrians, because thou wastunsatiable; 
yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, 
and yet couldest not be satisfied. 

29 Thou hast, moreover, multiplied thy for- 
nication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; 
and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith. 

30 How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord 
God, seeing thou doest all these things, the 
work of an imperious, whorish woman; 

31 In that thou buildest thine eminent place 
in the head of every way, and makest thy 
high place in every street; and hast not been 
as a harlot, in that thou scornest hire ; 

32 Bui as a wife that committeth adulter}', 
which taketh strangers instead of her husband! 

33 They give gifts to all whores : but thou 
givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest 
them, that they may come unto thee on every 
side for thy whoredom. 

34 And the contrary is in thee from other 
women in thy whoredoms, whereas none 
followeth thee to commit whoredoms : and 
in that thou givest a reward, and no reward 
is given unto thee ; therefore thou art contrary. 

35 IT Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of 
the Lord : 

36 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because thy 
filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness 
discovered through thy whoredoms with thy 
lovers, and with all the idols of thy abomina- 
tions, and by the blood of thy children, which 
thou didst give unto them ; 

37 Behold, therefore, I will gather all thy 
lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, 
and all them that thou hast loved, with all 
them that thou hast hated ; I will even gather 
them round about against thee, and will dis- 
cover thy nakedness unto them, that they may 
see all thy nakedness. 

38 And I will judge thee, as women that 
break wedlock and shed blood are judged ; 
and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. 

39 And I will also give thee into their hand, 
and they shall throw down thine eminent 
place, and shall break down thy high places: 
they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and 

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XVI. Sodom and Samaria call for judgment* 
shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee na- 
ked and bare. 

40 They shall also bring up a company 
against thee, and they shall stone thee with 
stones, and thrust thee through with their 
swords. 

41 And they shall burn thy houses with fire, 
and execute judgments upon thee in the sight 
of many women : and I will cause thee to 
cease from playing the harlot, and thou also 
shaltgive no hire any more. 

42 So will I make my fury toward thee to 
rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, 
and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry. 

43 Because thou hast not remembered the 
days of thy youth, but hast fretted me i>.> all 
these things; behold, therefore, I also vvil 1 
recompense thy way upon thy head, saith the 
Lord God : and thou shalt not commit this 
lewdness above all thine abominations. 

44 % Behold, every one that useth proverbs 
shall use this proverb against thee, saying, 
As is the mother, so is her daughter. 

45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, that 
loatheth her husband and her children ; and 
thou art the sister of thy sisters, which loath- 
ed their husbands and their children : your 
mother was a Hittite and your father an 
Amorite. 

46 And thine elder sister is Samaria, she 
and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand : 
and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy 
right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. 

47 Yet hast thou not walked after their 
ways, nor done after their abominations : but 
as if that were a very little thing, thou wast 
corrupted more than they, in all thy ways. 

48 As I live, saith the Lord God, Sodom thy 
sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, 
as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. 

49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister 
Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abun- 
dance of idleness was in her and in her daugh- 
ters, neither did she strengthen the hand ob 
the poor and needy. 

50 And they were haughty, and committed 
abomination before me: therefore I took 
them away as I saw good. 

51 Neither hath Samaria committed half of 
thy sins: but thou hast multiplied thine abo- 
minations more than they, and hast justified 
thy sisters in all thine abominations which 
thou hast done. 

52 Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, 
bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou 
hast committed more abominable than they ; 
they are more righteous than thou: yea, be 
thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, 
in that thou hast justified thy sisters. 

53 When I shall bring again their captivity, 
the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, 
and the captivity of Samaria and her daugh- 
ters, then will llrrin^ again the captivity of 
thy captives in the midst of them : 

54 That thou mayest bear thine own shame, 
and mayest be confounded in all that thou 
hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto 
them. 

55 When thy sisters, Sodom and her daugh- 
ters, shall return to their former estate, and 

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The two eagles and the t me. 
Samaria and her daughters shall return to 
:heir former estate, then thou and thy daugh- 
ters shall return to your former estate. 

56 For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned 
by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, 

57 Before thy wickedness was discovered, 
as at the time of thy reproach of the daugh- 
ters of Syria, .and all that are round about her, 
the daughters of the Philistines, which de- 
spise thee round about. 

58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine 
abominations, saith the Lord. 

59 Fo/thus saith the Lord God ; I will even 
deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast 
despised the oath in breaking the covenant. 

60 ft Nevertheless, I will remember my co- 
venant with 'thee in the days of thy youth, 
and I will establish unto thee an everlasting 
covenant. 

61 Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and 
be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy 
siGters, thine elder and thy younger : and I 
will give them unto thee for daughters, but 
not by thy covenant. 

62 And I will establish my covenant with 
thee ; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: 

63 That thou mayest remember, and be con- 
founded, and never open thy mouth any 
more because of thy shame, when I am pa- 
cified toward thee for all that thou hast done, 
saith the Lord God. 

CHAP. XVII. 
1 Under the parable of, two eagles and a vine, 11 
is skewed God's judgment upon Jerusalem for 
revolting from Babylon to Egypt. 22 God 
promiseth to plant the cedar of the gospel. 

AND the word of the Lord came unto me, 
saying, 

2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak 
a parable unto the house of Israel ; 

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; A 
great eagle with great wings, long-winged, 
full of feathers, which had divers colours, 
came unto Lebanon, and took the highest 
branch of the cedar : 

4 He cropped off the top of his young twigs, 
and carried it into a land of traffick;hesetit 
in a city of merchants. 

5 He took also of the seed of the land, and 
planted it in a fruitful field ; he placed it by 
great waters, and set it as a willow-tree. 

6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine 
of low stature, whose branches turned to- 
ward him, and the roots thereof were under 
him: so it became a vine, and brought forth 
branches, and shot fortl* sprigs. 

7 There was also another great eagle with 
g?eat wings and many feathers : and behold, 
Uis vine did bend her roots toward him, and 
shot forth her branches toward him, that he 
might water it by the furrows of her plantation. 

8 It was planted in a good soil by great wa- 
ters, that it might bring forth branches, and 
that it might bear fruit, that it might be a 
goodly vine. 

9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; 
Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the 
roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, 
that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves 
of her spring, even without great power or 



e- 

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EZEKIEL. The cedar of the gospel promised. 

many people to pluck it up by the roots 
thereof. 

10 Yea, behold, being- planted, shall it pros- 
per? shall it not utterly wither, when the 
east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the 
furrows where it grew. 

11 % Moreover the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

12 Say now to the rebellious house, Know 
ye not what these things mean? Tell them, 
"Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Je- 
rusalem, and hath taken the king thereo 
and the princes thereof, and led diem w 
him to Babylon ; 

13 And hath taken of the king's seed, and 
made a covenant with him, and hath taken 
an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty 
of the land" 

14 That the kingdom might be base, that it 
might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of 
his covenant it might stand. 

15 But he rebelled against him in sending 
his ambassadors into Egypj, that they might 
give him horses and much people. Shall he 
prosper? shall he escape that doeth such 
things? or, shall he break the covenant, and 
be delivered ? 

16 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely m 
the place where the king dwelleih that made 
him king, whose oath he despised, and whose 
covenant he brake, even with him in the 
midst of Babylon he shall die. 

17 Neither shall Pharaoh, with .his mighty 
army and great company, make for him in 
the war, by casting up mounts, and building 
forts, to cut off many persons : 

13 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking 
the covenant, when lo, he had given his 
hand, and hath done all these tilings, he 
shall not escape. 

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As 
I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, 
and my covenant that he hath broken, even 
it will I recompense upon his own head. 

20 And I will spread my net upon him, and 
he shall be taken in my snare, and I will 
bring him to Babylon, and will plead with hirn 
there for his trespass that he hath trespassed 
against me. 

21 And all his fugitives with all his bands 
shall fall by the sword, and they that remain 
shall be scattered toward all winds : and ye 
shall know that I the Lord have spoken it. 

22 «H Thus saith the Lord God, I will also 
take of the highest branch of the high cedar, 
and will set it ; I will crop off from the top 
of his young twigs a tender one, and will 
plant it upon a high mountain and eminent : 

23 In the mountain of the height of Israel 
will I plant it : and it shall bring forth boughs, 



and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and 
under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing ; 
in the shadow of the branches thereof shall 
they dwell. 

24 And all the trees of the field shall know 
that I the Lord have brought down the high 
tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried 
up the green tree, and have made the dry 
tree to flourish : I the Lord have spoken and 
have done it. 

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God's justice in punishing. 

chap. xvnr. 

J Oodreproveth theunjustparable of sour grapes. 
5 He shewcth how he dealethwith a just father : 
10 with a wicked son of a just father : 14 with 
a just son of a wicked father : 19 with a wick- 
ed man repenting" : 24 with a just man revolt- 
ing. 25 He defendeth his justice, 31 and ex- 
horteth to repentance. 

HE word of the Lord came unto me 



CHAP. XVIII, XIX. 



God defends his justice. 



T 



again, saying, 

2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb 
concerning tiie land of Israel, saying, The 
fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the chil- 
dren's teeth are set on edge? 

3 As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not 
have occasion any more to use this proverb 
in Israel. 

4 Behold, all souls are mine ; as the soul of 
the father, so also the soul of the son is mine : 
the soul that sinneth, it shall die. 

5 If But if a man be just, and do that which 
is lawful and rigLt, 

6 And hath not eaten upon the mountains, 
neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of 
the house of Israel, neither hath denied his 
neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a 
menstruous woman, 

7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath re- 
stored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled 
none by violence, hath given his bread to the 
hungry, and hath covered the naked with a 
garment ; 

8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, 
neither hath taken any increase, that hath 
withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath exe- 
cuted true judgment between man and man, 

9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept 
my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he 
shall surely live, saith the Lord God. 

10 Tf If he beget a son that is a robber, a 
shedder of blood, and tfiat doeth the like to 
any one of these things, 

11 And that doeth not any of those duties, 
but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and 
defiled his neighbour's wife, 

12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath 
spoiled by violence, hath not restored the 
pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the 
idols, hath committed abomination, 

13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath 
taken increase : shall he then live ? he shall 
not live: he hath done all these abomina- 
tions ; he shall surely die ; his blood shall be 
upon him. 

14 II Now lo, if he beget a son, that seeth 
all his father's sins which he hath done, and 
considereth, and doeth not such like, 

15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, 
neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of 
the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neigh- 
bour's wife, 

16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not 
withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled 
by violence, but hath given his bread to the 
hungry, and hath covered the naked with a 
gannent, 

17 That hath taken off Ins hand from the 
poor, that hath not received usury nor in- 
crease, hath executed my judgments, hath 
walked in my statutes ; he shall not die for 



the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. 

18 As for his father, because lie cruelly op- 
pressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and 
did that which is not good among his people, 
lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. 

19 IT Yet say ye, Why ? doth not the son 
bear the iniquity of the father? When the son 
hath done that which is lawful and right, and 
hath kept all my statutes, and hath done 
them, he shall surely live. 

20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The 
son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, 
neither shall the father bear the iniquity of 
the son : the righteousness of the righteous 
shall be upon him* and the wickedness of the 
wicked shall be upon him. 

21 But if the wicked will turn from all his 
sins that he hath committed, and keep all my 
statutes, and do that which is lawful an<i 
right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 

22 All his transgressions that he hath com- 
mitted, they shall not be mentioned unto him : 
in his righteousness that he hath done he 
shall live. 

23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wick- 
ed should die ? saith the Lord God : and not 
that he should return from his ways, and live? 

24 % But when the righteous turneth away 
from his righteousness, and committeth ini- 
quity, and doeth according to all the abomi- 
nations that die wicked man doeth, shall he 
live ? Ail his righteousness that he hath done 
shall not be mentioned : in his trespass that 
he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath 
sinned, in them shall he die. 

25 *f[ Yet ye say,. The way of the Lord is 
not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel ■ I* 
not my way equal ? are not your ways unequal I 

26 When a righteous man turneth away from 
his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, 
and dieth in them ; for his iniquity that he 
hath done, shall he die. 

27 Again, when the wicked man turneth 
away from his wickedness that he hath com- 
mitted, and doeth that which is lawful and 
right, lie shall save his soul alive. 

28 Because he considereth and turneth 
away from all his transgressions that he hath 
committed, he shall surely live,he shall not die. 

29 Yet sarth the house of Israel, The way of 
the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, 
are not my ways equal ? are not your ways 
unequal ? 

30 Therefore, I will judge you, O house of 
Israel, every one according to his ways, saith 
the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves 
from all your transgressions ; so iniquity shall 
not be your ruin. 

31 ^[ Cast away from you all your transgres- 
sions, whereby ye have transgressed : and 
make you a new heart and a new spirit : for 
wiry will ye die, O house of Israel ? 

32 For I have no pleasure in the death of 
him that dieth, saith the Lord God : where- 
fore turn yourselves, and live ye. 

CHAP. XIX. 
1 A lamentation for the princes of Israel, under 
the parable of Hans'' whelps taken in a pit, id 
and for Jerusalem, under Vie parable of « 
wcHcdvrne. 

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Par aide of the lions 1 whelps. 



EZEKIEL. 



The story of the rebellions 



MOREOVER, take thou up a lamenta- 
tion for the princes of Israel, 

2 And say, What is thy mother ? A lioness : 
she lay down among lions, she nourished her 
whelps among young lions. 

3 And she brought up one of her whelps : it 
became a young lion, and it learned to catch 
the prey ; it devoured men. 

4 The nations also heard of him ; he was 
t;iken in their pit, and they brought him with 
chains unto the land of Egypt. 

5 Now when she saw' that she had waited, 
and her hope was lost, then she took another 
of her whelps, and made him a young lion. - 

6 And he went up and down among the 
lions, he became a young lion, and learned to 
catch the prey, and devoured men. 

7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and 
he laid waste their cities ; and the land was 
desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise 
of his roaring. 

8 Then the nations set against him on every 
side from the provinces, and spread their net 
over him : he was taken in their pit. 

9 And they put him in ward in chains, and 
brought him to the king of Babylon : they 
brought him into holds, that his voice should 
no more be heard upon the mountains of 
Israel. 

10 ^[ Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, 
planted by the waters : she was fruitful and 
full of branches by reason of many waters. 

11 And she had strong rods for the sceptres 
of them that bare rule, and her stature was 
exalted among the thick branches, and she 
appeared in her height with the multitude of 
her branches. 

12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was 
cast down to the ground, and the east wind 
dried up her fruit : her strong rods were bro- 
ken and withered; the fire consumed them. 

13 And now she is planted in the wilder- 
ness, in a dry and thirsty ground. 

14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her 
branches, which ha«h devoured her fruit, so 
that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to 
rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for 
a lamentation. 

CHAP. XX. 
1 God refuseth to be consulted by the elders of 
Israel. 5 He sheweth the story of their rebel- 
lions in Egypt, 10 in the wilderness, 27 and in 
the land. 33 He promiseth to gather them by 
the gospel. 45 Under the name of a forest he 
sheweth the destruction of Jerusalem. 

AND it came to pass in the seventh year, 
in the fifth month, the tenth day of the 
month, that certain of the elders of Israel came 
to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me. 

2 Then came the word of the Lord unto me, 
saying, 

3 Son of man, speak unto the elders of Is- 
rael, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord 
God ; Are ye come to inquire of me 1 As I 
live, saith the Lord God, I will not be in- 
quired of by you. 

4 Wilt thou judge them, son of man ? wilt 
thou judge them? cause them to know the 
abominations of their fathers : 

5 1[ And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord 



God ; In the day when I chose Israel, and 
lifted up my hand unto the seed of the house 
of Jacob, and made myself known unto diem 
in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my 
hand unto them, saying, I awithe Lord your 
God; 

6 In the day that I lifted up my hand unto 
them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt 
into a land that I had espied for them, flow- 
ing with milk and honey, which is the glory 
of all lands : 

7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every 
man the abominations of his eyes, and defile 
not yourselves with the idols of Egypt : I am 
the Lord your God. 

8 But they rebelled against me, and would 
not hearken unto me : they did not every man 
cast away the abominations of their eyes, nei- 
ther did they forsake the idols of Egypt : then 
I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to 
accomplish my anger against them m the 
midst of the land of Egypt. 

9 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it 
should not be polluted before the heathen, 
among whom they were, in whose sight I 
made myself known unto them, in bringing 
them forth out of the land of Egypt. 

10 ^1 Wherefore, I caused them to go forth 
out of the land of Egypt, and brought them 
into the wilderness. 

11 And I gave them my statutes, and shew- 
ed them jny judgments, which if a, man do, 
he shall even live in then*. 

12 Moreover, also I gave them s»y sabbaths, 
to be a sign between me and them, that they 
might know that I am the Lord that sanctify 
them. 

13 But the house of Israel rebelled against 
me in the wilderness: they walked not in my 
statutes, and they despised my judgments, 
which if a man do, he shall even live in 
them : and my sabbaths they greatly polluted : 
then I said, I would pour out my fury upon 
them in the wilderness, to consume them. 

14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that 
it should not be polluted before the heathen, 
in whose sight I brought diem out. 

15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them 
in the wilderness, that I would not bring them 
into the land which I had given them, flow- 
ing with milk and honey, which is the glory 
of all lands; 

16 Because they despised my judgment*, 
and walked not m my statutes, but polluted 
my sabbaths: for their heart went after their 
idols. 

17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from 
destroying them, neither did I make an end 
of them in the wilderness. 

18 But I said unto their children in the wil- 
derness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your 
fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor 
defile yourselves with their idols : 

19 I am the Lord your God; walk in my 
statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; 

20 And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall 
be a sign between me and you, that ye may 
know that I am the Lord your God. 

21 Notwithstanding, the children rebelled 
against me : thev walked not in my statutes, 

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of the Israelites, 
neither kei 



CHAP. XXI. ExekieTs prophecy against Jerusalem. 



ept my judgments to d 
if a man do, he shall even live 



do them, which 
e in them : they 
polluted my sabbaths : then I said, I would 
pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish 
my anger against them in the wilderness. 

22 Nevertheless, I withdrew my hand, and 
wrought for my name's sake, that it should 
not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, 
in whose sight I brought them forth. 

23 I lifted up my hand unto them also in the 
wilderness, that I would scatter them among 
the heathen, and disperse them through the 
countries; 

24 Because they had not executed my judg- 
ments, but had despised my statutes, and had 
polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were 
after then- fathers' idols. - 

25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes 
that were not good, and judgments whereby 
they should not live ; 

26 And I polluted them in then* own gifts, in 
that they caused to pass through the fife 
all that openeth the womb, that I might make 
them desolate, to the end that they might 
know that I am the Lord. 

27 H Therefore, son of man, speak unto the 
house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord God, Yet in this your fathers have 
blasphemed me, in that they have committed 
a trespass against me. 

28 For when I had brought them into the 
land, for the which I lifted up my hand to 
give it to them, then they saw every •high hill, 
«nd all the thick trees, and they offered there 
their sacrifices, and there they presented the 
provocation of their offering: there also they 
made their sweet savour,and poured out there 
their drink-offerings. 

29 Then I said unto them, What is the high 
place whereunto ye go ? and the name there- 
of is called Bamah unto this day. 

30 Wherefore, say unto the house of Israel, 
Thus saith the Lord God; Are ye polluted 
after the manner of your fathers? and com- 
mit ye whoredom after their abominations? 

31 For when ye offer your gifts, when ye 
make your sons to pass through the fire, ye 
pollute yourselves with all your idols, even 
unto this day : and shall I be inquired of by 
you, O house of Israel ? As I live, saith the 
Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you. 

32 And that which cometh into your mind 
shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as 
the heathen, as the families of the countries, 
to serve wood and stone. 

33 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with 
a mighty hand, and with a stretched-out arm, 
and with fury poured out, will I rule over you : 

34 And I will bring you out from the peo- 
ple, and will gather you out of the countries 
wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, 
and with a stretched-out arm, and with fury 
poured out. 

35 And I will bring you into the wilderness 
of the people, and there will I plead with you 
face to face. 

36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in 
the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I 
plead with you, saith the Lord God. 

37 And I will cause you to pass under the 



rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the 
covenant : 

38 And I will purge out from among you the 
rebels, and them that transgress against me : 
I will bring them forth out of the countiy 
where they sojourn, and they shall not enter 
into the land of Israel : and ye shall know 
that I am the Lord. 

39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith 
the Lord God ; Go ye, serve ye every one his 
idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken 
unto me : but pollute ye my holy name no 
more with your gifts, and with your idols. 

40 For in sny holy mountain, in the moun- 
tain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord 
God, there shall all the house of Israel, all 
of them in the land, serve me : there will I 
accept them, and there will I require your 
offerings, and the first fruits of your oblations, 
with all your holy things. 

41 I will accept you with your sweet savour, 
when I bring you out from the people, and 
gather you out of the countries wherein ye 
have been scattered ; and I will be sanctified 
in you before the heathen. 

42 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, 
when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, 
into the countiy for the which I lifted up my 
hand to give it to your fathers. 

43 And there shall ye remember your wavs, 
and all your doings wherein ye have been de- 
filed ; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your 
own sight for all your evils that ye have com- 
mitted. 

44 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, 
when I have wrought with you for my name's 
sake, not according to your wicked ways, 
nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye 
house of Israel, saith the Lord God. 

45 H Moreover the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

46 Son of man, set thy face toward the south, 
and drop thy word toward the south, and 
prophesy against the forest of the south field ; 

47 Ancl say to the forest of the south, Hear 
the word of the Lord ; Thus saith the Lord 
God ; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, 
and it shall devour every green tree in thee, 
and every dry tree : the flaming flame shall 
not b^quenched, and all faces from the south 
to the north shall be burned therein. 

48 And all flesh shall see that I the Lord 
have kindled it : it shall not be quenched. 

49 Then said I, Ah Lord God ! they say of 
me, Doth he not speak parables ? 

CHAP. XXI. 
1 Ezekiel prophesieth against Jerusalem with a 
sign of sighing. 8 Thesharp and bright sword, 
18 against Jerusalem,, 25 against the king- 
dom, 28 and against the Jlmmonites. 

AND the word of the Lord came unto me, 
saying, 

2 Son of man, 3et thy face toward Jerusalem, 
and drop thy word toward the holy places, 
and prophesy against the land of Israel, 

3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith 
the Lord ; Behold, I am against thee, and 
will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, 
and will cut off from thee the righteous and 
the wicked. 

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The sharp and bright sword. 

4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee 
the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall 
my sword go forth Out of his sheath against 
ail flesh from the south to the north : 

5 That all flesh may know that I the Lord 
have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath : 
it shall not return any more. 

Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the 
breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness 
sigh before their eyes. 

7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, 
Wherefore sighest thou ? that thou shalt an- 
swer, For the tidings, because it cometh: 
and every heart shall melt, and all hands 
shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, 
and all knees shall be weak as water :> be- 
hold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, 
saith die Lord God. 

8 Tf Again the word of the Lord came unto 
:roe, saying, 

9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith 
the Lord ; Say, A sword, a sword is sharp- 
ened, and also furbished: 

10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter, 
it is furbished that it may glitter; should we 
then make mirth ? it contemneth the rod of 
my son, as every tree. 

11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that 
it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, 
and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of 
the' slayer. 

12 Cry and howl, son of man : for it shall 
be upon my people, it shall he upon all the 
princes of Israel : terrors by reason of the 
sword shall be upon my people : smite there- 
fore upon thy thigh. 

13 Because it is a trial, and what if the 
sword contemn even the rod ? it shall be no 
more, saith the Lord God. 

14 Thou, therefore, son of man, prophesy, 
and smite thine hands together, and let the 
sword be doubled the third time, the sword 
of the slain : it is the sword of the great men 
that are slain, which entereth into their privy 
chambers. 

15 I have set the point of the sword against 
all their gates, that their heart may faint, and 
their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made 
bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. 

16 Go thee one way or other, either on the 



EZEKIEL. The Ammonites threatened. 

22 At his right hand was the divination for 
Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the 
mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice 
with shouting, to appoint battering rams 
against the gates, to cast a mount, and to 
build a fort. 

23 And it shall be unto them as a false divi- 
nation in their sight, to them that have sworn 
oaths : but he will call to remembrance the 
iniquity, that they may be taken. 

24 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Be- 
cause ye have made your iniquity to be re- 
membered, in that 'your transgressions are 
discovered, so that in all your doings your 
sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are 
come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with 
the hand. 

25 Tf And thou, profane wicked prince of 
Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity 
shall have an end, 

26 Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the 
diadem, and take off the crown : this shall 
not he the same : exalt him that is low, and 
abase him that is high. 

27 1 will overturn, overturn, overturn it : and 
it shall be no more, until he come whose 
right it is ; and I will give it him. 

28 ^[ And thou, son of man, prophesy and 
say, Thus saith the Lord God concerning the 
Ammonites, and concerning their reproach ; 
even say thou, The sword, the sword is 
drawn : for the slaughter it is furbished, to 
consume because of the glittering : 

29 While they see vanity unto thee, while 
they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon 
the necks of them thai are slain, of the wick- 
ed, whose day is come, when then* iniquity 
shall have an end. 

30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath ? 
I will judge thee in the place where thou 
wast created, in the land of thy nativity. 

31 And I will pour out mine indignation up- 
on thee, I will blow against thee in the lire of 
my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of 
brutish men, and skilful to destroy. 

32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy 
blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou 
shalt be no more remembered: for I the 
Lord have spoken it. 

CHAP. XXII. 



right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy y A catalogue ofs i nsin Jerusalem. 13 God will 



face is set. 

17 I will also smite my hands together, and 
I will cause my fury to rest : I the Lord have 
said it. 

18 TT The word of the Lord came unto me 
again, saying, 

19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two 
ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon 
may come: both twain shall come forth out 
of one land : and choose thou a place, choose 
it at the head of the way to the city. 

20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come 
to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah 
in Jerusalem the defenced. 

21 For the king of Babylon stood at the 
parting of the way, at the head of the two 
ways, to use divination ; he made his arrows 
bright, he consulted with images, he looked 
in the liver. 



burn them as dross in his furnace. 23 The ge- 
neral corruption of prophets, priests, princes, 
and people. 

MOREOVER the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, 
wift thou judge the bloody city ? yea, thou 
shalt shew her all her abominations. 

3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God ; 
The city sheddeth blood in the -midst of it, 
that her time may come, and maketh idols 
against herself to defile herself. 

4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that 
thou hast shed ; and hast defiled thyself in 
thine idols which thou hast made ; and thou 
hast caused thy days to draw near, and art 
come even unto thy years: therefore have I 
made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and 
a mocking to ail countries. 

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A catalogue of Jerusalem's sins. CHAP. 

5 Those that be near, and those that be far 
from thee, shall mock thee, which art infa- 
mous and much vexed. 

6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one 
were in thee to their power to shed blood. 

7 In thee have they set light by father and 
mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt 
by oppression with the stranger : in thee have 
they vexed the fatherless and the widow. 

8 Thou hast despised my holy things, and 
hast profaned my sabbaths. 

9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed 
blood: and in thee they eat upon the moun- 
tains : In the midst of thee they commit lewd- 
ness. 

lOInthee have they discovered their fathers' 
nakedness : in thee have they humbled her 
that was set apart for pollution. 

11 And one hath committed abomination 
with his neighbour's wife ; and another hath 
lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and an- 
other in thee hath 1 umbled his sister, his fa- 
ther's daughter. 

12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed 
blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, 
and thou hast greedily gained of thy neigh- 
bours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, 
saith the Lord God. 

13 U Behold, therefore I have smitten my 
hand at thy dishonest gain which thou .Last 
made, and at thy blood which hath been in 
the midst of thee. 

14 Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands 
be strong, in the days that I shall deal with 
thee ? I the Lord have spoken it, and will 
do it. 

15 And I will scatter thee among the hea- 
then, and disperse thee in the countries, and 
will consume thy filth in ess out of thee. 

16 And thou shaft take thine inheritance in 
thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou 
shalt know that I am the Lord. 

17 And the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me 
become dross : all they are brass, and tin, 
and iron, and lead, in the midst of the fur- 
nace ; they are even the dross of silver. 

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Be- 
cause ye are all become dross, behold, there- 
fore I will gather you into the midst of Jeru- 
salem. 

< 20 As they gather silver, and brass, and 
iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the 
furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so 
will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, 
and I will leave you there, and melt you. 

21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon 
you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be 
melted hi die midst thereof. 

22 As silver is melted in the midst of the fur- 
nace, so shall ye be melted in the midst there- 
of; and ye shall know that I the Lord have 
poured out my fury upon you. 

23 ^[ And the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the 
land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in 
the day of indignation. 

25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in 



XXIII. Of Aholah and A)ioliba)u 

the midst thereof, like a roaring lion raven- 
ing the prey; they have devoured souls ; tl^ey 
have taken the treasure and precious things; 
they have made her many widows in the 
midst thereof. 

26 Her priests have violated my law, ana 
have profaned my holy things i they have put 
no difference between the holy ana* profane, 
neither have they shewed difference between 
the unclean and the clean, and have hid their 
eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned 
among them. 

27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like 
wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and 
to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. 

28 And her prophets have, daubed them 
with untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and 
divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the 
Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken. 

29 The people of the land have used op- 
pression, a»d exercised robbery, and have 
vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have 
oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 

30 And I sought for a man among them, that 
should make up the hedge, and stand in the 
gaj) before me for the land, that I should not 
destroy it: but I found none. 

31 Therefore, have I poured out mine in- 
dignation upon them ; I have consumed them 
with the fire of my wrath: their own way 
have I recompensed upon their heads, saith 
the Lord God. 

CHAP. XXIII. 

\ The whoredoms of Aholah and Aholibah. 22 
Aholibah is to be plagued by her lovers. 36 
The prophet reproveth the adulteries of them 
both, 45 and shew eth their judgments. 

HE word of the Lord came again unto 



T 1 



me, saying, 

2 Son of man, there were two women, the 
daughters of one mother : 

3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; 
they committed whoredoms in their youth : 
there were their breasts pressed, and there 
they bruised the teats of their virginity. 

4 And the names of them icere Aholah the 
elder, and Aholibah her sister; and they 
were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. 
Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, 
and Jerusalem Aholibah. 

5 And Aholah played the harlot when she 
was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on 
the Assyrians her neighbours, 

6 Which ivere clothed with blue, captains 
and rulers, all of them desirable young men, 
horsemen riding upon horses. 

7 Thus she committed her whoredoms with 
them, with all them that were the chosen 
men of Assyria, and with all on whom she 
doted; with all their idols she defiled herself. 

8 Neither left she her whoredoms brought 
from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with 
her, and they bruised the breasts of her vir- 
ginity, and poured their whoredom upon her 

9 Wherefore, I have delivered her into the 
hand of her lovers, into the hand of the A^ 
Syrians, upon whom she doted. 

10 These discovered her nakedness : they 
took her sons and her daughters, and slew 
her with the sword : and she became famous 

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The adulteries and judgments 
among women ; for they had executed judg- 
ment upon her. 

11 And when her sister Aholibah saw this, 
she was more corrupt in her inordinate love 
than she, and in her whoredoms more than 
her sister in her whoredoms. 

12 She doted upon the Assyrians her neigh- 
bours, captains and rulers clothed most gor- 
geously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of 
them desirable young men. 

13 Then I saw that she was defiled, tliat 
tiiey took both one way; 

14 And that she increased her whoredoms: 
for when she saw men portrayed upon the 
wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed 
with vermilion, 

15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, ex- 
ceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all 
of them princes to look to, after the manner 
of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of 
their nativity : 

16 And as soon as she saw them with her 
eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messen- 
gers unto them into Chaldea. 

17 And the Babylonians came to her into 
the bed of love, and they defiled her with 
their whoredom, and she was polluted with 
them, and, her mind was alienated from them. 

18 So she discovered her whoredoms, and 
discovered her nakedness: tkssa my mind 
was alienated from her, like as my mind was 
alienated from her sister. 

19 Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in 
calling to remembrance the days of her youth, 
wherein she had played the harlot in the land 



of Egypt. 

20 For bhe doted upon their paramours, 
whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and 
whose issue is like the issue of horses. 

21 Thus thou calledst to remembrance the 
lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats 
by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth. 

22 If Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the. 
Lord God ; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers 
against thee, from whom thy mind is alien- 
ated, and I will bring them against thee on 
every side ; 

23 The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, 
Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the As- 
syrians with them: all of them desirable 
young men, captains and rulers, great lords 
and renowned, all of them riding upon 
horses. 

24 And they shall come against thee with 
chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an 
assembly of people, which shall set against 
thee buckler and shield and helmet round 
about : and I will set judgment before them, 
and they shall judge thee according to their 
judgments. 

25 And I will set my jealousy against thee, 
and they shall deal furiously with thee : they 
shall take away thy nose and thine ears ; and 
thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they 
shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and 
thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. 

26 They shall ako strip thee out of thy 
elothes, and take away thy fair jewels. 

27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease 
from thee, and thy whoredom brought from 



EZEKIEL. ofAholah and Aholibah. 

the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift 
up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt 
any more. 

28 For thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I 
will deliver thee into the hand of them whom 
thou hatest, into the hand of them komwhom 
thy mind is alienated: 

29 And they shall deal with thee hatefully, 
and shall take away all thy labour, and shall 
leave thee naked and bare : and the naked- 
ness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, 
both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. 

30 1 will do these things unto thee, because 
thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, 
and because thou art polluted with their idols. 

31, Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; 
therefore will I give her cup into thy hand. 

32 Thus saith the Lord God; Thou shalt 
drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou 
shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision ; 
it containeth much. 

33 Thou shalt befilledwithdrunkennessand 
sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and de- 
solation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. 

34 Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out* 
and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and 
pluck off thine own breasts: for I have 
spoken it, saith the Lord God. 

35 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Be- 
cause thou hast forgotten me, and cast me 
behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy 
lewdness and thy whoredoms. 

36 % The Lord said, moreover, unto me; 
Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and 
Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their 
abominations ; 

37 That they have committed adultery, and 
blood is in their hands, and with their idols 
have they committed adultery, and have also 
caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, 
to pass for them through the fire, to devour 
them. 

38 Moreover, this they have done unto me : 
they have defiled my sanctuary in the same 
day, and have profaned my sabbaths. 

39 For when they had slain their children 
to their idols, then they came the same day 
into my sanctuary to profane it; and lo, thus 
have they done in the midst of my house. 

40 And furthermore, that ye have sent for 
men to come from far, unto whom a messen- 
ger was sent; and lo, they came : for whom 
thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, 
and deckedst thyself with ornaments, 

41 And satest upon a stately bed, and a table 
prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set 
mine incense and mine oil. 

42 And a voice of a multitude being at ease 
teas with her: and with the men of the com- 
mon sort were brought Sabeans from the wil- 
derness, which put bracelets upon their hands, 
and beautiful crowns upon their heads. 

43 Then said I unto her that mas old in 
adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms 
with her, and she with them ? 

44 Yet they went in unto her, as they go in 
unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so 
went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, 
the lewd women. 

45 IT And the righteous men, they shall 
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Destruction of Jerusalem skeicn. CHAP. XXIV, XXV. The calamities of ike J ewt. 

14 1 the Lord have spoken it: it shall come 
to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, 
neither will I spare, neither will I repent; 
according to thy ways, and according to thy 
doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord 
God. 

15 If Also the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

16 Son of man, behold, I take away from 
thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke : 
yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, nei- 
ther shall thy tears run down. 

17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for 
the dead, bind the tire of thy head upon thee, 
and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover 
not thy lips, and cat not the bread of men. 

18 So I spake unto the people in the morn- 
ing: and at even my wife died: and I did in 
the. morning as I was commanded. 

19 f| And the people said unto me, Wilt 
thou not tell us what these things are to us, 
that thou doest so ? 

20 Then I answered them, The word of the 
Lord came unto me, saying, 

21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus 
saith the Lord God ; Behold, I will profane 
my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, 
the desire of your eyes, and that which your 
soul pitieth; and your sons and your daugh- 
ters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword, 

22 And ye shall do as I have done : ye shall 
not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. 

23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, 
and your shoes upon your feet : ye shall not 
mourn nor weep ; but ye shall pine awav for 
your iniquities, and mourn one toward an- 
other. 

24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign : accord- 
ing to all that he hath done shall ye do: and 
when this cometh, ye shall know that I am 
the Lord God. 

25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in 
the day when I take from them their strength, 
the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, 
and that whereupon they set their minds, 
their sons and their daughters, 

26 That he that escapeth in that day shall 
come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with 
thine ears? 

27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to 
him which is escaped, and thou shaft speak, 
and be no more dumb : and thou shalt be a 
sign unto them ; and they shall know that I 
am the Lord. 

CHAP. XXV. 
1 God's vengeance, for their ins olency against 
the Jews, upon the Ammonites, 8 upon Moab 
and Seir, 12 upon Edom, 15 and upon the Phi- 
listines. 

HE word of the Lord came again unto 



judge them after the manner of adulteresses, 
and after the manner of women that shed 
blood; because they are adulteresses, and 
blood is in their hands. 

46 For thus saith the Lord God ; I will bring 
up a company upon them, and will give them 
to be removed and spoiled. 

47 And the company shall stone them with 
stones, and despatch them with their swords; 
they shall slay their sons and their daughters, 
and burn up their houses with fire. 

43 Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out 
of the land, that all women may be taught 
not to do after your lewdness. 

49 And they shall recompense your lewd- 
ness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of 
your idols : and ye shall know that 1 am the 
Lord God. 

CHAP. XXIV. 

'1 Under the parable of a boiling pot, 6 is shewed 
the irrevocable destruction of Jerusalem. 15 
By the sign of Ezekiel not mourning for the 
death of his wife, 19 is shewed the calamity of 
Uie Jews to be beyond all sorrow. 

AGAIN in the ninth year, in the tenth 
month, ui the tenth day of the month, 
the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, write thee the name of the 
day, even of this same day : the king of Baby- 
lon set himself against Jerusalem this same 
day. 

3 And utter a parable unto the rebellious 
house, and say unto them, Thus saith the 
Lord God ; Set on a pot, set it on, and also 
pour water into it: 

4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even 
every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder ; 
fill it with the choice bones. 

5 Take the choice of the flock, and burn also 
the bones under it, and make it boil well, 
and let them seethe the bones of it therein. 

6 *f[ Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; 
Wo to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum 
is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of 
it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot 
fall upon it. 

7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she 
set it upon the top of a rock ; she poured it 
not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; 

8 That it might cause fury to come up to 
take vengeance ; I have set her blood upon 
the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. 

9 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Wo 
to the bloody city! I will even make the pile 
for fire great. 

10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume 
the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones 
be burned. 

11 Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, 
that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, 
and that the filthiness of it may be molten in 
it, that the scum of it may be consumed. 

12 She hath wearied herself with lies, and 
her great scum went not forth out of her : her 
scum shall be in the fire. 

13 In thy filthiness is lewdness : because I 
have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, 
thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness 
any more till I have caused my fury to rest 
upon thee. 

2B* 



TI 
me, saying, 

2 Son of man, set thy face against the Am- 
monites, and prophesy against them ; 

3 And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the 
word of the Lord God ; Thus saith the Lord 
God; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my 
sanctuary, when it was profaned; and agai nst 
the land of Israel, when it was desolate ; and 
against the house of Judah, when they went 
into captivity ; 

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God's vengeance onthe Ammonites, 8?c. EZEKIEL. 

4 Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to 
the men of the east for a possession, and they 
shall set their palaces in thee, and make 
their dwellings in thee : they shall eat thy 
fruit, and they shall drink thy milk. 

5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for 
camels, and the Ammonites a couching-place 
for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the 
Lord. 

6 For thus saith the Lord God ; Because 
thou hast clapped thy hands, and stamped 
with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all 
thy despite against the land of Israel ; 

7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out my 
hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a 
j^poil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off 
i'rom the people, and I will cause thee to 
perish out of the countries: I will destroy 
thee; and thou shalt kns.v that I am the 
Lord. 

8 ^[ Thus saith the Lord God; Because 
that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house 
of Judah is like unto all the heathen; 

9 Therefore, behold, I will open the side of 
Moab from the cities, from his cities which 
are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, 
Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, 

10 Unto the men of the east with the Am- 
monites, and will give them in possession, 
that the Ammonites may not be remembered 
-among the nations. 

11 And I will execute judgments upon Mo- 
iib ; and they shall know that I am the Lord. 

i%% Thus saith the Lord God; Because 
that Edom hath dealt against the house of 
Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly 
offended, and revenged himself upon them ; 

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; I 
will also stretch out my hand upon Edom, 
and will cut off man and beast from it ; and I 
will make it desolate from Teman ; and they 
X)f Dedan shall fall by the sword. 

.14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom 
by the hand of my people Israel: and they 
shall do in Edom according to mine anger 
and according to my fury; and they shall 
know my vengeance, saith the Lord God. 

15 ^1 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because 
the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and 
have taken vengeance with a despiteful 
heart, to destroy it for the old hatred ; 

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Be- 
hold, I will stretch out my hand upon the 
Philistines, and I will cutoff the Cherethims, 
and destroy the remnant of the sea coasts. 

17 And I will execute great vengeance upon 
them with furious rebukes; and they shall 
know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay 
my vengeance upon them. 

CHAP. XXVI. 
1 Tyrus, for insulting against Jerusalem, is 
threatened. 7 The power of Nebuchadrezzar 
against her. 15 The mourning and astonish- 
ment of the sea at her fall. 

AND it came to pass in the eleventh year, 
in the first day ot the month, that the 
word of the Lord came uato me, saying, 
Q Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said 
against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that 
was *he gates of the people : she is turned 



Tyrus threatened. 
shall be replenished, now she is 



unto me : I s 
laid waste : 

3 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Be- I 
hold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will 
cause many nations to come up against thee, 
as the sea causeth his waves to come up. 

4 And they shall destroy the walls of Ty- 
rus, and break down her towers: I will also 
scrape her dust from her, and make her like 
the top of a rock. 

5 It shall be a place for the spreading of 
nets in the midst of the sea : fori have spoken 
it, saith the Lord God : and it shall become 
a spoil to the nations. 

6 And her daughters which are in the field 
shall be slain by the sword ; and they shall 
know that I am the Lord. 

7 If For thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, 
I will bring upon Tyrus, Nebuchadrezzar 
king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the 
north, with horses, and with chariots, and 
with horsemen, and companies, and much 
people. 

8 He shall slay with the sword thy daugh- 
ters in the field : and he shall make a fort 
against thee, and cast a mount against thee, 
and lift up the buckler against thee. 

9 And he shall set engines of war against 
thy walls, and with his axes he shall break 
down thy towers. 

10 By reason of the abundance of his horses, 
their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall 
shake at the noise of the horsemen, arid of 
the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall 
enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city 
wherein is made a breach. 

11 With the hoofs of his horses shall lie 
tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy 
people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons 
shall go down to the ground. 

12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, 
and make a prey of thy merchandise : and 
they shall break down thy walls, and destroy 
thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy 
stones, and thy timber, and thy dust, in the 
midst of the water. 

13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs 
to cease ; and the sound of thy harps shall 
be no more heard. 

14 And I will make thee like the top of ; 
rock : thou shalt be a place to spread nets 
upon ; thou shalt be built no more : for I the 
Lord have spoken it, saith the Lord God> 

15 H Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus; 
Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thj 
fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaugh- 
ter is made in the midst of thee ? 

16 Then all the princes of the sea shall 
come down from their thrones, and lay away 
their robes, and put off their broidered gar- 
ments: they shall clothe themselves with 
trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, 
and shall tremble at every moment, and be 
astonished at thee. 

17 And they shall take up a lamentation for 
thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroy- 
ed, ;*to was inhabited of seafaring men, the 
renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, 
she and her inhabitants, which cause their 
terror to be on all that haunt it !• 

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The rich supply of Tyrus. CHAP, 

18 Now, shall the isles tremble in the day 
cf thy fall ; yea, the isles that are in the sea 
shall be troubled at thy departure. 

19 For thus saith the Lord God; When I 
shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities 
that are not inhabited ; when I shall bring 
up the deep upon thee, and great waters 
shall cover thee; 

20 When I shall bring thee down with them 
that descend into the pit, with the people of 
old time, and shall set thee in the low parts 
of the earth, in places desolate of old, with 
them that go down to the pit, that thou be 
not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the 
land of the living ; 

21 I will make thee a terror, and thou shall 
be no more: though thou be sought for, yet 
shalt thou never be found again, saith the 
Lord God. 

CHAP. XXVII. 

J The rich supply of Tyrus. 26 The great and 

irrecoverable fall thereof. 

THE word of the Lord came again unto 
me, saying, 

2 Now, thou son of man, take up a lamenta- 
tion for Tyrus; 

3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situ- 
nte v at the entry of the sea, which art a mer- 
chant of the people for many isles, Thus saith 
the Lord God ; O Tyrus, "thou hast said, I 
am of perfect beauty. 

4 Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, 
thy builders have perfected thy beauty. 

5 They have made all thy ^©-boards of 
fir-trees of Senir: they have taken cedars 
from Lebanon to make masts for thee. 

6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made 
thine oars; the company of the Ashurites 
have made thy benches of 'ivory, brought out 
of the isles of Chittim. 

7 Fine linen with broidered work from 
Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth 
to be thy sail ; blue and purple from the isles 
of EJishah was that which covered thee. 

8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad 
were thy mariners : thy wise men, O Tyrus, 
thai were in' thee, were thy pilots. 

9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men 
thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the 
ships of the sea with their mariners were in 
thee to occupy thy merchandise. 

10 They of Persia, and of Lud, and of Phut, 
were in thine army, thy men of war: they 
hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they 
set forth thy comeliness. ■ 

11 The men of Arvad with thine army were 
upon thy walls round about, and the Gam- 
madims were in thy towers : they hanged 
their shields upon thy walls round about; 
they have made thy beauty perfect. 

12 Tarshish teas thy merchant by reason 
of the multitude of all kind of riches ; with 
silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy 
fairs. 

13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were 
thy merchants: they traded the persons of 
men and vessels of brass in thy market. 

14 They of the house of Togarmah traded 
in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and 
mules. 



XXVII. Her irrecoverable fall. 

15 The men of Dedan were thy merchants 
many isles were the merchandise of thy 
hand : they brought thee/or a present, horns 
of ivory and ebony. 

16 Syria was thy merchant by reason of the 
multitude of the wares of thy making : they 
occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, 
and broidered work, and tine linen, and co- 
ral, and agate. 

17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they icere 
thy merchants : they traded, in thy market, 
wheat of Minnith and Pannag, and honey, 
and oil, and balm. 

18 Damascus teas thy merchant in the mul- 
titude of the wares of thy making, for the 
multitude of all riches; in the wine of Hel- 
bon, and white wool. 

19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro oc- 
cupied wi thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and 
calamus, were in thy market. 

20 Dedan was thy merchant in precious 
clothes for chariots. 

21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, 
they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, 
and goats : in these were they thy merchants. 

22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, 
they were thy merchants: they occupied in 
thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all 
precious stones, and gold. 

23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the mer- 
chants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were 
thy merchants. 

24 These were thy merchants in all sorts of 
things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, 
and in chests of rich apparel, bound with 
cords, and made of cedar, among thy mer- 
chandise. 

25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee 
in thy market; and thou wast replenished, 
and made very glorious in the midst of the 
seas. 

26 Tf Thy rowers have brought thee into 
great waters : the east wind hath broken thee 
in the midst of the seas. 

27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, .thy merchan- 
dise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, 
ajid the occupiers of thy merchandise, and 
all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in 
all thy company which is in the midst of 
thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas, in 
the day of thy ruin. 

28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of 
the cry of thy pilots. : 

29 And all that handle the oar, the mari- 
ners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come 
down from their ships, they shall stand upon 
the land ; 

30 And shall cause their voice to be heard 
against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall 
cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wal- 
low themselves in the ashes : 

31 And they shall make themselves utterly 
bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, 
and they shall weep for thee with bitterness 
of heart and bitter wailing. 

32 And in their wailing they shall take up a 
lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, 
saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the de- 
stroyed in the midst of the sea ? 

33 When thv wares went forth out of tlas 

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Judgment on the prince of Tyrus. EZEK1EL. 
seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst 
enrich the kings of the earth with the multi- 
tude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. 

34 In the time tchen thou shalt be broken by 
the seas in the depths of the waters, thy mer- 
chandise and all thy company in the midst of 
thee shall fall. 

35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be 
astonished at thee, and their kings shall be 
sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their 
countenance. 

36 The merchants among the people shall 
hiss at thee ; thou shalt be a terror, and ne- 
ver shalt be any more. 

CHAP. XXVIII. 
1 God's judgment upon the prince of Tyrus for 
his sacrilegious pride. 11 Ji lamentation of his 
great glory corrupted by sin. 20 The judg- 
ment of Zidon. 24 The restorationof Israel. 
THE word of the Lord came again unto 
me, saying, 

2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, 
Thus saith the Lord God ; Because thy heart 
is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, 
I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the 
seas; yet thou aria man, and not God, though 
thou set thy heart as the heart of God : 

3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there 
is no secret that they can hide from thee : 

4 With thy wisdom and with thine under- 
standing thou hast gotten thee riches, and 
hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures : 

5 By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick, 
hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart 
is lifted up because of thy riches : 

6 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Be- 
cause thou hast set thy heart as the heart of 
God; 

7 Behold, therefore I will bring strangers 
upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and 
they shall draw their swords against the 
beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile 
thy brightness. 

8 They shall bring thee down to the pit, and 
thou shalt die the deaths oi'them that are slain 
in the midst of the seas. 

9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth 
thee, I am God ? but thou shalt be a man, and 
no God, in the hand of him that slayeth 
thee. 

10 Thou shaltdie the deaths of the uncircum- 
cised by the hand of strangers: for I have 
spoken it, saith the Lord God. 

11 U" Moreover the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon 
the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus 
saith the Lord God ; Thou sealest up the sum, 
full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 

13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of 
God : every precious stone was thy covering, 
the sardiu3, topaz, and the diamond, the be- 
ryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, 
the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: 
the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy 
pipes, was prepared in thee in the day that 
thou wast created. 

14 Thou art the anointed cherub that co- 
vereth ; and I have set thee, so : thou wast 
upon the holy mountain of God ; thou hast 



The judgment oj Zidon. 
walked up and down in the midst of the stones 
of fire. 

15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the 
day that thou wast created, till iniquity was 
found in thee. 

16 By the multitude of thy merchandise 
they have filled the midst of thee with vio- 
lence, and thou hast sinned : therefore I will 
cast thee as profane out of the mountain of 
God: and I will destroy thee, O covering 
cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 

17 Thy heart was lifted up because of thy 
beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by 
reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to 
the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that 
they may behold thee. 

13 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the 
multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity 
of thy traffick; therefore will I brin<* forth a 
f\ve from the midst of thee, it shall devour 
thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon' the 
earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. 

19 A!' they that know thee among the peo- 
ple shall be astonished at thee : thou shalt be 
a terror, and never shalt thou be any more. 

20 H Again the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

21 Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, 
and prophesy against it, 

22 And say,' Thus saith the Lord God; Be- 
hold, I am against thee, O Zidon ; and I will 
be glorified in the midst of thee : and they 
shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall 
have executed judgments in her, and shall be 
sanctified in her. 

23 For I will send into her pestilence, and 
blood into her streets ; and the wounded shall 
be judged in the midst of her by the sword 
upon her on every side ; and they shall know 
that I am the Lord. 

24 ^[ And there shall be no more a pricking 
brier unto the house of Israel, nor any griev- 
ing thorn of all that are round about them 
that despised them; and they shall know 
that 1 am the Lord God. 

25 Thus saith the Lord God ; When I shall 
have gathered the house of Israel from the 
people among whom they are scattered, and 
shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the 
heathen, then shall they dwell in their land 
that I have given to my servant Jacob. 

26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and 
shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, 
they shall dwell with confidence, when I 
have' executed judgments upon all those that 
despise them round about them ; and they 
shall know that I am the Lord their God. 

CHAP. XXIX. 

1 The judgment of Pharaoh for his treachery to 
Israel. 8 The desolation of Egypt. 13 The re- 
storation thereof after forty years. 17 Egyp t 
the reward of Nebuchadrezzar. 21 Israel shall 
be restored. 

IN the tenth year, in the tenth month, in 
the twelfth day of the month, the word of 
the Lord came unto me, saying;, 

2 Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh 
king of Egypt, and prophesy against hiin, 
and against all Egypt: 

3 Speak, and say, Thussaith the Lord God ; 
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The desolation of Egypt, CHAP. XXX, 

Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of 
Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst 
of his rivers, which hath said, My river is 
mine own, and I have made it for myself. 

4 ButI will put hooks in thyjaws, and I will 
cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy 
scales, and I will bring thee up out of the 
midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy ri- 
vers shall stick unto thy scales. 

5 And I will leave thee thrown into the wil- 
derness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers : 
thoushalt fall upon the open fields; thoushalt 
not be brought together, nor gathered : I 
have given thee for meat to the beasts of the 
field and to the fowls of the heaven. 

6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall 
know that I am the Lord, because they 
have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 

7 When they took hold of thee by thy hand, 
thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: 
and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, 
and madest all their loins to be at a stand. 

8 *f Therefore thus saith the Lord God; 
Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and 
cut off man and beast out of thee. 

9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate 
and waste; and they shall know that I am 
the Lord : because he hath said, The river 
is mine, and I have made it. 

10 Behold, therefore 1 am against thee, and 
against thy rivers, and I will make the land 
of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the 
tower of Syene even unto the border of 
Ethiopia. 

11 No foot of man shall pass through it, nor 
foot of beast shall pass through it, neither 
shall it be inhabited forty years. 

12 And I will make the land of Egypt deso- 
late in the midst of the countries that are de- 
solate, and her cities among the cities that 
are laid waste shall be desolate forty years : 
and I will scatter the Egyptians among the 
nations, and will disperse them through the 
countries. 

13 T[ Yet thus saith the Lord God ; At the 
end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians 
from the people whither they were scattered : 

14 And I will bring again the captivity of 
Egypt, and will cause them to return into the 
land of Pathros, into the land of their habita- 
tion; and they shall be there a base kingdom. 

15 It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; 
neither shall it exalt itself any more above 
the nations : for I will diminish them, that 
they shall no more rule over the nations. 

16 And it shall be no more the confidence 
of the house of Israel, which bringeth their 
iniquity to remembrance, when they shall 
look after them: but they shall know that I 
am the Lord God. 

17 ^ And it came to pass in the seven and 
twentieth year, in the first month, in the first 
day of the month, the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezz-arking of Ba- 
bylon caused his army to serve a great service 
against Tyrus : every head was made bald, 
and every shoulder was peeled : yet had he 
no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the 
service that he had served against it : 



and her helpert. 

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Be- 
hold, I wiif give the land of Egypt unto Ne- 
buchadrezzar king of Babylon ; and he shall 
take her multitude, and take her spoil, and 
take her prey; and it shall be the wages for 
his army. 

20 I have given him the land of Egypt for 
his labour wherewith he served against it/be- 
cause they wrought for me, saith the Lord 
God. 

21 ^[ In that day will I cause the horn of the 
house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give 
thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of 
them ; and they shall know that I am the Lord. 

CHAP. XXX. 
1 The desolation of Egypt and her helpers. 20 
The arm of Babylon shall be strengthened 
to break the arm of Egypt. 

THE word of the Lord came again unto 
me, saying, 

2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith 
the Lord God ; Howl ye, Wo worth the day ! 

3 For the day is near, even the day of the 
Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the 
time of the heathen. 

4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, 
and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the 
slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take 
away her multitude, and her foundations shall 
be broken down. 

5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all 
the mingled people, and Clvob, and the men 
of the land that is in league, shall fall with 
them by the sword. 

6 Thus saith the Lord; They also that up- 
hold Egvpt shall fall ; and the prida of her 
power shall come down: from the tower of 
Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith 
the Lord God. 

7 And they shall be desolate in the midst of 
the countries that are desolate, and her cities 
shall be in the midst of the cities that are 
wasted. 

8 And they shall know that I am the Lord, 
when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when 
all her helpers shall be destroyed. 

9 In that day shall messengers go forth from 
me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians 
afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, 
as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, itcometh. 

10 Thus saith the Lord God ; I will also 
make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the 
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. 

11 He and his people with him, the terrible 
of the nations, shall oe brought to destroy the 
land : and they shall draw their swords against 
Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. 

12 And I will make the rivers diy, and sell 
the land into the hand of the wicked : and I 
will make the land waste, and all that is there- 
in, by the hand of strangers: I the Lord 
have spoken it. 

13 Thus saith the Lord God ; I will also de- 
stroy the idols, and I will cause their images 
to cease out of Noph ; and there shall be no 
more a prince < % the land of Egypt : and I 
will put a fear in the land of Egypt. 

14 And I will make Pathros desolate, and 
will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judg- 
ments in No. 

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The strength of Babylon. EZEKIEL. 

15 And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the 
strength of Egypt; and [ will cut oft' the mul- 
titude of No. 

■ 16 And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall 
have great pain, and No shall" be rent asun- 
der, and Noph shall have distresses daily. 

17 The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth 
shall fall by the sword : and these cities shall 
go into captivity. 

18 At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be 
darkened, when I shall break there the yokes 
of Egypt : and the pomp of her strength shall 
cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover 
.her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. 

19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt : 
and they shall know that I am the Lord. 

20 H And it came to pass in the eleventh 
year, in the first month, in the seventh day of 
the month, that the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

21 Son of man, I have broken the arm of 
Pharaoh king of Egypt ; and lo, it shall not 
be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to 
bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. 

22 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Be- 
hold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, 
and will break his arms, the strong, and that 
which was broken; and I will cause the 
sword to fall out of his hand. 

23 And I will scatter the Egyptians among 
the nations, and will disperse them through 
the countries. 

24 And I will strengthen the arms of the 
king of Babylon, and put my sword in his 
hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and 
he shall groan before him with the groanings 
of a deadly-wounded man. 

25 But I will strengthen the arms of the 
king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh 
shafl fall down; and they shall know that I 
am the Lord, when I shall put my sword into 
the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall 
stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. 

26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among 
the nations, and disperse them among the 
countries; and they shall know that 1 am 
the Lord. 

CHAP. XXXI. 

1 A relation unto Pharaoh, 3 of the glory of As- 
syria, 10 and the fall thereof for pride. 18 The 
like destruction of Egypt. 

AND it came to pass in the eleventh year, 
in the third month, in the first day of 
the month, that the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of 
Egypt, find to his multitude; Whom art thou 
like in thy greatness ? 

3 If Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in 
Lebanon with fair branches, and with a sha- 
dowing shroud, and of a high stature ; and 
his top was among the thick boughs. 

4 The waters made him great, the deep set 
him up on high with her rivers running round 
about his plants, and sent out her little rivers 
unto all the trees of the field. 

5 Therefore, his height was exalted above 
all the trees of the field, and his boughs were 
multiplied, and his branches became Jong 



Glory and fall of Assyria. 
because of the multitude of waters, when he 
shot forth. 

6 AH the fowls of heaven made their nests 
in his boughs, and under his branches did all 
the beasts of the field bring forth their young, 
and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. 

7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the 
length of his branches : for his root was by 
great waters. 

8 The cedars in the garden of God could 
uot hide him: the fir-trees were not like his 
boughs, and the chesnut-trees were not like 
his branches; not any tree in the garden of 
God was like unto him in his beauty. 

9 I have made him fair by the multitude of 
his branches : so that all the trees of Eden, 
that icere in the garden of God, envied 
him. 

10 fl Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; 
Because thoii hast lifted up thyself in height, 
and he hath shot up his top among the 
thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his 
height; 

11 1 have therefore delivered him into the 
hand of the mighty one of the heathen ; he 
shall surely deal with him: I have driven 
him out for his wickedness. 

12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, 
have cut him off, and have left him : upon the 
mountains and in all the valleys his branches 
are fallen, and his boughs are" broken by ail 
the rivers of the land ; and all the people of 
the earth are gone down from his shadow, 
and have left him. 

13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the 
heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field 
shall be upon his branches : 

14 To the end that none of all the trees by 
the waters, exalt themselves for their height, 
neither shoot up their top among the thick 
boughs, neither their trees stand up in their 
height, all that drink water: for they are all 
delivered unto death, to the nether "parts of 
the earth, in the midst of the children of men, 
with them that go down to the pit. 

15 Tims saith the Lord God; In the day 
when he went down to the grave I caused a 
mourning: I covered the deep for him, and 
I restrained the floods thereof, and the great 
waters were stayed : and I caused Lebanon 
to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field 
fainted for him. 

161 made the nations to shake at the sound 
of his fallj when I cast him down to hell with 
them that, descend into the pit : and all the 
trees of Eden, the choice and best of Leba- 
non, all that drink water, shall be comforted 
in the nether parts of the earth. 

17 They also went dowm into hell with him, 
unto them that be slain with the sword ; and # 
they ihattcere his arm, that dwelt under his 
shadow in the midst of the heathen. 

18 If To whom art thou thus like in glory 
and in greatness among the trees of Eden ? 
yet shaft thou be brought down with the trees 
of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: 
thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircum- 
cised with them that be slain by the sword. 
This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith 
the Lord God. 

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A lamentation for the 

CHAF. XXXII. 

J A lamentation for the fearful fall of Egijpt. 11 
The sword of Babylon shall destroy it. 17 It 
shall be brought down to hell, among all the 
uncircumcised nations. 

AND it came to pass in the twelfth year, 
in the twelfth month, in the first day of 
the month, that the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saving, 

2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for 
Pharaoh king" of Egypt, and say unto him, 
Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and 
thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou 
earnest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst 
the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their 
rivers. 

3 Tims saith the Lord God; I will therefore 
spread cut my net over thee with a company 
of many people ; and they shall bring thee 
up in my net. 

- 4 Theti will I leave thee upon the laud, I 
will cast thee forth upon the open field, and 
will cause all the fowls of the heaven to re- 
main upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of 
■the whole earth witli thee. 

5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the moun- 
tains, and fill the valleys with thy height. 

6 I will also water with thy blood .'he land 
wherein thou swimmest, even to the moun- 
tains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. 

7 And when I shall put thee out, I will co- 
ver the heaven, and make the stars thereof 
dark ; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and 
the moon shall not give her light. 

8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make 
dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy 
land, saith the Lord God. 

9 I will also vex the hearts of many people, 
when I shall bring thy destruction among the 
nations, into the countries which thou hast 
not known. 

10 Yea, I will make many people amazed 
at thee, and their kings shall be horribly 
afraid for thee, when T shall brandish my 
sword before them ; and they shall tremble 
at every moment, every man for his own life, 
in the day of thy fall. 

11 If For thus" saith the Lord God; The 
sword of the king of Babylon shall come 
upon thee. 

12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause 
thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the na- 
tions, aU of them : and they shall spoil the 
pomp of Egypt, and ail the multitude thereof 
shall be destroyed. 

13 I -will destroy also all the beasts thereof 
from beside the great waters; neither shall 
the foot of man trouble them any more, nor 
the hoofs of beasts trouble them. 

14 Then will I make their waters deep, and 
cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the 
Lord God. 

15 When I shall make the land of Egypt 
desolate, and the country shall be destitute 
of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite 
all them that dwell therein, then shall they 
know that I. am the Lord. 

16 This is the lamentation wherewith they 
shall lament her : the daughters of the na- 
tions shall lament her : they shall lament for 



CHAP. XXXII. fearful fall of Egypt. 

her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, 
saith the Lord God. 

17 tf It came to pass also in the twelfth year, 
in the fifteenth day of the month, that the 
word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of 
Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and 
the daughters of die famous nations, unto the 
nether pails of the earth, with them that go 
down into the pit. 

19 Whonulostthou pass in beauty? go down, 
and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. 

20 They shall fall in the midst of them that 
are slain by the sword: she is delivered to 
the sword : draw her and all her multitudes. 

21 The strong among the mighty shall speak 
to him out of the midst of hell with them that 
help him: they are gone down, they lie un- 
circumcised, slain by the sword. 

22 Asshur is there and all her company: 
his graves are about him: all of them slain, 
fallen by the sword : 

23 Whose graves are set in the sides of the 
pit, and her company is round about her 
grave : all of them slam, fallen by the sword, 
which caused terror in the land of the living. 

24 There is Elain and all her multitude 
round about her grave, all of them slain, 
fallen by the sword, which are gone down 
uncircumcised into the nether parts of the 
earth, which caused their terror in the land 
of the living; yet have they borne their shame 
with them that go down to the pit. 

25 They have set her a bed in the midst of 
the slain with all her multitude: her graves 
are roundabout him: all of them uncircum- 
cised, slain by the sword : though their ter- 
ror was caused in the land of the living, yet 
have they borne their shame with them that 
go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of 
them that be slain. 

26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her 
multitude : her graves are round about him : 
all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, 
though they caused their terror in the land 
of the living. 

27 And they shall not lie with the mighty 
that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which 
are gone down to hell with their weapons of 
war: and they have laid their swords under 
their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon 
their bones, though they were the terror of 
the mighty in the land of the living. 

28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst 
of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them 
that are slam with the sword. 

29 There is Edom, her kings, and all her 
princes, which with their might are laid by 
them tJiat were slain by the sword : they shall 
lie with the uncircumcised, and with them 
that go down to the pit. 

30 There be the princes of the north, all of 
them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone 
down with the slain; with their terror they 
are ashamed of their might ; and they lie un- 
circumcised with them that be slain by the 
sword, and bear their shame with them that 
go down to the p»t. 

31 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be 
comforted over all his multitude, even Pha- 

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The duty of a watchman. EZEKIEL, 

raoh and all his army slain by the sword, 
saith the Lord God. 

32 For I have caused ray terror in the land 
of the living: and lie shall be laid in the 
midst of the uncircumcised with then that 
are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and 
all his multitude, saith the Lord God. 

CHAP. XXXIII. 
1 According to the duty of a watchman, in warn- 
ing the people, 7 Ezekielis admonished of his 
duty. 10 God sheweth the justice of his ways 
towards the penitent, and towards revolters. 
11 He maintaincth his justice. 2L Upon the 
neios of the taking of Jerusalem he prophesi- 
eth the desolation of the land. 30 God's judg- 
ment upon the mockers of the prophets. 
4 GAIN the word of the Lord came unto 



The justice of GocTs ways, 

13 When I shall say to the righteous, that 
he shall surely live; if he trust to his own 
righteousness, and commit iniquity, al! his 
righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but 
for his iniquity that he hath committed, he 
shall die for it. 

14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, 
Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his 
sin, and do that which is lawful and right; 

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X3L. me, saying, 

2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy 
people, and say uato them, When I bring 
the sword upon a land, if the people of the 
land take a man of their coasts, aud set him 
for their watchman : 

3 If when he seeth the sword come upon 
the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the 
people ; 

4 Then, whosoever heareth the sound of 
the trumpet, and taketh not warning ; if the 
sword come and take him away, his blood 
shall be upon his own head. 

5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and 
took not w r arning; his blood shall be upon 
him. ■ But he that taketh warning shall de- 
liver his soul. 

6 But if the watchman see the sword come, 
and blow not the trumpet, and the people be 
not warned ; if the sword come, and take any 
person from among them, he is taken away 
in his iniquity; but his blood will I require 
at the watchman's hand. 

7 ~ t \ So thou, O son of man, I have set thee 
a watchman unto the house of Israel; there- 
fore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, 
and warn them from me. 

8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked 
man, thou shalt surely die ; if thou dost not 
speak to warn the wicked from his way, that 
wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his 
blood will I require at thy hand. 

9 Nevertheless, if tliou warn the wicked of 
his way to turn from it ; if he do not turn 
from Ins way, he shall die in his iniquity; 
but thou hast delivered thy soul. 

10 U Therefore, O thou son of man, speak 
unto the house of Israel ; Thus ye speak, 
saying, If our transgressions and our sins be 
upon us, and we pine away in them, how 
should we then live? 

11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord 
God, I have no pleasure in the death of the 
wicked; but that the wicked turn from his 
way and live : turn ye, turn ye from your evil 
ways ; for why will ye die, O house cf Israel ? 

12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the 
children of thy people, The righteousness of 
the righteous shall not deliver him in the day 
of his transgression: as for the wickedness 
of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the 
day that he turneth from his wickedness; 
neither shall the righteous be able to live for 
his righteousness in the dav that he sinneth. 



15 If the wicked restore the pledge, giv_ 
again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes 
of life, without committing iniquity; he shall 
surely live, he shall not die, 

16 None of his sins that he hath committe< 
shall be mentioned unto him: he hath don< 
that which is lawful and right; he shall sul- 
ly live. 

17 T[ Yet the children of thy people say, 
The way of the Lord is not equal : but » 
for them, their way is not equal. 

18 When the righteous turneth from hi: 
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, h 
shall even die thereby. 

19 But if the wicked turn from his wicked- 
ness, and do that which is lawful and right, 
he shall live thereby. 

20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not 
equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge 
you every one after his ways. 

21 Tf And it came to pass in the twelfdi year 
of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the 
fifth day of the month, that one that had es- 
caped out of Jerusalem came unto me say- 
ing, The city is smitten. 

22 Now the hand of the Lord was upon me 
in the evening, afore he that was escaped 
came; and had opened my mouth, until he 
came to me in the morning ; and my mouth 
was opened, and I was no more dumb. 

23 Then the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

24 Son of man, they that inhabit those 
wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, 
Abraham was one, and he inherited the 
land: but we are many; the land is given 
us for inheritance. 

25 Wherefore, say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord God ; Ye eat with the blood, and 
lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed 
blood : and shall ye possess the land ? 

26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abo- 
mination, and ye defile every one his neigh- 
bour's wife : and shall ye possess the land ? 

27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the 
Lord God; As I live, surely they that are 
in the wastes, shall fall by the sword, and him 
that is m the open field, will I give to the 
beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the 
forts and in the caves, shall die of the pesti- 
lence. 

28 For I will lay the land most desolate, and 
the pomp of her strength shall cease; and 
the mountains of Israel shail be desolate, 
that none shall pass through. 

29 Then shall they know that I am the 
Lord, when I have laid the land most deso- 
late because of all their abominations which 
they have committed. 

30 % Also, thou son of man, the children of 
thy people still are talking against thee by 

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Bad shepherds reproved. CHAP. 

the walls and in the doors of the houses, and 
speak one to another, every one to his bro- 
ther, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what 
is the word that cometh forth from the Lord. 

31 And they come unto thee as the people 
cometh, and they sit before thee as my peo- 
ple, and they hear thy words, but they will 
not do them : for with their mouth they shew 
much love, but their heart goeth after their 
covetousness. 

32 And lo, thou art unto them as a very 
lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, 
and can play well on an instrument : for they 
hear thy words, but they do them not. 

33 And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it 
will come,) then shall they know that a pro- 
phet hath been among them. 

CHAP. XXXIV. 
1 A reproof of the shepherds. 7 God's judgment 
against them. 11 His providence for his flock. 
20 The kingdom of Christ. 

AND the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 
2 Son of man, prophesy against the shep- 
herds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; 
Wo be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed 
themselves! should not the shepherds feed 
the flocks ? 

. 3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the 
wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed 
not the flock. 

4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, 
neither have ye healed that which was sick, 
neither have ye bound up that which was 
broken, neither have ye brought again that 
which was driven away, neither have ye 
sought that which was lost ; but with force 
and with cruelty have ye ruled them. 

5 And they were scattered, because there is 
no shepherd: and they became meat to all the 
beasts of the field, when they were scattered. 

6 My sheep wandered through all the moun- 
tains, and upon every high" hill : yea, my 
flock was scattered upon all the face of the 
earth, and none did search or seek after them. 

7 1f Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word 
of the Lord ; 

8 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely be- 
cause my flock became a prey, and my flock 
became meat to every beast of the field, be- 
cause there was no shepherd, neither did my 
shepherds search for my flock, but the shep- 
herds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; 

9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word 
of the Lord ; 

10 Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am 
against the shepherds; and I will require my 
flock at their hand, and cause them to cease 
from feeding the flock; neither shall the 
shepherds feed themselves any more; for I 
will deliver my flock from their mouth, that 
they mav not be meat for them. 

11 ^f For thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, 
I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek 
them out. 

12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in 
the day that he is among his sheep that are 
scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and 
will deliver them out of all places where tliey 



XXXIV. The kingdom of Christ-. 

have been scattered in the cloudy and dark 
dny. 

13 And I will bring them out from the peo- 
ple, and gather them from the countries, and 
will bring them to their own land, and feed 
them upon the mountains of Israel by the 
rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the 
country. 

14 1 wili feed them in a good pasture, and 
upon the high mountains of Israel shall their 
fold be : there shall they lie in a good fold, 
and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the 
mountains of Israel. 

15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause 
them to lie down, saith the Lord God. 

16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring 
again that which was driven away, and will 
bind up that tvhich was broken, and will 
strengthen that which was sick: but J will 
destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed 
them with judgment. 

17 And as for you, O my flock, thus saith 
the Lord God ; Behold, I judge between cat- 
tle and cattle, between the rams and the he- 
goats. 

18 Seemethit a small thing unto you to have 
eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread 
down with your feet the residue of your pas- 
tures ? and to have drunk of the deep waters, 
but ye must foul the residue with your feet? 

19 And as for my flock, they eat that which 
ye have trodden with your feet; and they 
drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. 

20 *i\ Therefore thus saith the Lord God unto 
them ; Behold, I, even I, will judge between 
the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. 

21 Because ye have thrust with side and with 
shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with 
your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad ; 

22 Therefore will I save my flock, and they 
shall no more be a prey ; and I will judge be- 
tween cattle and cattle. 

23 And I will set up one Shepherd over 
them, and he shall feed them, even my ser- 
vant David ; he shall feed them, and he shall 
be their shepherd. 

24 And I the Lord will be their God, and 
my servant David a prince among them; I 
the Lord have spoken it. 

25 And I will make with them a covenant 
of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to 
cease out of the land : and they shall dwell 
safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the 
woods. 

26 And I will make them and the places 
round about my hill a blessing; and I will 
cause the shower to come down in his sea* 
son ; there shall be showers of blessing. 

27 And the tree of the field shall yield her 
fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, 
and they shall be safe in their land, and shall 
know that I am the Lord, when I have bro- 
ken the bands of their yoke, and delivered 
them out of the hand of those that served 
themselves of them. 

28 And they shall no more be a prey to the 
heathen, neither shall the beasts of the land 
devour them ; but they shall dwell safely, and 
none shall make them afraid. 

29 And I will raise up for them a plant of 

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The judgment of mount Seir. EZEKIEL. 

renown, and they shall be no more consumed 
with hunger in the land, neither bear ihe 
shame of the heathen any more. 

30 Thus shall they know that I the Lord 
their God am with them, and that they, even 
the house of Israel, are my people, saith the 
Lord God. 

31 And ye my flock, the fiock of my pas- 
ture, are men, and I am your God, saith the 
Lord God. 

CHAP. XXXV. 

The judgment of mount Seir for their hatred of 

Israel. 

MOREOVER the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, set dry face against mount 
Seir, and prophesy against it, 

3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God ; 
Behold, 6 mount Seir, I am against thee, 
and I will stretch out my hand against thee, 
and I will make thee most desohtte. 

4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shall 
be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am 
the Lord. 

5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, 
and hast shed ike blood of the children of Is- 
rael by the force of the sword in the time of 
their calamity, in the time that their iniquity 
had an end : 

6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, 
I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood 
shall pursue thee: since thou hast not hated 
blood, even blood shall pursue thee. 

7 Thus will I make mount Seir most deso- 
late, and cut off from it him that passeth out 
and him that returneth: 

8 And I will fill his mountains with his slain 
men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in 
all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with 
the sword. 

9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, 
and thy cities shall not return : and ye shall 
■know that I am the Lord. 

10 Because thou hast said, These two na- 
tions and these* two countries shall be mine, 
and we will possess it; whereas the Lord 
was there : 

11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, 
I will even do according to thine anger, and 
according to thine envy which thou hast used 
out of thy hatred against them; and I will 
make myself known among them, when I 
have judged thee. 

12 And thou shalt know that I am the Lord, 
and that I have heard all thy blasphemies 
which thou hast spoken against the moun- 
tains of Israel, saying, They are laid deso- 
late, they are given us to consume. 

13 Thus with vour mouth ye have boasted 
against me, and have multiplied your words 
against me : I have heard them. 

14 Thus saith the Lord God ; When the 
whole earth rejoiceth, I wiil make thee deso- 
late. 

15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance 
of the house of Israel, because it was deso- 
late, so will 1 do unto thee: thou shalt be de- 
solate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even 
nil of it: and they shall know that I am the 
Lord. 



Israel revenged and comforted, 
CHAP. XXXVI. 

I The land of Israel is comforted, both by de- 
struction of the heathen, who spitefully used 
it, 8 and by the blessings of God promised unto 
it. 16 Israel icas rejected for their sin, 21 and 
shall be restored without their desert. 25 The 
blessings of Christ's kingdom. 

ALSO, thou son of man, prophesy unto the 
mountains of Israel, and say, Ye moun- 
tains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord : 

2 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because the 
enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the 
ancient high places are ours in possession : 

3 Therefore, prophesy and say, Thus saith 
the Lord God ; Because they have made you 
desolate, and swallowed you up on every 
side, that ye might be a possession unto the 
residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up 
in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of 
the people : 

4 Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear 
the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the 
Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, 
to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the deso- 
late wastes, and to the cides that are forsaken, 
which became a prey and derision to the re- 
sidue of the heathen that are round about; 

5 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; Sure- 
ly in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken 
againstthe residue of the heathen, and against 
all Idumea, which have appointed mv land 
into their possession with the joy of all their 
heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for 
a prey. 

6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land 
of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and 
to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, 
Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, I ha\e 
spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, be- 
cause ye have borne the shame of the heathen : 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; I have 
lifted up my hand: Surely the heathen that 
are about you, they shall bear their shame. 

8 *f[ But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall^ 
shoot forth your branches, and yield your 
fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at 
hand to come. 

9 For behold, I am for you, and I wiil turn 
unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: 

10 And I will multiply men upon yon, all 
the house of Israel, even all of it: and the 
cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall 
be builded : 

II And I will multiply upon you man and 
beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: 
and I wiil setde you after your old estates, and 
will do better unto you than at your begin- 
nings : and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 

12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, 
even my people Israel ; and they shall possess 
thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and 
thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them 
of men. 

13 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because they 
say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, 
and hast bereaved thy nations; 

14 Therefore, thou shalt devour men no 
more, neither bereave thy nadons any more, 
saith the Lord God. 

15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee 

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Israel rejected for sin. CHAP. XXXVII. 

the shame of the heathen any more, neither 
shalt thou bear the reproach of the people 
any more, neither shalt thou cause thy na- 
tions to fall anymore, saith the Lord God. 

16 H Moreover the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

17 Son of man, when the house of Israel 
dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by 
their own way and by their doings : their way 
was before me as the unclean ness of a re- 
moved woman. 

18 Wherefore, I poured my fury upon them 
for the blood that they had shed upon the 
land, and for their iclols where with they had 
polluted it: 

19 And I scattered tli em among the heathen, 
and they were dispersed through the coun- 
tries: according to (heir way and according 
to their doings I judged them. 

20 And when they entered unto the hea- 
then, whither they went, they profaned my 
holy name, when they said to them, These 
are the people of the Lord, and are gone 
forth out of his land. 

21 ^f But, I had pity for my holy name, which 
the house of Israel had profaned among the 
heathen, whither they went. 

22 Therefore, say unto the house of Israel, 
Thus saith the Lord God; I do not this For 
your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy 
name's sake, which ye have profaned among 
the heathen, whither ye went. 

23 And I will sanctify my great name, which 
was profaned among' the heathen, which ye 
have profaned iuthe midst of them; and the 
heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith 
the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in 
you before their eyes. 

24 Fori will take you from among the hea- 
then, and gather you out of all countries, and 
will bring you into your own land. 

25 *[ Then will I sprinkle clean water upon 
you, and ye shall be clean : from all your 
filthiness, "and from all your idols, will I 
cleanse you. 

26 A new heart also will I give you, and a 
new spirit will I put within you : and I will 
take away the stony heart out of your flesh, 
and I will give you a heart of flesh. 

27 x-ind I will put my Spirit within you, and 
cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall 
keep my judgments, and do them. 

28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave 
to your fathers ; and ye shall be my people, 
and I will be your God. 

29 I will also save you from all your unclean- 
nesses : and I will call for the corn, and will 
increase it, and lay no famine upon you. 

30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, 
and the increase of the field, that ye shall re- 
ceive no more reproach of famine among the 
heathen. 

31 Then shall ye remember your own evil 
ways, and your doings that were not good, 
and shall loathe yourselves (n your own sight 
lor your iniquities, and foryour abominations. 

32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the 
Lord God, be itknown unto you : be ashamed 
And confounded for your own ways, O house 
of Israel. 



The resurrection of dry hones, 

33 Thus saith the Lord God; In the day 
that I shall have cleansed you from all your 
iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the 
cities, and the wastes shall be builded. 

34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, 
whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that 
passed by. 

35 And they shall say, This land that was 
desolate is become like the garden of Eden; 
and the waste and desolate and ruined cities 
are become fenced, and are inhabited. 

36 Then the heathen that are left round 
about you shall know that I the Lord build 
the ruined places, and plant that that was 
desolate: I the Lord have spoken it, and I 
will do it. 

37 Thus saith the Lord God ; I will yet for 
this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to 
do it for them ; I will increase them with 
men like a flock. 

38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusa- 
lem in her solemn feasts ; so sjiall the waste 
cities be filled with flocks of men : and they 
shall know that I am the Lord. 



CHAP. XXXVII. 

1 By the resurrection of dry bones, 11 the dead 
hope of Israel is reviced. 15 By the uniting- of 
two sticks, 18 is shewed the incorporation of 
Israel into Judah. 20 The promises of Christ's 
kingdom. 

THE hand of the Lord was upon me, aixl 
carried me out in the Spirit of the 
Lord, and set me down in the midst of the 
valley which teas full of bones, 

2 And caused me to pass by them round 
about : and behold, there were very many in 
the open valley ; and lo, they were very dry. 

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can 
these bones live t and I answered, O Lord 
God, thou knowest. 

4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon 
these bones, and say unto them, O "ye diy 
bones, hear the word of the Lord. 

5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these 
bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter 
into you, and ye shall live : ' 

6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will 
bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with 
skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; 
and ye shall know that" I am the Lord. 

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded : 
and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and 
behold a shaking, and the bones came to- 
gether, bone to his bone. 

8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the 
flesh came up upon them, and the skin co- 
vered them above : but there was no breath 
in them. - 

9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the 
wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the 
wind, Thus saith the Lord God ; Come from 
the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon 
these slain, that they may live. 

10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, 
and the breatii came into them, and they 
lived, and stood up upon their feet, an ex- 
ceeding great army. 

11 If Then he said unto me, Son of man 
these bones are the whole house of Israel : 
behold, thev sav, Our bones are dried, and 

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The promises of Christ 1 s kingdom. EZEKIEL. 
our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. 

12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, O my 
people, I will open your graves, and cause 
you to come up out of your graves, and bring 
you into the land of Israel. 

13 And ye shall know that I am the Lord, 
when I have opened your graves, O my peo- 
ple, and brought you up out of your graves, 

14 And shall put my Spirit in you, and ye 
shall live, and I shall place you in your own 
land : then shall ye know that I the Lord have 
spoken it, and performed it, saith the Lord. 

15 ^1 The word of the Lord came again 
unto me, saying, 

16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one 
stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for 
the children of Israel his companions : then 
take anolher Ptick, and write upon it, For 
Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the 
house of Israel his companions: 

17 And join them one to another into one 
stick: and they shall become one in thy hand. 

18 ^| And when the children of thy people 
shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not 
shew us what thou meanest by these ? 

19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God ; 
Behold,! will take the stick of Joseph, which 
is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of 
Israel his fellows, and will put them with 
him, even with the stick of Judah, and make 
them one stick, and they shall be one in my 
hand. 

20 ^f And the sticks whereon thou writest 
shall be in thy hand before their eyes. 

21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord 
God; Behold, I will take the children of 
Israel from among the heathen, whither they 
be gone, and will gather them on every side, 
and bring them into their own land: 

22 And I will make them one nation in the 
land upon the mountains of Israel; and one 
king shall be king to them all : and they shall 
be no more two nations, neither shall they be 
divided into two kingdoms any more at all : 

23 Neither shall they defile themselves any 
more with their idols, nor with their detesta- 
ble things, nor with any of their transgres- 
sions : but I will save them out of all their 
dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, 
and will cleanse them : so shall they be my 
people, and 1 will be their God. 

24 And David my servant shall be king over 
them ; and they all shall have one shepherd : 
they shall also walk in my judgments, and 
observe my statutes, and do them. 

25 And they shall dwell in the land that I 
have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein 
your fathers have dwelt, and they shall dwell 
therein, even they, and their children, and 
their children's children for ever: and my 
servant David shall be their prince for ever. 

26 Moreover I will make a covenant of 
peace with them; it shall be an everlasting 
covenant with them: and I will place them, 
and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary 
in the midst of them for evermore. 

27 My tabernacle also shall be with them : 
yea, I will be their God, and they shall be 
my people, 



The army and malice of Gog, 
28 And the heathen shall know that I the 
Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary 
shall be in the midst of them for evermore. 

CHAP. XXXVIII. 

1 Tlie army, 8 and malice of Gog. 14 God's 

judgment against him. 

AND the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the 
land^ of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech 
and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God ; Be- 
hold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief 
prince of Meshech and Tubal: 

4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks 
into thy jaws, and I will brin^ thee forth, and 
all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of 
them clothed with all sorts of armour, even 
a great company with bucklers and shields, 
all of them handling swords: 

5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; 
all of them with shield and helmet: 

6 Goiner, and all his bands; the house of 
Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his 
bands: and many people with thee. 

7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, 
thou, and all thy company that are assembled 
unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 

8 ^[ After many days thou shalt be visited : 
in the latter years thou shalt come into the 
land that is brought back from the sword, 
and is gathered out of many people, against 
the mountains of Israel, which have been al- 
ways Waste : but it ie brought forth out of the 

nations, and they shall dwellsafely all of them. 

9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, 
thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, 
thou, and all thy bands, and many people 

►with thee. 

10 Thus saith the Lord God ; It shall also 
come to pass, that at the same time shall 
things come into thy mind, and thou shalt 
think an evil thought : 

11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the 
land of unvvalled villages ; I will go to them 
that are at rest, that dwell safely, aJl of them 
dwelling without walls, and having neither 
bars nor gates, 

12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey ; to 
turn thy hand upon the desolate places that 
are now inhabited, and upon the people that 
are gathered out of the nations, which have 
gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the 
midst of the land. 

13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of 
Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, 
shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a 
spoil ? hast thou gathered thy company to 
take a prey ? to carry away silver and gold, 
to take away cattle and goods, to take a great 
spoil ? 

14 If Therefore, son of man, prophesy and 
say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; la 
that day when my people of Israel dwelleth 
safely, shalt thou not know it? 

15 And thou shalt come from thy place out 
of the north parts, thou, and many people 
with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a 
great company, and a mighty army : 

16 And thou shalt come up against my peo- 
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God? s judgment upon Gog. CHAP. 

pie of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land ; it 
shall be in the latter days, and I will bring 
tfiee agaia-st my land, that the heathen may 
know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, 

Gog, before their eyes. 

17 Thus saith the Lord God; Art thou he 
of whom I have spoken in old time by my 
servants the prophets of Israel, which pro- 
phesied in those days many years, that I 
would bring thee against them ? 

18 And it shall come to pass at the same 
time when Gog shall come against the land 
of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury 
shall come up in my face. 

19 For in myjealousy and in the fire of my 
wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day 
there shall be a great shaking in the land of 
[srael ; 

20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the 
fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the 

| field, and all creeping things that creep upon 
, the earth, and all the men that are upon the 
face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, 
and the mountains shall be thrown down, and 
the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall 
fall to the ground. 

21 And I will call for a sword against him 
throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord 
God : every man's sword shall be against his 
brother. 

22 And I will plead against him with pesti- 
lence and with blood ; and I will rain upon 
him, and upon his bands, and upon the many 
people that are with him, an overflowing rain, 
and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 

23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify 
myself; and I will be known in the eyes of 
many nations, and they shall know that I am 
the Lord. 

CHAP. XXXIX. 

1 God* 's judgment upon Gog. 8 Israel's victory. 
11 Gog' s burial in Hamon-gog. 17 The feast 
of the fowls. 23 Israel, having been plagued 
for their sins, shall be gathered* again with 
eternal favour. 

THEREFORE, thou son of man, prophe- 
sy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the 
Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O 
Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tu- 
bal: 

2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but 
the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to 
come up from the north parts, and will bring 
thee upon the mountains of Israel : 

3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left 
hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out 
of thy right hand. 

4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Is- 
rael, thou, and all thy bands, and the people 
that is with thee: I will give thee unto the 
ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts 
of the field, to be devoured. 

5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field : for 
I have spoken it, saith the Lord God. 

6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and 
among them that dwell carelessly in the isles : 
and they shall know that I am the Lord. 

7 So will I make my holy name known in 
the midst of my people Israel ; and I will not 
let them pollute my holy name any more : and 



XXXIX. Gog's burial in Hamon-gog, 

the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, 
the Holy One in Israel. 

8 *f[ Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith 
the Lord God ; this is the day whereof I 
have spoken. 

9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel 
shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn 
the weapons, both the shields and the buck- 
lers, the bows and the arrows, and the hand- 
staves, and the spears, and they shall burn 
them with fire seven years : 

10 So that they shall take no wood out of 
the field, neither cut down any out of the fo- 
rests; for they shall burn the weapons with 
fire : and they shall spoil those that spoiled 
them, and rob those that robbed them, saith 
the Lord God. 

11 % And it shall come to pass in that day, 
that I will give unto Gog a place there of 
graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers 
on the east of the sea : and it shall stop the 
noses of the passengers : and there shall they 
bury Gog and all his multitude : and they 
shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog. 

12 And seven months shall the house of Is- 
rael be burying of them, that they may cleanse 
the land. 

13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury 
them : and it shall be to them a renown the 
day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord 
God. 

34 And they shall sever out men of conti- 
nual employment, passing through the land 
to bur}' with the passengers those that remain 
upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it : 
after the end of seven months shall they 
search. 

15 And the passengers that pass through 
the land, when arcyseeth a man's bone, then 
shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers 
have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog. 

16 And also the name of the city shall be 
Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land, 

17 % And, thou son of man, thus saith the 
Lord God ; Speak unto every 7 feathered fowl, 
and to every beast of the field, Assemble 
yourselves, and come ; gather yourselves on 
every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice 
for you, even a great sacrifice upon the moun- 
tains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and 
drink blood. 

18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and 
drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of 
rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all 
of them fallings of Bashan. 

19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and 
drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacn* 
fice which I have sacrificed for you. 

20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with 
horses and chariots, with mighty men, and 
with all men of war, saith the Lord God. 

21 And I will set my glory among the hea- 
then, and all the heathen shall see my judg- 
ment that I have executed, and my hand that 
I have laid upon them. 

22 So the house of Israel shall know that I 
am the Lord their God from that day and 
forward. 

23 % And the heathen shall know that the 
house of Israel went into captivity for their 

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EzekieVs vision. EZEKIEL. 

iniquity : because they trespassed against me, 
therefore hid I my face from them, and gave 
them into the hand of their enemies: so fell 
they all by the sword. 

24 According to their uncleanness and ac- 
cording to their transgressions have I done 
unto them, and hid my face from them. 

25 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Now 
will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and 
have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, 
and will be jealous for my holy name ; 

26 After that they have borne their shame, 
and all their trespasses whereby they have 
trespassed against me, when they dwelt safe- 
ly in their land, and none made them, afraid. 

27 When I have brought them again from 
the people, and gathered them out of their 
enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in 
the sight of many nations ; 

28 Then shall they know that I am, the 
Lord their God, which caused them to be 
led into captivity among the heathen: but. I 
have gathered "them unto their own land, 
and have left none of them any more there. 

29 Neither will I hide my face any more 
from them: for I have poured out my Spirit 
upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord God. 

CHAP. XL. 

1 The time, manner, and. end of the vision. 6 The 
description of the cast gate, 20 of the north 
gate, 21 o/ the south gale, 32 of the east gate, 
35 and of the north gate. 3d Eight tables. 44 
The chambers. 48 The porch of the house. 

IN the five and twentieth year of our capti- 
vity, in the beginning of the year, in the 
tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth 
year after that the city was smitten, in the 
self-same day the hand of the Lord was 
upon me, and brought me thither. 

2 In the visions of God brought he me into 
the land of .Israel, and set me upon a very 
high mountain, by which was as the frame 
of a city on the south. 

3 And he brought me thither, and behold, 
there teas a man, whose appearance was like 
the appearance of brass, with a line of flax 
in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he 
stood in the gate. 

4 And the man said unto me, Son of man, 
behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine 
ears, and set thy heart upon all that I shall 
shew thee ; for to the intent that I might 
shew them unto thee art thou brought hither : 
declare all that thou seest to the house of 
Israel. 

5 And behold a wall on the outside of the 
house round aboin;, and in the man's hand a 
measuring reed of six cubits long 1 by the cu- 
bit and a hand-breadth : so he measured the 
breadth of the building, one reed : and the 
height, one reed. 

6 1j Then came he unto the gate which 
looketh toward the east, and went up the 
stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of 
the gate, which was one reed broad ; and the 
other threshold of the gate, which was one 
reed broad. 

7 And every little chamber was one reed 
long, and one reed broad; and between the 
little chambers were five cubits: and the 



Description of the 
threshold of the gate by the porch of the 
gate within was one reed. 

8 He measured also the porch of the gate 
within, one reed. 

9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, 
eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cu- 
bits ; and the porch of the gate was inward. 

10 And the little chambers of the gate east- 
ward were three on this side, and three on 
that side ; they three were of one measure : 
and the posts had one measure on this side 
and on that side. 

11 And he measured the breadth of the en- 
try of the gftfe, ten cubits; and the length of 
the gate, thirteen cubits. 

12 The space also before the little chambers 
u\as one cubit on this side, and the space 
icas one cubit on that side : and the little 
chambers icere six cubits on this side, and 
six cubits on that side. 

.13 He measured then the gate from the roof 
of one little chamber to the roof of another ; 
the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door 
against door. 

14 He made also posts of threescore cubits, 
even unto the post of the court round about 
the gate. 

15 And from the face of the gate of the en- 
trance unto the face of the porch of the inner 
gate were fifty cubits. 

16 And there were narrow windows to the 
little chambers, and to their posts within the 
gate round about, and likewise to the arches : 
and windows were round abojit inward : and 
upon each post were palm-trees. 

17 Then brought he me into the outward 
court, and lo, there were chambers, and a 
pavement made for the court round about : 
thirty chambers were upon the pavement. 

18 And the pavement by the side of the 
gates over against the length of the gates was 
the lower pavement. 

19 Then he measured the breadth from the 
forefront offhe lower gate unto the forefront 
of the inner court without, a hundred cubits 
eastward and northward. 

20 % And the gate of the outward court that 
looked toward the north, he measured the 
length thereof, and the breadth thereof. 

21 A nd the little chambers thereof were three 
on this side and three on that side; and the 
posts thereof and the arches thereof were af- 
ter the measure of the first gate : the length 
thereof. teas fifty cubits, and the breadth five 
and twenty cubits. 

22 And their windows, and their arches, 
and their palm-trees, were after the measure 
of the gate that looketh toward the east : and 
they went up unto it by seven steps; and the 
arches thereof were before them. 

23 And the gate of the inner court was over 
against the gate toward the north, and to- 
ward the east : and he measured from gate 
to gate a hundred cubits. 

24 1f After that he brought me toward the 
south, and behold a gate toward the south : 
and he measured the posts thereof and the 
arches thereof according to these measures. 

25 And there were windows in it and in the 
arches thereof round about, like those win- 

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gates of the temple, 

dows: the length was fifty cubits, and the 

breadth five and twenty cubits. 

26 And there were seven steps to go up to 
it, and the arches thereof were before them : 
and it had palm-trees, one on this side, and 
another on that side, upon the posts thereof. 

27 And there was a gate in the inner court 
toward the soul h : and lie measured from gate 
to gate toward the south a hundred cubits. 

28 And he brought me to the inner court by 
the south gate: and he measured the south 
gate according to these measures ; 

.29 And the little chambers thereof, and the 
posts thereof, and the arches thereof, accord- 
ing to these measures: and there were win- 
dows in it and in the arches thereof round 
about : it was fifty cubits long, and five and 
twenty cubits broad. 

30 And the arches round about were five and 
twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. 

31 And the arches thereof were toward the 
outer court; and palm-trees were upon the 
posts thereof: and the going up to it had 
eight steps. 

32 H And he brought me into the inner court 
toward the east: and he measured the gate 
according to these measures. 

33 And the little chambers thereof, and the 
posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were 
according to these measures : and there were 
windows therein and in the arches thereof 
round about : itwas fifty cubits long, and five 
and twenty cubits broad. 

34 And the arches thereof were toward the 
outward court ; and palm-trees were upon the 
posts thereof, on this side, and on that side : 
and the going up to it had eight steps. 

35 Tf And he brought me to the north gate, 
and measured & according to these measures; 

36 The litde chambers thereof, the posts 
thereof, and the arches thereof, and the win- 
dows to it round about: the length was 
fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty 
cubits. 

37 And the posts thereof were toward the 
outer court; and palm-trees were upon the 
posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: 
and the going up to it had eight steps. 

38 And the chambers, and the entries there- 
of were by the posts of the gates, where they 
washed the burnt-offering. 

39 1[ And in the porch of the gate were two 
tables on this side, and two tables on that 
side, to slay thereon the burnt-offering, and 
the sin-offering, and the trespass-offering. 

40 And at the side without, as one goeth up 
to the entry of the north gate, were two ta- 
bles ; and on the other side, which teas at 
the porch of the gate, were two tables. 

41 Four tables were on this side, and four 
tables on that side, by the side of the gate ; 
eight tad es, whereupon they slew their sa- 
crifices. 

42 And the four tables were of hewn stone 
for the burnt-offering, of a cubit and a half 
lon», and a cubit and a half broad, and one 
cubit high : whereupon also they laid the in- 
struments wherewith they slew the burnt-of- 
fering and the sacrifice. 

43 And within were hooks, a hand broad, 



CHAP. XLI. and of its chambers, $^c. 

fastened round about : and upon the tables 



was the flesh of the offering. 

44 1[ And without the inner gate were the 
chambers of the singers in the inner court, 
which was at the side of the north gate ; and 
their prospect was toward the south: one at 
the side of the east gate having the prospect 
toward the north. 

45 And he said unto me, This chamber, 
whose prospect is toward the south, is for 
the priests, the keepers of the charge of the 
house. 

46 And the chamber whose prospect is to- 
ward the north, is for the priests, the keepers 
of the charge of the altar : these are the sons 
of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come 
near to the Lord to minister unto him. 

47 So he measured the court, a hundred cu- 
bits long, and a hundred cubits broad, four- 
square ; and the altar that was before the 
house. 

48 ^[ And he brought me to the porch of the 
house, and measured each post of the porch, 
five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that 
side : and the breadth of the gate was three 
cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side. 

49 The length of the porch tcajs twenty cu 
bits, and the breadth eleven cubits ; and hf. 
brought me by the steps whereby they went 
up to it : and there were pillars by the posts, 
one on this side, and another on that side. 

CHAP. XLI. 

The measures, parts, chambers, and ornaments 

of the temple. 

AFTERWARD he brouglit me to the 
temple, and measured the posts, six cu- 
bits broad on the one side, and six cubit? 
broad on the other side, whichwas the breadth 
of the tabernacle. 

2 And the breadth of the door teas ten cu- 
bits; and the sides of the door were five cu- 
bits on the one side, and five cubits on the 
other side : and he measured the length 
thereof, forty cubits : and the breadth, twen- 
ty cubits. 

3 Then went he inward, and measured the 
post .of the door, two cubits; and the door, 
six cubits; and the breadth of the door, se- 
ven cubits. 

4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty 
cubits ; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before 
the temple : and he said unto me, This is the 
most holy place. 

5 After, lie measured the wall of the house, 
six cubits; and the breadth of every side- 
chamber, four cubits, round about the house 
on every side. $ 

6 And' the side-chambers were three, one 
over another, and thirty in order ; and they 
entered into the wall which 2ms of the house 
for the side-chambers round about, that they 
might have hold, but they had not hold in the 
wall of tli e house. 

7 % And there teas an enlarging, and a wind- 
ing about still upward to the side-chambers : 
for the winding about of the house went still 
upward round about the house; therefore the 
breadth of the house was still upward, and 
so increased/?w« the lowest chamber to the 
highest by the midst. 

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Ornaments of the temple. EZEKIKL. 

8 I saw also the height of the house round 
abeut: the foundations of the side-chambers 
were a full reed of six great cubits. 

9 The thickness of the wall, which was for 
the side-chamber without, was five cubits : 
and that which was left was the place of the 
side-chambers that were within. 

10 And between the chambers was the wide- 
ness of twenty cubits round about the house 
on every side. 

11 And the doors of the side-chambers were 
toward the place that was left, ofle door to- 
ward the north, and another door toward the 
south : and the breadth of the place that was 
left was five cubits round about. 

12 Now the building that was before the se- 
parate place at the end toward the west was 
seventy cubits broad ; and the wall of the 
building was five cubits thick round about, 
and the length thereof ninety cubits. 

13 So he measured the house, a hundred 
cubits long ; and the separate place, and the 
building, with the walls thereof, a hundred 
cubits long ; 

14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, 
and of the separate place toward the east, a 
hundred cubits. 

1 15 And he measured the length of the build- 
ing over against the separate place which teas 
Dehind it, and the galleries thereof on the one 
fiide and on the other side, a hundred cubits, 
with the inner temple, and the porches of the 
court ; 

16 The door posts, and the narrow win- 
dows, and the galleries round about on their 
three stories, over against the door, ceiled 
with wood round about, and from the ground 
up to the windows, and the windows were 
covered ; 

17 To that above the door, even unto the 
inner house, and without, and by all the wall 
round about within and without by measure. 

18 And it teas made with cherubims and 
palm-trees, so that a palm-tree teas between 
a cherub and a cherub ; and every cherub 
had two faces ; 

19 So that tlie face of a man teas toward the 
palm-tree on the one side, and the face of a 
young lion toward the palm-tree on the other 
side : it teas made through all the house round 
about. 

20 From the ground unto above the door 
were clverubims and palm-trees made, and 
on the wall of the temple. 

21 The posts of the temple were squared, 
and the face of the sanctuary ; the appear- 
ance of the one as the appearance of the 
other. 

22 The altar of wood was three cubits high, 
and the length thereof two cubits; and the 
corners thereof, and the length thereof, and 
the walls thereof, were of wood : and he said 
unto me, This is the table that is before the 
Lord. 

23 And the temple and the sanctuary had 
two doors. 

24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, 
two turning leaves; two leaves for the one 
door, and two leaves for the other door. 

25 And there were made on them, on the 



The chambers of the priests. 
doors of the temple, cherubims and palm- 
trees, like as were made upon the walls ; and 
there were thick planks upon the face of the 
porch without. 

26 And there icere narrow windows and 
palm-trees on the one side and on the other . 
side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the 
side-chambers of the house, and thick planks. 

CHAP. XLII. 
1 Tfo chambers for the priests. 13 The use there- 
of. 19 The measures of the outward court. 
THEN he brought me forth into the outer 
court, the way toward the north : and 
he brought me into the chamLer that was 
over against the separate place, and which 
was before the building toward the north. 

2 Before the length of a hundred cubits was 
the north door, and the breadth was fifty 
cubits. 

3 Over against the twenty cubits which 
were for the inner court, and over against 
the pavement which teas for the outer court, 
was gallery against gallery in three stories. 

4 And before the chambers was a walk of 
ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cu- 
bit; and their doors toward the north. 

5 Now the upper chambers were shorter J 
for the galleries were higher than these, than 
the lower, and than the middlemost of the 
building. 

6 For they were in three stories, but had 
not pillars as the pillars of the courts : there- 
fore the bi*it!ding was straitened more than tlie 
lowest and the middlemost from the ground. 

7 And the wall that was without over 
against the chambers, toward the outer court 
on the forepart of the chambers, tlie length 
thereof u<as fifty cubits. 

8 For the length of the chambers that were 
in the outer court was fifty cubits: and lo, 
before the temple were a hundred cubits. 

9 And from under these chambers was tlie 
entry on the east side, as one goetli into them 
from the outer court. 

10 The chambers were in the thickness of 
the wall of the court toward the east, over 
against the separate place, and over against 
the building. 

11 And the way before them was like the 
appearance of the chambers which were to- 
ward the north, as long as they, and as broad 
as they: and all their goings out were both 
according to their fashions, and according to 
their doors. 

12 And according to the doors of the cham- 
bers that were toward the south was a door 
in the head of the way, even the way direct- 
ly before the wall toward the east, as one 
entereth into them. 

13 ^ Then said he unto me, The north 
chambers and the south chambers which 
are before the separate place, they be holy 
chambers, where the priests that approach 
unto the Lord shall eat the most holy things : 
there shall they lay the most holy things, and 
the meat-offering, and the sin-offering, and 
the trespass-offering; for the place is holy. 

14 When the priests enter therein, then 
shall they not go out of the holy place into 
the outer court, but there they shall lay their 

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Tlie return of God's glory. CHAP. XLIII. Measures and ordinances of the altar 

ed of their iniquities: and let them measure 
the pattern. 

11 And if they be ashamed of all that they 
have done, shew them the form of the house, 
and the fashion thereof, and the goings out 
thereof, and the comings in thereof, and ali 
the forms thereof, and all the ordinances 
thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the 
laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that 
they may keep the whole form thereof, and 
c»! the ordinances thereof, and do them. 

12 This is the law of the house ; Upon the 
top of the mountain the whole limit thereof 
round about shall be most holy. Behold, 
this is the law of the house. 

13 And these are the measures of the altar 
after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and a 
hand-breadth; even the bottom shall be a 
cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the bor- 
der thereof by the edge thereof round about 
shall be a span : and this shall be the higher 
place of the altar. 

14 And from the bottom upon the ground 
even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, 
and the breadth one cubit; and from the 
lesser settle even to the greater settle shall 
be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit. 

15 So the altar shall be four cubits; and 
from the altar and upward shall be four horns. 

16 And the altar shall be twelve cubits 
long, twelve broad, square in the four squares 
thereof. 

17 And the settle shall be fourteen cubits 
long and fourteen broad in the four squares 
thereof; and the border about it shall be 
half a cubit ; and the bottom thereof shall be 
a cubit about; and his stairs shall look to- 
ward the east. 

18 ^[ And he said unto me, Son of man, 
thus saitli the Lord God ; These are the or- 
dinances of the altar in the day when they 
shall make it, to offer burnt-offerings there- 
on, and to sprinkle blood thereon. 

19 And thou shalt give to the priests the 
Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which 
approach unto me, to minister unto me, saitii 
the Lord God, a young bullock for a sin- 
offering. 

20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, 
and put it on the four horns of it, and on the 
four corners of the settle, and upon the bor- 
der round about: thus shalt thou cleanse 
and purge it. 

21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the 
sin-offering, and he shall burn it in the ap- 
pointed place of the house, without the sanc- 
tuary. 

22 And on the second day thou shalt offer 
a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin- 
offering ; and they shall cleanse the altar, as 
they did cleanse it with the bullock. 

23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing 
it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without 
blemish, and a ram out of the flock without 
blemish. 

24 And thou shalt offer them before the 
Lord, and the priests shall cast salt upon 
them, and they shall offer them up for a 
burnt-offering unto the Lord. 

25 Seven davs shalt thou prepare everv day 
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garments wherein they minister; for they 
are holy; and shall put on other garments, 
and shall approach to those things which are 
for the people. 

15 Now when he had made an end of mea- 
suring the inner house, he brought me forth 
toward the gate whose prospect is toward 
the east, and measured it round about. 

16 He measured the east side with the mea- 
suring reed, five hundred reeds, with the 
measuring reed round about. 

17 He measured the north side, five hundred 
reeds, with the measuring reed round about. 

18 He measured the south side, five hun- 
dred reeds, with the measuring reed. 

19 H He turned about to the west side, and 
measured five hundred reeds, with the mea- 
suring reed. , 

20 He measured it by the four sides : it had 
a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, 
and five hundred broad, to make a separa- 
tion between the sanctuary and the profane 
place. 

CHAP. XLIII. 

1 The returning of the glory of God into the tem- 
ple. 7 The sin of Israel hindered God's pre- 
sence. 10 The prophet exhorteth them to re- 
pentance, and observation of the law of the 
house. 13 The measures, 18 and the ordinances 
of the altar. 

AFTERWARD he brought me to the 
gate, even the gate that looketh toward 
the east : 

2 And behold, the glory of the God of Israel 
came from the way of the east : and his voice 
was like a noise of many waters : and the 
earth shined with his glory. 

3 And it was according to the appearance 
of the vision which I saw, even according to 
the vision that I saw when I came to destroy 
the city : and the visions were like the vision 
that I saw by the river Chebar ; and I fell 
upon my face. 

4 And the glory of the Lord came into the 
house by the way of the gate whose prospect 
is toward the east. 

5 So the spirit took me up, and brought me 
into the inner court; and behold, the glory 
of the Lord filled the house. 

6 And I heard him speaking unto me out of 
the house; and the man stood by me. 

7 ^[ And he said unto me, Son of man, the 
place of my throne, and the place of the soles 
of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of 
the children of Israel for ever, and my holy 
name, shall the house of Israel no more de- 
file, neither they, nor their kings, by their 
whoredom, nor by the carcasses of their 
kings in their high places. 

8 In their setting of their threshold by my 
thresholds, and their post by my posts, and 
the wall between me and them, they have 
even defiled my holy name by their abomina- 
tions that they have committed : wherefore 
I have consumed them in mine anger. 

9 Now, let them put away their whoredom, 
and the carcasses of their kings, far from me, 
and I will dwell in the midst of them foi ever. 

10 ^[ Thou son of man, shew the house to 
the house of Israel, that they may be asham- 

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The priests are reproved. 
a goat/<?r a sin-offering : they shall also pre- 
pare a young bullock, and a ram out of the 
flock, without blemish. 

26 Seven days shall they purge the altar 
and purify it; and they shall consecrate them- 

27 And when these davs are expired, it 
shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so 
forward, the priests shall make your burnt- 
offerings upon the altar, and your peace- 
offerings: and I will accept you, saith the 
Lord God. 

CHAP. XLIV. 

1 The east gate assigned only to the prince. 4 
The priests reproved for polluting of the sanc- 
tuary. 9 Idolaters uncapable of the priest's 
office. 15 The sons of Zadok are accepted there- 

. to. 17 Ordinances for the priests. 

THEN he brought me back the way of 
the gate of the outward sanctuary which 
looketh toward the east; and it was shut. 
2 Then said the Lord unto me ; This gate 
shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no 



man shall enter in by it; because the Lord 
the God of Israel hath entered in by it, 
therefore it shall be shut. 

3 It is for the prince ; the prince, he shall 
sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he 
shall enter by the way of the porch of that 
gate, and shall go out by the way of the same. 

4 IT Then brought he me the way of the 
north gate before the house : and I looked, 
and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the 
house of the Lord : and I fell upon my face. 

5 And the Lord said unto me, Son of man, 
mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and 
hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee 
concerning all the ordinances of the house 
of the Lord, and all the laws thereof; and 
mark well the entering in of the house, with 
every going forth of the sanctuary. 

6 And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even 
to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord 
God; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you 
of all your abominations ; 

7 In that ye have brought into my sanctua- 
ry strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and un- 
circumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, 
to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer 
my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have 
broken my covenant because of all your abo- 
minations. 

8 And ye have not kept the charge of my 
holy things : but ye have set keepers of my 
charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. 

9 H Thus saith the Lord God ; No stranger, 
uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in 
flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any 
stranger that is among the children of Israel. 

10 And the Levites that are gone away far 
from me, when Israel went astray, which 
went astray away from me after their idols ; 
they shall even bear their iniquity. 

11 Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctu- 
ary, having charge at the gates of the house, 
and ministering to the house : they shall slay 
the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the 
people, and they shall stand before them to 
minister unto them. 

12 Because they ministered unto them be- 



EZEKIEL. - Ordinances for tlie priests. 

fore their idols, and caused the house of Is- 
rael to fall into iniquity; therefore have I 
lifted up my hand against them, saith the 
Lord GoD,andthey snail bear their iniquity. 

13 And they shall not come near unto me, to 
do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come 
near to any of my holy things, in the most holy 
place: but they shall bear their shame, and 
their abominations which they have com- 
mitted. 

14 But I will make them keepers of the 
charge of the house, for all the service there- 
of, and for all that shall be done therein. 

15 *f[ But the priests the Levites, the sons of 
Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary 
when the children of Israel went astray from 
me, they shall come near to me to minister 
unto me, and they shall stand before me to 
offer unto me die fat and the blood, saith the 
Lord God : 

16 They shall enter into my sanctuary, and 
they shall come near to my table, to minister 
unto me, and they shall keep my charge. 

17 *fi And it shall come to pass, that when 
they enter in at die gates of the inner court, 
they shall be clothed with linen garments; 
and no wool shall come upon them, while 
they minister in the gates of the inner court, 
and within. 

18 They shall have linen bonnets upon their 
heads, and shall have linen breeches upon 
their loins; they shall not gird themselves 
with any thing that causeth sweat. 

19 And when they go forth into the outer 
court, even into the outer court to die peo- 
ple, they shall put off their garments where- 
in they ministered, and lay them in the holy 
chambers, and they shall put on other gar- 
ments; and they shall not sanctify the peo- 
ple with their garments. 

20 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor 
suffer their locks to grow long; they shall 
only poll dieir heads. 

21 Neither shall any priest drink wine, when 
they enter into the ianer court. 

22 Neither shaH they take for their wives a 
widow, nor her that is put away: but they 
shall take maidens of the seed of the house 
of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. 

23 And they shall teach my people the dif- 
ference between the holy and profane, and 
cause them to discern between the unclean 
and the clean. 

24 And in controversy they shall stand in 
judgment; and they shall judge it according 
to my judgments: and they shall keep my 
laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; 
and they shall hallow my sabbaths. 

25 And they shall come at no dead person 
to defile themselves: but for father, or for 
mother, or for son,or for daughter, for brother, 
or for sister that hath had no husband, they 
may defile themselves. 

26 And after he is cleansed, they shall 
reckon unto him seven days. 

27 And in the day that lie go'eth into the 
sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister 
in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin-offer- 
ing, saith the Lord God. 

28 And it shall be unto them for an inhexi- 
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The divisions of the land. CHAP. XLV, XL VI. 

tance ; I am their inheritance: and ye shall 
give them no possession in Israel: I am their 
possession. 

29 They shall eat the meat-offering, and the 
sin-offering, and the trespass-offering; and 
every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. 

30 And the first of all the first-fruits of all 
tiling's, and every oblation of all, of every 
sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's : 
ye shall also give unto the priest the first of 
your dough, that he m;*- cause the blessing 
to rest in thy house. 

31 The priests shall not eat of any thing that 
is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl 
or beast. 

CHAP. XLV. 



Ordinances for the prince. 



I The portion of land for the sanctuary, 6 for 
thecity, 1 and for the prince. 9 Ordinances for 
the prince. 

MOREOVER, when ye shall divide by 
lot the land for inheritance, ye shall 
offer an oblation unto the Lord, a holy por- 
tion of the land : the length shallbe the length 
of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the 
breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be 
holy in all the borders thereof round about. 

2 Of this there shall be for the sanctuary 
five hundred in length, with five hundred in 
breadth, square round about ; and fifty cubits 
round about for the suburbs thereof. 

3 And of this measure shalt thou measure 
the length of five and twenty thousand, and 
the breadth often thousand: and in it shall 
be the sanctuary and the most holy place. 

4 The holy portion of the land shall be for 
the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, 
which shall come near to minister unto the 
Lord : and it shall be a place for their houses, 
and a holy place for the sanctuary. 

5 And the five and twenty thousand of length, 
and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also 
the Levites, the ministers of the house, have 
for themselves, for a possession for twenty 
chambers. 

6 Tf And ye shall appoint the possession of 
the city five thousand broad, and five and 
twenty thousand long, over against the obla- 
tion of the holy portion : it shall be for the 
whole house of Israel. 

7 ^[ And a portion shall be for the prince on 
the one side and on the other side of the ob- 
lation of the holy portion, and of the posses- 
sion of the city, before the oblation of the 
holy portion, and before the possession of 
the city, from the west side westward, and 
from the east side eastward : and the length 
shall be over against one of the portions, 
from the west border unto the east border. 

8 In the land shall be his possession in Is- 
rael : and my princes shall no more oppress 
my people; and the rest of the land shall 
they give to the house of Israel according to 
their tribes. 

9 If Thus saith the Lord God ; Let it suf- 
fice you, O princes of Israel: remove vio- 
lence and spoil, and execute judgment and 
justice, take away your exactions from my 
people, saith the Lord God. 

10 Ye shall have jtist balances, and a just 
ephah, and a just bath. 



11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one 
measure, that the bath may contain the tenth 
part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth 
part of a homer: the measure thereof shall 
be after the homer. 

12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs : 
twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fif- 
teen shekels, shall be your maneh. 

13 This is the oblation that ye shall offer; 
the sixth part of an ephah of a homer of 
wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of 
an ephah of a homer of barley; 

14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath 
of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath 
out of the cor, which is a homer of ten baths: 
for ten baths are a homer : 

15 And one lamb out of the flock, out of 
two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Is- 
rael, for a meat-offering, and for a burnt-of- 
fering, and for peace-offerings, to make re- 
conciliation for them, saith the Lord God. 

1 6 All the people of the land shall give this 
oblation for the prince in Israel. 

17 And it shall be the prince's part to 
give burnt-offerings, and meat-offerings, and 
drink-offerings, in the feasts, and in the new- 
moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemni- 
ties of the house of Israel : lie shall prepare 
the sin-offering, and the meat-offering, and 
the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings, to 
make reconciliation for the house of Israel. 

18 Thus saith the Lord God ; In the first 
month, in the first day of the month, thou 
shalt take a young bullock without blemish, 
and cleanse the sanctuary : 

19 And the priest shall take of the blood of 
the sin-offering, and put «7.iipon the posts of 
the house, and upon the four corners of the 
settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the 
gate of the inner court. 

20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of 
the month for every one that erreth, and for 
him thai is simple : so shall ye reconcile the 
house. 

21 In the first monili, in the fourteenth day 
of the month, ye shall have the passover, a 
feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall 
be eaten. 

22 And upon that day shall the prince pre- 
pare for himself and for all the people of the 
land a bullock/w a sin-offering. 

23 And seven days of the feast he shall pre- 
pare a burnt-offering to the Lord, seven 
bullocks and seven rams without blemish 
daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats 
daily for a sin-offering. 

24 And he shall prepare a meat-offering of 
an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a 
ram, and a hin of oil for an ephah. 

25 In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day 
of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of 
the seven days, according to the sin-offering, 
according to the burnt-offering, and according 
to the meat-offering, and according to the oil. 

CHAP. XLVI. 
1 Ordinances for the -prince in his worship, 9 and 
for the people. 16 An order for the prince's in- 
heritance. 19 The courts f or h oiling and b a kino. 
HpHUS saith the Lord God; The gate of 
JL the inner court thai looketh toward the 
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Religious rites for the prime. 
east, shall be shut the six working days; but 
on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the 
day of the new-moon it shall be opened. 

2 And the prince shall enter by the way of 
the porch of thai gate without, and shall 
stand by the post of the gate, and the priests 
shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace- 
offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold 
of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the 
gate shall not be shut until the evening. 

3 Likewise the people of the land shall wor- 
ship at the door of this gate before the Lord 
in the sabbaths and in the new-moons. 

4 And the burnt-offering that the prince 
shall offer unto the Lord in the sabbath day 
shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram 
without blemish. 

5 And the meat-offering shall be an ephah 
for a ram, and the meat-offering for the lambs 
as he shall be able to give, and a hin of oil to 
an ephah. 

6 And in the day of the new-moon it shall 
be a young bullock without blemish, and six 
lambs, and a ram: they shall be without 
blemish. 

7 And he shall prepare a meat-offering, an 
ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, 
and for the lambs according as his hand shall 
attain unto, and a hin of oil to an ephah. 

8 And when the prince shall enter, he shall 
go in by the way of the porch of that gate, 
and he shall go forth by the way thereof. 

9 ^[ But when the people of the land shall 
come before the Lord in the solemn feasts, 
he that entereth in by the way of the north 
gate to worship, shall go out by the way of 
the south gate ; and he that entereth by the 
way of the south gate, shall go forth by the 
way of the north gate : he shall not return by 
the way of the gate whereby he came in, but 
shall go forth over against it. 

10 And the prince in the midst of them, 
when they go in, shall go in ; and when they 
go forth, shall go forth. 

11 And in the feasts and in the solemnities 
the meat-offering shall be an ephah to a bul- 
lock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the 
lambs as he is able to give, and a hin of oil 
to an ephah. 

12 Now, when the prince shall prepare a 
voluntary burnt-offering or peace-offerings 
voluntarily unto the Lord, one shall then 
open him the gate that looketh toward the 
east, and he shall prepare his burnt-offering 
and his peace-offerings, as he did on the sab- 
bath day : then he shall go forth ; and after 
his going forth one shall shut the gate. 

13 Thou slialt daily prepare a burnt-offering 
unto the Lord of a lamb of the first year 
without blemish : thou shalt prepare it every 
inorning. 

14 And thou shalt prepare a meat-offering 
for it every morning, the sixth part of an 
ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to 
temper with the fine flour; a meat-offering 
continually by a perpetual ordinance unto 
the Lord. 

15 Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and 
the meat-offering, and the oil, every morn- 
ing for a continual burnt-offering. 



EZEKIEL. The vision of the holy waters. 

16 IT Thus saith the Lord God; If the 



prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the in- 
heritance thereof shall be his sons' ; it shall 
be their possession by inheritance. 

17 But if he give a gift of his inheritance to 
one of his servants, then it shall be his to the 
year of liberty ; after, it shall return to the 
prince : but his inheritance shall be his sons' 
for them. 

18 Moreover, the prince shall not take of 
the people's inheritance by oppression, to 
thrust them out of their possession ; but he 
shall give his sons inheritance out of his own 
possession : that my people be not scattered 
every man from his possession. 

19 5T After, he brought me through the en- 
try, which teas at the side of the gate, into the 
holy chambers of the priests, which looked 
toward the north : and behold, there was a 
place on the two sides westward. 

20 Then said lie unto me, This is the place 
where the priests shall boil the trespass-of- 
fering and the sin-offering, where they shall 
bake the meat-offering; that they bear them 
not out into the outer court, to sanctify the 
people. 

21 Then he brought me forth into the outer 
court, and caused me to pass by the four cor- 
ners of the court; and behold, in every cor- 
ner of the court there was a court. 

22 In the four corners of the court there 
were courts joined of forty cubits long and 
thirty broad : these four corners icere of one 
measure. 

23 And there was a row of building round 
about in them, round about them four, and it 
was made with boiling-places under the rows 
round about. 

24 Then said he unto me, These are the 
places of them that boil, where the ministers 
of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the 
people. 

CHAP. XLVII. 
1 The vision of the holy waters. 6 The virtue of 
them. 13 The borders of the land. 22 The divi- 
sion of it by lot. 

AFTERWARD he brought me again unto 
the door of the house ; and behold, 
waters issued out from under the threshold 
of the house eastward : for the forefront of 
the house stood toward the east, and the Ava- 
ters came down from under from the right 
side of the house, at the south side of the 
altar. 

2 Then brought he me out of the way of the 
gate northward, and led me about the way 
without unto the outer gate by the way that 
looketh eastward ; and behold, there ran out 
waters on the right side. 

3 And when the man that had the line in 
his hand, went forth eastward, he measured 
a thousand cubits, and he brought me through 
the waters; the waters were to the ankles. 

4 Again he measured a thousand, and 
brought me through the waters ; the waters 
were to the knees. Again he measured a 
thousand, and brought me through ; the wa- 
ters were to the loins. 

5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and 
it was a river that I could not pass over : for 

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The borders of the land. CHAP. XLVIII. 

the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a 
river that could not be passed over. 

6 H And he said unto me, Son of man, hast 
thou seen this? Then he brought me, and 
caused me to return to the brink of the river. 

7 Now, when I had returned, behold, at the 
bank of the river were very many trees on the 
one side and on the other. 

8 Then said he unto me, These waters issue 
out toward the east country, and go down 
into the desert, and go into the sea: which 
being brought forth into the sea, the waters 
shall be healed. 

9 And it shall come to pass, that every thing 
that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the 
rivers shall come, shall live : and there shall 
be a very great multitude of fish, because 
these waters shall come thither: for they 
shall be healed : and every thing shall live 
whither the river cometh. 

10 And it shall come to pass, that the fishers 
shall stand upon it from En-gedi even unto 
En-eglaim ; they shall be a place to spread 
forth nets; their fish shall be according to 
their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, ex- 
ceeding many. 

11 But the miry places thereof and the 
marshes thereof shall not be healed ; they 
shall be given to salt. 

12 And by the river upon the bank thereof, 
on this side and on that side, shall grow all 
trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, nei- 
ther shall the fruit thereof be consumed : it 
shall bring forth new fruit according to his 
months, because their waters they issued out 
of the sanctuary : and the fruit thereof shall be 
for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. 

13^[ Thus saith the Lord God; This shall 
be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the 
land according to the twelve tribes of Israel : 
Joseph shall have two portions. 

14 And ye shall inherit it, one as well as 
another: concerning the which I lifted up 
my hand to give it unto your fathers : and 
this land shall fall unto you for inheritance. 

15 And this shall be the border of the land 
toward the north side, from the great sea, the 
way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; 

16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is 
between the border of Damascus and the 
border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is 
by the coast of Hauran. 

17 And the border from the sea shall be Ha- 
zar-enan, the border of Damascus, and the 
north northward, and the border of Hamath. 
And this is the north side. 

18 And the east side ye shall measure from 
Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gi- 
lead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, 
from the border unto the east sea. And this 
is the east side. 

19 And the south side southward, from Ta- 
mar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, 
the river to the great sea. And this is the 
south side southward. 

20 The west side also shall be the great sea 
from the border, till a man come over against 
Hamath. This is the west side. 

21 So shall ye divide this land unto you ac- 
cording to the tribes of Israel. 



The portion of the tribes. 

22 H And it shall come to pass, that ye shall 
divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, 
and to the strangers that sojourn among you, 
which shall beget children among you : and 
they shall be unto you as born in the country 
among the children of Israel ; they shall have 
inheritance with you among the tribes of 
Israel. 

23 Arid it shall come to pass, that in what 
tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye 
give him his inheritance, saith the Lord God. 

CHAP. XLVIII. 
1, 23 The portions of the twelve tribes, 8 of the 
sanctuary, 15 of the city and suburbs, Hand 
of the prince. 30 The dimensions and gates of 
the city. 

NOW these are the names of the tribes. 
From the north end to the coast of the 
way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, 
Hazar-enan, the border ot Damascus north- 
ward, to the coast of Hamath ; (for these are 



his sides east and west;) a portion for Dan. 

2 And by the border of Dan, from the east 
side unto the west side, a portion for Asher. 

3 And by the border of Asher, from the east 
side even unto the west side, a portion for 
Naphtali. 

4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the 
east side unto the west side, a portion for 
Manasseh. 

5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the 
east side unto the west side, a portion for 
Ephraim. 

6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the 
east side even unto the west side, a portion 

for Reuben. 

7 And by the border of Reuben, from the 
east side unto the west side, a portion for 
Judah. 

H And by the border of Judah, frotri the" 
east side unto the west side, shall be the of- 
fering which ye shall offer of five and twenty 
thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as 
one of the other parts, from the east side 
unto the west side : and the sanctuary shall 
be in the midst of it. 

9 The oblation that ye shall offer unto the 
Lord shall be of five and twenty thousand 
in length, and often thousand in breadth. 

10 And for them, even for the priests, shall 
be this holy oblation; toward the north five 
and twenty thousand in length, and toward 
the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward 
the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward 
the south five and twenty thousand in length 
and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in the 
midst thereof. 

11 It shall fee for the priests that are sancti- 
fied of the sons of Zadok; which have kept 
my charge, which went not astray when the 
children of Israel went astray, as the Levites 
went astray. 

12 And this oblation of the land that is of- 
fered shall be unto them a thing most holy by 
the border of the Levites. 

13 And over against the border of the priests, 
the Levites shall have five and twenty thou- 
sand in length, and ten thousand in breadth : 
all the length shall be five and twenty thou- 
sand, and the breadth ten thousand. 

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The portions j?f the prince, fa. 

14 And they shall not sell of it, neither ex- 
change, nor alienate the first-fruits of the 
land : for it is holy unto the Lord. 

15 ^f And the five thousand, that are left in 
the breadth over against the five and twenty 
thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, 
for dwelling, and for suburbs, and the city 
shall be in the midst thereof. 

16 And these shall be the measures thereof; 
the north side four thousand aud five hun- 
dred, and the south side four thousand and 
five hundred, and on the east side four thou- 
sand and five huudred, and the west side 
four thousand and five hundred. 

! 17 And the suburbs of the city shall be 
toward the north two hundred and fifty, and 
toward the south two hundred and fifty, and 
toward the east two hundred and fifty, and 
toward the west two hundred and fifty. 

18 And the residue in length over against 
the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten 
thousand eastward, aud ten thousand west- 
ward: and it shall be over against the obla- 
tion of the holy portion; and the increase 
thereof shall be for food unto them that serve 
the city. 

19 And they that serve the city shall serve 
it out of all the tribes of Israel. 

20 All the oblation shall be five and twenty 
thousand by five and twenty thousand : ye 
shall offer the holy oblation four-square, with 
the possession of the city. 

21 If And the residue shall be for the prince, 
on the one side and on the other of the holy 
oblation, and of the possession of the city, 
over against the five and twenty thousand of 
the oblation toward the east bolder, and 
•westward over against the five and twenty 
thousand toward the west border, over 
against the portions for the prince: and it 
shall be the holy oblation ; and the sanctuary 
of the house shall be in the midst thereof. 

22 Moreover, from the possession of the 
Levites, and from the possession of the city, 
being-in the midst of thai which is the prince's, 



DANIEL. Jehoiakhris captivity. 

between the border of Judah and the border 
of Benjamin, shall be for the prince. 

23 As for the rest of the tribes, from the east 
side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have 
^portion. 

24 And by the border of Benjamin, from the 
east side unto the west side, Simeon shall 
have a portion. 

25 And by the border of Simeon, from the 
east side unto the west side, Issachar a 
portion. 

26 And by the border of Issachar, from the 
east side unto the west side, Zebulun a 
portion. 

27 And by the border of Zebulun, from the 
east side unto the west side, Gad a portion. 

28 And by the border of Gad, at the south 
side southward, the border shall be evenfrom 
Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, 
and to the river toward the great sea. 

29 This is the land which ye shall divide by 
lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, 
and these are their portions, saith the Lord 
God. 

30 }\ And these are the goings out of the 
city on the north side, four thou sand and five 
hundred measures. 

31 And the gates of the city shall be after 
the names of the tribes of Israel : three gates 
northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of 
Judah, one gate of Levi. 

32 And at the east side four thousand and 
five hundred : and three gates : and one gate 
of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of 
Dan. 

33 And at the south side four thousand and 
five hundred measures: and three gates; one 
gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one 
gate of Zebulun. 

34 At the west side four thousand and five 
hundred, with their three gates: one gate of 
Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. 

35 It was round about eighteen thousand 
measures: and the name of the city from 
that day shall be, The Lord is there. 



CHAP. I. 



H The Book 



1 Jehoiakim'' s captivity. 3 Ashpenaz taketh 
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 8 
They refusing the king's portion do prosper 
with pulse and water. 17 Their excellency in 
wisdom. 

IN the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim 
king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar 
king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and be- 
sieged it. 

2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of 
Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels 
of the house of God: which he carried into 
the land of Shinar to the house of his god ; 
and he brought the vessels into the treasure- 
house of his god. 

3 ^f And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the 
master of his eunuchs, that he should bring 
certain of the children of Israel, and of the 
king's seed, and of the princes; 

4 Children in whom was no blemish, but 
well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and 
cunning in knowledge, and understanding 



of DANIEL. 

science, and such as had ability in them to 
stand in the king's palace, and whom they 
might teach the learning and the tongue of 
the Chaldeans. 

5 And the king appointed them a daily pro- 
vision of the king's meat, and of the wine 
which he drank : so nourishing them three 
years, that at die end thereof they might 
stand before the king. 

6 Now, among these were of the children 
of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and 
Azariah : 

7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave 
names: for he gave unto Daniel the nameo{ 
Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Sha- 
drach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to 
Azariah, of Abed-nego. 

8 ^[ But Daniel purposed in his heart that 
he would not defile himself with the portion 
of the king's meat, nor with the wine which 
he drank : therefore, he requested of the 
prince of the eunuchs that he might not de- 
file himself. 

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Daniel, fyc. refuse the kitig's meat. CHAP. II. Nebuchadnezzar far gettethhis dream, 

Vants the dream, and we will shew the inter- 
pretation. 

5 The king answered and said to the Chal- 
deans, The thing is gone from me: if ye Will 
not make known unto me the dream, with 
the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in 
pieces, and your houses shall be made a 
dunghill. 

6 But if ye shew the dream, and the inter- 
pretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts 
and rewards and great honour: therefore, 
shew me the dream, and the interpretation 
thereof. 

7 They answered again and said, Let the 
king tell his servants the dream, and we will 
shew the interpretation of it. 

8 The king answered and said, I know of 
certainty that ye would gain the time, because 
ye see the thing is gone from me. 

9 But, if ye will not make known unto me 
the dream, there is but one decree for you: 
for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words 
to speak before me, till the time be changed : 
therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know 
that ye can shew me the interpretation 
thereof. 

10 Tf The Chaldeans answered before the 
king, and said, There is not a man upon the 
earth that can shew .the king's matter : there- 
fore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that 
asked such things at any magician, or astrolo- 
ger, or Chaldean. 

11 And it is a rare thing that the king re- 
quireth, and there is none other that can 
shew it before the king, except the gods, 
whose dwelling is not with flesh. 

12 For this cause the king was angry and 
very furious, and commanded to destroy all 
the wise men of Babylon.. 

13 And the decree went forth that the wise 
men should be slain ; and they sought Daniel 
and his fellows to be slain. 

14 If Then Daniel answered with counsel 
and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the 
king's guard, which was gone forth to slay 
the wise men of Babylon: 

15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's 
captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the 
king ? Then Arioch made the thing known 
to Daniel. 

16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the 
king that he would give him time, and that he 
would shew the king the interpretation. 

17 Then Daniel went to his house and made 
the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and 
Azariah, his companions : 

18 That they would desire mercies of the 
God of heaven concerning this secret; that 
Daniel and his fellows should not perish with 
the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 

19 Then was the secret revealed unto Da- 
niel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed 
the God of heaven. ' 

20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be 
the name of God forever and ever: for wis- 
dom and might are his : 

21 And he changeth the times and the sea- 
sons; he removeth kings, and setteth up 
kings; he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and 
knowledge to them that know understanding: 

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9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour 
and tender love with the prince of the eu- 
nuchs. 

10 And the prince of the eunuchs said un- 
to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath 
appointed your meat and your drink : for why 
should he see your faces worse liking than the 
children which are of your sort? then shall 
ye make me endanger my head to the king. 

11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the 
prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, 
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 

12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten 
days ; and let them give us pulse to eat, and 
water to drink. 

13 Then let our countenances be looked 
upon before thee, and the countenance of the 
children that eat of the portion of the king's 
meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy ser- 
vants. 

^14 So he consented to them in this matter, 
and proved them ten days. 

15 And at the end often days their counte- 
nances appeared fairer and (niter in flesh 
than all the children which did eat the por- 
tion of the king's meat. 

16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of 
their meat, and the wine that they should 
drink; and gave them pulse. 

17 1F As for these four children, God gave 
them knowledge and skill in all learning and 
wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in 
all visions and dreams. 

18 Now at the end of the days that the king 
had said he should bring them in, then the 
prince of the eunuchs brought them in before 
Nebuchadnezzar. 

19 And the king communed with them : and 
among them all was found none like Daniel, 
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah : therefore, 
stood they before the king. 

20 And in all matters of wisdom and under- 
standing, that the king inquired of them, he 
found them ten times better than all the ma- 
gicians and astrologers that mere in all his 
realm. 

21 And Daniel continued even unto the first 
year of king Gyrus, 

; CHAP. IT. 
1 Nebuchadnezzar, forgetting his dream, re- 
quircth it of the Chaldeans, by promises and 
threatenings. 10 They acknowledging their 
inability are judged to die. 14 Daniel obtain- 
ing some respite findeth the dream. 19 He 
blesseth God. 24 He staying the decree is 
brought to the king. 31 The dream. 36 77ie 
interpretation. 40 DaniePs advancement. 

AND in the second year of the reign 
of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar 
dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was 
troubled, and his sleep brake from him, 

2 Then the king commanded to call the 
magicians, and the astrologers, and the sor- 
cerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the 
king his dreams. So they came and stood 
before the kin^. 

3 And the king said unto them, I have 
dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled 
to know the dream. 

4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in 
Syriac, O king, live for ever: tell thy ser- 



Daniel jindeth the dream, 

22 He revealeth the deep and secret things : 
he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the 
light dwelleth with him. 

23 1 thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God 
of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and 
might, and hast made known unto me now 
what we desired of thee : for thou hast now 
made known unto us the king's matter. 

24 If Therefore, Daniel went in unto Arioch, 
whom the king had ordained to destroy the 
wise men of Babylon : he went and said thus 
unto him ; Destroy not the wise men of Ba- 
bylon : bring me in before the king, and I 
will shew unto the king the interpretation. 

25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before 
the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I 
have found a man of the captives of Judah, 
that will make known unto the king the inter- 
pretation. 

26 The king answered and said to Daniel, 
whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able 
to make known unto me the dream which I 
have seen, and the interpretation thereof? 

27 Daniel answered in the presence of the 
king, and said, The secret which the king 
hath demanded cannot the wise men, the as- 
trologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, 
shew unto the king ; 

28 But, there is a God in heaven that reveal- 
eth secrets, and maketh known to the king 
Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter 
days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head 
upon thy bed, are these ; 

29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came 
into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come 
to pass hereafter : and he that revealeth se- 
crets maketh known to thee what shall come 
to pass. 

30 But as forme, this secret is not revealed 
to me for any wisdom that I have more than 
any living, but for their sakes that shall make 
known the interpretation to the king, and 
that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy 
heart. 

31 If Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a 
great image. This great image, w r hose bright- 
ness was excellent, stood before thee ; and 
the form thereof was terrible. 

32 This image's head was of fine gold, his 
breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his 
thighs of brass, 

33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and 
part of clay. 

34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out 
without hands, which smote the image upon 
his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake 
them to pieces. 

35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, 
the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces to- 
gether, and became like the chaff of the sum- 
mer threshing-floors ; and the wind carried 
them away, that no place was found for them : 
and the stone that smote the image became 
a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. 

36 If This is the dream ; and we will tell 
the interpretation thereof before the king. 

37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings : for 
the God of heaven hath given thee a king- 
dom, power, and strength, and glory. 

38 And wheresoever the children of men 



DANIEL. and giveth the interpretation* 

dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of 
the heaven hath he given into thy hand, and 
hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou 
art this head of gold. 

39 And after thee shall arise another king- 
dom inferior to thee, and another third king- 
dom of brass, which shall bear rule over ail 
the earth. 

40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong 
as iron : forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces 
and subdueth all things : and as iron that 
breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces 
and bruise. 

41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and 
toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, 
the kingdom shall be divided ; but there shall 
be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch 
as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 

42 And as the toes of the feet were part of 
iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall 
be partly strong, and partly broken. 

43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with 
miry clav, they shall mingle themselves with 
the seed of men : but they shall not cleave 
one to another, even as iron is not mixed 
with clay. 

44 And in the days of these kings shall the 
God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall 
never be destroyed : and the kingdom shall 
not be left to other people, but it shall break 
in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, 
and it shall stand for ever. 

45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone 
was cut out of the mountain without hands, 
and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, 
the clay, the silver, and the gold ; the great 
God hath made known to the king what shall 
come to pass hereafter : and the dream is 
certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. 

46 1f Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell 
upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and 
commanded that they should offer an obla- 
tion and sweet odours unto him. 

47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, 
Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of 
gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of 
secrets,seeingthou couldest reveal this secret. 

48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, 
and gave him many great gifts, and made him 
ruler over the whole province of Babylon, 
and chief of the governors over all the wise 
men of Babylon. 

49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and 
he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 
over the affairs of the province of Babylon : 
but Daniel sat in the gate of the king. > 

CHAP. III. 
1 Nebuchadnezzar dedicateth a golden image in 
Dura. 8 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego 
are accused for not worshipping the image. 13 
They, being threatened, make a good confes- 
sion. 19 God delivereth them out of the fur- 
nace. 26 Nebuchadnezzar seeing the miracle 
blesseth God. 

NEBUCHADNEZZAR die king made 
an image of gold, whose height teas 
threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof 
six cubits : he set it up in the plain of Dura, 
in the province of Babylon. 
2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to 
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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego CHAP. IV. are cast into the furnace . 

nace, and he will deliver us out of thy hand, 



gather together the princes, the governors, 
and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, 
the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers 
of the provinces, to come to the dedication 
of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king 
had set up. 

3 Then the princes, the governors, and cap- 
tains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsel- 
lors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the 
provinces, were gathered together unto the 
dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar 
the king had set up; and they stood before 
the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 

4 Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is 
'conimanded,Opeople,nations, and languages, 

5 That at what time ye hear the sound of 
the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dul- 
cimer, and all kinds of music, ye fall "down 
and worship the golden image that Nebu- 
chadnezzar the king hath set up. 

6 And whoso falleth not down and worship- 
ped shall the same hour be cast into the 
midst of a burning fiery furnace. 

7 Therefore, at that time, when all the peo- 
ple heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, 
sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all 
the people, the nations, and the languages, 
fell down and worshipped the golden image 
that Nebuchadnezzar the kinghad set up. 

8 Tf Wherefore at that time certain Chal- 
deans came near, and accused the Jews. 

9 They spake and said to the king Nebu- 
chadnezzar, O king, live for ever. 

10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that 
every man that shall hear the sound of the 
cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dul- 
cimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down 
and worship the golden image : 

11 And whoso falleth not down and wor- 
shipped, that he should be cast into the midst 
of a burning fiery furnace. 

12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast 
set over the affairs of the province of Baby- 
ion, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; 
these men, O king, have not regarded thee: 
they serve not thy gods, nor worship the 
golclen image which thou hast set up. 

13 ^[ Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and 
fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Me- 
shach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought 
these men before the king. 

14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto 
them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and 
Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor 
worship the golden image which I have set up ? 

15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye 
hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, 
sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds 
of music, ye fall down and worship the image 
which I have made ; well : but if ye worship 
not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the 
midst of a burning fiery furnace ; and who is 
that God that shall deliver you out of my 
hands ? 

16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 
answered and said to the king, O Nebuchad- 
nezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in 
this matter. 

17 If it be so, our God whom we serve i< 



able to deliver us from the burning fiery fur- 
2C 



O king. 

18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, 
that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship 
the golden image which thou hast set up. 

19 «fr Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, 
and the form of his visage was changed 
against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego : 
therefore he spake, and commanded that they 
should heat the furnace one seven times more 
than it was wont to be heated. 

20 And he commanded the most mighty men 
that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Me- 
shach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into 
the burning fiery furnace. 

21 Then these men were bound in their coats, 
their hosen, and their hats, and their other 
garments, and were cast into the midst of the 
burning fiery furnace. 

22 Therefore because the king's command- 
ment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding 
hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that 
took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. 

23 And these three men, Shadrach, Me- 
shach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into 
the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 

24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was 
astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, 
and said unto his counsellors, Did not we 
cast three men bound into the midst of the 
fire ? They answered and said unto the king, 
True, O king. 

25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four 
men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, 
and they have no hurt: and the form of the 
fourth is like the Son of God. 

26 % Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to 
the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and 
spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and 
Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high 
God, come forth, and come hither. Then 
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came 
forth of the midst of the fire. 

27 And the princes, governors, and cap- 
tains, and the king's counsellors, being ga- 
thered together, saw these men, upon whose 
bodies the fire had no power, nor was a hair 
of their head singed, neither were their coats 
changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on 
them. 

28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, 
Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, 
and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and 
delivered his servants that trusted in him, and 
have changed the king's word, and yielded 
their bodies, that they might not serve nor 
worship any god, except their own God. 

29 Therefore, I make a decree, That every 
people, nation, and language, which speak 
anv thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, 
Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in 
pieces, and their houses shall be made a 
dunghill : because there is no other god that 
can deliver after this sort. 

30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Me- 
shach, and Abed-nego, in the province of 
Babvlon. 

CHAP. IV. 

lJ\Tebuchadnezzar confesseth God's kingdom % 

4 maketh relation of his dream, which the ma- 

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Nebuchadnezzar's dream, DANIEL. Daniel interpret* iL 

gicians could not interpret. 8 Daniel heareth j kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever 
the dream *19 He interpretethit. 28 The story he Will, and setteth up over it the basest of 



of the event. 

NEBUCHADNEZZAR the king, unto 
all people, nations, and languages, that 
dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied 
unto you. 

2 I thought it good to shew the signs and 
wonders that the high God hath wrought to- 
ward me. 

3 How great are his signs ! and how mighty 
are his wonders! his kingdom is an ever- 
lasting kingdom, and his dominion is from 
generationto generation. 

4 1T I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my 
house, and flourishing in my palace : 

5 I saw a dream which made me afraid, 
and the thoughts upon my bed and tl*e visions 
of my head troubled me. 

6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all 
the wise men of Babylon before me, that they 
might make known unto me the interpreta- 
tion of the dream. 

7 Then came in the magicians, the astrolo- 
gers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: 
and I told the dream before them ; but they 
did not make known unto me the interpreta- 
tion thereof. 

8 If But at the last Daniel came in before 
me, whose name was Belteshazzar, accord- 
ing to the name of my god, and in whom is 
the spirit of the holy gods : and before him I 
told the dream, saying, 

9 O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, 
because I know that the spirit of the holy 
gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, 
tell me the visions of my dream that I have 
seen, and the interpretation thereof. 

10 Thus tcere the visions of my head in my 
bed ; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst 
of the earth, and the height thereof was great. 

11 The tree grew, and was strong, and the 
height thereof reached unto heaven, and the 
sight thereof to the end of all the earth : 

12 The leaves thereof were fair, and the 
fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all : 
the beasts of the field had shadow under it, 
and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the 
boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. 

131 saw in the visions of my head upon my 
bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one 
came down from heaven ; 

14 He cried aloud, and safd thus, Hew 
down the tree, and cut off his branches, 
shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: Jet 
the beasts get away from under it, and the 
fowls from his branches. 

15 Nevertheless, leave the stump of his roots 
in the earth, even with a band of iron and 
brass, in the tender grass of the field ; and 
let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let 
.lis portion be with the beasts in the grass of 
the earth. 

16 Let his heart be changed from man's, 
and let a beast's heart be given unto him ; 
and let seven times pass over him. 

17 This matter is by the decree of the 
watchers, and the demand by the word of 
tl*e holy ones : to the intent that the living 
may know that the Most High ruleth in the 



men. 

18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have 
seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare 
the interpretation thereof, forasmuch, as al! 
the wise men of my kingdom are not able to 
make known unto me the interpretation: 
but thou art able ; for the spirit of the holy 
gods is in thee. 

19 ^T Then Daniel, whose name was Belte- 
shazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his 
thoughts troubled him. The king spake, 
and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, 
or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. 
Belteshazzar answered, and said, My lord, 
the dream be to them that hate thee, and 
the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. 

20 The tree that thou sawest, which grew, 
and was strong, whose height reached unto 
the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the 
earth ; 

21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit 
thereof much, and in it was meat for all; 
under which the beasts of the field dwelt, 
and upon whose branches the fowls of the 
heaven had their habitation: 

22 It is thou, O king, that art grown and 
become strong: for thy greatness is grown, 
and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion 
to the end of the earth. 

23 And whereas the king saw a watcher 
and a holy one coming down from heaven, 
and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy 
it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof 
in the earth, even with a band of iron and 
brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let 
it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his 
portion be with the beasts of the field, till 
seven times pass over him ; 

24 This is the interpretation, O king, and 
this is the decree of the Most High, which is 
come upon my lord the king : 

25 That they shall drive thee from men, and 
thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the 
field, and they shall make thee to eat grass a3 
oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew 
of heaven, and seven times shall pass over 
thee, till thou know that the Most High 
ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it 
to whomsoever he will. 

26 And whereas they commanded to leave 
the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom 
shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt 
have known that the heavens do rule. 

27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be 
acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins 
by righteousness, and thine iniquitiesby shew- 
ing mercy to the poor; if it may be a length- 
ening of thy tranquillity. 

28 If All this came upon the king. Nebu- 
chadnezzar. 

29 At the end of twelve months he walked 
in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. 

30 The king spake, and said, Is not this 
great Babylon, that I have built for the house 
of the kingdom by the might of my power, 
and for the honour of mv majesty? 

31 While the word was'm the king's mouth,- 
there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O 

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Belshazzar's impious feast. CHAP. V. 

king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; 
The kingdom is departed from thee: 

32 And they shall drive thee from men, and 
thy duelling shall be with the beasts of the 
field: they shall make thee to eat grass as 
oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, 
until thou know that the Most High ruleth 
in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to 
whomsoever he will. 

33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled 
upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven 
from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his 
body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his 
hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and 
his nails like birds' dates. 

34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchad- 
nezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and 
mine understanding returned unto me, and I 
blessed the Most High, aiid I praised and 
honoured him tiiat liveth for ever, whose do- 
minion is an everlasting dominion, and his 
kingdom is from generation to generation : 

35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are 
reputed as nothing : and he doeth according 
to his will in the army of heaven, and among 
the inhabitants of the earth : and none can 
stav his hand, or say unto him, What doest 
thou ? 

36 At the* same time my reason returned 
unto me: and for the glory of my kingdom, 
mine honour and brightness returned unto 
me ; and my counsellors and my lords sought 
unto me; and I was established in my king- 
dom, and excellent majesty was added un- 
to me. 

37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol 
and honour the King of heaven, all whose 
works are truth, and his ways judgment : and 
those that walk in pride he is able to abase. 

CHAP. V. 
1 Belshazzar'' s imp ions feast. 5~1 hand?criting, 
unknown to the magicians, troubleth the king. 
]0. It the commendation of the queen Daniel is 
brought. 11 He, reproving the king of pride 
and idolatry, Zorcadeth and interpretcth the 
writing. 30 The monarchy is translated to the 
SMedcs. 

BELSHAZZAR the king made a great 
feast to a thousand of his lords, and 
drank wine before the thousand. 

2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, 
commanded to bring the golden and silver 
vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had 
taken nut of the temple which was in Jerusa- 
lem; that the king, and his princes,. his wives, 
and his concubines, might drink therein. 

3 Then they brought the golden vessels that 
were taken out of the temple of the house of 
God which teas at Jerusalem; and the king; 
and his princes, his wives, and his concu- 
bines, drank in them. 

4 They drank wine, and praised the gods 
of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of 
wood, and of stone. 

5 If In the same hour came, forth fingers of 
a man's hand, and wrote over against the 
candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of 
the king's palace : and the king saw the part 
of the hand that wrote. 

GThen the king's countenance wa,* changed, 



The handwriting on the wall. 
and his thoughts troubled him, so that die 
joints ofhis loins Mere loosed, and his knees 
smote one against another. 

7 The king cried aloud to bring in the astro- 
logers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. 
And the king spake and said to the wise men 
of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this wri- 
ting, and shew me the interpretation thereof, 
shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a 
chain of gold about his neck, and shall be 
the third ruler in the kingdom. 

8 Then came in all the king's wise men : but 
they could not read the writing, nor make 
known to the king the interpretation thereof. 

9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly trou- 
bled, and his countenance was changed in 
him, and his lords were astonied. 

10 ^f Now, the queen by reason of the words 
of the king and his lords came into the ban- 
quet-house : and the queen spake and said, 
O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts 
trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be 
changed: 

11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom 
is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days 
of thy father light and understanding and 
wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was 
found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnez- 
zar thy father,, the king, / say, thy father, 
made master of the magicians, astrologers, 
Chaldeans, and sooth-sayers : 

12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and 
knowledge, and- understanding, interpreting 
of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, 
and dissolving of doubts, were found in the 
same Daniel, whom the king named Belte- 
shazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he 
will shew the interpretation. 

13 Then was Daniel brought in before the 
king. And. the king spake and said unto Da- 
niel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the 
children.of the captivity of Judab, whom the 
king my father brought out of Jewry ? 

14 I have even heard of thee, that the spirit 
of the gods is in thee,, and iliat light and un- 
derstanding and excellent wisdom is found 
in thee. 

15 And now the wise ?w/:, the astrologers, 
have been brought m before me, that they 
should read this writing, and make known 
unto me the interpretation thereof: but they 
could not shew the interpretation of the thing: 

16 And I have heard of thee, that thou canst 
make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: 
now if thou canst read the writing, and make 
known to me the interpretation thereof, thou 
shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a 
chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be 
the third ruler in the kingdom. 

17 ^[ Then Daniel answered and said be- 
fore the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and 
give thy rewards to another; yet I will read 
the writing unto the king, and make known 
to him the interpretation. 

•18 O thou king, the most high God gave 
Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and 
majesty, and glory, and honour:. 

19 And for the majesty that he gave him y . all 

people, nations, and languages, trembled and 

feared before him: whom he would I:? slew I 

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DANIEL. 



Daniel is cast into the lions' den. 



and whom he would he kept alive; and 
whom he would he set up ; and whom he 
would he put down. 

20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his 
mind hardened in pride, he was deposed 
from his kingly throne, and they took his 
glory from him : 

21 And he was driven from the sons of men ; 
and his heart was made like the beasts', and 
his dwelling was with the wild asses: they 
fed him with grass like oxen, and his body 
was wet with the dew of heaven ; till he knew 
that the most high God ruled in the kingdom 
of men, and that he appointeth over it whom- 
soever he will. 

22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not 
humbled thy heart, though thou k newest all 
this; 

23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord 
of heaven ; and they have brought the vessels 
of his house before thee, and thou, and thy 
lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have 
drunk wine in them ; and thou hast praised 
the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, 
wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, 
nor know : and the God in whose hand thy 
breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast 
thou not glorified. 

24 Then was the part of the hand sent from 
him; and this writing was written. 

25 If And this is the writing that was writ- 
ten, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHAR- 
SIN. 

26 This is the interpretation of the thing : 
MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, 
and finished it. 

27 TEKEL ; Thou art weighed in the ba- 
lances, and art found wanting. 

28 PERES ; Thy kingdom is divided, and 
given to the Medes and Persians. 

29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they 
clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain 
of gold about his neck, and made a procla- 
mation concerning him, that he should be 
the third ruler in the kingdom. 

30 Tf In that night was Belshazzar the king 
of the Chaldeans slain. 

31 And Darius die Median took the kingdom, 
being- about threescore and two years old. 

CHAP. VI. 

1 Daniel is made chief of the presidents. 4 They 
conspiring against him obtain an idolatrous 
decree. 10 Daniel, accused of the breach there- 
of , is cast into the lions' 1 den. IS Daniel is 
saved, 24 his adversaries devoured, 25 and 
God magnified by a decree. 

IT pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 
a hundred and twenty princes, which 
should be over the whole kingdom ; 

2 And over these three presidents; of whom 
Daniel was first : that the princes might give 
accounts unto them, and the king should 

- have no damage. 

3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the 
presidents and princes, because an excellent 
spirit was in him ; and the king thought to 
set him over the whole realm. 

4 % Then the presidents and princes sought 
to find occasion against Daniel concerning 
the kingdom ; but they couM find none occa- 



sion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, 
neither was there any error or fault found in 
him. 

5 Then said these men, We shall not find 
any occasion against this Daniel, except we 
find it against him concerning the law of his 
God. 

6 Then these presidents and princes assem- 
bled together to the king, and said thus unto 
him, King Darius, live lor ever. 

7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the go- 
vernors, and the princes, the counsellors, and 
the captains, have consulted together to esta- 
blish a royal statute, and to make a firm de- 
cree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of 
any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, 
O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. 

8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and 
sign the writing, that it be not changed, ac- 
cording to the law of the Medes and Per- 
sians, which altereth not. 

9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing 
and the decree. 

10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing 
was signed, he went into his house ; and his 
windows being open in his chamber toward 
Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three 
times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks 
before his God, as he did aforetime. 

11 Then these men assembled, and found 
Daniel praying and making supplication be- 
fore his God. 

12 Then they came near, and spake before 
the king concerning the king's decree ; Hast 
thou not signed a decree, that every man 
that shall ask a petition of any god or man 
within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall 
be cast into the den of lions ? The king an- 
swered and said, The thing is true, accord- 
ing to the law of the Medes and Persians, 
which altereth not. 

13 Then answered they and said before the 
king, That Daniel, which is of the children 
of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, 
O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, 
but maketh his petition three times a day. 

14 Then the king, when he heard these 
words, was sore displeased with himself, and 
set his heart on Daniel to deliver him : and 
he laboured till the going down of the sun to 
deliver him. 

15 Then these men asstmbled unto the king, 
and said unto the king, Know, O king, that 
the law of the Medes and Persians is, That 
no decree nor statute which the king esta- 
blisheth may be changed. *< 

16 Then the king commanded, and they 
brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of 
lions. Now the king spake and said unto 
Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest conti- 
nually, he will deliver thee. 

17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon 
the mouth of the den ; and the king sealed it 
with his own signet, and with the signet of 
his lords; that the purpose might not be 
changed concerning Daniel. 

18 <fi Then the king went to his palace, and 
passed t,be night fasting: neither were instru- 
ments of music brought before him: and Iris 
sleep weii\t from him. 

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DanieVs vision. CHAP. 

19 Then the king arose very early in the 
morning, and went in haste unto the den of 
lions. 

20 And when he came to the den, lie cried 
with a lamentable voice unto Daniel : and 
the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, 
servant of the living God, is thy God, whom 
thou servest continually, able to deliver thee 
from the lions ? 

21 Then said Daniel unto the king, Oking, 
live for ever. 

22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath 
shut the lions' mouths, that they have not 
hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency 
was found in me; and also before thee, O 
king, have I done no hurt. 

23 Then was the king exceeding glad for 
him, and commanded that they should take 
Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was 
taken up out of the den, and no manner of 
hurt was found upon him, because he believ- 
ed in his God. 

24 Tf And the king commanded, and they 
brought those men which had accused Da- 
niel, and they cast them into the den of lions, 
them, their children, and their wives; and 
the lions had the mastery of them, and brake 
all their bones in pieces or ever they came 
at the bottom of the den. 

25 ^ Then king Darius wrote unto all peo- 
ple, nations, and languages, that dwell in all 
the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. 

26 I make a decree, That in every dominion 
of my kingdom men tremble and fear before 
the God of Daniel : for he is the living God, 
and steadfast for ever, and his kingdom that 
which shall not be destroyed, and his domi- 
nion shall be even unto the end. 

27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he work- 
eth signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, 
who hath delivered Daniel from the power of 
the lions. 

28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of 
Darius, and in the reign of Cvrus the Persian. 

CHAP. Vlf. 

1 DanieVo vision of four beasts. 9 Of God's 

kingdom. 15 The interpretation thereof. 

IN the first year of Belshazzar king of Ba- 
bylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of 
his head upon his bed : then he wrote the 
dream, and told the sum of the matters. 

2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision 
by night, and behold, the four winds of the 
heaven strove upon the great sea. 

3 And four great beasts came up from the 
sea, diverse one from another. 

4 The first teas like a lion, and had eagle's 
wings; I beheld till the wings thereof were 
plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, 
and made stand upon the feet as a man, and 
a man's heart was given to it. 

5 And behold another beast, a second, like 
to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, 
and it had three ribs in the mouth of it be- 
tween the teeth of it : and they said thus unto 
k, Arise, devour much flesh. 

6 After this, I beheld, and lo, another, like 
a leopard, which had upon the back of it four 
wings of a fowl ; the beast had also four 
Ueaas; and dominion was given to it. 



VII. Interpretation thereof, 

7 After this I saw in the night visions, and 
behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, 
and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron 
teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and 
stamped the residue with the feet of it: and 
it was diverse from all the beasts that were 
before it; and it had ten horns. 

8 I considered the horns, and behold, there 
came up among them another little horn, be- 
fore whom there were three of the first horns 
plucked up by the roots: and behold, in thi3 
horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a 
mouth speaking great things. 

9 ^[ I beheld till the thrones were cast down, 
and the Ancient of days did sit, whose gar- 
ment was white as snow, and the hair of his 
head like the pure wool : his throne was like 
the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. 

10 A fiery stream issued and came forth 
from before him : thousand thousands minis- 
tered unto him, and ten thousand times ten 
thousand stood before him: the judgment 
was set, and the books were opened. 

11 1 beheld then because of the voice of the 
great words which the horn spake : I beheld 
even till the beast was slain, and his body de- 
stroyed, and given to the burning flame. 

12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they 
had their dominion taken away : yet their 
lives were prolonged for a season and time. 

13 I saw id the night visions, and behold, 
one like the Son of man came with the clouds 
of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, 
and they brought him near before him. 

14 And there was given him dominion, and 
glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, 
and languages, should serve him: his do- 
minion is an everlasting dominion, which 
shall not pass away, and his kingdom, that 
which shall not be destroyed. 

15 TI I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in 
the midst of my body, and die visions of my 
head troubled me. 

161 came near unto one of them that stood 
by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he 
told me, and made me know die interpreta- 
tion of the things. 

17 These great beasts, which are four, are 
four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. 

18 But the saints of the Most High shall take 
the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for 
ever, even for ever and ever. 

19 Then I would know the truth of the 
fourth beast, which was diverse from all the 
others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were 
of iron, and his nails of brass; which de- 
voured, brake in pieces, and stamped the 
residue with his feet; 

20 And of the ten horns that were in his 
head, and of the other which came up, and 
before whom three fell ; even of that horn 
that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very 
great things, whose look was more stout than 
his fellows. 

21 I beheld, and the same horn made war 
with the saints, and prevailed against them ; 

22 Until the Ancient of days came, and 
judgment was given to the saints of the Most 
High ; and the time came that the saints pos- 
sessed the kingdom. 

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Vishri of the ram and he-goat. DANIEL. 

23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be 
the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall 
be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall de- 
vour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, 
and break it in pieces. 

24 And the ten horns or«t of this kingdom 
are ten kings iliat shall arise : and another 
shall rise after them ; and he shall be diverse 
from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. 

25 And he shall speak great words against 
the Most High, and shall wear out the saints 
of the Most High, and think to change times 
and laws: and they shall be given into his 
hand until a time and times and the dividing 
of time. 

26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall 
take away his dominion to consume and to 
destroy it unto the end. 

27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the 
greatness of the kingdom under the whole 
heaven, shall be given to the people of the 
saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is 
an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions 
shall serve and obey him. 

28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As 
for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled 
me, and my countenance changed in me : but 

1 kept the matter in my heart. 

CHAP. VIII. 

1 Daniel's vision of the ram and he-goat. 1 3 The 

two thousand three hundred days of sacrifice. 

15 Gabriel comfortcth Daniel., and Interprets 

eth the vision. 

IN the third year of the reign of king Bel- 
shazzara vision appeared unto me, even 
unto me Daniel, after that which appeared 
unto me at the first. 

2 And I saw in a vision ; and it came to pa; 



when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the shall be the vision. 



Gabriel interpreted it. 
broken ; and for it, came up four notable 
ones toward the four winds of heaven. 

9 And out of one of them came forth a little 
horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward 
the -south, and toward the east, and toward 
the pleasant land. 

10 And it waxed great, even to the host of 
heaven ; and it cast down some of the host 
and of the stars to the ground, and stamped 
upon them. 

11 Yea, lie magnified himself even to the 
prince of the host, and by him the daily sacri- 
fice was taken away, and the place of his 

sanctuary was cast down. 

12 And a host was given him against the 
daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, 
and it cast down the truth to the ground; and 
it practised, and prospered. 

13 *{f Then I heard one saint speaking, 
another saint said unto that certain saim 
which spake, How long shall be the vision 
concerning- the daily sacrifice, and the trans- 
gression of desolation, to give both the sanc- 
tuary and the host to be trodden under foot 1 

14 And he said unto me, Unto two thou- 
sand and three hundred days; then shall the 
sanctuary be cleansed. 

15 5F And it came to pass, when I, even I 
Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for 
the meaning, then behold, there stood oefore 
me as the appearance of a man. 

16 And I heard a man's voice between the 
banks of U\m, which called, andsaid, Gabriel, 
make this man to understand the vision. 

17 So he came near where I stood: and 
when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon 
my face : but he said unto me, Understand, 
O son of man: for at the time of the end 



palace, which ts in the province of E'.am; 
and I saw in a vision, and I was bv the river 
ofUlai. 

3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and 
behold, there stood before the river a ram 
which had two horns: and the tico horns 
were high; but one was higher than the 
other, and the higher came up last. 

4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and 
northward, and southward ; so that no beasts 
might stand before him, neither was there 
any that could deliver out of his hand; but he 
did according to his will, and became great. 

5 And as I was considering, behold, a he- 
goat came from the west on the face of the 
whole earth, and touched not the ground: 
and the goat had a notable horn between his 
eyes. 

6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, 
which I had seen standing before the river, 
and ran unto him in the fury of his power. 

7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, 
and he was moved with choler against him, 
and smote the ram, and brake his two horns : 
and there was no power in the ram to stand 
before him, but he cast him down to the 
ground, and stamped upon him: and there 
was none that could deliver the ram out of 
his hand. 

8 Therefore, the he-goat waxed very great : 
and when he was strong, thegrejit horn was 



18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was 
in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: 
but he touched me, and set me upright. 

19 And he said, Behold, I will make thee 
know what shall be in the last end of the in- 
dignation : for at the time appointed the end 
shall be. 

20 The ram which thou sawest having two 
horns are the kings of Media and Persia. 

21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia : 
and the great horn that is between his eyes is 
the first king. 

22 Now that being broken, whereas four 
stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up 
out. of the nation, but not in his power. 

23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, 
when the transgressors are come to the full, 
a king of fierce countenance, and understand- 
ing dark sentences, shall stand up. 

24 And his power shall be mighty, but not 
by his own power : and he shall destroy won- 
derfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and 
shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. 

25 And through his policy also he shall cause 
craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall 
magnify himself in his heart, and by peace 
shall destroy many : he shall also stand up 
against the Prince of princes; but lie shall 
be broken Avithout hand. 

26 And the vision of the evening and the 
morning which was told is true : wherefore 

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DanieVs confession and prayer. ^ CHAP. IX 
shut thou up the vision ; for it shall be for 
many days. 

27 And I Daniel fainted, and was sick cer- 
tain days; afterward I rose up, and did the 
king's business; and I was astonished at the 
vision, but none understood it. 
CHAP. IX. 

1 Daniel, considering the time of the captivity, 
3 maketh confession of sins, 16 and prayethfor 
the restoration of Jerusalem. 20 Gabriel in- 
furmeth him of the seventy weeks. 

IN the first year of Darius the son of Aha- 
suerus, of the seed of the Medes, which 
was made king over the realm of the Chal- 
deans; 

2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel un- 
derstood by books the number of the years, 
whereof the word of the Lord came to Je- 
remiah the prophet, that he would accom- 
plish seventy years in the desolations of Je- 
rusalem. 

3 Tf And I set my face unto the Lord God, 
to seek by prayer and supplications, with 
fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes : 

4 And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and 
made my confession, and said, O Lord, the 
great and dreadful God, keeping the cove- 
nant and mercy to them that love him, and 
to them that keep his commandments ; 

5 We have sinned, and have committed ini- 
quity, and have done wickedly, and have re- 
belled, even by departing from thy precepts 
and from thy judgments: 

6 Neither have Ave hearkened unto thy ser- 
vants the prophets, which spake in thy name 
to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, 
and to all the people of the land. 

7 OLord, righteousness belongelh unto thee, 
but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day ; 
to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are 
near, and that are far off, through all the 
countries whither thou hast driven them, be- 
cause of their trespass that they have tres- 
passed against thee. 

8 O Lord, to us belongelh confusion of face, 
to our kings, to our princes, and to our fa- 
thers, because we have sinned against thee. 

9 To the Lord our God belong mercies 
and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled 
against him ; 

10 Neither have we obeyed the voice of the 
Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which 
he set before us by his servants the prophets. 

11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, 
even by departing, that they might not obey 
thy voice ; therefore the curse is poured upon 
us, and the oath that is written in the law of 
Moses the servant of God, because we have 
sinned against him. 

12 And he hath confirmed his words, which 
he spake against us, and against our judges 
that judged us, by bringing upon us a great 
evil : for under the whole heaven hath not 
been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. 

13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all 
this evil is come upon us : yet made we notour 
prayer before the Lord our God, that we 
might turn from our iniquities, and under- 
stand thy truth. 



Of the seventy weeks. 

14 Therefore hath the Lord watched upon 
the evil, and brought it upon us : for the 
Lord our God is righteous in all his works 
which he doeth : for we obeyed not his voice. 

15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast 
brought thy people forth out of the land of 
Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten 
thee renown, as at this day; we have smned, 
we have done wickedly. 

16 ^[ O Lord, according to all thy righteous- 
ness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy 
fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, 
thy holy mountain : because for our sins and 
for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem 
and thy people are become a reproach to all 
that are about us. 

17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the 
prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, 
and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanc- 
tuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 

18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; 
open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, 
and the city which is called by thy name : 
for we do not present our supplications be- 
fore thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy 
great mercies. 

19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive ; O Lord, 
hearken and do; defer not, for thine own 
sake, O my God : for thy city and thy people 
are called by thy name. 

20 *[ And while I was speaking, and pray- 
ing, and confessing my sin, and the sin of my 
people Israel, and presenting my supplica- 
tion before the Lord my God for the holy 
mountain of my God; 

21 Yea, wh f ile I was speaking in prayer, even 
the man Gabriel, whom I nad seen in the 
vision at the beginning, being caused to fly 
swiftly, touched me about the time of the 
evening oblation. 

22 And he, informed me, and talked with me, 
and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to 
give thee skill and understanding. 

23 At the beginning of thy supplications the 
commandment came forth, and I am come to 
shew thee ; for thou art greatly beloved : 
therefore understand the matter, and con- 
sider the vision. 

24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy 
people and upon thy holy city, to finish the 
transgression, and to make an end of sins, and 
to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to 
bring in everlasting righteousness, and to 
seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint 
the Most Holy. 

25 Know therefore and understand, that 
from the going forth of the commandment to 
restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Mes- 
siah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and 
threescore and two weeks : the street shall 
be built again, and the wall, even in troublous 
times, 

26 And after threescore and two weeks shall 
Messiah be cut oft", but not for himself: and 
the people of the prince that shall come shall 
destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the 
end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the 
end of the war desolations are determined. 

27 And he shall confirm the covenant with 
many for one week : and in the midst of the 

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Daniel beholds a vision, 
week he shall cause the sacrifice and the ob- 
lation to cease, and for the overspreading of 
abominations, he shall make it desolate, even 
until the consummation, and that determined 
shall be poured upon the desolate. 

CHAP. X. 
1 Daniel having humbled himself seeth a vision. 

10 Being- troubled with fear he is comforted by 

the angel. 

[N the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a 
thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose 
name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing 
was true, but the time appointed was long : 
and he understood the thing, and had under- 
standing of the vision. 

2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three 
full weeks. 

3 1 ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh 
nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint 
myself at all, till three whole weeks were 
fulfilled. 

4 And in the four and twentieth day of the 
first month, as I was by the side of the great 
river, which is Hiddekel ; 

5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, 
and behold a certain man clothed in linen, 
whose loins were girded with fine gold *of 
Uphaz : 

6 His body also was like the beryl, and his 
face as the appearance of lightning, and his 
eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his 
(eel like in colour to polished brass, and the 
voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. 

7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision : for 
the men that were with me saw not the 
vision ; but a great quaking fell upon them, so 
that they fled to hide themselves. 

8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this 
great vision, and mere remained no strength 
in me : for my comeliness was turned in me 
into corruption, and I retained no strength. 

9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and 
when I heard the voice of his words, then 
was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my 
face toward the ground. 

10 If And behold, a hand touched me, which 
set me upon my knees and upon the palms of 
my hands, 

11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man 
greatly beloved, understand the words that I 
speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto 
thee am I now sent. And when he had spo- 
ken this word unto me, I stood trembling. 

12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel : 
for from the first day that thou didst set thy 
heart to understand, and to chasten thyself 
before thy God, thy words were heard, and 
I am come for tiiy words. 

13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia 
withstood me one and twenty days : but lo, 
Michael, one of the chief princes, came to 
help me; and I remained there wit4i the 
kings of Persia. 

14 Now I am come to make thee understand 
what shall-befall thy people in the latter days: 
for yet the vision is for many days. 

15 And when he had spoken such words 
unto me, I set my face toward the ground, 
and I became dumb. 



DANIEL. Tlie overthrow of Persia, 

tire sons of men touched my lips: then I 
opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto 
him that stood before me, O my lord, by the 
vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and 
I have retained no strength. 

17 For how can the servant of this my lord 
talk with this my lord 1 for as for me, straight- 
way there remained no strength in me, nei- 
ther is there breath left in me. 

18 Then there came again and touched me 
one like the appearance of a man, and he 
strengthened me, 

19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear 
not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be 
strong. And when he had spoken unto me, 
I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord 
speak ; for thou hast strengthened me. 

20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore 
I come unto thee ? and now will I return to 
fight with the prince of Persia : and when I 
am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall 
come. 

21 But I will shew thee that which is noted 
in the scripture of truth : and there is none 
that holdeth with me in these things, but 
Michael your prince. 

CHAP. XI. 



16 And behold, one like the 



1 The overthrow of Persiaby the king of Grecia. 

5 Leagues and conflicts between the kings of 
the south and of the north. 30 The invasion 
and tyranny of the Romans. 

ALSO I, in the first year of Darius the 
Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to 
strengthen him. 

2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Be- 
hold, there shall stand up yet three kings in 
Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer 
than they all : and by his strength through 
his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm 
of Grecia. 

3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall 
rule with great dominion, and do according 
to his will. 

4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom 
shall be broken, and shall be divided toward 
the four winds of heaven ; and not to his pos 
ferity, nor according to his dominion which 
he ruled : for his kingdom shall be plucked 
up, even for others besides those. 

5U And the king of the south shall be strong, 
and one of his princes ; and he shall be strong 
above him, and have dominion ; his dominion 
shall be a great dominion. 

6 And in the end of years they shall join 
themselves together; for the king's daughter 
of the south shall come to the king of the 
north to make an agreement: but she shall 
not retain the power of the arm ; neither 
shall he stand, nor his arm : but she shall be 
given up, and they that brought her, and he 
that begat her, and he that strengthened her 
in these times. 

7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one 
stand up in his estate, which shall come with 
an army, and shall enter into the fortress of 
the king of the north, and shall deal against 
them, and shall prevail : 

8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt 
their gods, with their princes, and with their 



similitude of' precious vessels of silver and of gold; and 
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Leagues and conflicts between CHAP, 

he shall continue more years than the king 
of the north. 

9 So the king of the south shall come into 
his kingdom, and shall return iuto his own 
land. 

10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall 
assemble a multitude of great forces: and 
one shall certainly come, and overflow, and 
pass through : then shall he return, and be 
stirred up, even to his fortress. 

1 1 And the king of the south shall be moved 
with choler, and shall come forth and fight 
with him, even with the king of the north : 
and he shall set forth a great multitude; but 
the multitude shall be given into his hand. 

12 And when he hath taken away the mul- 
titude, his heart shall be lifted up ; and he 
shall cast down many ten thousands : but he 
shall not be strengthened by it. 

13 For the king of the north shall return, 
and shall set forth a multitude greater than 
the former, and shall certainly come after 
certain years with a great army and with 
much riches. 

14 And in those times there shall many stand 
up against the king of the south : also the 
robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves 
to establish the vision ; but they shall fall. 

15 So the king of the north shall come, and 
cast up a mount, and take the most fenced 
cities: and the arms of the south shall not 
withstand, neither his chosen people, neither 
shall there be any strength to withstand. 

16 But he that cometh against him shall do 
according to his own will, and none shall 
stand before him: and he shall stand in the 
glorious land, which by his hand shall be 
consumed. 

17 He shall also set his face to enter with 
the strength of his whole kingdom, and up- 
right ones with him; thus shall he do: and 
he shall give him the daughter of women, 
corrupting her : but she shall not stand on 
his side, neither be for him. 

^ 18 After this shall he turn his face unto the 
isles, and shall take many : but a prince for 
his own behalf shall cause the reproach of- 
fered by him to cease; without his own re- 
proach he shall cause it to turn upon him. 

19 Then he shall turn his face toward the 
fort of his own land : but he shall stumble 
and fall, and not be found. 

20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser 
of taxes in the glory of the kingdom : but 
within few days he shall be destroyed, neither 
in anger, nor in battle. 

21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile 
person, to whom they shall not give the 
honour of the kingdom: but he shall come 
in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by 
flatteries. 

22 And with the aims of a flood shall they 
be overflown from before him, and shall be 
broken ; yea, also the prince of the covenant. 

23 And after the league made with him he 
shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, 
and shall become strong with a small people. 

24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the 
fattest places of the province ; and he shall 
do that which his fathers have not done, nor 



XI. the kings oftlie south and north, 

his fathers' fathers ; he shall scatter among 
them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, 
and he shall forecast his devices against the 
strong holds, even for a time. 

25 And he shall stir up his power and his 
courage against the king of the south with a 
great army; and the king of the south shall 
be stiiTed up to battle with a very great and 
mighty army ; but he shall not stand : for 
they shall forecast devices against him. 

26" Yea, they that feed of the portion of his 
meat shall destroy him, and his army shall 
overflow : and many shall fall down slain. 

27 And both these kings' hearts shall be to 
do mischief, and they shall speak lies at oue 
table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the 
end shall be at the time appointed. 

28 Then shall he return into his land with 
great riches ; and his heart shall be against 
the holy covenant ; and he shall do exploits*, 
and return to his own land. 

29 At the time appointed he shall return, 
and come toward the south ; but it shall not 
be as the former, or as the latter. 

30 % For the ships of Chittim shall come 
against him: therefore he shall be grieved, 
and return, and have indignation against the 
holy covenant : so shall he do ; he shall even 
return, and have intelligence with them that 
forsake the holy covenant. 

31 And arms shall stand on his part, and 
they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, 
and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and 
they shall place the abomination that maketh 
desolate. 

32 And such as do wickedly against the 
covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries : but 
the people that do know their God shall be 
strong, and do exploits. 

33 And they that understand among the 
people shall instruct many : yet they shall fall 
by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and 
by spoil, many days. 

34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be 
holpen with a little help : but many shall 
cleave to them with flatteries. 

35 And some of them of understanding shall 
fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make 
them white, even to the time of the end : be- 
cause it is yet for a time appointed. 

36 And the kin<* shall do according to his 
will ; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify 
himself above every god, and shall speak 
marvellous things against the God of gods, 
and shall prosper till the indignation be ac- 
complished : for that that is determined shall 
be done. 

37 Neither shall he regard the God of his 
fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard 
any god : for he shall magnify himself above 
all. 

38 But in his estate shall he honour the god 
of forces : and a god whom his fathers knew 
not shall he honour with gold, and silver, 
and with precious stones, and pleasant things. 

39 Thus shall he do in the most strong 
holds with a strange god, whom he shall ac* 
knowledge and increase with glory : and he 
shall cause them to rule over many, and shall 
divide the land for gain. 

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Daniel informed of the times. 

40 And at the time of the end shall the king 
ofLthe south push at him : and the king of the 
north shall come against him like a whirl- 
wind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and 
with many ships; and he shall enter into the 
countries, and shall overflow and pass over. 

41 He shall enter also into the glorious 
land, and many countries shall he over- 
thrown : but these shall escape out of his 
hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief 
of the children of Amnion. 

42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon 
the countries: and the land of Egypt shall 
not escape. 

43 But he shall have power over the trea- 
sures of gold and of silver, and over all the 
precious things of Egypt : and the Libyans 
and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps- 

44 But tidings out of the east and out of the 
north shall trouble him: therefore he shall 
go forth with great fury to destroy, and ut- 
terly to make away many. 

45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his 
palace between the seas in the glorious holy 
mountain : yet he shall come to his end, ana* 
none shall help him. 

CHAP. XII. 
1 Michael shall deliver Israel from their trou- 
bles. 5 Daniel is informed of the times. 
AND at that time shall Michael stand up, 
the great prince which standeth for the 
children of thy people : and there shall be a 
time of trouble, such as never was since there 
was a nation even to that same time : and at 
that time thy people shall be delivered, every 
one that shall be found written in the book. 

2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of 
the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, 
and some to shame and everlasting contempt. 

3 And they that be wise, shall shine as tli 



brightness of the firmament; and they that I of the days. 



HOSEA. IsraeVs idolatrous whoredoms. 

turn many to righteousness, as the stars for 
ever and ever. 

4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, 
and seal the book, even to the time of the 
end: many shall run to and fro, and know- 
ledge shall be increased. 

5 5T Then I Daniel looked, and behold, 
there stood other two, the one on this side of 
the bank of the river, and the other on that 
side of the bank of the river. 

6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, 
which was upon the waters of the river, How 
long shall it he to the end of these wonders ? 

7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, 
which teas upon the waters of the river, 
when he held up his rigHt hand and his left 
hand unto heaven, and sware by him that 
liveth for ever, that it shall be for a time, 
times, and a half; and when he shall have 
accomplished to scatter the power of the holy 
people, all these things shall be finished. 

8 And I heard, but I understood not: then 
said I, O my lord, what shall be the end of 
these things ? 

9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel : for the 
words are closed up and sealed till the time 
of the end. 

10 Many shall be purified, and made white, 
and tried ; but the wicked shall do wickedly : 
and none of the wicked shall understand; 
but the wise shall understand. 

11 And from the time that the daily sacri- 
fice shall be taken away, and the abomina- 
tion that maketh desolate set up, there shall 
be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. 

12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh 
to the thousand three hundred and five and 
thirty days. 

13 But go thou thy way till the end be: for 
thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end 



CHAP. I. 

1 Hosea, to shew God's judgment for spiritual 
whoredom, taketh Gomer, A and hath by her 
Jezreel, 6 IsO-ruhamah, 8 and I<o-ammi. 10 
The restoration of Judah and Israel. 

THE word of the Lord that came unto 
Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of 
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings 
of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the 
eon of Joash king of Israel. 

2 The beginning of the word of the Lord by 
Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, 
take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and chil- 
dren of whoredoms; for the land hath com- 
mitted great whoredom, departing 1 from the 
Lord. 

3 So he went and took Comer the daughter 
of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him 
a son. 

4 And the Lord said unto him, Call his 
name Jezreel ; for yet a little while, and I 
will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the 
house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the 
kingdom of the house of Israel. 

5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that 
I will break the bow of Israel in the valley 
of Jezreel. J 



U HOSEA. 

6 ]\ And she conceived again, and bare a 
daughter. And God said unto him, Call her 
name Lo-ruhamah : for I will no more have 
mercy upon the house of Israel ; but I will 
utterly take them away. 

7 But I will have mercy upon the house of 
Judah, and will save them by the Lord their 
God, and will not save them by bow, nor by 
sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horse- 
men. 

8 Tf Now when she had weaned Lo-ruha- 
mah, she conceived, and bare a son. 

9 Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi : 
for ye are not my people, and I will not be 
your God. 

10 ^f Yet the number of the children of Is- 
rael shall be as the sand of the sea, which 
cannot be measured nor numbered; and it 
shall come to pass, that in the place where 
it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, 
there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the 
sons of the living God. 

11 Then shall the children of Judah and 
the children of Israel be gathered together, 
and appoint themselves one head, and they 
shall come up out of the land: for great 
Shall be the day of Jezreel. 

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God's judgments against Israel. CHAP, 
CHAP. II. 

I The idolatry of the people. G God's judgments 
against them. lAHis promises of reconcilia- 
tion, xcith them. 

SAY ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and 
to your sisters, Ruhamah. 

2 Plead with your mother, plead; for she is 
not my wife, neither am I her husband : let 
her therefore put away iter whoredoms out 
of her sight, and her adulteries from between 
her breasts ; 

3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in 
I the day that she was born, and make her as 

a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and 
slay her with thirst. 

4 And I will not have mercy upon her chil- 
dren ; for they be the children of whoredoms. 

5 For their mother hath played the harlot : 
i she that conceived them hath done shame- 
fully : for she said, I will go after my lovers, 
that give me my bread and my water, my 
wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. 

C H Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy 
Avay with thorns, and make a wall, that she 
shall not find her paths. 

7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but 
she shall not overtake them; and she shall 
seek them, but shall not find them: then 
shall she sav, I will go and return to my first 
husband; for then teas it better with me 
than now. 
1*8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, 
and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver 
and gold, which they prepared for Baal, 
i 9 Therefore, will I return, and take away 
my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in 
the season thereof, and will recover my wool 
and ray flax given to cover her nakedness. 

10 And now will I discover her lewdness in 
the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver 
her out of my hand. 

II I will also cause all her mirth to cease, 
her feast days, her new-moons, and her sab- 
baths, and all her solemn feasts. 

12 And I will destroy her vines and her 
fig-trees, whereof she hath said, These are 
my rewards that my lovers have given me : 
and I will make them a forest, and the beasts 
of the field shall eat them. 

13 And I will visit upon her the days of 
Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, 
and she decked herself with her ear-rings 
and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, 
and format me, saith the Lord. 

14 U Therefore, behold, I will allure her, 
and bring hei into the wilderness, and speak 
comfortably unto her. 

15 And I will give her her vineyards from 
thence, and the valley of Achor for a door 
of hope : and she shall sing there, as in the 
days of her youth, and as in the day when 
she came up out of the land of Egypt. 

16 And it shall be at that day, saith the Lord, 
that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call 
me ho more Baali. 

, 17 For I will take away the names of Baa- 
lim out of her mouth, and they shall no more 
be remembered by their name. 
13 And in that day will I make a covenant 
for them with the beasts of the field, and 



. II, III, IV. Her desolation, 

with the fowls of heaven, and witli the creep- 
ing things of the ground: and I will break the 
bow and the sword and the battle out of the 
earth, and will make them to lie down safely. 

19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; 
yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteous 
ne.?s, and in judgment, and in loving-kind- 
ness, and in mercies. 

20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faith- 
fulness: and thou shalt know the Lord. 

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I 
will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the 
heavens, and they shall hear the earth; 

22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and 
the wine, and the oil ; and they shall hear 
Jezreel. 

23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth ; 
and I will have mercy upon her that had not 
obtained mercy ; and I will say to them which 
icere not my people, Thuai art my people , 
and they shall sav, Thou art my God. 

CHAP. III. 
1 By the expiation of an adulteress , 4 is shewed 
the desolation of Israel before their restora- 
tion. 

THEN said the Lord unto me, Go yet, 
love a woman beloved of her friend, 
yet an adulteress, according to the love of 
the Lord toward the children of Israel, who 
look to odier gods, and love flagons of wine. 

2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces 
of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a 
half homer of barley : 

3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for 
me many days; thou shalt not play the har- 
lot, and thou shalt not be for another man : 
so will I also be for thee. 

4 For the children of Israel shall abide 
many days without a kin<j, and without a 
prince, and without a sacrifice, and without 
an image, and without an ephod, and with- 
out teraphim : 

5 Afterward shall the children of Israel re- 
turn, and seek the Lord their God, and 
David their king; and shall fear the Lord 
and his goodness in the latter days. 

CHAP. IV. 
1 God , sjudgme7its against the sins of the people, 
6 and of the priests, 12 and against their idol- 
atry. lbJudah is exhorted to take warning by 
Israel's calamity. 

HEAR the word of the Lord, ye chil- 
dren of Israel : for the Lord" hath a 
controversy with the inhabitants of the land, 
because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor 
knowledge of God in the land. 

2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and 
stealing, and committing adultery, they break 
out, an/1 blood toucneth blood. 

3 Therefore, shall the land mourn, and 
every one that dwelleth therein shall laiir 
guish, with the beasts of the field, and with 
the fowls of heaven ; yea, the fishes of the 
sea also shall be taken away. 

4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove an- 
other: for thy people are as they that strive 
with the priest. 

5 Therefore, shalt thou fall in the day, and 
the prophet also shall fall with thee in the 
night, and I will destrov thv mother. 

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God's judgments on the sins 

6 ^[ My people are destroyed for lack of 
knowledge: because thou hast rejected know- 
ledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt 
be no priest to me : seeing thou hast forgot- 
ten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy 
children. 

7 As they were increased, so they sinned 
against me: therefore will I change their 
glory into shame. 

c They eat up the sin of my people, and 
th<w set their heart on their iniquity. 

8 And there shall be, like people, like 
priest : and I will punish them for their ways, 
and reward them their doings. 

10 For they shall eat, and not have enough : 
they shall commit whoredom, and shall not 
increase : because they have left off to take 
heed to the Lord. 

11 Whoredom and wine and new wine 
take away the heart. 

12 H My people ask counsel at their stocks, 
and their staff declareth unto them : for the 
spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, 
and they have gone a whoring from under 
their God. 

13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the 
mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, 
under oaks and poplars and elms, because 
the shadow thereof is good : therefore your 
daughters shall commit whoredom, and your 
spouses shall commit adultery. 

14 I will not punish your daughters when 
they commit whoredom, nor your spouses 
when they commit adultery : for themselves 
are separated with whores, and they sacrifice 
with harlots: therefore the people that doth 
not understand shall fall. 

15 11 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, 
yet let not Judah offend ; and come not ye 
unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, 
nor swear, The Lord liveth. - 

16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding 
heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a 
lamb in a large place. 

17 Ephraim is joined to idols : let him alone. 

18 Their drink is sour: they have commit- 
ted whoredom continually : her rulers with 
shame do love, Give ye. 

19 The wind hath bound her up in her 
wings, and they shall be ashamed because 
of their sacrifices. 

CHAP. V. 
1 God's judgments against the priests, the peo- 
ple, and the princes of Israel, for their mani- 
fold sins, 15 until they repent. 

HEAR ye this, O priests; and hearken, 
ye house of Israel ; and give ye ear, 
O house of the king ; for judgment is toward 
you, because ye have been a snare o» Miz- 
pah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 

2 And the revolters are profound to make 
slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of 
them all. 

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid 
from me : for now, O Ephraim, thou com- 
mittest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. 

4 They will not frame their doings to turn 
unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms 
is in the midst of them, and they have not 
known the Lord. 



HOSEA. of the people and the priests. 

5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his 
face : therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall 
in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with 
them. 

6 They shall go with their flocks and with 
their herds to seek the Lord ; but they shall 
not find him; he hath withdrawn himself 
from them. 

7 They have dealt treacherously against the 
Lord : for they have begotten strange chil- 
dren : now shall a month devour them with 
their portions. 

8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the 
trumpet in Ramah : cry aloud at Beth-aven, 
after thee, O Benjamin. 

9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of 
rebuke : among the tribes of Israel have I 
made known that which shall surely be. 

10 The princes of Judah were like them 
that remove the bound : therefore I will pour 
out my wrath upon them like water. 

11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in 
judgment, because he willingly Walked after 
the commandment. 

12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a 
moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and 
Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to 
the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb : yet 
could he not heal you, nor cure you of your 
wound. 

14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, 
and as a young lion to the house of Judah : 
I, even I, will tear and go away ; I will take 
away, and none shall rescue him. 

15 II I will go and return to my place, till 
they acknowledge their offence, and seek 
my face : in their affliction they will seek me 
early. 

CHAP. VI. 

1 An exhortation to repentance. 4 A complaint 

of their untowardncss and iniquity. 

COME, and let us return unto the Lord : 
for he hath torn, and he will heal us ; 
he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 

2 After two days will he revive us : in the 
third day he will raise us up, and we shall 
live in his sight. 

3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to 
know the Lord: his going forth is prepared 
as the morning ; and he shall come unto us 
as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto 
the earth. 

4 If O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? 
O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your 
goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the 
early dew it goeth away. 

5 Therefore have I hewed ihemby the pro- 
phets; I have slain them by the words of my 
mouth : and thy judgments are as the light 
tliat goeth forth. 

6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; 
and the knowledge of God more than burnt- 
offerings. 

7 But they like men have transgressed the 
covenant: there have they dealt treacherous- 
ly against me. 

'8 Gilead is a city of them that work ini- 
quity, andis polluted with blood. 
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, 
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A reproof for manifold sins. CHAP. VII, VIII, IX. Israel threatened for impiety. 



so the company of priests murder in the way 
by consent: for they commit lewdness. 

10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house 
of Israel : there is the whoredom ofEphraim, 
Israel is defiled* 

11 Also, O Judah, he hath set a harvest for 
thee, when I returned the captivity of my 
people. 

CHAP. VII. 

\A reproof of manifold siiis. 11 God's wrath 

against them for th-eir hypocrisy. 

WHEN I would have healed Israel, 
then the iniquity of Ephraiin was dis- 
covered, and the wickedness of Samaria: 
for they commit falsehood : and the thief 
cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth 
without. 

2 And they consider not in their hearts, that 
I remember all their wickedness: now their 
own doings have bc*et them about; they are 
before my face. 

3 They make the king glad with their wick- 
edness, and the princes with their lies. 

4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heat- 
ed by the baker, tcho ceaseth from raising 
after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be 
leavened. 

5 In the day of our king the princes have 
made him sick with bottles of wine ; he 
stretched out his hand with scorners. 

6 For they have made ready their heart like 
an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker 
sleepeth all the night ; in the morning it burn- 
etii as a flaming fire. 

7 They are all hot as an oven, and have de- 
voured their judges; all then kings are fallen: 
there is none among them that calleth unto 
me: 

8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among 
the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned." 

9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and 
he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here 
and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. 

10 And the pride of Israel testified) to his 
face : and they do not return to the Lord 
their God, nor seek him for all this. 

11 If Ephraim also is like a silly dove with- 
out heart : they call to Egypt, they go to As- 
syria. 

12 When they shall go, I will spread my net 
upon them; I will bring them down as the 
fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as 
their congregation hath heard. 

13 Wo unto them! for they have fled from 
me: destruction unto them! because they 
have transgressed against me : though I have 
redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies 
against me. 

14 And they have not cried unto me with 
their heart, when they howled upon their 
beds : they assemble themselves for corn and 
wine, and they rebel against me. 

15 Though I have bound and strengthened 
their arms, yet do they imagine mischief 
against me. 

• 16 They return, but not to the Most High : 
they are like a deceitful bow: their princes 
shall fall by the sword for the rage of their 
tongue: this shall be their derision in the 
and of Egypt. 



CHAP. VIII. 

1, 12 Destruction is threatened for their impiety t 
5 and idolatry. 
riET the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall 
>3 come as an eagle against the house of 
the Lord, because they have transgressed 
my covenant, and trespassed against my law. 

2 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we 
know thee. 

3 Israel hath cast off the thing that Osgood: 
the enemy shall pursue him. 

4 They have set up kings, but not by me : 
they have made princes, and I knew it not: 
of their silver and their gold have they made 
them idols, that they may be cut off. 

5^1 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; 
mine anger is kindled against them : how long 
will it be ere they attain to innocency ? 

6 For from Israel was it also : the workman 
made it; therefore it is not God: but the 
calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. 

7 For they have sown the wind, and they 
shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: 
the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, 
the strangers shall swallow it up. 

8 Israel is swallowed up : now shall they be 
among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no 
pleasure. 

9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild 
ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired 
lovers. 

10 Yea, though they have hired among the 
nations, now will I gather them, and they 
shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king 
of princes. 

11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars 
to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. 

12 I have written to him the great things of 
my law, but they were counted as a strange 
thing. 

13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of 
mine offerings, and eat it ; but the Lord ac- 
eepteth them not ; now will he remember 
their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall 
return to Egypt. 

14 For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and 
buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied 
fenced cities : but I will send a fire upon his 
cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. 

CHAP. IX. 

The distress and captivity of Israel for their 

sins and idolatry. 

REJOICE not, O Israel, for joy, as other 
people : for thou hast gone a whoring 
from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon 
every corn-floor. 

2 The floor and the wine-press shall not 
feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. 

3 They shall not dwell in the Lord's land ; 
but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they 
shall eat unclean things in Assyria. 

4 They shall not offer wine-offerings to the 
Lord, neither shall they be pleasing unto 
him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as 
the bread of mourners ; all that eat thereof 
shall be polluted: for their bread for their 
soul shall not come into the house of the Lord. 

5 What will ye do in the solemn day, and in 
the day of the" feast of the Lord ? 

6 For lo, they are gone because ofdestruc- 

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Israel's distress and captivity. 
tion : Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis 
shall bury them : the pleasant places for 
their silver, nettlesshall pos-ess them : thorns 
shall be in their tabernacles. 

7 The days of visitation are come, the days 
of recompence are come; Israel shall know 
it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is 
mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and 
the great hatred. 

8 The watchman of Ephraim was with my 
God : but the prophet is a snare of a fowler 
in all his ways, and hatred in the house of 
his God. 

9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, 
as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will 
remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. 

10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilder- 
ness ; I saw your fathers as the first ripe in 
the fig-tree at her first time : but they went 
to Baal-peor, and separated themselves unto 
that shame; and their abominations were 
according as they loved. 

11 As for Epuraim, their glory shall fly 
away like a bird, from the birth, and from 
the womb, and from the conception. 

12 Though they bring up their children, yet 
will I bereave them, that there shall not be a 
man left: jea, wo also to them when I de- 
part from them! 

13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a 
pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring 
forth his children to the murderer. 

14 Give them, O Loud: what wilt thou 
give? give them a miscarrying womb and 
dry breasts. 

15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal : for 
there I hated them: for the wickedness of 
their doings I will drive them out of my 
house, I will love them no more: all their 
princes are revolters. 

16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried 
tip, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though 
they bring forth, yet will I slay even the be- 
loved fruit of their womb. 

17 Mv God will cast them away, because 
they did not hearken unto him : and they 
shall be wanderers among the nations. 

CHAP. X. 
Israel is reproved and threatened for their im- 
piety and idolatry. 
ISRAEL is an empty vine, he bringeth forth 
fruit unto himself: according to the mul- 
titude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; 
according to the goodness of his land they 
have made goodly images. 

2 Their heart is'divided; now shall they be 
found faulty: he shall breakdown their altars, 
he shall spoil their images. 

3 For now they shall say, We have no king, 
because we feared not the Lord ; what then 
should a king do to us? 

4 They have spoken wonls, swearing false- 
ly in making a covenant: thus judgment 
springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the 
field. 

5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear be- 
cause of the calves of Beth-aven : for the 
people thereof shall mourn over it, and the 
priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the 
glory thereof, because it is departed from it. 



HOSEA. Her ingratitude judged. 

6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria, /br a 
present to king Jareb : Ephraim shall receive 
shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his 
own counsel. 

7 As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the 
foam uponthe water. 

3 The high places also of Avert, the sin of 
Israel, shall be destroyed : the thorn and the 
thistle shall come up on their altars; and 
they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; 
and to the hills, Fall on us. 

9 O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days 
of Gibeah : there they stood : the batde in 
Gibeah against the children of iniquity did 
not overtake them. 

10 It is in my desire that I should chastise 
them; and the people shall be gathered 
against them, when they shall bind them- 
selves in their two furrows. 

11 And Ephraim is as a heifer that is 
taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but 
I passed over upon her fair neck : I will make 
Ephraim to ride; Judali shall plough, and 
Jacob shall break his clods. 

12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap 
in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for 
it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and 
rain righteousness upon you. 

13 Ye have ploughed wickedness, ye have 
reaped iniquity ; ye have eaten the fruit of 
lies : because thou didst trust in thy way, in 
the multitude of thy mighty men. 

14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy 
people, and all thy fortresses shall besj>oiled, 
as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of 
battle: the mother was (lathed in pieces up- 
on her children. 

15 So shall Beth-el do unto you because of 
your great wickedness: in a morning shall 
"the king of Israel utterly be cut of!'. 

CHAP. XI. 
1 The ingratitude of Israel unto God for his be- 
nefits. 5 His judgment. 8 God's mercy toward 
them. 

WHEN Israel was a child, then I loved 
him, and called my son out of Egypt. 

2 As they called them, "so they went from 
them : they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burn- 
ed incense to graven images. 

3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them 
by their arms ; but they knew not that I heal- 
ed them. 

4 I drew them with cords of a man, with 
bands of love : and I was to them as they 
that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I 
laid meat unto them. 

5 Tf 'He shall not return into the land of 
Egypt, but the Assyrians shall be his king, 
because they refused to return. 

6 And the "sword shall abide on his cities, 
and shall consume his branches, and devour 
them, because of their own counsels. 

7 And my people are bent to backsliding 
from me : "though they called them to the 
Most High, none at all would exalt him. 

8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim ? how 
shall I deliver thee, Israel ? how shall I make 
thee as Admah ? how shall I set thee as Ze- 
boim ? my heart is turned within me, my re- 
pentings are kindled together. 

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JEpkraim, S{c. arc reproved. CH A P. XT I, 

9 1 \vi!t not execute the fierceness of mine 
anger, I will not return to destroy Kiphr.um : 
for I am God, and not man; the Holy One 
in the midst of thee : and I will not enter 
into the city. 

10 They snail walk after die Lord : he shall 
roar like a lion : when he abaft roar, then the 
children shall tremble from the west. 

11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, 
and as a dove out of the land of Assyria : and I 
"wiil place them in their houses, saitn the Lord. 

12Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, 
and the house of Israel with deceit : but Ju- 
ciah vet ruieth with God, and is faithful with 
the saints, 

CHAP. XII. 
1 A reproof of Epkraim, Judah, and Jacob. 3 
By former favours he crhorttihto repentance, 
raiw's sins provohz God. 

EPHRAIM feedetli on wind, and follow- 
ed! after the east wind: he daily in- 
creased! lies and desolation; and they do 
make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil 
is carried into Egypt. 

2 The Lord hath also a controversy with 
Judah, and will punish Jacob according to 
Ins ways; according to his doings will he re- 
cornpense him. 

3 *\ He took his brother by the heel in the 
womb, and by his strength he had power 
with God : 

4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and 
prevailed: he wept, and made supplication 
unto him : he found him in Beth-ei, and there 
lie snake with us; 

5 ii,ven the Lord God of hosts: the Lord 
is his memorial. 

6 Therefore, turn thou to thy God : keep 
mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God 
continually. 

7 ^f He is a merchant, the balances o( de- 
ceit are in his hand : he ioveth to oppress. 

8 And Ephruim said. Yet I am become rich, 
1 have found me out substance : in all my 
labours they shall find none iniquity in me 
that were sin. 

9 And I that am (he Lord thy God from the 
land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in ta- 
bernacles, as in the 'lays of the solemn feasts. 

10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and 
1 have multiplied visions, and used simili- 
tudes, by the ministry of the prophets. 

11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they 
are vanity : they sacririce bullocks in Gilgaf; 
yea, their altars arc as heaps in the furrows 
of the fields. 

12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, 
and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife 
he kept yJieep. 

13 And by a prophet the Lord brought Is- 
rael put of Egypt, and by a prophet was he 
preserved. 

14 Ephraiui provoked htm to anger most 
bitterly : therefore shall he leave his blood 
upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord re- 
turn unto him. 

chap. xnr. 

] Epkraim's glory, by reason of idolatry, van- 
5 God's Anger for their unMndness. 9 
A promise of God's mercy. 15.0 judgment for 
rebellion. 



XIII, XIV. Tie glory of ' Ephraim vani^&u 

WHEN Ephraim spake trembling, he 
^ exalted himself in Israel; but when he 
offended in Baal, he died. 

2 And now they sin more and more, and 
have made them molten images of their sil- 
ver, and idols according 10 their own under- 
standing, all of it the work of the craftsmen : 
they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice 
ki-s (he calves. 

3 Therefore they shall be as the morning 
cloud, and as the early dew that passe in 
away, as the chaff that is driven with the 
whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke 
out of the chimney. 

4 Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land 
of Egypt, and the" shalt know no God but 
me : for there is no saviour besides me. 

5 If I did know thee in the wilderness, in 
the land of great drought. 

C According to their pasture, so were they 
filled : they were filled, and their heart was 
exalted: therefore have they forgotten me. 

7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion : 
as a leopard by the way will I observe ti:em. 

8 I will meet them as a bear thai ta bereav- 
j ed of her whelps, and will rend the caul of 
j their heart, and there will I devour them like 
I a lion : the wild beast shall tear them. 
| 9 % O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; 
I but in me is thy kelp. 
! 10 I will be thy king: where is any other 

that may save thee in all thy cities '? and thy 
judges ofwhom thou saidst, Give me a king 
and princes ? 

11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and 
look him away in my wrath. 

12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; 
his sin -is hid. 

13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall 
come upon him : he is an unwise son ; ibr he 
should not stay long in the place of the break' 
iug forth of children. 

14 I will ransom them from the power of 
the grave; I* will redeem them from ec 

death, j will be thy plagues, O grave, I 
will be thy destruction: repentance shall be 
hid from mine eyes. 

151; Though he be fruitful among his bre- 
thren, an east wind shall come, the wind of 
tiie Lord shall come up from the wilderness, 
and his spring shall became dry, and his foun- 
tain shali be dried up: he shail spoil the 
treasure of all pleasant vessels. 

16 Samaria shall become desolate ; for she 
hath rebelled against her God: they shad 
fall by the sword ; their infants shall be dash- 
ed in pieces, and their women with child 
shall be ripped up. 

CHAP. XIV. 

1 An exhortation to repentance. 4 .1 promise of 
God y s blessing. 

O ISRAEL., return unto the Lord thy 
God: for thou hast fallen by thine ini- 
quity. 

2 Take with you words, and turn tip 
Lord : say unto him, Take away all iniquity, 
and receive zis ^raeiously : so will we render 
the calves of our lips. 

3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride 
upon horses : neither will we say any mora 

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God's sundry judgments. 

to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods : 

for in thee the fatherless fiftieth mercy. 

4 H I will heal their backsliding, I willSove 
them freely : for mine anger is turned away 
from him. 

5 I will be as the dew unto Israel : lie shall 
grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as 
Lebanon. 

6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty 
shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as 
Lebanon. 

7 They that dwell under his shadow shall 



J OEL. A fast prescribe** 

return ; they 3ha!l revive as lire corn, and grow 
as the viae: the scent thereof shaU bens the 
wine of Lebanon. 

SEphraim shall say, What have i US do any 
more with idols ? I ha\e heard him, and ob- 
served him : I am like a green fir-tree. Frcfcii 
me is thy fruit found. 

9 Who is wise, and he shall understand 
these tilings ? prudent, and he shall know 
ihem ? for the ways of the Lord are right, 
and the just shall walk, in them: but the 
transgressors shall fall therein. 



CHAP. I. 

1 Joel, declaring sundry judgments of God, ex- 
hortcth to obserce them, 8 and to mourn. 14 
He prescfibeth a fast for complaint. 

THE word of the Lord that came to Joel 
the son of Pethuel. 

2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, alive 
inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in 
your days, or even in the days of your fathers ? 

3 Tell ye your children of it, and let your 
children tell thei" children, and their children 
another generation. 

4 That which the palmer-worm hath left 



hath the locust eaten; and that which the field. 



H JOEL. 

16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, 
yea. joy and gladness from the house of "our 
God ! 

17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the 
garners are laid desolate, the barns are bro- 
ken down ; for the corn is withered. 

18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of 
cattle are perplexed, because they have no 
pasture ; yea, the flocks of sheep'are made 
desolate. 

.19 O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire 
hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, 
and the flame hath burned all the trees of the 



locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; 
and that which the canker-worm hath left 
hath the caterpillar eaten, 
6 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and 
howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the 
new wine ; for it is cut off from your mouth. 

6 For a nation is come up upon my land, 
strong, and without number, whose teeth are 
the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek 
teetli of a great lion. 

7 He hath laid my vine waste; and barked my 
fig-tree : lie hath made it clean bare, and cast 
tlaway; the branches thereof are made white. 

8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth 
for the husband of her youth 

9 The meat-offering and the onitk-offering 
is cut off Horn the house of the Lord; the 
priests', *he Lord's ministers, mourn. 

10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth ; 
for die corn is wasted : the new wine is dried 
up, the oil languished*. 

1 1 Be ye ashamed, O ye htisbn ndmen ; howl, 
O ye vine-dressers, for the wheat and for the 
barley; because the harvest of the field is 
perished. 

12 The vine is dried up, and the fig-tree lan- 
guished; ; the pomegranate-tree, the 'palm- 
tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the 
trees af'the field, are withered : because joy 
is withered away from the sons of men. 

13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests : 
howl, ye ministers of the altar: conic, lie all 
night <n sackcloth, ye ministers of my God : 

ne meat-offering and the drink-offering 
is withholden from the house of your God. 

14 U Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn as- 
sembly, gather the eiders and all tiie inhabi- 
tants of the land into the house of the Lord 
your God, and cry unto the Lord, 

' 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord 
hand; and as a destruction from the Al- 
shall it come. 



20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee : 
for tiie rivers of waters are dried up, and the 
fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilder- 
ness. 

CHAP. II. 
'1 He shewethunto Zion the Urribleness of God's 
judgment. 12 He exhorteih to repentance, 1? 
prescribeth a fast, 18 promiseth a blessing 
thereon. 21 He comforteth Zion with present. 
28 and future blessings. 

BLOW ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound 
an alarm in my holy mountain : let all 
the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the 
day oft lie Lord cometh, for ill's nigh at hand ;. 

2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a 
day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the 
morning spread upon the mountains: a great 
people and a strong; there hath not been ever 
the like, neither shall be any more after it, 
even to the years of many generations. 

3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind 
them a flame burnetii : the land is as the 
garden of Eden before them, and behind 
them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing 
shall escape them. 

4 The appearance of them is as the appear- 
ance of horses ; and as horsemen so shall they 
run. 

5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of 
mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a 
flame of fire that devoureth tha stubble, as a 
strong people set in battle-array. 

6 Before their face the people shall be much 
pained: all faces shall gather blackness. 

7 They shall run like mighty men ; they 
shall climb the wall like men of war; and 
they shall march every one on his ways, and 
they shall not break their ranks: 

8 Neither shall one thrust another : they 
shall walk every one in his path: and tchen 
they fall upon the sword, they shall noi be 
wounded. 

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Joel exkarteth to repentance. 

9 They shall run to and fro in the city ; they 
shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up 
upon the houses ; they shall enter in at the 
windows like a thief, 

10 The earth shall quake before them ; the 
heavens shall tremble : the sun and the moon 
sliali be dark, and the stars .shall withdraw 
th ei r shining: 

il And the Lord shall utter his voice be- 
fore his army: for his camp if very great : 
for he is strong that executeth his word: for 
the day of the Lord is great and very terri- 
ble ; and who can abide it? 

12 1| Therefore also now, saith the Lord, 
Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and 
with tasting, and with weeping, and with 
mourning: 

13 And rend your heart, and not your gar- 
ments, and tern unto the Lord your God: 
for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, 
and of great kindness, and repenteth him of 
the evil, 

14 Who knoweth if he will return and re- 
pent, and leave a blessing behind him ; even 
a meat-offering and a drink-offering unto the 
Lord your God ? 

15 ^1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a 
fast, call a solemn assembly : 

16 Gather the people, sanctify the congre- 
gation, assemble the elders, gather the chil- 
dren, and those that suck the breasts: let 
the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and 
the bride out of her closet. 

17 Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, 
weep between the porch and the altar, and 
let then say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and 
give not thy heritage to reproach, that the 
heathen should rule over them : wherefore 
should thev say among the people, Where is 
their God ) 

18 «I Then will the Lord be jealous for h;s 
Land, and pity his people. 

19 Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto 
his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and 
wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied there- 
with : and I will no more make you a re- 
proach among the heathen : 

20 But I wHi remove far off from you the 
northern army, and will drive him into a 
land barren and desolate, with his face to- 
ward the east sea, and his hinder part to- 
ward the utmost sea ; and his stiuk shall come 
up, and his ill savour shall come up, because 
he hath done great things. 

21 5[ Fear not, O land ; be glad and rejoice: 
for the Lord will do great things. 

22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for 
the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for 
the tree beareth her fruit, the fig-tree and die 
vine do vieid their strength. 

23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and 
rejoice in the Lord your God ; for he iiath 
liven you the former rain moderately, and 
le will cause to come down for you the rain, 

the former rain, and the latter rain in the first 
month. 

21 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and 
the fats shall overflow with wine and oil. 

25 And I will restore to yon the years that 
the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and 
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CHAP. Ill, Tftf outpouring of the Sj/irit. 

the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm, my 
great army which f sent among you. 

26 And ye shall eat in plenty, ?»nd be satis- 
fied, and praise the name of the Lord vour 
God, that hath dealt wondrously with you : 
and my people shall never be ashamed. 

27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst 
of Israel, and thai I am the Lord your God, 
and none else : and my people shall aevcr 
be ashamed. 

28 Tf And it shall come to pass afterward. 
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh ; 
and your sons and your daughters shall pro- 
phesy, your old men shall dream dreams, 
your younj? men shall see visions: 

29 Ann also upon the servants and upon the 
handmaids in those davs will I nour out my 
Spirit. 

30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens 
and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars 
of smoke. 

31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, 
and the moon into blood, be/ore the great and 
the terrible day of the Lord come. 

32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever 
shall call on the name of the Lord shall be 
delivered : for in mount Zion and in Jerusa- 
lem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath 
said, and in the remnant whom the Lord 
shall call. 

CHAP. III. 
1 Go<Vs judgments against the enemies of his 
people. 9 God will be known in his judgment, 
18 His bhssing upon the church. \ 

FOR behold, in those days, and in that 
time, when I shall bring again the cap- 
tivity of Judah and Jerusalem, , 

2 I" will also gather all nations, and will 
bring them down into the valley of Jehosha- 
phat, and will plead widi them there for my 
people and for my heritage Israel., whom 
they have scattered among the nations, and 
parted my land. 

3 And they have cast lots for my people; 
and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a 
girl for wine, that they might drink. 

4 Yea, and what have ye tc do with me, O 
Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Pales- 
tine ? will ye render me a recompence? and 
if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily wi.'l 
I return your recompence upon your' own 
head ; 

5 Because ye have taken my silver and my 
gold, and have carried into your temples my 
goodly pleasant things. j 

6 The children also of Judah and the chil- 
dremof Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Gre- 
cians, that ye might remove them far tronii 
their border. 

7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place 
whither ye have sold them, and will return 
your recompence upon your own head : 
" 8 And I wall sell your sons and your daugh- 
ters into the hand "of the children of Judah, 
and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a 
people far off: for the Lord hath spoken it. 

9 i\ Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles- 
Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let a!! 
the men of war draw near; let tbgm come up : 

10 Beat your plough-shares vm swords, and 
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God? $ Messing upon the church. 



AMOS. Judgments upon Syria, Mo 



your priming-hooks into spears: let the weak t Lord will be the liope of his people, -and the 



say, I am strong, 

11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye 
heathen, and gather yourselves together 
round about: thither cause thy mighty ones 
to come doWn, OLcrd. 

12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come 
up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there 
iviH I sit to judge all the heathen round about. 

13 Put ye in ihe sickle, for the harvest is 
ripe: come, get you down; for the press is 
fail, the fate overflow ; for their wickedness is 
great. 

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of 
decision : for the day of tiie Lord is near in 
tiie valley of decision. 

15 The sun and the moon shall be dark- 
ened, and the stars shall withdraw their shi- 
ning. 

16 The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, 
and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the 



strength of the children of Israel. 

17 So shall ye know that I am tti 
your God dwelling in Zion my lio 

tain : then shall Jerusalem he holy, and there 
shall no strangers pass through her any 

18 If And it shall come to pass in d 
that the mountains shall drop do 

wine, and the hills shall flow with mi!;,. 
and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with 
waters, and a fountain shall come forth of 
tiie house of the Lord, and shall water the 
valley of Shiftim, 

19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom 
shall be a desolate wilderness, for the vio- 
lence against, the children of Judah, 
cause they have shed innocent blood in their 
"aiuL 

20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, ami J - 
salem from generation to generation. 

21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have 



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heavens and the earth shall shake: but tiie ' not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth hi Zsan 



CHAP. I 

1 Amos shewclh God's judgment, upon Syria, 6 

upon ihe Philistines,' 9 upon Tyrus, II upon 

Edom, 1 3 up on Amnion. \ 

npHE words of Amos, who was among the 

m. herdrnenof Tekoa, which he saw con 

cerning Israel in the days of Untah king of 

Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son 

of Joash king of Israel, two years before the 

earthquake. 

2 And he said. The Lord will roar from 
Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; 
and the habitations of the shepherds shall 
mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. 

3 Thus saith die Lord ; For three trans- 
gressions of Damascus, and for four, I will 
not turn away ike punishment thereof; bc- 

se they have threshed Gitead with thresh- 
ing instrument? of iron: 

4 But I wlil send a fire into tiie house of 
HazaeJ, which shall devour the palaces of 
Fen-hadnd. 

5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and 
cut. off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, 
and him that holdeth the sceptre from the 
house of Eden : and the people of Syria shall 
go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord. 

6 %. Thus saith the Lord; For three trans- 
gressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not 
turn away ihe punishment thereof: because 
they canned away captive tVe whole capti- 
vity, to deliver ikem up to Edom: 

7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, 
Which shall devour tiie palaces thereof: 

6 And I will cut off the inhabitant from 

Aciidod, and him that holdeth the sceptre 

from Ashkelon, and I will turn my hand 

Ekron: and the remnant of the 

JHiRis 

9 ^T Thus 

m of Tyrus, and for four, I will, not 

y the punishment thereof: because 

r/ered up the whole captivity to 

-J remembered not the brotherly 

covenant: 

10 But I will send a Are on the wall of Ty- 



5 shall perish, saith the Lord God. 
s saith the Lord; For three trans- 



U AMOS. 

rus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. 

1 1 ^ r Thus saith die Lord ; For three trans- 
gressions of Edom, and for four, I will not 
turn away the punishment thereof: because 
he did pursue his brother with the sword, 
and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear 
perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever : 

12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, winch 
shall devour the palaces of Bozrah, 

13 ff Thus saith the Lord ; For three trans- 
gressions of the children of Amnion, and: for 
four, I will not turn away the punish 
thereof: because they have .ripjierf up tiie 
women with child, of Gdead. that they might 
enlarge their border: 

14 But 1 will kindle a Are in the wall of 
Rabbah, and it shaft devour the palaces 
thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, 
with a tempest in the day of tiie whirkv 

15 And their king shall go intr captivity, be 
and his princes together, saith the Lord. 

chap. n. 

I God's wrath against Moab, 4 upon Judah, 6 
and up an Israel. 9 God complainc.th of their 
v nth ankfulness. 

THUS saith the Lord ; For three trans- 
gressions of Moab, and for four, 
not turn away the punishment thereof, be- 
cause he burned the bones of the king of 
Edom into lime : 

2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, o. 
shall devour the palaces of Kirioth : and 
Moab shall die with tumult, with shoutings 
and with the sound of the trumpet: 

3 And I will cut off the judge from the i 
thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof 
with him, saith the Lord. 

4 f\ Thus saith the Lord; For thrae trans- 
gressions of Judah, and for four, I will not 
turn away the punishment thereof: because 
they have despised the law of the Lord, and 
have not kept his commandments, and their 
lies caused them to err. after the which their 
fathers have walked : 

5 But i will send a fire upon Judah, and it 
shall devour the palaces or* J 

626 



CHAP. 
n they shall be in the siege both i 
! amd against Jerusalem. 

in that day will I make Jerosa- 

3 burdensome stone for all people : all 

that burden themselves with it shall be cat 

tce», though all the people of the eartli 

be gathered together against it. 

tiiat day. saitls the Loud, I will smite 

; with astonishment, and his rider 

madness: and I will open mine eyes 

. ;lie ]>ouse of Judah, and will smite every 

I the people with blindness, 

5 And the governors of Judah shall say in 

heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem 

shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts 

tiieir God. " 

6^ In that day will I make the governors 

of Judah like a hearth of fire among the 

. and like a torch of hre in a sheaf; and 

svonr all the people round about, 

c right hand and on the left: and Jeru- 

:>e inhabited again in her own 

place, even in Jerusalem. 

7 The Lord also shah save the tents of Ju- 
dah first, that the glory of the house of David 
and the glory of die inhabitants of Jerusalem 

Bagwify themselves against Judah, 

8 In that day shall the Lord defend the in- 

I Jerusalem ; and he that is feeble 
i them at that day shall be as David; 
and tbe house of David shall be as God, as 
the angel of the Lord before them. 

shall come to pass in that day, 

-eek to destroy all die nations that 

Jerusalem. 

od T will pour upon the house of Da- 

\iJ, ami upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 

the spirit of grace and. of supplications : and 

they shall lok upon rne whom they have 

pierced, ami they shall mourn for him, as one 

mourneih for his only sen, and shall be in 

'.ess for him. as one that is hi bitterness 

dVst-bom. 

11 fh that day shall there be a great mourn- 

alem, as the mourning ofHada- 
- on in the valley of Megiddon. 

12 And the land shall mourn, exery family 
apart ; the family of die hetose of David apart, 
and their wives apart ; the family of the house 
of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; 

13 The family of the house of Levi apart, 
and their wives apart; the family of Shimei 

Ives apart; 

14 All die families that remain, every fami- 

their wives apart. 
CHAP. XIII. 
ITkejir.. aiioii for Jerusalem, \t 

<hecy. 7 The death 
I d the trial of a third peri. 

I all be a fountain open- 

ed to the house of David and to the inha- 
bitants of Jerusalem fur sin and lor unciean- 
ness. 

2^* And it shall come to pass in that dav, 
§aith thi Lord of hosts, mat I will cut oft' 
the aames of Me idols out of the land, and 
remembered; and also 
/ will cause the prophets and the unclean 
pass out of the land. 

e to pass, that when any 



XIII , XIV. Tk* coming of C 

I .-hall yet prophesy, then his father and his 
I mother that begat him shall say unto 
i Thou s'iult4rct fise ; for thou speVkest ii 
the name of the Lord : and his father an 
mother that begat him shall thrust him through 
when he prophesieth. 

-i And it shall come to pass in that day, (hat 
the prophets shall be ashamed every one of 
!r. vision, when he hath prophesied ; neither 
-had they wear a rough garment to deceive: 
5 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a 
hasbandman : for man taught me to keep 
cattle from my youth. 
b A ml one shall say unto him, What are 
these wounds in thy hands? Then he shall 
answer, Those with which I was wounded 
in the house of my friends. 

7 *[[ Awake, O sword, against my Shepherd, 
and against the man that is my fellow, saitb 
the Lor.jj of hosts : smite the Shepherd, and 
the sheep shall be scattered; and \ will turn 
my hand upon the little ones, 

8 And it shall come to pass, that in all die 
land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall 
be cut off and die; but the third shall be left 
therein. 

9 And I will bring the third part through 
the fire, and wil! refine them as silver is re- 
fined, and will try them as gold is tried : 
shall call on my name, ?uv\ I will hear I 

I will say. It is my people; and they 
say, The Lord is my God. 

chap. xiv. 

1 The destroyers efJervtnlem destroyed, -i The 
coming of Christ, and the graces of his king 
dom. 12 The plague of Jerusalem's enemies. 
16 The remnant shall turn to the JLora\ 20 

and their spoils sha-tl be holy. 

BEHOLD, the day of the Lord cometh, 
and thy spoil shall be divided in the 
I midst of thee, 

! 2 For I wiU gather all nations against Jen?- 
I sale m to battle; and the city shal 
and the houses rifled, and the women ravish- 
ed; and half of th<? city shall go forth into cap- 
tivity, and the residue of 4oe people shall not 
be cut off from the city. 
3 Then shall the Lord 2:0 forth 
against those nations, as when he fougl 
the day of battle. 

41[ And his feet shah stand in that day upon 
the mount of Olives, which, is before Jerusa- 
lem on the east, ana the mount of Olives 
cleave in the midst thereof toward the east 
and toward the west, and there shall be a 
very great valley; and half of tli£ moan 
shah remove toward the north, and half of ii 
toward the south. 

5 And ye shall flee to the vaRey of the 
mountains; for the valley of the mountains 
shall reach unto Azai : yea, ye shall fle- 
as ye fled from before the earthquake in the 
days of Uzziali king of Judah : and the Lord 
my God shall come, and all the saints with 
thee. 

6 And it shall come to pass m the? day. I 
the light shall not be clear, ?iar dark 

7 But, it shall be on« day which shall i$e 
known to the Lord, not dav, nor n 

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coming and kii gdam* HAL 

me to pas?, tiiai z.1 e\>iii>»~ time it 
light. 
A.nd it shall be- in that daj& that Jiving 
writers sliali p* out from Jerusalem; half of 
r sea, and half of thera 
the hinder sea- ia summer arid in 
shall it be. 
9 And the Lord shall be King over all the 
earth: ia that day -hall there be one LORD, 
ci-id his ;ia : ne one. 

10 Ail th<* '^nd shall be turned as a plain 
from Geba t«, itimmon, south of Jerusalem : 
and it shah be lifted i*p, and inhabited in her 
om Benjamin's gate unto the place 
irst gate, unto the corner-gate, and 
from the tower of Ilananeel unto the king's 
win "-presses. • 

il And men shall dwell ia it, and there shall 
be no move otter destruction'; bat .3 
shall bo safely inhabited. 
12 *f And this shall be the plague wherewith 
the Lord will smite a!l the people that have 
gainst Jerusalem; Their flesh shall 
consume away while the* stand upon then 
feet, ana ilielv eyes shall consume away in 
•;, and their tongue shall consume 
;way in their mouth. 

I J* And it shall come to pass in that day, 

tici i great tumult from the Lord shall be 

■ ong them; and they shall lay hold every 

i or, the hand of his neighbour, and his 

all rise up against the hand of his 

neighbour. 

■udaii also sliali tight at Jerusalem ; 



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ACHL Malachi comphi'' 

:nd th*> wealth of all the heathen 
shall bt gathered together, gold, > 
and apparel, in sreat abundance. 

15 And so shall be the ph. 
of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, a 
of all the beasts that shall be in t! 

ilague. 

16 And it shall come to pass, thai i - 
that is left of all the nations v 
agatost Jerusalem, shall even go up from 
to year to worship the King, t; 
hosts, and to keep the feast o I 

17 And it shall be, that whose will 
up of all the families of the earth an 
saiem to worship the King, the Lord 
hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. 

IS And if the family of Egypt go not np 
and come not, that hare no rain ; there si -I 
be the plague, where with the Lord 
the heathen that come not up to 
feast of tabernacles. 

19 This shall be the punish -i 
and the punishment of all nati 

not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 

20 ^1 In that day snail there be upon the 
bell* of the horses, HOLINESS CNTO 
THE LORD; and the pots in the L 
house shall be like the bowl? before the altar 

21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and ia J?: 
dah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: 
and ail they that sacrinee shall come ant 
take of tit*»m, and seethe there 

that day there shall be no more v 
ite in the house of the Lord of i 



ch/a p. r 

romptainetk vf Israel's unkhulncss. 
♦_ Of ti-eirirveligiousniij's, 12 and profancntss, 

fllHE burden of the word of the Lord to 
JL Israel by Malachi. 

1 you, sai'.h the Lord. *Yet 

ty, Wherein hast thou loved as 1 Was 

Esau Jacob's brother s saith the Lord: 

acob, 

)', A £sau,and];ud his mountains 

herbage waste for the dragons of 

ira saith, We are impover- 

~:i : ', but we will return a rid build the deso- 

; thus saith t).ie Loro of hosts, 

[ will throw down; 

they shall call them, The border oLwiek 



% MALA CHI 

is it not evil ? offer it now unto thy gov: 
will lie be pleased with tl 
person ? said* the Lord of h 

9 And aoW; I pray you, beseech God tha 
he will be gracious unto us: this ha 
by your means ; will he regard your , 
saith the Lord of hoi 

10 Who is there even among 
shut the doors for no u gh t? neitkc 
kindle fire en mine all Kt. I have 

. e in you, saith the Lord of bests, 
neither will i "accept an offering at you? 
hand. 

11 For, from the rising of the sun even unto 
the going down of the same, 
be great among the Gentiles 
place Incense slusll be offered 



and. The people against whom the ' and a pure offering: for 
djgnation for ever. I great among die heuihi 






ur eyes shall ?< e, and ye shall say, 
The Lor joined from the bor- 

der of Israel. 

7/is fa titer, and a ser- 

master: if then I be a father, where 

I be a mater, where 

rear! saith the Lord of host.- unto 

;<*sts, that desyise mv name. And 

!>erein have we despised thy nameY 

luted bread upon mine altar; 

ry, Wherein have we poUuted thee? 

jble of fclie Lord is 



at ye say. 
The table of the Lord h polluted 
fruit thereof, even his meat, is voir 

13 Ye said also. Beh 
is it! and ye 
Lord of hosts 

was torn, xmd the lai 
ye brought an offering 
of your hand ? saith the LoRO. 

14 But cursed be the 
in his flock a male, and 
nceih unto the Lord 

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